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  • Stephane Michaka is a French writer.
    Raymond Carver And His Editor Re-Imagined In 'Scissors'
    Stephane Michaka's novel Scissors fictionalizes the last 10 years in the life of short story master Raymond Carver and Carver's difficult relationship with his legendary editor Gordon Lish. Reviewer Jane Ciabattari says Scissors is an "empathetic exploration of an author's soul."
  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sought to raise Japan's military profile and has urged a more assertive international role for the country.
    Japan Projects A More Assertive Image To The World
    Under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the country has taken multiple steps to raise its military profile, revising a policy that has been little changed since the end of World War II.
  • Laterrica Luther holds the hand of her 6-year-old nephew, Jaden Culpepper, as students from the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy arrive on buses to waiting loved ones in a Walmart parking lot in Decatur, Ga., on Tuesday. A gunman had entered the students' school earlier in the day. No one was hurt.
    School Clerk In Georgia Persuaded Gunman To Lay Down Weapons
    "I'm not the hero. I was terrified," says Antoinette Tuff. A gunman had walked into an elementary school near Atlanta with an assault rifle and other weapons. Tuff says she spent about an hour with him, telling him about her life. Eventually, he put down his guns and surrendered.
  • U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning at Fort Meade, Md., on Tuesday.
    35-Year Sentence For Bradley Manning
    The 25-year-old former Army intelligence analyst was responsible for the largest leak of classified information in U.S. history. In 2010, he gave WikiLeaks more than 700,000 documents. A judge handed down his sentence Wednesday. The maximum punishment possible was 90 years in prison.
  • One of the promotional images for Cumberland Farms' "Iced Hoffee."
    Not Funny: Clerk Critically Injured In Hasselhoff Sign Theft
    A relatively amusing trend in New England — the theft of Cumberland Farms advertising signs featuring actor David Hasselhoff — has turned serious. A store clerk who tried to stop two thieves fell, hit his head and is now in a hospital.
  • Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits in the dock during a June 8 court hearing in Cairo.
    Release Mubarak, Egyptian Court Orders
    Former President Hosni Mubarak could be freed from custody as soon as Thursday. The court ordered him to be freed as he appeals his conviction — and life sentence — for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the 2011 demonstrations that led to the toppling of his government.
  • Maj. Nidal Hasan faces 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder for the November 2009 shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.
    In Fort Hood, Hasan Rests His Case Without Calling Witnesses
    The military trial of Army Maj. Nidal Hasan has been fraught with drama. Closing arguments are expected shortly. He is accused of killing 13 people during a 2009 shooting rampage in Fort Hood, Texas.
  • New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez is hit by a pitch in a game against the Boston Red Sox in Boston on Sunday.
    Quick Question: Can Baseball Stop Retaliation?
    Is there anything more that officials can do to keep grown men from hurling 90 mph fastballs at each other?
  • A hoatzin prospects for oil in Yasuni National Park.
    Ecuador Shoots The Trees
    The country asked the world to pay up to save a rainforest. But the money never came.
  • Playwright August Wilson In 'Another League'
    Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson was best known for a series of 10 plays — one for every decade — depicting African-American life in the 20th century.
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