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From Reese Witherspoon to SJP, the rise of celeb book clubs

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NEW YORK — Jimmy Fallon remembers a summer a few years back when it seemed everybody was reading “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn. “Everyone had that book. If we had people over, or went on vacation poolside, people had that book wrinkled and curled up. I read it with my wife and we read every

APNewsBreak: Debt forces hunt for Lincoln-item auctioneers

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The hunt for auctioneers to sell off parts of a valuable collection of Lincoln artifacts, including an iconic stovepipe hat and gloves bloodied the night he was assassinated, to settle a $9.7 million debt began Wednesday, but the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Foundation cautioned a sale isn’t imminent. The foundation

The Latest: State rep says Lincoln auction prep ‘bad sign’

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Latest on the potential auction of Abraham Lincoln artifacts to pay off $9.7 million debt (all times local): 3:20 p.m. The Springfield Republican who holds the Illinois House seat once occupied by Abraham Lincoln says it’s a “bad sign” that officials are seeking an auction house to prepare for the sale

Teen preparing for college dies crashing car into library

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DEWITT, N.Y. — A teenager who was getting ready for his first day of college is dead after he crashed his car into a community library in upstate New York. State police on Thursday identified the driver as 18-year-old Blake Lucas. Troopers say he was driving down the road near the Community Library of DeWitt

Teen library intern does more than shelve books

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Cabell County Public Library was chosen by the American Library Association for a connected internship earlier this year, and the intern sponsored by the program is wrapping up her final hours before she goes back to school. Rebekah Nix, a 16-year-old rising junior at Huntington High, spent her summer working in

Kitsap library system eliminates late fines

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BREMERTON, Wash. — The Kitsap Regional Library says it will no longer issue daily fines for overdue items. The Kitsap Sun reports that the library forgave outstanding late fines and stopped collecting them as of Thursday. It joins a growing number of libraries eliminating overdue fines, including Salt Lake City, Columbus, Ohio, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Anti-Semitic flyers discovered at university library

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CASTLETON, Vt. — Castleton University officials say someone put up anti-Semitic flyers in the Vermont university’s library. University spokesman Jeff Weld says the flyers were similar to those found earlier this year at a Rutland library — both using Confederate iconography and anti-Semitic symbols. The Rutland Herald reports similar flyers were recently found in Saratoga,

Clovis officials to observe anniversary of library shooting

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CLOVIS, N.M. — Officials in Clovis will hold a moment of silence Tuesday on the one-year anniversary of a fatal shooting inside a city library. Mayor David Lansford is scheduled to lead the 8 a.m. observance on the south lawn of the Clovis-Carver Library. A 16-year-old high school student was charged in the shooting that

Louisiana library plans ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ for children

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LAFAYETTE, La. — Residents are defending a Louisiana public library’s plan to host fraternity brothers who are going to read to young children while dressed as drag queens. All but one of the 20-plus citizens who spoke at Tuesday’s Lafayette City-Parish Council meeting said they support the Oct. 6 “Drag Queen Story Time,” The Advertiser

New Orleans health department, libraries offer opioid course

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NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans’ health department and library system are offering a new course to teach people what they can do to help control the opioid crisis. The first of six 90-minute classes was held Thursday, with others scheduled at different libraries around the city over the next five weeks. Topics include how to

Town joins StoryWalk initiative

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NEW MILFORD, Conn. — Renée Caldareri and her son Antonio rounded the bend at Harrybrooke Park on an evening stroll and paused to examine an illustration of a dog writing his name — “Bailey” — on a blackboard. The laminated picture was the first of nearly 30 posts along a path at the park making

Evansville library latest in state to end overdue item fines

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The library system in Indiana’s third-largest city is becoming the latest in the state to drop fines for overdue items to encourage more people to visit its branches. The Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library will end all fines on overdue books and other items on Saturday. The goal is to remove barriers that

Official resigns amid debate over ‘Drag Queen Story Time’

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LAFAYETTE, La. — An official in Louisiana has resigned amid controversy over a public library’s plan to host fraternity brothers who are going to read to young children while dressed as drag queens. News outlets report Lafayette Library Board of Control President Joseph Gordon-Wiltz submitted his resignation Monday amid debate over the “Drag Queen Story

Bill Gates directs education funding to poor US schools

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SEATTLE — Marking another phase in his education agenda, Bill Gates is now taking a more targeted approach to help struggling U.S. schools. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is now funding groups working directly with clusters of public schools in some of the most impoverished regions of the country. Many of those third-party groups

George W., Laura Bush now to be buried at his Dallas library

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DALLAS — Former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura Bush have decided they’ll be buried at his presidential library in Dallas instead of the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. The Austin-American Statesman reports the plan now is for the couple to be buried on the grounds of the George W. Bush Presidential

Man wanted for 2 Michigan slayings captured at Ohio library

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CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A suburban Detroit man wanted by police in the slayings of his sister and her boyfriend has been arrested at an Ohio library. Clinton Township police say Robert Marzejka was arrested Wednesday, three days after the victims’ bodies were found in trash bags. He’s charged with first-degree murder in Macomb County.

Library of Congress honors literacy programs

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NEW YORK — Three literacy and educational organizations are being honored by the Library of Congress, with cash awards totaling $250,000. On Friday, Reading is Fundamental, located in Washington, D.C., received the $150,000 David M. Rubenstein Prize. New York City’s East Side Community School was given the $50,000 American Prize. The Pedagogical Institute for Language

Drag Queen Story Hour sparks protests in conservative towns

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NEW ORLEANS — Once upon a time, in 2015, a writer in San Francisco named Michelle Tea got the idea for “Drag Queen Story Hour”: men in full drag reading children’s books to kids and parents in programs aimed at providing “positive and unabashedly queer role models.” Since then, Drag Queen Story Hours have been

St. Paul mayor suggests ending overdue library book fees

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter is proposing a clean slate for the 51,000 delinquent library cardholders who owe money for overdue books at the city’s public libraries. Carter’s proposal would forgive more than $2.5 million in accumulated library fees and eliminate fines for overdue books altogether, the Star Tribune reported. He’s

Illinois libraries receive grants for after-school programs

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CHICAGO — More than two dozen libraries across Illinois will receive grants to teach middle and high school students how to use the latest technology. Secretary of State Jesse White, who also serves as the state librarian, announced the some $525,000 in Project Next Generation grants. The program provides funding for libraries to offer after-school
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