By Alkesh Sharma, Zirakpur, March 19 : Marx, Lenin and Che are certainly alive and kicking if one is to go by the accessories, posters, books and magazines on Communist ideology that have suddenly flooded this town, 10 km from Chandigarh..

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Communism digs in, with much memorabilia, in Punjab town (New Kerala)

A few months ago, in a rare divided decision, the Seattle City Council voted 5-to-4 to grant a 13.8 percent rate increase to Seattle City Light.

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City Light audit: Are rate games being played? (Crosscut)

The Yale law library, which has one of the best collections of rare law books in the world, is now the official repository of Supreme Court justice bobblehead dolls.

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Relax, Legal Scholars: Bobbleheads Are Safe at Yale (New York Times)

Twilight fans now have an addition for their collection, with the first volume in the graphic novel adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's books hitting stores.

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Twilight the graphic novel on the way (Sky News Australia)

Michael Mewshaw did a dangerous and perhaps foolhardy thing for his 65th birthday: He embarked on a 4,000-mile overland journey through the terrorist-ridden lands of North Africa. But now that his firsthand account has hit the bookstores, he says his roughest experience has come at the hands of the U.S. State Department.

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U.S. takes issue with author's account of visit at embassy in Algiers (Washington Post)

Copies of "Clifford the Big Red Dog," "Amelia Bedelia" and "The Berenstain Bears" are filling donation boxes at Dranesville Elementary School in Herndon as third-grade students part with some of their favorite books and ask their friends to do the same.

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N.Va. couple's quest is to give South African school a library (Washington Post)

Minnesota held No. 6 Purdue to the worst first half in the Boilermakers' record books and rolled to a 69-42 victory in the Big Ten tournament semifinals Saturday in Indianapolis.

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Minnesota upsets Purdue, 69-42, in the Big Ten tournament (Washington Post)

A young trailbike rider has helped reunite the son of a former All Black with two stolen historic rugby books, but his rare book is still missing.

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Historic rugby books found (Stuff)

Jeff Kinney had a clear template when it came time to adapt his wildly successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid children's books to the big screen.

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From stick figures to sweet flick (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

THE PEOPLE pounding the pavements above are oblivious, but under the streets of central Auckland lies a vault holding comic books of such worth that they have been brought out of their secure holding only three times in the past eight years.

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Comics good as gold (Stuff)