The University of Alabama is spending $3.5 million to acquire a rare books collection, Calhoun County has a new prescription drug assistance program, Pepi Foods announces and expansion, officials investigate a Beauregard, Ala.

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Beneath a red awning tucked between Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar and a mere big brown bag's throw from Bloomingdale's in Palo Alto's Stanford Shopping Center is a small space filled with books and people eager to help those who step inside. The...

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Rare Faulkner collection brings in more than $833,000 at New York City auction

A rare auction of signed William Faulkner books and personal items has drawn international interest, but few on the town square of the author's hometown were aware of the bidding set for Tuesday at Ch

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Christie's to auction rare Faulkner collection

JACKSON, Miss. A rare collection of William Faulkner signed books, manuscripts and personal items goes up for auction on Tuesday, and it may the last opportunity for someone to own a serious collection

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Justin Cronin is that rare creature -- the author of obscure literary novels who morphs into a blockbuster commercial writer without losing his soul.

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BOOKS will be replaced with people for the day for a special event at Bolton Library on Tuesday.

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Owings Mills congregation members line up to finish an old, yet incomplete Torah The story of Har Sinai Congregation's rare and mysterious unfinished Torah begins at the end, at the last Hebrew passage of Book of Deuteronomy that tells about the singular status of the prophet Moses, chosen by God to display "great might and awesome power before all Israel."

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Synagogue discovers rare Torah

Owings Mills congregation members line up to finish an old, yet incomplete Torah Hal Rossman and his wife Claire, with the help of Rabbi Moshe Druin, write one of the letters in the Torah of the Har Sinai Congregation. When Rabbi Darryl Crystal of the Owings Mills congregation found that a Torah more than 80 years old still contained letters that had not been entirely filled in, it set in motion ...

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A rare find, a unique opportunity

The company saw a 12 percent drop in subscription ticket sales in the 2009-10 season and was forced to use roughly $2.7-million in reserve funds to balance its books for fiscal 2010.

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