DALLAS, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Bidding in a U.S.

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First Batman comic breaks auction record (UPI)

CHICAGO (AP) — A small pre-dawn earthquake has hit northern Illinois, startling sleepy-eyed residents as far away as Iowa and Indiana, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported. The U.S

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Rare earthquake rattles northern Ill.; no damage (KMOV St. Louis)

Their ranks have thinned in recessionary times, but independent bookstores are still hanging in there - and even finding a new generation of...

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Lee County's indie bookstores find niche in selling new, used and rare books (The News-Press)

Andrew Bird is that rare kind of musician who has the ability to move all kinds of crowds. See him once, and you may believe he's an indie rocker. See him again, and maybe it's folk.

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Andrew Bird's music is like no one else's (Honolulu Advertiser)

TUCKAHOE — Ellen Tannenbaum gave herself less than two days to read the last of the Harry Potter books, just to make sure Harry didn't die in the end.

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SATURDAY'S double hat-trick is all a bit of a blur for Rokewood cricketer Garry Dark.

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Cricket: four in a row is one for the books (The Courier)

SATURDAY'S double hat-trick is all a bit of a blur for Rokewood cricketer Garry Dark.

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Four in a row is one for the books (The Courier)

So many years.

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Theatre veterans mark rare reunion (The Sault Star)

PATAGONIA, Ariz. -- Clenching an American Spirit cigarette in his teeth, Jim Harrison drives his muddy SUV through a creek and up a rocky road that cuts through the southern Arizona backcountry. There's a dog cage in the rear of the truck, shotgun shells strewn about the backseat, and small gray feathers, smeared with blood, plastered to the passenger-side dashboard.

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Jim Harrison's love for northern Michigan helps drive his recent burst of productivity (Detroit Free Press)

It’s a blue moon. And a lunar eclipse. A rare event indeed

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After ceremony at Celtic Moon, they're not blue anymore (Midland Daily News)