"At long last, scientists have developed a 'sniff test' to measure the telltale aroma of old books and irreplaceable historical documents. You know the smell - that 'combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness,' as the authors put it.

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The Smell Test: Using Aroma To Date Rare Books (Arts Journal)

Get your a.m. dose of celebrity news and gossip from The Plain Dealer's Melodie Smith.

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Angelina Jolie, author Patricia Cornwell ready Scarpetta film; rare 'Star Wars' images; and more: The Morning After (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Music Memorabilia Show LPs (33 1/3 rpm), 45rpm, 78rpm, sheet music, photos, posters, books, magazines, etc.

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EVENT: Music Memorabilia Show Date Change: Saturday, March 13th (All About Jazz)

A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman sold Monday for $1 million, smashing the previous record price for a comic book. A 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1, widely considered the Holy Grail of comic books, was sold from an unidentified seller to an unidentified buyer.

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First Superman comic sells for $1 million (Everett Herald)

NEW YORK - A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for US$1 million, smashing a record set just last year.

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'Superman' comic sells for $1M (Jam! Showbiz)

Elif Batuman’s odd and oddly profound study of her favorite Russian authors is also an exploration of the question: How do we bring our lives closer to our favorite books?

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Tolstoy & Co. As Objects of Obsession (New York Times)

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Jennifer Jones is on the verge of writing another chapter in the curling history books

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Team Canada advances to Sunday's Scotties final, beating P.E.I. rink (Toronto Sun)

Grand Rapids Press columnist Tom Rademacher comes to the Alpine Schuler Books & Music to share stories from his thirty-plus years as a columnist for the local paper.

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On-the-Town Weekend Buzz: Cashore Marionettes and the Russian Circus (MLive.com)

"Dubbed the 'Reading Room,'" the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's new offering "is intended to make books, catalogs and other literature available that would otherwise be difficult to access."

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LACMA Puts Rare Art Publications Online (Arts Journal)

The Hollywood mega-star says if you want a quality role these days, you have to go out and make the movie yourself.

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Exclusive: Harrison Ford Opens Up About the Decline of Hollywood Movie Roles (Fox News)