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The AP: A Decade In Books

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Founding Brothers, A Million Little Pieces, The Audacity of Hope, Best Books of the Decade, Twilight, Threatening Storm, Bestsellers, Favorite Books, Books of the Decade, A Disorder Peculiar to the Country, Harry Potter, Books, Best Books, The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown, Books News

Some representative books of the 2000s – about fear of the real world and dreams about other worlds, whether the historical past, the unreachabl...

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Metamaterial: Scientists Research 'Invisibility Cloak'

Telegraph | Published: 7:00AM GMT 13 Nov 2009 | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metamaterial, Harry Potter, Invisibility Cloak, Meta Material Research, Technology News

A Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak could be created by scientists who have been given a £4.9million grant for research aimed at "bending light" ...

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Australian Author: The New J.K. Rowling?

The Wall Street Journal | DALYA ALBERGE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: J.K. Rowling, Australia, Rebecca James, Writers, Australian Author, Financial Crisis @Y:Business, New Author, Authors, Young Adult Books, Beautiful Malice, Ya-Books, Books, Harry Potter, Book Deals, Frankfurt Book Fair, Books News

In a success story reminiscent of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's, Ms. James is a mother and first-time author who is going from nothing to becomin...

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Rupert Grint Owns About $15 Million Of Real Estate

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rupert Grint, Harry Potter, Entertainment News

He might play second fiddle to Harry Potter in the wizardry department, but Rupert Grint has proved himself no muggle when it comes to property deals....

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JK Rowling Joins Twitter: Harry Potter Author Doesn't Follow, Won't Tweet

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter, JK Rowling, JK Rowling Twitter, jk_rowling, Harry Potter Author, Harry Potter, Harry Potter Twitter, Technology News

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has finally gotten a Twitter account-- but don't expect her next novel in Tweets. The Telegraph reports Rowling deci...

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Harry Potter Is "Witchcraft" To Bush White House

My Fox Phoenix | FRANK CARNEVALE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Books, Harry Potter, J.K.Rowling, George W. Bush, Books News

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - A new book by a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush includes a report that White House officials did not want to give ...

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J.K. Rowling Medal Objected To By Bush Officials Over Witchcraft

Think Progress | Zaid Jilani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harry Potter Witchcraft, Matt Latimer, Presidential Medal of Freedom Harry Potter, j.k. Rowling Presidential Medal of Freedom, George W. Bush Harry Potter, Geroge W. Bush, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Latimer George W. Bush, Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor, George W. Bush Harry Potter Witchcraft, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Politics News

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civil award, and is given to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or nationa...

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Harry Potter Theme Park to Open Spring 2010: Video & Photo Virtual Tour

Kim Mance | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Daniel Radcliffe, Universal, Warner Bros, Rupert Grint, Travel, Florida, Harry Potter, Harry Potter Theme Park, Emma Watson, Living News, Entertainment, Traveling, Vacation, Entertainment News, Breaking Living News, Video, Healthy Living News

Universal Orlando Resort, and Warner Bros. today revealed first-ever details about the incredible scope of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

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Harry Potter Theme Park To Open In Spring

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Flight of the Hippogriff, Harry Potter Movies, Theme Parks, Harry Potter Theme Park, Butterbeer, Harry Potter, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Hippogriff Training Flight, The Three Broomsticks, Harry Potter Amusement Park, Video, Media News

Joyous news for Harry Potter fans everywhere! The Harry Potter theme park-- AKA The Wizarding World of Harry Potter -- is set to open this spring. ...

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Emma Watson Having 'An Amazing Time' At Brown

people.com | Monique Jessen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Emma Watson Brown, Harry Potter, Emma Watson, Brown University, Entertainment News

The British actress, 19, best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, arrived at the Ivy League college last week and,...

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Let's Begin Again

Alison Teal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Public Option, Wing-Nut Right, Health Care Reform, Harry Potter, Universal Health Care, Medicare, Health Care, Parseltongue, Politics News

Here's a simple way to get to universal health care: With tax financing, expand Medicare age-eligibility annually in five-year increments, going down from sixty-five and up from newborns.

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Blockbuster News of Summer 2009

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.25.2011

The summer's biggest news.

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Life Cycle: The Birth and Death of Your Bootleg DVDs

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muggles, Banned, Polycarbonate, Bootleg, Green, Titanic, Aluminum, Co2, Dvds, Lord Voldemort, Dvd, Green Living, #7, Rihanna, Fda, Bisphenol-A, Mother Earth, Environment, Waste, Bpa, Plastic, Carbon Dioxide, Sarah Smarsh, Netflix, Harry Potter, Mia, Simran Sethi, Green News

Your cinematic experience leaves its mark not only on your heart, but on the planet.

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Emma Watson Starts College At Brown

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emma Watson was mobbed by adoring fans as she began university in the U.S. --despite pleading to be treated just like any other student. The 19-yea...

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Guantanamo Detainees' Most Requested Books From Prison Library: Harry Potter, Don Quixote, And Obama's Dreams From My Father

juancole.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Don Quixote, Dreams From My Father, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Juan Cole, Besan Sheikh, Guantanamo Reading List, Harry Potter, Taliban, Politics News

Journalist Besan Sheikh recently visited the Guantanamo Bay prison facility run by the US, where al-Qaeda and other prisoners from Bush's 'war on terr...

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The Problem with Gen Y and Its Search for Answers in Harry

Anna Kelner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Morality, Millennial Generation, Harry Potter Fans, Harry Potter, Generation Y, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Entertainment News

The generation that got everything clearly lacks something. Call it patience, call it obedience, call it willingness, but the traits that Gen Yers must cultivate are ironically exalted in their favorite children's story.

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Everyday Is Halloween, When You're a Geek

Meredith Lopez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Star Wars, Dana Carvey, Halloween Costumes, Halloween, Children's Costumes, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Costume Ideas, Padme Amidala, Princess Leia, Baby Costumes, The Beatles, Marv Albert, The Running Man, Saturday Night Live, Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Harry Potter, Healthy Living News

Now that I have a baby, and while I still have complete control over what he wears, my ideas for mommy-baby Halloween costumes know no bounds.

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Movie review: Funny People

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Enemies, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Seth Rogen, Step Brothers, Pineapple Express, Transformers, Funny People, Adventureland, Drillbit Taylor, Judd Apatow, Harry Potter, Superbad, Adam Sandler, Year One, Knocked Up, Marshallfine, Entertainment News

I never would have predicted that, at the end of Funny People, I'd have more kind things to say about Sandler than Apatow.

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Harry Potter's Anonymous Poems

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Poetic Life, Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, Poetry, Healthy Living News

In a recent interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, Daniel Radcliffe--best known for playing Harry Potter on the big screen-- revealed that...

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'G-Force' topples 'Harry Potter' at box office

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Film, Harry Potter, G-Force, Box Office, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — An elite squad of guinea pigs has worked its own brand of magic at the box office, taking the No. 1 spot from boy wizard Harry Pot...

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Half-Blood, All Brilliant: The Sixth Harry Potter Movie Enchants and Enthralls

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alan Rickman, Star Wars, John Williams, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, David Yates, Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, Harry Potter, J.K.Rowling, Severus Snape, Horcrux, Ilm, David Thewlis, Entertainment News

There's so much wonderful style, wit and even genuine pathos holding this stuff together that only an idiot could deny the many charms of this franchise.

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Emma Watson Is Going to College At Brown

people.com | Esther Zuckerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emma Watson is similar to her Harry Potter alter ego Hermione Granger in at least one way: Her pursuit of her studies. Watson, 19, will be attendin...

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Honduras... The Big Backstory

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran-Contra, Otto Reich, Chicago, Havana, Arias, Obama, Ros-Lehtinen, South America, Ortega, China, Organization of American States, Iran, Oas, Zelaya, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Harry Potter, Panama Canal, Nicaragua, Bill Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Mara Salvatrucha, Latin America, Kremlin, Venezuela, Hugo Llorens, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gangs, Hutchinson Whampoa, Cuba, Soto Cano, War on Drugs, Palmerola, Sandinista, Dea, Mossad, World News

The White House denounced the action in Honduras as "illegal." But that call requires Washington to cut off all but humanitarian aid and could jeopardize the big Soto Cano base outside Tegucigalpa.

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Harry Potter Exhibit At Museum of Science And Industry A Cash Cow For Warner Bros.

Reuters | Dan Cox | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harry Potter Museum Exhibit, Harry Potter, Museum-of-Science-and-Industry, Warner Bros, Harry Potter Exhibition, Chicago News

Leave it to the Warner Bros. marketing team to get the last nickel out of Harry Potter, beyond the nearly $5 billion the films have grossed at the box...

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'Potter' Crushes Box Office Competition, Breaks Records

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harry Potter, Film, Daniel Radcliffe, Box Office, Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Harry Potter continues to work box-office alchemy, turning his latest movie adventure into an overnight blockbuster. The sixth in...

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