Library of Congress cancels lecture with reservist in Abu Ghraib prison scandal after threatsWASHINGTON — A lecture by the woman who became the public face of the Abu Ghraib scandal was canceled Friday at the Library of Congress after threats led to concerns about staff safety. NYC judge OKs $60M lawsuit against book author who claimed Anna Nicole Smith’s lawyer was pimpNEW YORK — A New York City judge says a jury can decide whether the author of a best-selling book about the death of Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith defamed her lawyer by calling him a pimp. Swedish author sued by Salinger asks NYC appeals court to let him publish his bookNEW YORK — A Swedish author asked a federal appeals court Thursday to reverse a judge’s ruling and let him publish a book he claims is a commentary on J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye.” Limerick mourns death of ‘Angela’s Ashes’ author _ but debate over book smolders onDUBLIN — Bitterness over Frank McCourt’s memoir “Angela’s Ashes” still smolders in his hometown of Limerick. Residents of the western Irish city have never agreed whether his Pulitzer-winning account of childhood survival amid soul-crushing poverty was more fact than fiction. Leading British children’s authors boycott school readings over criminal records checkLONDON — Some of Britain’s leading children’s authors are refusing to do readings in schools because of a new policy requiring them to be registered in a national database and undergo criminal background checks to prove they aren’t sex offenders. Judge blocks US publication of book billed as sequel to classic ‘Catcher in the Rye’NEW YORK — A Swedish author whose new book was promoted as a sequel to J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” cannot publish it in the United States because it too closely mirrors Salinger’s classic without adequate parody or critique, a judge ruled Wednesday. Sotomayor dealt with media access, copyright issues as judge, was reversed in online caseWASHINGTON — As a federal judge, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor dealt with two important media issues — copyrights and access — and was reversed by higher courts when she ruled that freelance writers need not be compensated for online use of their published work, documents released Thursday show. Speaking up: Toni Morrison helps launch free speech organizationNEW YORK — The setting was divine — a duplex on the Upper East Side. The featured speaker, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison. A-Rod homers in intrasquad game, mum on latest steroids allegationsNEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez won’t talk about the latest allegations that he may have used steroids when he was a highly touted high school player and performance-enhancers while playing for the New York Yankees. Judge pushes Google book settlement hearing date to October from JuneNEW YORK — The federal court overseeing Google Inc.’s settlement over its book-scanning program is giving authors four more months to opt out of the deal and review its potential pitfalls. Tolkien in the e-library, “Harry Potter” still outNEW YORK — The latest J.R.R. Tolkien project lasted six years, more than half as long as the author needed to complete his “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Poet Linda Gregg is the third winner of the $50,000 Jackson PrizeNEW YORK — Poet Linda Gregg has won the third annual Jackson Poetry Prize, a $50,000 award given to an author who has written at least one book of “recognized literary merit,” but has yet to receive wide attention. |
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