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The novel, Morrison's 11th, will be titled God Help the Child. J.K. Also: Rowling has plans for a new book of her own. And a book has been returned to a Washington state library — 65 years overdue.

Authorities say an Emirate woman in her 30s confessed to targeting Ibolya Ryan at an Abu Dhabi mall because she was American. The woman also is suspected in a foiled bomb attack on another American.

The situation began unfolding during morning rush hour, when a gunman entered the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in downtown Sydney. The gunman and two others died after police stormed the cafe.

The Hot in Cleveland actress got her start over 60 years ago on a live TV show called Hollywood on Television. Now she's 92 years old, but she says that's no reason to quit show business.

They began their U.S. tour just as Ebola started spreading in Sierra Leone. They don't want to go back until the epidemic is under control. So for now, they're giving concerts and sending money home.

Lessing's 1962 novel, The Golden Notebook, is considered one of the great works of the 20th Century. It's been called by many the first feminist novel, a distinction Lessing always rejected.

When a rookie lawmaker slipped a handwritten letter to Emperor Akihito last month, the collective public gasp was heard nationwide. The lawmaker's sin was to violate Japan's ban on using the emperor for political gain, but the incident highlighted lingering sensitivity over the emperor nearly 70 years after the end of World War II.

The first bite of a bitter fruit or nut can be shocking, even revolting. That's led scientists to think that bitter tastes evolved to help us avoid poisonous plants. But a new a genetic study in Africa challenges that notion.

Among gamers, there's a great schism between the casual players who poke away at their cellphones and hard-core devotees who pound at controllers and keyboards for hours at a time. Game makers are trying hard to target both thriving groups.

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