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A quest of Shakespearean proportion

At Belmont Abbey, Simon Donoghue has this dream: Stage every one of the Bard's 37 plays, no matter how long it takes.

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Taylor made? All eyes on Swift at CMA awards
By CHRIS TALBOTT | Associated Press Writer | November 9, 2009
Music CMA Awards

Kenny Chesney has made the very hard work of dominating country music look easy.

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50 years: Kan. town grieves 'In Cold Blood' deaths
By ROXANA HEGEMAN | Associated Press Writer | November 9, 2009
In Cold Blood 50 Years

It's one of America's most haunting crime stories: four members of a Kansas family brutally murdered on Nov. 15, 1959, at their rural farmhouse.

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Review: Fiona's debut CD is solid

Melanie Fiona may be eccentric. Or maybe she's just madly in love. Either way, her debut CD is an impressive mix of tracks that presents the many sides of the woman.

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Dr. Drew just can't break helper habit

One starts to wonder whether the doctor's workaholism is his own drug of choice.

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A note to my readers

I wanted to give you all a heads up that this will be my last week at the Observer. I've taken a ...

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Slices of life and limbs fill King's new novel

Once in a while Stephen King still likes to work on a big canvas and take, say, a small-to-middling Maine town and put it through the wrath of God.

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'Goats' conspires to bemuse

Wonkily entertaining (if perplexing) story of attempts to use soldiers' psionic powers.

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Positano oozes good tastes

Diverse menu includes American-style and Italo-centric pizzas, lasagna, subs, more.

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