Obituary: Elizabeth L. Post / Granddaughter-in-law updated etiquette book - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Elizabeth L. Post, who succeeded her grandmother-in-law, Emily Post, as the doyenne of etiquette in repeated editions of Emily's celebrated advice book, died Saturday in Naples, Fla. If you must know, Ms. Post was 89. She decreed that asking someone's age was, at best, "a thoughtless question

Laura Bush discusses fatal crash in new book - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
NEW YORK — Former U.S. first lady Laura Bush is going public about a car crash in Midland, Texas, that claimed the life of a high school friend when she was 17. In her new book, "Spoken from the Heart," she describes being wracked by guilt and

Indiana district pulls Toni Morrison book from hands of - Indianapolis Star
Franklin Central Principal Kevin Koers said he had read about half the book Wednesday and wanted to be sure to have a complete understanding Millie Davis, director of communications for the Illinois-based National Council of Teachers of English

JEFFERSON CITY > Blue book's days may be numbered - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Senators voted Wednesday to stop printing state statute books and Missouri's Official Manual, widely known as the Blue Book. The information already is posted on Senate Majority Leader Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, says printing the manual and

Michael Oher and his adoptive parents get book deals - NBC Sports
the way he's been portrayed in the media, so for people who have read or seen The Blind Side , Oher's book will be an interesting look at how he views his formative years. Oher's adoptive mother Leigh Anne Tuohy (played by Sandra Bullock in the

Pa. 5th-grader leaves 'death list' in library book - WPVI
Butler Area School District Superintendent Edward Fink says a student discovered the list of a dozen first names Monday at Broad Street Elementary School in Butler, about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh. The words "death list" were written across the

Bubble-blowers in NJ join global effort to break Guinness Book record - Morris County Daily Record
MARGATE, N.J. (AP) — People all over the world Thursday tried to break into Guinness That's where Isabelle Mosca lives with her 11-year-old son, Kyle, who is autistic. When he was in preschool, Kyle's mom wracked her brain trying to come up

Marilyn Monroe's Writings Put In Book - KPHO
Straus & Giroux announced Tuesday that "Fragments" would come out in October. Editor Courtney Hodell says the book will include poems, reflections on Arthur Miller and other men in her life, and references to works by Samuel Beckett, James Joyce