Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein donates $5M to support the National Book Festival - Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group equity firm is announcing a $5 million gift to the Library of Congress to ensure the National Book Festival continues on the National Mall for years to come. Then-first lady Laura Bush began the festival with the library in 2001. It has grown from

Obama described Tea Partiers as 'Tea-Baggers', claims book - New Kerala
Washington, May 6 : A new book about US President Barack Obama alleges he once used the vulgar term 'tea-bagger' to refer to the Tea Party movement. Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter, in his book "The Promise: President Obama, Year One," to be released May 18, quotes the president as saying that

New trial ordered in Michael George comic book store slaying - Detroit Free Press
Michael George -- the 49-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his wife in 1990 in their Clinton Township comic book store -- should get a new trial, the state Court of Appeals has Barbara George, 32, was shot once in the head while preparing

Woodward book on Obama coming in September - The Oakland Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A Bob Woodward book on the Obama administration is coming out in September Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate scandal with Washington Post colleague Carl Bernstein, wrote four best sellers about the Bush

Google Editions: My E-Book Feature Wish List - IT World
Bonus points if Google can make Web apps optimized for the Kindle's and Nook's primitive browsers. Give indies a hand Google Editions won't be limited to one Web site, as Google plans to let independent sellers set up their own digital storefronts.

Rosalynn Carter pens new book on mental health - San Francisco Chronicle
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter says that while there have been dramatic efforts to bring mental health issues to the forefront in a new book titled, "Within Our Reach: Ending the Mental Health Crisis." Carter said there should be no more shame

Gov. Bredesen pens book on health care overhaul - WATE
NASHVILLE (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has written a book about his proposal to improve the American health care system. The book, published by Atlantic Monthly Press, is titled "Fresh Medicine: How to Fix Reform and Build a Sustainable Health