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Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note (with dashcam video)
Dad accused of forcing son into field, killing him
Man found dead in North Akron home is identified
Victim of beating in Kent last week is declared dead at Akron hospital
Coventry man killed in crash at I-77 ramp
Browns' roster nearly devoid of consistent players
College student mistaken for deer, shot to death
NFL star Chris Spielman's wife loses cancer battle
Blogs:
Pets:
Cat-loving chihuahua suckles seven abandoned kittens
The Heldenfiles:
Friday Night Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
For your Saturday entertainment …
Akron Zips:
Hitchens leads Zips in second-half comeback
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Holmgren expresses interest in Browns position
Kent State Sports:
Kent State blown out in second half, loses to Temple 47-13
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
OSU – Michigan college football rivals meet in Baghdad
Varsity Letters:
Four area football teams play tonight
All Da King's Men:
Headed For Disaster
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Will Health Care Reform Pass?
Akron Law Café:
Health Care Financing Reform: (69) The Brookings Institute Study on "Bending the Curve" – Four General Strategies
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
TIME TO GET YOUR COLLECTOR CARS WINTERIZED
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Silverdome Potentially SOLD!
Ohio Travels with Betty:
George is looking for a Thanksgiving buffet in Akron.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
Colloquium at University of Akron
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Published on Sunday, Jun 14, 2009
Fiction
1. The Scarecrow, Michael Connelly. A Los Angeles Times reporter tracks a devious killer.
2. Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child. Jack Reacher discovers a conspiracy dating back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
3. Wicked Prey, John Sandford. The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport deals with mayhem occasioned by the Republican convention.
4. Shanghai Girls, Lisa See. Two Chinese sisters in the 1930s are sold as wives to men from California, and leave their war-torn country to join them.
5. The 8th Confession, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club investigate a pair of killings.
Nonfiction
1. Liberty and Tyranny, Mark R. Levin. A conservative manifesto from a talk-show host and president of Landmark Legal Foundation.
2. Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of Blink and The Tipping Point.3. Horse Soldiers, Doug Stanton. A small group of Special Forces soldiers fought the Taliban on horseback shortly after 9/11.
4. Resilience, Elizabeth Edwards. Dealing with life's challenges, including cancer and her husband's infidelity.
5. The Girls from Ames, Jeffrey Zaslow. An enduring friendship among a group of Midwestern women.
Advice, how-to, miscellaneous
1. Who's Got Your Back, Keith Ferrazzi. Achieving goals by building close relationships with a small circle of trusted individuals.
2. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve Harvey with Denene Millner. Relationship tips from the comedian and host of The Steve Harvey Morning Show.
3. Master Your Metabolism, Jillian Michaels with Mariska van Aalst. A plan for removing toxins and rebalancing hormones to lose weight, by a trainer and coach from The Biggest Loser on NBC.
4. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. Thoughts on the importance of ''seizing every moment'' from Pausch, a professor who died of pancreatic cancer at age 47.
5. Excuses Begone!, Wayne W. Dyer. How to throw out old excuses and embrace new ways of thinking to achieve happiness.
Mass-market paper fiction
1. Angels and Demons, Dan Brown. A scholar tries to save the Vatican from the machinations of an underground society.
2. Right Next Door, Debbie Macomber. A reissue of two novels, Father's Day (1991) and The Courtship of Carol Sommars (1990).
3. Under the Radar, Fern Michaels. The Sisterhood is called to protect 14 pregnant teenagers recently escaped from a polygamist sect.
4. Sail, James Patterson and Howard Roughan. A sailing vacation turns into a disaster.
5. My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult. A girl sues her parents after learning they want her to donate a kidney to her sibling.
Kids' picture books
1. Goldilicious, written and illustrated by Victoria Kann. An ethereal pet and protector joins Pinkalicious. (Ages 5 to 8)
2. Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth. A school grows in Pakistan. (Ages 4 to 8)
3. Crazy Hair, Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean. A head of twisting, tangling trails and loops, where gorillas leap and ground sloths sleep. (Ages 4 to 8)
4. Explorer Extraordinaire!, Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. Fancy Nancy meets the outdoors in the finest tradition of the great explorers. (Ages 4 to 7)
5. Gallop!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
— New York Times
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