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Paisley Park plans Prince tributes for 2nd death anniversary

Paisley Park will build another tribute fence where Prince fans can leave messages to mark the second anniversary of the rock superstar's death.
by Associated Press

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Jack White's 'messy, sprawling, daffy' album

Rolling Stone calls "Boarding House Reach" his strangest record and describes the music as "a messy, sprawling, daffy, howling set that sounds spiritually hungry, collectively driven and, instructively, a little bit lost."
by MPR News Staff

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'I Was Anastasia': How a famous fraud brought a kind of hope

'I Was Anastasia': How a famous fraud brought a kind of hope

Ariel Lawhon's new novel recounts the lives of both Russia's Grand Duchess Anastasia and Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to be Anastasia after the royal family was executed during the Revolution.

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A look at the 'Father of Christian Rock'

A look at the 'Father of Christian Rock'

Gregory Alan Thornbury's new book "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?" chronicles the life of Larry Norman and his battles with Evangelicalism.
by Sarah McCammon and Elizabeth Baker

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An author who starts where most others end

An author who starts where most others end

Bookseller Steve Iwanski recommends a novel about "a down-on-his-luck, beat-up old prize fighter, who loses $12,000 that he needed to pay off his ruthless boss." That's only the beginning.
by Tracy Mumford

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You don't have to be a dog person to enjoy 'Tomorrow'

You don't have to be a dog person to enjoy 'Tomorrow'

Damian Dibben's novel follows a 217-year-old dog (yes, you read that right) as he searches for his wizardly master, who's disappeared somewhere in Europe in the middle of the Napoleonic Wars.
by Jean Zimmerman

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#NationalPuppyDay: The holiday you didn't know you needed

#NationalPuppyDay: The holiday you didn't know you needed

People rarely need an excuse to unleash photos of their pets, but they get one today. The holiday was started in 2006 to promote puppy adoption.
by Sam Hoisington

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U.S. Postal Service unveils Mister Rogers postage stamp

U.S. Postal Service unveils Mister Rogers postage stamp

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Clad in a crimson cardigan, Fred Rogers, Mister Rogers to many of us, is commemorated with a stamp.
by The Associated Press

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Cube Critics: Death of Stalin is a "guilty pleasure"

Cube Critics: Death of Stalin is a "guilty pleasure"

Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis review "The Death of Stalin" and "The Leisure Seeker."

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In 'All the Names They Used for God,' the magical meets the harrowing

In 'All the Names They Used for God,' the magical meets the harrowing

Author Anjali Sachdeva spins captivating short stories around kernels of the otherworldly. She says it can be a way to overcome the impulse to look away from that which is unsettling or traumatic.
by Audie Cornish

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