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'The Tiger's Wife' author Obreht nominated for Orange Prize

Author Téa Obreht grew up in the Balkans against the backdrop of civil war. She never knew her father, and learned English from Disney films, before her family eventually emigrated to America. After writing The Tiger's Wife, a critically-acclaimed novel released this month which draws on her own upbringing, Obreht has now completed her own fairy-tale: a place on the coveted longlist for this ...

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Wilmington club teaches unique sport

WILMINGTON - “En garde!” It is not wrong to automatically think those words and to visualize a sword wielding movie hero when you hear the word fencing. But the sport of modern fencing involves so much more than that fast paced scene from fiction reveals to us. Yes, it is exciting and yes, it can have frantic moments, but the mental aspects often dominate over the action. “Speed means nothing ...

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Social Security fund solvency claim is pure fiction

Everyone knows that the U.S. budget is being devoured by entitlements. Everyone also knows that of the Big Three â€" Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security â€" Social Security is the most solvable.

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