The most controversial book of the year?

The Catcher in the Rye, Doctor Zhivago, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Brave New World, Of Mice and Men, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Handmaid’s Tale and Lolita. It’s a not just a list of entries in the modern literary canon – they’re also books that have been banned.

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Spies bring us in from cold

It’s amazing how some of the best television drama remains engrossing, despite the fact that the viewer doesn’t have the foggiest what’s actually going on for much of the time. Monday’s new SoHo spy drama Restless is opaque from start to finish, but in the crisp, elegant tradition of British espionage tales, the style carries us over the mystery of substance.

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Jerry Sandusky I’m the VICTIM of The Child Sex Conspiracy

Jerry Sandusky, convicted sexual predator of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, is set to be sentenced tomorrow. He recorded a message from jail proclaiming his innocence, among other things.    Recordings From Jail Jerry Sandusky recorded a dramatic statement from his jail cell — on the eve of his sentencing for the Penn State child sex abuse scandal […]

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Man Wearing “Grandpa’s To Do List” T-Shirt Is Arrested for Sexual Assault

                59-year-old Richard Whitehead is facing two felony counts of second degree sexual assault. Whitehead, who reportedly confessed to police that he inappropriately touched two girls, ages 6 & 10, has been in the Faulkner County Jail since Thursday night.        The  59-year-old grandfather from Conway, Ark. […]

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