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...Harry Potter movie has led to a bump in reading of the already popular Harry Potter books, which has led young readers to C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Tolkien. "We can't keep Lord of the Rings on the shelf," Kunzel says. Tolkien purists who can't bear to see images of Middle-earth put on the screen should take some comfort in the fact that the paperback version of the trilogy is flying off the shelves. The first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring, is currently No.1 on Publishers Weekly's mass-market best-seller list...
...brain death has been declared. There are as many as 50 body parts, from your skin to your corneas, that can save or transform the life of a potential recipient, but for many families lost in grief, the idea of dismembering a loved one is more than they can bear...
...with a jittery stock market, employees stand to do well because results are determined as much by the company's progress toward its business goals as by the performance of its stock. "It's not strictly tied to the euphoria of the bull market or the despair of the bear market," explains chairman John Brennan. Employees seem to like the arrangement: turnover each year is less than 10%, about half that of competing money-management firms...
...worth is estimated at $860 million, recently announced his plan to donate $30 million to the University of Michigan, his alma mater, where the College of Architecture and Urban Planning will be named after him. The health care center and medical library at the University of Michigan already bear his name...
...proposed budget makes it through Congress, the center will bear the brunt of the total cut to the Smithsonian Institution, which is currently slated to be $37.5 million...