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'Harry Potter' author being sued
Associated Press WriterHarry Potter fans look out: Some new Muggles are coming to town. Or are they old ones? "The Legend of Rah and the Muggles," whose author is suing J.K. Rowling for stealing her ideas, will be reissued by Thurman House in May, the publisher announced...Tags: Litigation, Fiction, J.K. Rowling , Harry Potter (fictional character), Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Potter hype has taken off
Think you've already seen a lot of hype about "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"? Well, that was just the run-up before the book came out. Things got serious on Friday. Billboards. Baseball parks. A countdown in Times Square. Scholastic Inc.,...Tags: Fiction, J.K. Rowling , Seattle Mariners, Harry Potter (fictional character), Times Square
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In-school trials of software can be easily influenced
Sun StaffLacking good research about education software, school districts often do their own evaluations. But their trials are easily influenced by software vendors -- or by administrators already inclined toward buying the product. A test of Plato Learning...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Entertainment, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Prince George's County
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`Potter' caught in library budget crunch
Associated Press national writerWhen "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" comes out this summer, many young readers will rush to their local public libraries to get copies. But for this -- and other books -- they likely will receive a lesson in patience. Because of budget cuts,...Tags: Fiction, J.K. Rowling , Libraries, Harry Potter (fictional character), Budgets and Budgeting
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50,000 goal set in book collection Saturday
By A Sun Staff WriterOfficials at the Baltimore Reads literacy organization are counting down to Saturday's annual "Books for Kids Day" collection, hoping to bring in 50,000 new or "gently used" books for distribution to families throughout the area. The collection, which...Tags: Edwin Mulitalo, Family, Children, Book
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