Nonfiction review: Curiel's 'Al' America' (San Francisco Chronicle)

Al' America Travels Through America's Arab and Islamic Roots By Jonathan Curiel The New Press; 246 pages; $25.95 Most Americans know that pizza comes from Italy, that fireworks were invented in China and that salsa - the condiment and the dance - can be...

Gunners fire blanks (Evening Standard)

Arsene Wenger's week of frustration continued with a goalless draw against Fenerbahce as Arsenal failed to provide the fireworks on Bonfire Night.

International Forecaster October 2008 (#9) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More (GoldSeek.com)

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Yukon Jack's Big Yap (EdmontonSun.com)

Hey fans, get in the game! Me and about 17,000 others went to check out the Raptors and Nuggets. I was having a great time until the drive home when I tuned in to the post-game shows on the talk-radio stations, and every single caller talked about how different it was from hockey.

Excerpt from 'The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life' (USA Today)

Chapter One: The Less Flattering Version