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Facebook moves to block offensive terms from targeted advertising campaigns

Advertisers on Facebook no longer can use offensive search terms such as "Jew hater" and "how to burn Jews" to target specific audiences, the company said Wednesday.

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Kirkus announces its finalist lineup, and book prize season is looking good

The Kirkus Prize finalists were announced Tuesday, with six titles each in three categories – fiction, nonfiction and young readers literature. Because that final category is broken into three divisions (picture books, middle grade and young adult), its finalists are closer to winning – there are only two contenders in each reading age bracket.

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'Forest Dark' questions art of narrative in a chaotic world

"Forest Dark: A Novel" by Nicole Krauss; Harper (304 pages, $27.99)

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'Conscience of a Conservative': Sen. Jeff Flake defines Republican as anti-Trump

"Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle" by Jeff Flake; Random House (160 pages, $27)

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Author Celeste Ng draws inspiration from her high-school years for 'Little Fires Everywhere'

Celeste Ng was quite certain nobody would read her debut novel, 2014's "Everything I Never Told You." The book, which she began writing while working on her MFA from the University of Michigan, is the elegantly hypnotic tale of a devastated Chinese-American family in 1970s small-town Ohio. On the book's first page we meet the Lees and learn of their tragedy: Beloved daughter Lydia has drowned in the nearby lake. No one knows why.

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In 'World Without Mind,' journalist Franklin Foer argues that Silicon Valley will lead us to our doom

"World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech" by Franklin Foer; Penguin Press (272 pages, $27)

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Review: 'The Best We Could Do' by Thi Bui

"The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui; Abrams (329 pages, $24.95)

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HGTV superstars Jonathan and Drew Scott bring 'House Party' on tour

Jonathan Scott dreamed about entertaining thousands like master illusionist David Copperfield. Twin brother Drew figured he'd have an NBA contract by the time he was 20.

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Here's the cookbook for parents tackling back-to-school meal planning

As a working parent of a 4-year-old, some of the things I Google most are: "meal planning strategies," "sandwich ideas" and "how to make overnight oats taste good."

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Book review: 'Say Zoop!' a joyfully noisy book for toddlers

Parents need to know that Herve Tullet ("Press Here") gives fresh life to his playful, brightly colored dots in "Say Zoop!," a highly interactive book that encourages readers to experiment with sound as they explore color, rhythm, patterns, emotions, and more. Invitations to press, shake, whisper, roar, and sing erase the boundary between books and games. It's tremendously fun to enjoy together, but far too energetic for bedtime! Simple prompts guide readers through the book, leaving plenty of room for grown-ups and children to extend the experience with their own ideas.

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Loudon Wainwright III’s life has been complicated

Pity the folk singer raised in the Northeast. As John Gorka put it in “I’m From New Jersey,” a nearly perfect song, “It’s not like Texas / There’s no mystery / I can’t pretend.”

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NC’s deadliest industrial fire reveals the high cost of ‘cheap’ products

On Sept. 3, 1991, workers at Imperial Food Products in the small town of Hamlet heard a loud bang and then a hissing sound, as if a missile had just been launched inside the facility.

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Best-sellers

Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:

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Best-sellers

Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:

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Candor, defiance and dark humor mark Hillary Clinton’s book about ‘What Happened’

More than a recap, ‘What Happened’ is what it’s like to run for U.S. president as the female nominee of a major party. It’s worth reading.

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Facebook is said to tell Mueller more on Russia ad spending

Facebook Inc. has given special counsel Robert Mueller extra details on political ad spending from a Russian group that tried to sow discord online ahead of last year's U.S. presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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This week's best-sellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Sunday, Sept. 10, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan (c) 2017 NPD Group.

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A different kind of Russian investigation

Timing can be everything.

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Hillary Clinton worries Dems with a book tour

The following editorial appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tuesday, Sept. 12:

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7 talking points about Hillary Clinton's new book, 'What Happened'

Hillary Clinton's book "What Happened" officially hit shelves Tuesday. The book was originally slated to be an essay collection built around her favorite inspirational quotes, but Clinton pivoted while writing it and turned it into her assessment of the 2016 presidential election instead.