Reggie Fleming Gone

from the Chicago Tribune Ex-Blackhawk Reggie Fleming dead at 73 July 11, 2009 2:00 PM Reggie Fleming, a member of the Chicago Blackhawks 1961 Stanley Cup champions, passed away this morning at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, his son Chris said...

Soul Power ’74 Out Of Africa At Last

from The New York Times Zaire’s Moment of the Soul Antidote Films/Sony Pictures The Zaire ’74 music festival included African musicians like Miriam Makeba, center, as well as top American soul acts like the Spinners, left, and and James Brown, right. The festival is...

Hemingway Exposed As Failure

from The Guardian UK Hemingway revealed as failed KGB spy Notes from Stalin-era intelligence archives show ‘agent Argo’ as a willing recruit in 1941  John Dugdale Useful in battle? Ernest Hemingway in 1944. Photograph: George Karger/Time Life Pictures Up...

From Crack Houses To Evil Aliens

from The Guardian’s Books Blog James Frey targets a million little readers Controversial writer James Frey has been outed as the co-author of a hot new children’s book, as yet unpublished. But why all the mystery?   From crack houses to evil aliens … James...