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James Patterson on completing Michael Crichton’s “Eruption” – CBS News Watch CBS News Writer Michael Crichton, whose blockbuster novels, films and TV series included “Jurassic Park” and “ER,” died in 2008, leaving behind an unfinished thriller about a volcanic eruption that imperils all life on Earth. Bestselling author James Patterson was tasked with completing Crichton’s
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“Illinoise” and the origin of an unlikely Broadway musical – CBS News Watch CBS News The new Broadway show “Illinoise” is a choreographed indie-rock musical with no dialogue, based on Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 concept album. It’s received four Tony Award nominations, including best musical. “Sunday Morning” contributor Kelefa Sanneh talks with choreographer Justin Peck, playwright
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Historic … unprecedented … and guilty. You couldn’t escape those words this past week, after a former President of the United States was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York, a city he long called home. But beyond all the drama, said CBS News legal contributor Rebecca Roiphe, was simply a jury of seven
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Trump’s guilty verdict: A stress test for democracy – CBS News Watch CBS News Being found guilty of 34 felony counts would normally mark the end of someone’s political prospects. But as longtime Trump chronicler Michael Wolff notes, the former president has built his career, and brand, on grievances – and this week’s conviction in
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Views about former President Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial after the verdict look much like they did before it took place. Just over half the country thought Trump was guilty before the verdict, and now just over half think the jury reached the right verdict and that the trial was fair. Republicans remain overwhelmingly
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World War II veterans receive hero’s welcome in France World War II veterans receive hero’s welcome in France 01:19 Parachutists hurled themselves from World War II-era planes into the now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, kicking off a week of ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. On Sunday, three C-47 transport
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6/2: The Book Report by Washington Post critic Ron Charles – CBS News Watch CBS News The “Sunday Morning” book reviewer offers his picks from this month’s new fiction and non-fiction titles, including “Eruption,” a thriller started by Michael Crichton and finished, more than 15 years after Crichton’s death, by James Patterson. View CBS News
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South Korea said Sunday it’ll soon take “unbearable” retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations. In the past week, North Korea floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump rubbish on South Korea, simulated nuclear strikes against its neighbor and allegedly jammed GPS navigation signals in
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By Washington Post book critic Ron Charles Here are four hot new books to check out this summer. W.W. Norton You may know Claire Messud from such terrific books as “The Emperor’s Children” or “The Woman Upstairs.” Her new novel, “This Strange Eventful History” (W.W. Norton), uses the outlines of her own family to tell
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Simon & Schuster We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. A delightful mix of historical fact and science fiction, Kaliane Bradley’s debut novel “The Ministry of Time” (Simon & Schuster) mixes historical fact and science fiction in the story of a secret British agency that plucks doomed people from
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