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

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

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Game review: ‘Book of Demons,’ modern tween-friendly take on classic dungeon crawling adventure

Parents need to know that "Book of Demons" is a downloadable dungeon crawling adventure for Windows PCs. The action is a point-and-click driven game where players take on the role of a hero trying to save the world by fighting demons and varying levels of hell. Combat's a key element of the gameplay as you use skills that you gain from picking up cards to defeat monsters. But while you're clicking on enemies to "attack them," no blood or gore is shown, and neither are attacks. When enemies are killed, they fade into the ground. Otherwise, there's no inappropriate content in the game.

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Commentary: Facebook has 5 ‘core values.’ Guess where ‘protect users’ ranks

A stunning report published Tuesday revealed that Facebook provided more than 150 companies – including Microsoft, Amazon and Yahoo – far more access to users' sensitive personal information, including allegedly private messages, than previously admitted. The disappointing details, reported by The New York Times, call to mind the sage observation of poet Maya Angelou: "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

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Facebook to stop accepting campaign ads in Washington state

Facebook Inc. will stop accepting campaign ads in Washington state after agreeing to pay more than $200,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging the company, along with Google Inc., violated state campaign finance laws by failing to maintain records of election ads on its platform.

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How ‘Shout Your Abortion’ grew from a Seattle hashtag into a book

Amelia Bonow was in a Lyft, headed to Seattle's Neptune Theatre, when she told the driver what awaited her there: She had co-founded a movement called "Shout Your Abortion," aimed at humanizing, normalizing and de-stigmatizing the procedure. It had spread from Seattle across the nation, and resulted in a book of personal essays by abortion clients, and providers, that was being launched before a crowd of supporters that night.

The Last Word: Philip Roth

The New York Times sat down with Philip Roth in 2008 to talk about his life and accomplishments.