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Nearly two-thirds of American parents monitor kids on Facebook

Most American parents keep tabs on their kids' activity on Facebook, but a significant percentage also say they are hands off.

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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:
BOOKS

Top 25: What corporate America is reading, May 2013

800-CEO-READ, a leading direct supplier of book-based resources, compiles a monthly list of best-selling business books based on purchases by its corporate customers nationwide. Here are the best sellers for May 2013, plus descriptions of the Top 10.
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The Romance Reader: 'The Mystery Woman'

"The Mystery Woman" by Amanda Quick; Putnam ($26.95)
HOME & GARDEN

'Until She Comes Home' by Lori Roy

"Until She Comes Home" by Lori Roy; Dutton ($26.95)
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First-time author's 'Stoker's Manuscript' is a thriller with bite

"Stoker's Manuscript" by Royce Prouty; Putnam ($26.95)
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The rich back story of Spanish

Every summer, millions of Americans repeat again and again a word that has its roots in Taino, the Caribbean language spoken by the people Christopher Columbus met when he first landed in the Americas.
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Daniel James Brown on 'The Boys in the Boat'

Redmond, Wash., -based author Daniel James Brown's newest book, "The Boys in the Boat" (Viking, $28.95), is more than a sports saga. It's the true story of nine University of Washington students who rowed crew in the 1930s.
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Rick Atkinson's incisive last volume in his World War II trilogy finds fresh ground to cover

"The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945" by Rick Atkinson; Henry Holt & Co. ($40)
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In Stephen King's new horror house, it's the everyday eeriness that grips

When it comes to Stephen King, I'm partial to the smaller efforts: novellas, short novels, experiments, the quieter, more interior stuff. It's not that I don't like his big books - especially "The Shining," which remains the scariest thing I've ever read, and the 1996 novel "Desperation," an overarching...