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Beard recounts personal torment in revealing book
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Amanda Beard climbed the podium
at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, clutching her teddy bear as she
collected her first gold medal, no one could see the torment
that was starting to brew inside of her. Whenever she smiled,
cameras clicked and crowds roared with approval. She was just
14 at the time and apparently living the ultimate American
dream.
Author Rowling writing Harry Potter encyclopedia
LONDON (Reuters) – Author J.K. Rowling is working on a
Harry Potter encyclopedia, and will donate the royalties to
charity, she has said on her website. Four years ago the
British writer took an independent U.S. publisher to court to
stop its plans for a reference book on the world of the
fictional boy wizard, saying it constituted a ”rip off” of her
work.
