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The bard of America's Jazz Age died 75 years ago today, but his work is as popular as ever. Critic Juan Vidal remembers discovering Fitzgerald's work in a dusty secondhand bookshop.

Equal parts thriller and alarm call, Paolo Bacigalupi's new novel depicts a future America ravaged by drought. Reviewer Jason Heller says Bacigalupi keeps the plot taut and the dialogue slashing.

The traditional mother-daughter dynamic turned on its head for New York Times columnist Alex Witchel in the wake of her mother's struggle with dementia. But Witchel's memoir, despite its raw honesty, fails to provide the depth needed to make it a standout in a trendy genre.

The traditional mother-daughter dynamic turned on its head for New York Times columnist Alex Witchel in the wake of her mother's struggle with dementia. But Witchel's memoir, despite its raw honesty, fails to provide the depth needed to make it a standout in a trendy genre.

A strike by Canadian lock workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway has shut down the transportation route that connects the Port of Cleveland to the Atlantic Ocean. 350 unionized lock workers went on strike Sunday over the lack of progress on a new contract with the company that runs the seaway.

The people of Pakistan may be far more celebrated for cricket than soccer, but that doesn't deter them from taking great pride that their country manufactured the official 2014 World Cup ball.

ODOT officials urged drivers to be safe around road construction. In the lead up to the event, there had already been 43 crashes involving drivers and construction crews this year. As officials spoke, that number rose to 44.

Through this weekend, the first significant arctic outbreak of winter is affecting most of the country. Wind, flooding rain, and some tornado warnings have been issued across the U.S.

VanDerveer, in her 38th season as Stanford coach, passed Duke's Coach K's record. She's helped the women's sport come a long way since she started her college basketball career over 50 years ago.

With his beard, long hair and brown felt fedora, the jazz flugelhorn player and composer cut an unforgettable figure in American culture.