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Its Financial Future In Question, Facebook Tries To Tell A Different Story

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Mayank Sharma of New Delhi lost his memory. A video by Facebook shows how he used Facebook's "people you may know" feature to rebuild his life.

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Originally published on Thu August 2, 2012 5:39 pm

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On its first day as a public company in May, Facebook's stock traded for more than $40 a share. On Thursday, investors could pick up a share for less than $20. Facebook has lost nearly half its value during its first few weeks on the Nasdaq. Institutional investors such as Fidelity are selling their stake. Facebook executives are now desperate to change the conversation about the company.

6:09 pm

Wed August 1, 2012

The Very Best: A Band's Summer Escape With A Message

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Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya and Swedish producer Johan Hugo met in a London thrift shop and soon became musical collaborators as The Very Best.

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Originally published on Fri August 3, 2012 9:45 am

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The high-tech pop intro to The Very Best's song "Kondaine" suggests a carefree summer party. There's Afropop uplift to the sound and Top 40 melodiousness to the vocal.

5:56 pm

Wed August 1, 2012

Famous For His Hates: The Cool, Witty Gore Vidal

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Gore Vidal arrives at the premiere of Alexander at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 16, 2004.

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Christopher Bram is the author of nine novels. His most recent book, Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America, was published in February.

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Chris Bram is the author of the novel Gods and Monsters.

Gore Vidal was famous for his hates: academia, presidents, whole portions of the American public and, most notably, Truman Capote. Yet he could be incredibly generous to other writer friends. He wrote beautiful, appreciative essays about Tennessee Williams and Dawn Powell.

He was a man of many facets and endless contradictions.

5:15 pm

Wed August 1, 2012

Romney Adviser Defends Candidate's Statements About Palestinian Culture

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Dan Senor, senior national security aide to Mitt Romney, speaks to the press en route to Israel from London on Saturday.

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Originally published on Sun August 5, 2012 1:05 pm

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A top foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney on Wednesday defended statements the Republican presidential candidate made in Israel about the cultural differences between Israelis and Palestinians.

1:07 pm

Wed August 1, 2012

Crustacean Adventures — Love at First Crack

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"Beware the green stuff," says Maggie Shipstead.

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Until she ate lobster, novelist Maggie Shipstead was an avowed anti-seafoodist.

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Originally published on Wed August 1, 2012 4:53 pm

Maggie Shipstead just published her first novel, Seating Arrangements.

There haven't been very many. I started late. Until I was 21, I thought I didn't like seafood. Then I got tipsy and ate a whole lobster, and my life changed.

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