Literature

Obituaries in the news (The Charlotte Observer)

13 May 2008

Nuala O'Faolain DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Nuala O'Faolain - a journalist and feminist who gained international fame with her outspoken 1996 memoir "Are You Somebody?" - has died. She was 68. O'Faolain died Friday of lung cancer at a hospice in south Dublin, her family said. O'Faolain, who was a University College Dublin lecturer in literature before becoming one of Ireland's best-known journalists, ...

Feminist writer dies in Ireland (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

13 May 2008

Nuala O'Faolain, a journalist and feminist who gained international fame with a 1996 memoir, died in Dublin of lung cancer, weeks after revealing her illness on state radio. She was 68. O'Faolain was a University College Dublin lecturer in literature before becoming one of Ireland's best-known journalists. She worked as a television producer and reporter for the BBC, and gained a national ...

STUDY: 2-DRINK LIMIT PRETTY HIP (New York Post)

13 May 2008

A drink or two a day may make for stronger bones, according to a new review of literature on the issue - but more than two may lead to a broken hip. People who drank between one half and one alcoholic beverage a day were 20 percent less likely than...