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Tom Hanks Is Obsessed With Typewriters (So He Wrote A Book About Them)

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Tom Hanks Is Obsessed With Typewriters (So He Wrote A Book About Them)

The actor's new collection of short fiction — his debut book as an author — is called Uncommon Type, and each story has something to do with the machine close to his heart.

News Brief: GOP Relations, Iraqi Forces Launch Kirkuk Operation

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Midnight Walks Exist Strategy

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Let Go Exist Strategy

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Sincere Sunset (Nujabes Tribute) Abstrakt Idea

Mindfulness Apps Aim To Help People Disconnect From Stress

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Mindfulness Apps Aim To Help People Disconnect From Stress

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Mindfulness Apps Aim To Help People Disconnect From Stress

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Floating Away Your Anxiety And Stress

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Floating Away Your Anxiety And Stress

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Carmel Teen Daze

In Mississippi, A Mountain Lion Was Reported On The Loose

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Célébrer Teen Daze

Catalan Leader Fails To Clarify Stand On Independence

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Cities Dream Of Landing Amazon's New HQ And They're Going To Great Lengths To Show It

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Cities Dream Of Landing Amazon's New HQ And They're Going To Great Lengths To Show It

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Cities Dream Of Landing Amazon's New HQ And They're Going To Great Lengths To Show It

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A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella) Ilene Woods

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Main Street Electrical Parade - (Shinichi Osawa Extended Mix) Shinichi Osawa

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Main Street Electrical Parade - (Shinichi Osawa Extended Mix) Shinichi Osawa

Europe

After Coalition Talks, Kurz Expected To Be Austria's Next Prime Minister

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

After Coalition Talks, Kurz Expected To Be Austria's Next Prime Minister

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Doublespeak Soular Order

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Author Interviews

Tom Hanks Is Obsessed With Typewriters (So He Wrote A Book About Them)

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Tom Hanks Is Obsessed With Typewriters (So He Wrote A Book About Them)

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The Typewriter Leroy Anderson

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Senate Leadership Fund Fights Attacks On Establishment Candidates

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Senate Leadership Fund Fights Attacks On Establishment Candidates

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Puerto Rico Health Officials Worry About Contaminated Water Effects

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Puerto Rico Health Officials Worry About Contaminated Water Effects

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Windows Nestor Torres

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The Golden Flute Nestor Torres

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Remembering Avishai Cohen

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World

Iraqi Forces Invade Kurdish City Of Kirkuk After Independence Vote

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Artist Ai Weiwei's Latest Show: 'Good Fences Make Good Neighbors'

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Artist Ai Weiwei's Latest Show: 'Good Fences Make Good Neighbors'

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Chiba Days Gold Panda

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Tim Horton's Coffee Shops In Buffalo Offer A 'Spicy' Latte

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Chiba Nights (John Roberts Remix) Gold Panda

Health Care

Iowa Tries To Prevent Health Insurance Premiums From Escalating

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Iowa Tries To Prevent Health Insurance Premiums From Escalating

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Africa

Truck Bomb In Somalia's Capital Kills And Injures Hundreds Of People

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Truck Bomb In Somalia's Capital Kills And Injures Hundreds Of People

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Ittus Tinariwen

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Nizzagh Ijbal Tinariwen

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It's Obvious Chastity Belt

Asia

Rohingya Muslim Refugees Face Difficult Conditions In Bangladesh

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Rohingya Muslim Refugees Face Difficult Conditions In Bangladesh

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Pas Trop Pas Tropes Esmerine

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My Mamma Pinned a Rose on Me Esmerine

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Into the Sea The Album Leaf

Politics

Trump Looks To Congress To Fix 'Flaws' In Iran Nuclear Deal

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Firefighters Gain Ground On Wildfires Raging Across California

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Firefighters Gain Ground On Wildfires Raging Across California

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