The Librarian

Star Emily Rose peels back the mystery of Syfy’s Haven!
We’ve got a first: an exclusive interview with Emily Rose, star of Syfy’s upcoming paranormal mystery series Haven , which debuts in July. “It’s definitely based on the characters from The Colorado Kid,” she told us at Syfy’s upfront presentation to advertisers and the press a few weeks ago in New York, referring to the original Stephen King novella.

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Study: Scientists advance toward development of urine test for detecting colon cancer
Scientists are reporting an advance toward development of a urine test for detecting colon cancer, the third most common cancer in the United States. Such a test could eventually compliment or even reduce the need for colonoscopy, the mainstay screening test used today. The study, which analyzes chemical differences in the urine of humans with and without colon cancer, is in ACS’ Journal of …

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Anemia following surgery for morbid obesity
( World Journal of Gastroenterology ) A research team from United States evaluated the long-term heath issues of patients who underwent gastric bypass surgery. They found menstruating females and patients with peptic ulcer disease are at greatest risk of developing anemia following gastric bypass surgery.

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Jim Thorpe news
On Saturday, April 24 at 10 a.m., JoAnn Smith Ainsworth will be guest author and speaker at the Dimmick Memorial Library, 54 Broadway in downtown Jim Thorpe. She will have available and will autograph her novels “Matilda’s Song” and “Out of the Dark.”

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“Twilight” among “most challenged” books of 2009
UNITED STATES, LOS ANGELES – The best-selling vampire themed ‘Twilight’ book series has entered the top 10 list of books that U.S. schools and public libraries were asked to remove from their shelves in 2009.

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Literary event of the week: B.H. Fairchild
B.H. Fairchild, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2003 for his fourth book of poems, “Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest,” will read from his work at 7 p.m. Monday at Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. This free program is part of the church’s “Literary Witnesses” program, co-sponsored by the Loft.

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