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With chiseled muscles and a natural flair for entertainment, Joanie Laurer exploded onto the scene of professional wrestling in the late 1990s. She was found dead in her apartment Wednesday.

When author Lucas Mann turned 13, his father gave him a copy of Portnoy's Complaint, a novel The New Yorker dubbed "one of the dirtiest books ever published." Mann says the book taught him that life is painful, sometimes gross, and often funny.

Kicking Ass With Less Style And Substance

Guest Blogger Reports On How The Book Compares To The Movie

But Only With Permission Slips From Parents

Proposition 16 on the June ballot would place limits on the way electricity can be delivered to our homes and by whom. The issue is shaping up to be an epic showdown between small non-profit energy providers and the San Francisco-based utility giant PG&E. For the California Report, here's Amy Standen.

This music crosses continents — hip-hop from India, French club music born in Kinshasa and a Yemeni Jewish lullaby. A timely premiere features Sean Lennon and a Pakistani jazz group.

Actress/Writer Brit Marling Shines Again

Guillermo Del Toro Mentors Another Young Director

Harold Robbins' 1966 novel The Adventurers featured the lethal and stunning man of mystery, Dax. Author Manil Suri writes that Robbins' novel was his first glimpse into an adult world. What was your first "adult" novel? Tell us in the comments.