Senator Cornball, senator of one of those northern grain belt states, has introduced a bill in the Senate to abolish funding for public and school libraries. "Banning books hasn't solve the problem,” he said. “We need to go further. “Librarie…
In a triumph for justice, a 56-year-old theft was finally solved today, and the perpetrator brought to book. Eddie Gleeson, 97, of Middlesbrough, was arrested after a successful police sting outside the city's central library yesterday. Criminal…
It's been announced in the last few minutes that one of the teams relegated from the Championship to League One on the final day of last season, believe there is so little atmosphere at their stadium, that they intend to turn it into a public library…
A Hollywood movie about a creative, free-thinking writer and comedian is set to wow audiences when it's released into cinemas early next year, and it's already been vaunted as a possible Oscar nominee. The film is called 'I'm Different!', and cost…
It's taken for granted in this, the digital age, where we can download printed matter to various technological devices, that books are less popular than they once were, but one book, in particular, has broken all records at a city library - for remai...
End-of-year library sales are notoriously good pickings for those with an interest in books, and particularly cheap books, but one man has told how he unearthed a treasure trove of musical gems, in the form of cut-price CDs. Myke Woodson, 56, is a...
Calvin Holmes of Nashville, Tennessee, came to an unfortunate conclusion when he reached the end of the spy novel he'd been reading and realized he'd never actually lived. "I've never been to Paris and bonded viscerally with a beautiful, voluptuou...
A man who returned a library book after its 'return by' date is in trouble with the authorities in Hull. Moys Kenwood from the city, borrowed 'Favorite Dishes Of Iran' from Hull Central Library in October 2013, knowing full well that it had to be...
I don't have pointy teeth, a black cape, a bad haircut, or a see-through body. But can I be scary? You betcha! Y'see, I'm a computer in the general reference room of a local library. A bad, bad computer. One who makes up emails and sends them to library patrons. Spooky! And fun -- to annoy, enrage, scare a lot of folks. Whatever. Oh, you thought only humans can be scary? Get with it. This is...
Libraries in the UK have been granted special powers under a new ruling from the Scottish Rite Freemasons, known colloquially in London as The House of Commons. The Lodge is charged with the implementation of the New World Order under guidance fr...
There used to be a sanctuary to which you could retire for that most blessed and peaceful of soul satisfying balms- silence. This sanctuary was known as a 'library' and throughout the world they could be considered a trustworthy and guarded haven for this treasure of peace whether it be in Bangladesh or the heart of Manhattan. There entities known as "librarians" would covet and protect this preci...
After receiving several calls from irate customers, the head librarian told the library van driver to go right back and bring ALL their books back in or they were in serious trouble. Soon the police also arrived at the Buffort Library. Seems that...
Judge Jamie Dean of West Virginia has handed down the ruling that halfwits cannot be prevented from using the county library. "That would be interfering with his rights as a citizen of the United States." "We're alright with most of the kids, b...
An elderly book-lover has complained bitterly that her local library was too quiet. "There was a deathly silence about the place," moaned 75-year-old Lily Brearian, who has been using the library in Gateshead for over 50 years. "And recently I've...
Rupert Giles studied at Oxford University, but dropped out before earning a history degree to become a voyeur, or "watcher," as his father and grandmother Edna had been before him. Rather than taking his wayward son to task for wasting what could have been a superb education at one of the world's leading universities, Giles' father approved of his decision, affirming it as a fulfillment of his "de...
DALLAS TX- The grand opening of the George W. Bush presidential library on May 1st has sparked a great deal of controversy. The opening has re-ignighted one of the great debates of our time. Who's superheroes are more badass? While the Supreme Cou...
Anti-library closure activists fear civil war on English streets following Brent Council's 'cowardly' dead-of-night raid in Kensal Rise today. The council hit the library to remove books, photographs and comemmorative plaques at 2am, under the gua...
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