Dreamcatcher isn’t the first time that aliens have landed in Stephen King’s Maine woods to mess with the heads of the natives. The first time was The Tommyknockers (1987). And the first head they messed with was attached to Roberta “Bobbi” Anderson, a best …

Near the end of The Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn includes a chapter he calls “The Muses in Gulag.” Most of the chapter describes the absurdity and uselessness of the Communist Party’s Cultural and Educational Section, but he also briefly reflects on the …

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To the Editors: In Mr. Atallah Mansour’s article “Palestine: The Search for a New Golden Age” in your issue of October 7, he says on page 19: “The United Nations promised them [the refugees] ‘the free choice’ of repatriation, but in fact supplied them wit …

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A porn actor who authorities say was killed by a machete-wielding colleague has been identified as 30-year-old Herbert Hin Wong, sources familiar with the investigation said Thursday. A native of China, Wong acted in adult films under the name " Tom Dong" …

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The southbound Harbor Freeway was closed Friday morning as Los Angeles police looked for evidence -- including a gun -- tossed from the windows of a vehicle officers were pursuing. [Updated at 11:46 a.m.: The southbound 110 Freeway reopened at 11:23 a.m. o …