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Harry Potter stories: 102 news summaries

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Dumbledore Is Gay: Rowling

Harry Potter author outs the Hogwarts headmaster in talk
at Carnegie Hall

Oct 20, 07 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I always thought of Dumbledore as gay," J.K. Rowling confided last night to cheers from a sellout crowd in New York, reports the AP. "If I had known this would have made you this happy, I would have told you years ago," said the author... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Albus Dumbledore • gays

Chinese Follies Are All
Too Familiar

US exhibited capitalist lapses once upon
a time

Aug 27, 07 9:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Before Americans get on their high horse about China’s recent lapses into substandard products—not to mention those fake Harry Potter translations—they should look long and hard at their own history, the Boston Globe suggests. In the 19th century, it was the US that was considered the nation... More »

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China • Harry Potter • exports • capitalism • contamination • knockoff • Charles Dickens

Harry Potter and the Murdered Heiress?

Rumor has JK Rowling writing crime novel

Aug 19, 07 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - J.K. Rowling has been spotted writing something in an Edinburgh cafe like the one where she penned the first Harry Potter book, and fellow author Ian Rankin says she's moving in on his territory—crime fiction. Rankin admits he hasn't personally talked to Rowling about her next project; it... More »

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Harry Potter • Scotland • JK Rowling • fiction • literature • heiress • author • Edinburgh • book

Rowling Goes Easy on Teen Translator

16-year-old who couldn't wait for the French edition won't be punished

Aug 13, 07 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - JK Rowling has agreed not to prosecute a 16-year-old who got the jump on France’s October “Deathly Hallows” release date by posting his own translation online. The young Frenchman said he never attempted to make money from his work, the BBC reported . More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • translation • book • teenager

A Prison Aims
to Deprogram Young Jihadists

Shia and Sunni students agree on nothing but Harry Potter

Aug 10, 07 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The high-security Iraqi prison that once held Saddam Hussein now hosts a pilot program to reeducate jihadist youth. Newsweek visited Camp Cropper, which for the past two months has offered classes and psychological guidance aimed at deprogramming would-be suicide bombers. But the teachers have struggled because the hatred in the... More »

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Iraq • Harry Potter • Sunni • Shiite • prison • jihad • youth • Camp Cropper

Sacre Bleu! Harry Potter Translator Pinched

Teen suspected in illicit French version

Aug 8, 07 8:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A French boy suspected of posting a translation of the latest Harry Potter novel was arrested Monday, the AP reported today. The 16-year-old didn't appear to have financial gain in mind, a prosecutor said—with the French version not due until October, "he just wanted to get the book... More »

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Harry Potter • intellectual property • France • literature • book • teenager

Harry Potter and the Chinese Knockoffs

Culture of piracy leads to illegal copying, unrelated spin-offs

Aug 1, 07 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The titles are unintentionally hilarious—Harry Potter and the Big Funnel, Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll—but China's thriving piracy industry is no laughing matter. The Times looks at the phenomenon of "Harry" knockoffs, a problem so widespread that one estimate puts the percentage of illegal books... More »

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China • Harry Potter • JK Rowling • piracy • knockoff • book

Look Out, Barbie: Here Comes Moses

Faith-based action figures to combat
less godly toys

Jul 30, 07 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Faith-based action figures will soon compete with the latest Bratz and Transformers dolls on the shelves of a Wal-Mart near you. Tales of Glory figurines, including Samson, Jesus and Daniel (complete with the Lions’ Den), are being promoted as "God-honoring toys" in a market full of figures that "... More »

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Harry Potter • religion • toys • faith • Barbie • Wal-Mart

Amazon Stock Soars on Booming Sales

Shares jump 21.4%
as retailer boosts
volume worldwide

Jul 25, 07 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon.com shares shot up 21.4% in after-hours trading yesterday following a report that profits more than tripled in the second quarter thanks to booming sales and a new membership program that offers express shipping for a flat fee, reports the Wall Street Journal. The bump boosted the stock... More »

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Harry Potter • stock market • Internet • online retailers • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows • shares • sales • website • book • Amazon.com

Missing Pages, Printing Errors Hex Potter Fans

At least 200 readers have reported printing errors in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Jul 24, 07 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The seventh Harry Potter book sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours in print, but at least 200 fans of the teenage wizard have had less than magical experiences with the saga's finale. An irate group of readers on message boards at Amazon.com and eBay are... More »

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Harry Potter • eBay • JK Rowling • wizard • scholastic • publisher • printing errors • book • Amazon.com

Potter Spell Smashes Records in First-Day Sales

8.3M copies fly off shelves in 24 hours

Jul 23, 07 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The internet leaks don't seem to have weakened any of the boy wizard's magic:  "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" sold a record-breaking 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale Saturday. The 7th and final installment in the series bested the 6th, “Harry... More »

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Harry Potter • wizard • book

Potter Fans Throw Global Party

Jul 21, 07 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eager readers around the globe took part in a massive midnight fete that combined jubilation and bereavement as they snatched up copies of the final installment of the Harry Potter saga. Fans lined up from Ohio to Singapore, many of them in costume, speculating on the fate of their favorite... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • children • book

Whoops!
Harry Potter Ships Early!

Last episode of boy-wizard saga cursed
by leaks

Jul 19, 07 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a massive security program to guard against leaks, an online retailer prematurely shipped out as many as 1,200 copies of the final Harry Potter book, the Wall Street Journal reports. Dozens of people already claim to have Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, including the New York Times ... More »

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Harry Potter • Scholastic Books • JK Rowling

Potter Pages Leaked in Web Hocus Pocus

Scanned book appears on Internet despite $20M security

Jul 18, 07 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's favorite boy wizard flies onto bookshelves for the final time Saturday, but scanned pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—some real, some phony—have already landed on the Internet. Photographs of what seem to be every page of the 784-page tome have been posted on several... More »

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Harry Potter • Scholastic Books • publishing • wizard • Gaia Interactive • magic

Harry Potter Charms Box Office

Order of the Phoenix rakes in $330m worldwide

Jul 16, 07 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix wrought some serious magic at movie theaters to collect $77.4 million for its U.S. weekend debut and zoom past Transformers, Ratatouille and Bruce Willis's Live Free or Die Hard.  That brings Potter's five-day domestic take to $140 million—... More »

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Harry Potter • Transformers • movies • movie theaters

'Potter' Printers Pay $20M to Protect Finale

Publishers hope guard dogs, armored vans will hex 'Hallows' leakers

Jul 15, 07 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bloomsbury is shelling out millions to keep the latest and final installment in the Harry Potter series a chamber of secrets until its on-sale date next week. The British publishers are installing extra security and even guard-dogs at way stations as the Deathly Hallows ships to booksellers, and have a... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • book • children's books

Harry May Not Cast Spell on Young Readers

Series' impact on number of kids who read for pleasure is negligible

Jul 11, 07 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Part of the "Harry Potter" series' claim to fame has been the way it reintroduced kids to reading for pleasure, but some educators are skeptical. The percentage of children who read for fun decreases every year as they age, with no measurable impact from Harry. Still, teachers and parents... More »

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Harry Potter • children • reading

Mesmerizing Harry Potter Sweeps into Movie Theaters

Order of the Phoenix casts a spell on critics—well, most of them, anyway

Jul 10, 07 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Holy Quidditch! Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix flies onto the silver screen tomorrow just two weeks before the ballyhooed release of the final book of the wizard saga. It seems to have cast a spell on critics, like Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, who says it will "... More »

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Harry Potter • theater • New York Times • film • Newsweek • Rolling Stone • A.O. Wilson • David Ansen • Peter Travers • movie review • movies • movie theaters

Rowling Finds Last Hurrah Bittersweet

'Potter' author ends journey torn between tears and euphoria

Jul 7, 07 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fans aren't the only ones who will mourn the end of the Harry Potter series. Author JK Rowling "absolutely howled" as she wrote one of the concluding chapters of the final volume of the wildly successful seven-book series, the BBC reports. But she was also elated that Harry's adventures... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • book • children's books

Harry Potter Work$ His Magic

Record orders for boy wizard's final book flood publisher

Jun 29, 07 4:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Advance orders for the final book in the Harry Potter series are up 17% over the last installment, British publisher Bloomsbury reports. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will bring down the curtain on one of the biggest money makers in publishing history  on July 21. The latest Potter... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • literature • Bloomsbury • publishing • book • movies

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