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Famed author John Updike dies of cancer at 76

Author John Updike, regarded as one of the greatest and most prolific writers in modern American letters, died Tuesday, his publicist said. He was 76.

People.com: Prolific Author John Updike Dies at 76

The Rabbit Run writer penned more than 50 books over 50 years

Fortune: QUESTION AUTHORITY

Vinton G. Cerf Chief Internet Evangelist, Google

EW review: New Gordimer too cryptic for words

You know you're holding a Nadine Gordimer novel from the disorienting first line of "Get a Life," her icy and astringent new book: "Only the street-sweeper swishing his broom to collect fallen leaves from the gutter."

Fortune: Time For Gold Digging? Rising rates and global strife are great for gold. But what a lousy world that would be.

In John Updike's novel, Rabbit Is Rich, the book's protagonist, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, is mired in a world of gas lines, inflation, and falling consumer confidence. So what does Rabbit do? He cap...

Fortune: RABBIT REDUX: PLAYBOY FLUNKS FEMINIST FUND TEST

Feminists have a new way to put their money where their mouth is. The Women's Equity Mutual fund invests only in companies that, as the prospectus puts it, are ''proactive towards women's social an...

Money Magazine: The New Risk in PRECIOUS METALS

Not even a goldbug could have conjured up a likelier time than now to diversify your investments with a little gold, silver or platinum. The Wall Street crash has shown in Technicolor the dangers o...

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