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12:01am

Thu September 8, 2011
Author Interviews

A Libyan Son Mourns His Father's 'Disappearance'

It's been 20 years since Hisham Matar's father disappeared. He was a vocal opponent of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and was kidnapped while living in exile in Egypt in 1990. Just as Gadhafi's regime was collapsing this summer, Matar published Anatomy of a Disappearance, a novel about an exile who is kidnapped, as told from the perspective of his teenage son.

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7:31am

Wed September 7, 2011
Around the Nation

Tech Company Builds A Ghost Town In New Mexico

New Mexico wants to make itself a home for new technology. And so it's welcoming a tech company that's building an entire new city — with no residents. The model metropolis would be designed to test everything from renewable energy to intelligent traffic systems.

7:24am

Wed September 7, 2011
Around the Nation

World's Largest Stir Fry Requires A Really Big Pan

Take 800 pounds of chicken, 500 pounds of onions and add carrots, bok choy and peanuts. And you've got the world's largest stir fry. Yes, the people at Guinness World Records keep track of this. The frying pan at the University of Massachusetts was 14 feet across.

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