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NEW YORK – The controversial historical novel based on the life of Prophet Muhammad’s child bride will finally find its way into American bookstores next month. Sherry Jones’ “The Jewel of Medina” will be released in October in North America by Beaufort Books, which also signed on for the sequel, …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Left Hook There is further evidence that the nomination of Sarah Palin for vice president has sent elements of the American left around the bend. Juan Cole, a professor at the University of Michigan, writes on the liberal Web site Salon.com that …

So you know the Yale student, Aliza Shvarts, who claimed she artificially inseminated herself and then induced miscarriages as part of her senior art project? Now Yale is calling it a “creative fiction” — otherwise known as a ghoulish hoax. Associate Dean Helaine S. Klasky said Aliza’s goal was to …