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Harry Potter encyclopedia author sued by Rowling

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Apr 15th 2008 11:00AM

Imitation may be the most sincere form of flattery, but it can also get you sued. Steven Vander Ark, who runs the Harry Potter Lexicon website, recently published an encyclopedia-type book based on the website. He's being sued by J.K. Rowling for ...
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Head teacher spoils Harry Potter

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 31st 2007 2:27PM

It was an assembly on the last day of school. More than four hundred students were gathered to bid farewell to St John's Church of England school for the summer. The head teacher stood before the gathered children to offer words of wisdom. And read ...
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ParentDish Sleepover for Sunday, July 22, 2007

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 22nd 2007 10:03PM

This weekend saw the release of the seventh and last Harry Potter book. But you knew that, of course. Even if you're not a fan and have no interest in the books, you couldn't possibly have missed hearing about it. Phil, at A Family Runs Through It ...
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Harry Potter casts his spell in Tokyo

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 1st 2007 1:04PM

Dare I blaspheme? Do I tempt public ridicule and derision? Of course! And so, I will say that the fervor over Harry Potter reminds me of the frenzy that American teenagers exhibited when the Beatles came to town. Not that I'm saying that the Harry ...
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New dinosaur given a name which Harry Potter would approve

by Karen Walrond, Posted May 22nd 2006 12:28PM

With approval from scientists and author J.K. Rowling, a new dinosaur species has a fantastic new name:  Dracorex Hogwartsia.  The new name comes from draco meaning "dragon,"  rex meaning "king," and hogwartsia, which is a nod to the ...
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Harry Potter might die in final book?

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Dec 28th 2005 8:21AM

As JK Rowling starts work on her final entry in the Harry Potter oeuvre, the question on everyone's lips seems to be: will she kill off the boy magician in the last book? And Rowling is only fueling the rumors by posting on her web site that ...
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