Described in publishing circles as America's answer to Harry Potter, the teen-age vampires of "Twilight" may reach a wider audience when the movie of the book comes out on Friday with the publisher hoping for a surge in book sales.

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Saizeriya Co. , an Italian restaurant chain operator in Japan, expects to book a 14 billion yen ($147 million) charge for losses on derivative foreign exchange contracts after the yen unexpectedly strengthened.

His list of the top 50 players in college basketball for last 30 years includes only two from the Pac-10, and no one from UCLA. So the book arrives, "Dick Vitale's Fabulous 50 Players and Moments in College Basketball."

A 1-0 victory saw Argentinian side Estudiantes book a place in the final of the Copa Sudamericana after edging out compatriots Argentinos 2-1 on aggregate.

The second annual Automotive Authors Book Fair will be held in the Detroit Public Library's Skillman Branch, 121 Gratiot, from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday. It is free and open to the public. It's the Detroit area's largest gathering of writers on automotive history and other transportation topics.

The film of vampire romance Twilight is swooningly true to the book

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The economy hung like a cloud over the 59th annual National Book Awards. Barack Obama was the silver lining.