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A Sign From Above? Needing New Roof, Monks Sell Rare Beer In U.S.

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Beers made by Trappist monks at St. Sixtus Abbey's Westvleteren Brewery in Belgium are sought by connoisseurs. For the first time, the monks are exporting the beer overseas, including to the U.S.

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The Trappist monks who brew Westvleteren beer are exporting only enough of it to raise money to make renovations to their abbey in western Belgium.

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Originally published on Thu December 13, 2012 7:39 am

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The 12th day of the 12th month of 2012 is not a day of deliverance but of delivery for devout American fans of Westvleteren 12, brewed by the reclusive Belgian monks at St. Sixtus Abbey.

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Wed December 12, 2012

Oprah's Book Club Turns Over A New Page

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Oprah Winfrey's revamped book club uses her magazine and OWN cable network as platforms.

By Lynn Neary

Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 4:58 am

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Oprah Winfrey became a publishing powerhouse when she started her book club in 1996. Her picks went to the top of best-seller lists — and stayed there for weeks. But when Winfrey's daily talkfest went off the air, the book club ended as well.

Now she is reviving it: Winfrey has just announced her second pick for the Book Club 2.0: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a novel by first-time author Ayana Mathis about the Great Migration of African-Americans out of the rural South.

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Wed December 12, 2012

Ravi Shankar, Who Brought Eastern Music To Western Legends, Dies

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Ravi Shankar circa 1960 in the U.K.

By Susan Stamberg

Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 7:40 am

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Tue December 11, 2012

NHL Lockout Leaves Fans Out In The Cold

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Mike Bolt, keeper of the Stanley Cup, takes it off the ice on Dec. 7, 2012, in Vancouver, British Columbia. The NHL lockout enters its 88th day on Wednesday.

By Frank Deford

Originally published on Wed December 12, 2012 6:44 am

The entertainment industry seems to give us only three things: sex, Justin Bieber and boxing.

Justin Bieber aside, don't producers know almost nobody cares anymore about boxing? But here we have Clifford Odets' period piece, Golden Boy, back on Broadway, and — achtung! — a musical of Rocky mounted in Germany.

Plus the usual same-old, same-old treatments are floating around. Eminem wants to make a boxing movie. Really. Worse, there are actual plans to have Sylvester Stallone fight Robert DeNiro in a boxing film. OMG — I am perfectly serious.

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Tue December 11, 2012

Noah's Ark Replica Docks In Netherlands

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Originally published on Tue December 11, 2012 9:55 am

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