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Judge blocks publication of Salinger spinoff book

Jul. 1, 2009
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Swedish author cannot publish in the United States a book he wrote that was advertised as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye." U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts issued her ruling in Manhattan after...
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Judge blocks publication of 'Rye'

NEW YORK, June 17 (UPI) -- A New York judge has delayed the publication of "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye" while she considers whether it violates J.D. Salinger's copyright.

Scribe: '60 Years' is 'Rye' parody

NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- The author of "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye" says his book is a parody of -- not a sequel to -- the classic U.S. novel "The Catcher in the Rye."

Agent: J.D. Salinger is totally deaf

NEW YORK, June 9 (UPI) -- J.D. Salinger's longtime literary agent says the 90-year-old U.S. author has age-related health problems and is totally deaf.

Salinger sues over 'Catcher' sequel

NEW YORK, June 2 (UPI) -- Reclusive author J.D. Salinger has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in Manhattan against the publishers of "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye."

Pierre Salinger dies at 79 in France

LE THOR, France, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Pierre Salinger, President John F. Kennedy's press secretary and later ABC's European correspondent, has died of heart failure in France at the age of 79.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch