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Senator Edward M. Kennedy has agreed to a multimillion dollar deal with Hachette Book Group USA to pen his memoirs, giving the veteran Massachusetts lawmaker a forum for his own perspective on a life and career that has been examined by others in countless books and articles, negotiators of the deal confirmed yesterday. more stories like this Hillary Clinton Ark. papers unreleased King of the Mountain, Spin, and the Boys' Club Clinton seeks to convince voters she won debate CORRECTED: Clinton seeks to convince voters she won debate Kennedy back at work after surgery Neither Kennedy's office nor the publishing...

Would you buy or even read OJ Simpsons book?

Nicole Brown’s sister, Denise Brown, said she has cancelled plans to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show because of "all the recent developments surrounding the If I Did It book." Brown had been scheduled to go on the show September 13 with Fred and Kim Goldman. It is unclear whether the Goldmans will still appear on the program that will devote its entire hour to the topic. She is expected to discuss her decision during a press conference later this afternoon in Dana Point, Calif.,

Kind of long but a good effort, and oh so true.

Rupert Murdoch has just canceled the O.J. Simpson book and TV special in which Simpson (presumably) describes how he would have half-decapitated Nicole Simpson and stabbed Ron Goldman had "the real killers" not done it first. The cancellation is certainly justified on grounds of decency, sensitivity and, given the universal public revulsion, commercial good sense. But I would have done differently. I would have let O.J. speak. I thought the outrage was misdirected and misplaced. The attention and money Simpson (and Fox) would have garnered from the deal are not half as outrageous as the fact that every day he...