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Cook County Officials Want to Question Author Accused of Bilking Woman Out of $400,000 The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - County officials want to question author Norma Khouri over allegations she bilked a woman out of her home and $400,000 in savings bonds when she lived in Chicago in the 1990s. Khouri, 34, recently gained notoriety when an Australian newspaper accused her of fabricating material in her 2002 book "Forbidden Love," which she promoted as autobiographical. Publishers have since pulled the book from shelves in the United States and Australia, saying it was a hoax. Khouri, who was living in...