Obama’s half-brother George signs book deal

August 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Harvard professor and CNN pundit David Gergen has been signed to write a book on how a US president's administration gets rolling and assumes office. Earlier, Simon and Schuster editor Alice Mayhew had said: "He's writing about this administration and how it takes office, but he's writing from the perspective of Gergen, which is unique, I think, as he has worked in so many administrations on the inside." When it comes to books revolving round Obama and his team, there's already been Richard Wolffe's "Renegade" and the campaign-focused book "Battle for America 2008" by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, Politico reports.

August 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama and his family have arrived at their sprawling vacation home, starting off their week of holiday in Martha's Vineyard. The family arrived on August 23 after a four-hour delay in Washington to avoid Hurricane Bill, and as they drove to their vacation home, they were greeted along the way by dozens of waving and cheering supporters, who carried signs reading "Aloha Obama Family" and "Hope, Obama".

July 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obamas half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng is moving her family from Hawaii to Washington to spend a few months in the capital, a media report said Thursday quoting White House officials. The extended stay means that the siblings will live in the same city, at least for a while, for the first time in years, the New York Times reported.

July 20th, 2009 Miss California lost crown, but gains a book dealNEW YORK — The former Miss California who was stripped of her title last month has a book deal. Carrie Prejean will publish a memoir called "Still Standing." Conservative book house Regnery (REG'-nur-ee) Publishing said Monday that it will release the book.

July 8th, 2009 Former GOP Sen. George Allen to write bookWASHINGTON — A publisher plans to release a book about sports and politics by former Republican Sen.

June 29th, 2009 NEW YORK - An upcoming book says that George Washington might have become a Frankenstein's monster had his personal physician prevailed. Out in August, 'Strange But True, America' reveals that when the father of America died aged 67, his body was packed in ice.

June 16th, 2009 Small plane, 3rd body recovered from NY riverGLENVILLE, N.Y. — Police say divers searching an eastern New York river where a small plane went down have recovered the body of the third person who died, the brother of Indian actor Tom George Kolath (KOH'-laht).

June 16th, 2009 Plane, actor's dead brother pulled from NY riverGLENVILLE, N.Y. — Divers on Monday searching a river where a small plane went down recovered the body of the third person who died in the crash, the brother of an Indian television and film actor.

June 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - U.S. president Barack Obama's half brother, George, is writing a memoir to be published by Simon and Schuster in January next year.

June 5th, 2009 BANGALORE - What happens when a photographer and wildlife enthusiast goes on a 14-day safari to Africa? The answer is a colourful eco-friendly coffee table book. "Dream Safari - A pictorial Journey through Africa's Cradle of Life", a pictorial depiction of eastern African jungles by city-based photographer and chemical engineer Diinesh Kumble, was launched here Thursday.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW YORK - New York's billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg has claimed that a dinner and Broadway undertaken by Barack Obama and his wife Michelle is a celebration of New York's affordable night life.I can't think of anything that is better as an advertisement for our tourism industry, for Broadway, for our restaurants, for saying that this is a safe city and an affordable city," Bloomberg said Monday. "The President doesn't get paid that much.

April 30th, 2009 Six-figure deal reached for book about virusesNEW YORK — The swine flu outbreak has boosted sales for an acclaimed history of the 1918 pandemic, and helped biologist Nathan Wolfe get a six-figure deal for a book about viruses. As of Thursday afternoon, John M.

April 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Beatles biographer Geoffrey Giuliano is miffed with John Lennon's half sister because she used material from a 1986 book they co-wrote without giving him credit or money. Giuliano is upset with Lennon's half-sister, Julia Baird as she used vast material from their book "John Lennon, My Brother" - which he co-wrote with her - for another memoir without giving him any credit.

March 31st, 2009 NEW YORK - The Obamas are using their own money to renovate the White House, forgoing the 100,000 dollars in federal funds that is traditionally allotted to new presidents for such renovation projects. First Lady Michelle Obama''''s communications director Camille Johnston said that the Obamas, who are worth millions, will pay to overhaul the White House residence from their own pockets.

March 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - American airline transport pilot Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger, who made headlines with his heroic landing in the Hudson River early this year, is reportedly set to make millions from a book deal. Sullenberger, who came into the limelight after saving the life of 155 people with an emergency landing in the river, has been meeting many publishers these days.