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Click on the green title to read installments of "Thirsty," a book about a young Croatian woman who faces the consequences of following her heart to the fictional steel town of Thirsty, near Pittsburgh. The debut novel by Bethel Park native Kristin Bair O'Keeffe will be published Oct. 1 by Swallow Press. ($22.95).

On Monday, Sept. 7, the second chapter of "Thirsty" will begin at PG Plus. After the final chapter is posted Oct. 2, Post-Gazette book editor Bob Hoover will lead an online discussion for Bob's Book Club.

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"Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven," painted by Paul Gauguin in 1888, is among 100 paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture by the French artist and his contemporaries in "Paul Gauguin: Paris, 1889" at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Paul Gauguin's emotive energy bursts forth in Cleveland show

CLEVELAND -- The great Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin was equally scandalous in his art and in his personal life. (Today)

"Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven," painted by Paul Gauguin in 1888

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Former Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin signs copies of her book yesterday at Sam's Club in South Strabane.

Palin fans turn out in droves for autograph session

A college student home for the weekend might expect a warm bed and a hot meal. That had to wait for Addie Witt, who drove east Friday night from Ohio's Otterbein College to join her father, Kerry Witt, on a chilly parking lot sleepover next to the cinder block wall of a Sam's Club in Washington County. (Today)

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	Andrew Hoover and Ben Pollock
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"My job on this movie was to keep this boy alive and to keep myself alive in order to do this," Viggo Mortensen said of his character -- The Man. "The Road" opens here Wednesday.

Actors, director of 'The Road' focused on telling a love story

In "2012," doomsday is the draw. In "The Road," the post-apocalyptic world is simply the canvas to see how people behave. (Today)

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	Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee

Tuned In: Where the Boys Are

They're almost like an endangered species: The elusive male TV watcher. (Today)

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Preaching to her own choir

Thousands are buying "Going Rogue" because they believe Sarah Palin is Ronald Reagan returned to Earth in a dress. (Today)

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PG Video: Paul Haggis and Russell Crowe on the set of "The Next Three Days."

Pittsburgh Rocks Winner

Check out Pittsburgh Rocks contest winner Carolina Shine's music video plus a band interview and making-of video.

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PG Review: 2012 and Mayan date with destiny.
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