'50 Shades of Grey' E.L. James tops Forbes' 'Top Earning Authors' list
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E.L. James, who wrote the “Fifty Shades of Grey” series of erotic novels, made first place on the Forbes list of the world’s top-earning authors.
James, a former television executive, had estimated earnings of $95 million in the year to June 2013.
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'I'm going to try to avoid it' A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.
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'I'm going to try to avoid it' A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.