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budget. Further efforts are expected Monday to strip Ford of most of his remaining powers, though he vows to resist with court action.
• Many of Ford's political allies -- including most council members -- are deserting him, and polls show his approval rate is down sharply from two years ago. Yet some of his loyalists want him to hang on.
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Louis D. Rubin, Jr., prolific author and patron of Southern writers, dies in NC at 89
• Louis D. Rubin, Jr., a curmudgeonly patron of contemporary Southern writing who as an author, teacher, editor and publisher helped establish and advance the careers of John Barth, Annie Dillard and dozens of others, has died. He was 89.
• Eva Redfield Rubin said by telephone that her husband, who lived at a North Carolina retirement home, died Saturday, just three days before his 90th birthday.
• A Charleston, S.C., native who switched from journalism to academia in the 1950s, Rubin for decades mentored and published Southern writers. He was among the first to write a scholarly analysis on the posthumous reputation of Thomas Wolfe, taught such future stars as Barth, Dillard and Kaye Gibbons and, through Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, published fiction by Clyde Edgerton, Jill McCorkle, Lee Smith and many more.
• Rubin himself was a prolific author who wrote novels, critical studies, histories, memoirs and even a guide for predicting the weather. He started or co-started such influential publications as The Hollins Critic and the Southern Literary Journal. Algonquin Books, co-founded in 1982 by Rubin and Shannon Ravenel, has been an invaluable resource for writers overlooked by New York editors.
• In 2005, the National Book Critics Circle presented Rubin with a lifetime achievement award.
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Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin, Angela Lansbury shed tears while accepting honorary Oscars
• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin and Angela Lansbury were moved to tears at the film academy's fifth annual Governors Awards.
• Each of the entertainers accepted honorary Oscar statuettes Saturday at a private dinner at the Hollywood & Highland Center. Italian costume designer Piero Tosi was also honored, but did not attend the ceremony.
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