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TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami hosted a ghost story reading event in Tokyo amid growing attention before the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in literature, an award he is a perennial favorite to win.

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NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The second Republican presidential debate this week attracted fewer viewers than the first debate in August, with an estimated 9.5 million tuning into Wednesday night's event.

PARIS (AP) 鈥� In a bold departure from the somber farewells often seen in fashion, designer Gabriela Hearst literally danced her way out of Chlo茅 at her final show Thursday, radiating pure, unapologetic joy.

HALIFAX 鈥� Furniture designer Jonathan Otter has created a chair that represents a hurricane's devastating power 鈥� and the support needed after one hits a community 鈥� as part of a fundraiser for those rebuilding from post-tropical storm Fiona.

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