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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is working on a book about democracy.
Henry Holt and Company announced Tuesday that the book, currently untitled, will be published in 2015. The 58-year-old Rice has previously written or co-written a handful of policy books, along with memoirs about her family and her years in the George W. Bush administration. Rice served as national security adviser during Bush’s first term and secretary of state during his second term. She is currently a professor of political economy and political science at Stanford University, where she has taught off and on since the early 1980s.
In her new book, Rice will draw on personal and professional experiences to address such issues as self-government, immigration and education.
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Katie Holmes doesn’t talk about her split from actor Tom Cruise but she does say she hopes this year is better than the last.
The actress tells Allure magazine she wants 2013 to be “a peaceful year for a lot of people.”
She goes on to cite some of 2012’s major headlines like Hurricane Sandy and the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, adding she hopes “it’s a good year for everyone.”
The 34-year-old, who has a 6-year-old daughter named Suri with Cruise, does say she’s “open” to the idea of expanding her family in the future.
Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise last June after five years of marriage.
Allure’s April issue goes on sale nationwide March 26.
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A New Jersey man claims an insomnia cure promoted on “The Dr. Oz Show” left third-degree burns on his feet.
Frank Dietl, of Southampton, N.J., filed a lawsuit in Manhattan state Supreme Court.
The Daily News says Dietl was confined to his bed for weeks after using the so-called “knap-sack heated rice footsie.”
It was promoted on April 17, 2012.
Oz recommended filling a pair of socks with uncooked rice and warming them up in a microwave oven and putting them on.
The popular cardiothoracic surgeon said leaving them on for 20 minutes would promote better sleep.
He warned not to get the socks too hot.
“The Dr. Oz Show” said it couldn’t comment until it could review the lawsuit.
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