Caleb Carr

The Bernard Madoff book collection: Rick Moody, Fyodor Dostoevsky

2013-01-05 12:36:00

How does an author of seriously literary fiction discover one of his books was owned by Bernie Madoff, the investor who defrauded his clients of billions of dollars? He sees it listed in an auction on EBay. That's how Rick Moody came to know that Madoff's...

Huron boys nip Central by four

2013-01-29 22:35:00

HURON — A fourth-quarter, three-minute, 11-0 Aberdeen Central run wasn’t enough against Huron Tuesday night. �The Tigers won the Eastern South Dakota Conference boys’ basketball game 51-47 in Huron. Huron scored the last six points,...

Huron halts Central boys

2012-12-19 00:36:00

The Huron big guys ripped the basketball and a win right out of Aberdeen Central’s hands. �With ankle injuries to starting center Carter Paulson and one of the top reserves Logan LeGrand, the Golden Eagles were short-handed and outmuscled. Huron...

A novel based on a missing manuscript

2012-11-27 12:39:00

"The Legend of Broken" by Caleb Carr, Random House, 752 pages, $27. � An unknown manuscript surfaces about a legendary kingdom in North Germany. It is found in the personal papers of Edward Gibbon. � In this multi-charactered tale, Sixt Arnem...

Bin Laden realized the truth: Terrorism doesn't work

2012-05-21 07:43:00

Five weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden publicly commanded his foot-soldiers to ramp up the violence against American civilians. But five weeks before his death, he privately instructed his lieutenants to refrain from killing any civilians....

High school basketball: Central boys slam Huron

2012-01-22 01:05:29

Aberdeen Central got going from the outside to get back in the win column on Saturday. Central pulled away from Huron to earn a 57-48 Eastern South Dakota Conference boys' basketball win at Golden Eagles Arena. The win snaps a three-game losing streak,...

West Laurel log cabin restoration nearly complete

2011-11-07 13:42:00

A log cabin home that dates back to 1790 and is now owned by Bethany Community Church has been nearly restored and the project was unveiled to the community last month. The cabin, known as the Caleb Carr House and named after its original owner, was part...

High School Boys' Basketball: Golden Eagles' rally falls short

2011-02-20 01:31:05

Aberdeen Central rallied late, but an early deficit was too much overcome against Huron on Saturday. The Golden Eagles lost the Eastern South Dakota Conference boys' basketball game 58-53 at Golden Eagles Arena. �They kept playing defense and kept...

'Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist'

2005-05-20 00:00:00

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" may be advice film producers would be wise to ignore. After sinking a reported $40 million into a Paul Schrader-directed prequel to the 1973 horror hit "The Exorcist," Morgan Creek Chief Executive James...

'Exorcist: The Beginning'

2004-08-21 00:00:00

There's nothing like lowered expectations to prepare you for a movie. Since Warner Bros. has consigned "Exorcist: The Beginning" to that category of films that don't rate an advance screening for critics, and since the production has had such a checkered...

Movie review: 'Exorcist: The Beginning'

2004-08-20 00:00:00

2 stars (out of 4) The road to hell may be paved with good intentions, but not necessarily with good sequels. "Exorcist: The Beginning" is the fourth "Exorcist" movie. And, like the last two, it's not up to the shivery original by William Peter Blatty...

A legendary manuscript contains the story of a fortress under siege; from the author of the bestselling "The Alienist." (November 27)

2012-09-04 17:15:30

Aberdeen Central's Reid Fust (32) reaches for a loose ball as Huron's Clark Wintle, left, gets to it first during Saturday night's game at the Golden Eagles Arena. Looking on are Central's Braden LeGrand, far left and Huron's Caleb Carr, far right. photo by john davis taken 1/21/2012

2012-01-21 23:24:22