Topic: Mark Kirk

Sen. Mark Kirk Had a Stroke

Reuters

Mark Kirk, the junior senator from Illinois, had a stroke over the weekend and is in the hospital recovering after surgery early Monday, his office just announced.

By Ray Gustini

Oct 21, 2011

Eugenides's Fancy Book Party; Murakami Bored by 'The Road'

Today in books and literature: Jeffrey Eugenides had a terrific book party, Haruki Murakami doesn't like books about the future, and Stephanie Madoff Mack's memoir arrives today.

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