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Rocker turned publisher Johnny Temple of Soulside and Girls Against Boys laughed behind the counter at the Akashic Books tent. by Ed Rampell/Special to The Washington Times

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Publishers and bookstores at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books operate a cornucopia of tents to sell books, while musicians and writers appear at outdoor stages and indoor venues across the sprawling University of Southern California campus during the free weekend event. (Photographs by Ed Rampell/Special to The Washington Times)

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LeVar Burton touted the children's program's "Reading Rainbow," which is transitioning from a PBS TV show to an online entity promoting literacy.

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"The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap" by Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi got a nod for the festival's Current Interest Award.

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Rep. Stephen Knight was seen in a YouTube video posted over the weekend delivering a stern warning to an anti-amnesty protester who shook his hand and slapped him on the shoulder. (YouTube)

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Tokyo's Mitsukoshi department store uses a life-like humanoid robot to greet and interact with store customers. (Image: NBC News screenshot)

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This image shows a scene from "Terminator: Genisys,” the fifth film in the series created by James Cameron in 1984. (Melinda Sue Gordon/Paramount Pictures via AP)

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Alice Dreger, a Northwestern University ethicist and author, sent out a long series of critical tweets last week as she attended her son's high school sex-education class on abstinence. (Twitter/@AliceDreger)

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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2015 file photo, John Stamos arrives at the 87th Academy Awards - 2015 Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party in West Hollywood, Calif. Stamos says he's on board for a 13-episode reboot of the sitcom "Full House" for Netflix and that he hopes as many members of the original cast as possible will return. Stamos told Jimmy Kimmel on Monday, April 20, that the first episode will be a reunion and it will turn into a spinoff with Candace Cameron, who played the oldest daughter in the show, now having the "full house" with three sons. He said he and the producers had been trying for awhile to find the best way of reviving the sitcom, which originally appeared on ABC from 1987 to 1995. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, left, stands in the dock at a court in Tauranga, New Zealand on Tuesday. Rudd pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening to kill a man who used to work for him. He also pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine and marijuana. (Associated Press)

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Ashley McMillen — a popular performer who headlines shows and opens for household-name musicians like Martina McBride — is on a trajectory that more closely mirrors traditional country music icons such as Loretta Lynn than her contemporaries.

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This April 7, 2013, file photo shows the Verizon Studio booth at MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, crosses the finish line to win the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 20, 2015, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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This image made from video shows the scene following a bomb attack on a van carrying U.N. employees in Garowe, in the semiautonomous Puntland region of northern Somalia Monday, April 20, 2015. (AP Photo)

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A North Carolina man's obituary asked two things of friends and family: instead of sending flowers for the funeral, give the money to charity. And don't vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016. (Associated Press)

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Cherie Currie spoke about the album, the death of her longtime mentor, Kim Fowley, a possible Runaways reunion and chain saws. (Associated Press)

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"I enjoy everything that is possible with a guitar," said Willy Porter. "Every form of music [has] all trickled in one way or another" into his own playing.

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Festival attendees enjoy music from the DJ stage at the SweetWater 420 Fest in downtown Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, April 18, 2015. April showers left the festival grounds ankle-deep in mud, but the event still drew more than 20,000 people on Staurday. (AP Photo/ Ron Harris)