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Mao: The Unknown Story was written by Jung Chang, who described the suffering of her family during the cultural revolution in the bestseller Wild Swans and her husband, the historian Jon Halliday.

Patagonia remains a pioneer in outdoor clothing design and alternative corporate culture after decades in business. Company founder Yvon Chouinard discusses his business philosophy in his new book, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman. In the second part of our profile, Alex Chadwick further explores Chouinard's eccentric approach to running a company.

Jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn's graceful career began in the 1960s, and lasted until her death this week at 71. Her voice and style put her in the ranks of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

The alt-country band the Knitters is led by John Doe and Exene Cervenka — who also front X, the legendary punk band. Their first album release in 20 years includes country-fried versions of X songs along with classics popularized by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.

Hurricane Wilma hit southwest Florida at dawn as a Category 3 storm, packing winds of 125 mph that damaged homes, downed power lines and brought flooding as far south as Key West. The storm has since moved over the Atlantic Ocean.

As a former counterterrorism official in the Clinton and Bush administrations, Richard A. Clarke often had to imagine worst-case scenarios. His first novel — a thriller — does just that: set five years in the future, it envisions the United States on the verge of another war in the Middle East.

The Patagonia company is a pioneer in outdoor clothing design and "alternative" corporate culture — the legacy of founder Yvon Chouinard. In the first of a two-part profile of the pioneering businessman, Chouinard discusses his offbeat business philosophy. It's all detailed in Chouinard's new book, Let My People Go Surfing.

Hurricane Wilma, churning through the northwest Caribbean, turns into a Category 5 storm. The National Hurricane Center says the factors in making Wilma so powerful include warm water and low upper level wind sheer.

Commentator Justin Catanoso's Italian relatives passed along some unusual family update a few years ago: His grandfather's late cousin was under consideration for sainthood by the Catholic Church. This Sunday, in Pope Benedict's first canonization ceremony Father Gaetano Catanoso will become a saint.

Hurricane Wilma has been downgraded in intensity, but continues to pound Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with high winds and plenty of rain. It's also crawling slowly toward the northeast, and could hit Southwest Florida by Monday.

Awaz Dehkani, a high school teacher in Trappes, France, says her mostly immigrant students have mixed feelings about the violence that has spread to their community. They understand the anger that arises from lack of opportunity but also worry the unrest will hurt the image of immigrants in France.

The Horn of Africa is where al Qaeda first made its mark, including the U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa and the suicide attack on the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen. Many fear continued instability makes Somalia a safe haven and transit point for Islamic extremists.