i'm dennis johnson, the co-publisher of melville house, and it is my great pleasure to welcome you to our offices in brooklyn for this event which focuses on one writer's attempts to write under extraordinary, even deadly pressure. the talk features one of the world's most esteemed men, a great iranian historian and the man generally herald as iran's greatest writer who has worked under levels of stress not known to most writers here in the u.s. as a publisher, i'm always encountering writers about the risks their taking, the poets who decided to try free verse, a male novelist who's thinking of writing from a woman's point of view, but today we're going to hear from a writer who knows something much more profound about risky writing. i will met -- let him tell you himself, but having published his epic, i have to observe he's not really a political writer. he simply writes about life in his country. not about the shah or the ayatollahs, but about the people. and the fact that he has been imprisoned in the past for this kind of writing tells you something about the acuteness of his wr

greg biffle, jimmie johnson and dale earnhardt jr. denny hamlin has not actually clinched -- hasn't actually clinched a wildcard because tony stewart could still fall off the top ten and kasey kahne could still get a third win at atlanta or richmond. so denny a really, really, really good chase. >> really good chase. >> just not done. >> yeah, like that momentum is a big thing, they've had some problems mechanically. had a lot of bad luck. but they sure have the performance of a fast car. they had it all together at the right time. >> all right, while denny takes a minute to get unbuckled and get the helmet off. let's hear from the runner-up tonight, dave? >> that would be jimmie johnson criming from his car after a good discussion with his teammate there. hard-fought night, how would you assess it? >> great night. i wish we could have been one better. but a very tall effort for this team. we messed up in practice and had to start in the back and the back did stall and no track position. really had a great strategy and made it tonight. also

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sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a denny's burned down and now the search is on for the man believed to have started the fire. released this photograph and they want to talk to the man in connection possibly with the fire that damaged a denny's in the 1300 block of edgewood road. it's the man in the lower corne fire was set in the man's rest room and spread to the attic and roof in the restaurant. an employee and a firefighter were treated but later released. >>> neighbors are mourning the loss of an elderly woman in reisterstown. she died in a fire at her home on the 400 block of main street. within minutes, firefighters were able to knock the fire down. but it appears the fire started in the back bedroom. and that's where the woman's body was found. we are told smoke detectors were working and they are searching for a cause of the fire this morning. >>> and today members of the baltimore firefighters union will protest against the union. the protests is organized by the group that represents black professional firefighters. some of the members feel the current leadership is the -- in

denny's in harford county. police need your help finding a person of interest involving the fire. it happened friday at route 24 and i-9and sher -- i-95 and sherrie johnsonas more information. >> reporter: we have learned authorities determined this fire was arson. someone intentionally set the fire at the denny's restaurant in harford county. and this is new video of the fire at denny. the fire started in the men's bathroom friday morning in the1300 block of edgewood road and spread to the attic and the roofquickly a customer discovered the fire. 75 firefighters respond to the scene. it took 45 minutes to put it out. none of the customers were injured but one employee and a firefighter went to the hospital for medical treatment and were later released. look at this video here. police say this man is a person of interest. the photo is a little blurry but they want to speak to the man in the orange shirt. and police basically are saying that troopers and crime scene experts from technicians from bel air are assisting with the investigation. if you have information ons this case, call -- on this case, call 1-#00--- 1-800-492-7 to 9 shall-- 1-800-492-7295.

denny's restaurant in harford couldn't crypt police need your -- county. police need your help finding a person of interest in connection with the fire. abc2 news sherrie johnson has new information and new video. >> reporter: well, yes, we have learned authorities have determined this fire was arson. someone intentionally set the fire at denny's restaurant. and this is all new video this morning of the fire at denny's inch the fire started in the -- in harford's county. the fire started in the 1300 block of edgewood road and spread to the attic and then the roof. a customer discovered the fire. 75 firefighters responded to the scene. it took about 45 minutes to put out the fire. none of the customers were injured in that fire but one employee and a firefighter went to the hospital for medical treatment and were later released. look at this surveillance video. this is who police say they have a person of interest they want to talk to. the photo is a bit blurry but they want to speak to the man in the orange shirt. he is about 6-2 and 190 pounds. now troopers and crime scene technicians with the bel air barracks are assisting with the investigation. and if you

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