D Friday, January 29, 2010 News Catcher In The Rye author JD Salinger dies aged 91 AUTHOR JD Salinger, most famous for his iconic novel The Catcher in the Rye has died aged 91. The American writer, who had lived as a recluse for decades, died of natural causes at his home in New Hampshire on Wednesday, according to a statement from his son. The Catcher In The Rye was published in 1951, and its teenage protagonist, Holden Caulfield, became American literatures most famous anti-hero since Huckleberry Finn. The novel, which has sold more than 60million copies worldwide, remains a standard in school curriculums nearly 60 years on. The cult of Catcher turned tragic in 1980 when crazed Beatles fan Mark David Chapman shot dead John Lennon, citing Salingers novel as an inspiration.Reclusive: Salinger respect of best value for money and the training services provided, said Sinn Fin enterprise, trade and employment spokesman Arthur Morgan. At a time when there are 426,700 people on the Live Register, when Fs is needed most, the agency cannot be consumed by anymore scandals. Fine Gaels Leo Varadkar accused ministers Michel Martin and Mary Harney, who travelled on Fs junkets, of going along for the ride while Fs which he dubbed Fun And Sun were living the high life at taxpayers ex- pense. He also criticised the 892,000 golden handshake given to Mr Molloy, and called for legislation to be introduced to prevent it from happening again. Fs bosses gave us all two fingers FS chiefs gave taxpayers the two-fin- gered salute by blatantly ignoring their own rules, TDs have claimed. Opposition politicians reacted angrily last night after a report showed the state training organisation had procedures to stop money being wasted, but they were not implemented. The report by the Comptroller and Au- ditor General John Buckley also found the executive board of the authority was aware of overspending on advertising and promotion, but did not give this in- formation to the board of directors. The controversy over expenses and lax financial controls led to the depar- ture of then chief executive Rody Mol- loy and then chairman Peter McLoone last year, and the appointment of a new board earlier this month. Mr Buckleys report found thousands of euro of taxpayers money had been spent on rugby, soccer, GAA and con- cert tickets; however no evidence could be found on how any of it was connect- ed to Fs business. The report has shown conclusively that the blatant disregard for the plan on internal control at Fs effectively gave a two-fingered salute to taxpayers in By Ross McDonagh Fun And Sun: Rody Molloy Pied Piper Pete a bad influence as friend dies PETE DOHERTY was condemned as a dangerous Pied Piper after a wealthy society friend died of a suspected drugs overdose. The Babyshambles musician visited the flat where Robin Whitehead died on the day before and after the tragedy, it has emerged. Doherty revealed he was shocked and saddened by the death of the 27-year-old member of the famous Goldsmith family. He was also among guests on the night graduate Mark Blanco plunged to his death from a 9m balcony in December 2006. Mr Blancos mother Sheila Blanco said his death and Ms Whiteheads had a common denominator in the name of Doherty... Its his influence its the Pied Piper quality he has. A shopper in Hong Kong watches flat-screen TVs showing news of US president Barack Obama giving the traditional State of the Union address for the first time, in which he emphasised job creation and co-operation between Republicans and Democrats Picture: AP State of the tune-in index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html