Collector buys clues to 5th 'Potter' book

LONDON (AP) -- An American collector has paid more than $45,000 for a card full of clues to the plot of the long-awaited fifth Harry Potter book. \nThe unidentified buyer made the winning bid Thursday for the card, handwritten by author J.K. Rowling as a charity fund-raiser. The money will be used to buy more than 18,000 books for schools in Africa. \nWhether the buyer, who paid $45,314 for the card, chooses to keep the contents secret remains to be seen. \nA Harry Potter Web site operated by the New York-based Leaky, Inc., had hoped to raise enough money to make the winning bid and possibly to post the 93 words on the Internet for all to see. \nThe story of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is a closely guarded secret, and Sotheby's auction house in London only revealed that the words "Ron ... broom ... sacked ... house-elf ... new ... teacher ... dies ... sorry" are among the 93 words on the card. \n"It's a wonderful Christmas present for readers in some of the world's poorest countries,'' Book Aid International director Sara Harrity said.