Question: Not surprisingly, Scalia is no big fan of stare decisis : In his dissents, he often calls upon the court to scour away layers of encrusted precedent in order to get at the original meaning of the underlying text.
Scalia fancies himself as an originalist and sometimes disagrees with the majority decisions.

Answer: yes

Question: Although the book business has grown more dependent on new blockbusters, 53 percent of Barnes & Noble's sales, for example, come from backlist books, i.e., books published more than 12 months ago.
The book business has been more dependent on new blockbusters, but also on backlist books.

Answer: yes

Question: Good tidings about the shark no incident involving a swimmer, snorkeler, or diver has been reported anywhere in the FWI.
The last shark incident involving a swimmer was in February of last year.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell