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Former Wheaton resident remembered as 'caring' volunteer, mother

By Katlyn Smith
Aug 14, 2018 1:00 am - You couldn't miss Jane Wambach at Marquette University's Christmas formal. The straight-A student was named queen of the school's Holly Ball that evening in the early 19...
Former WWE star Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart dies at 63

By DAN GELSTON
Aug 13, 2018 7:00 am - Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, who joined with brother-in-law Bret Hart to form one of the top tag teams in the 1980s with the WWE, has died. He was 63. The Pasco Sheriff's O...
V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85

By SYLVIA HUI
Aug 12, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr. Biswas" and b...
Founder of The Good Earth restaurant chain dies at age 89

The Associated Press
Aug 12, 2018 7:00 am - RENO, Nev. (AP) - William A. "Bill" Galt, the founder of The Good Earth restaurant chain who was considered a health food pioneer, has died. He was 89. Galt died Aug. 2 ...
Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

By SYLVIA HUI
Aug 11, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr. Biswas" and b...
Ex-Hearst Newspaper chief Robert Danzig dies at 85

By ALEXANDRA OLSON
Aug 09, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert J. Danzig, who overcame difficult beginnings as a foster child during the Great Depression to become the head of Hearst Newspapers, has died, the ...
Former world hurdles champion Bett killed in car crash at 28

By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY
Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Nicholas Bett, a Kenyan runner who won the 2015 world championship title in the 400-meter hurdles, was killed in an early-morning car crash Wednesd...
Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle dies after long cancer battle

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - With a contagious smile, a sense of humor and a deep determination to keep playing golf, Jarrod Lyle endeared himself to people around the wo...
Faye Spanos, wife of Chargers owner Alex Spanos, dies at 92

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - Faye Spanos, the wife of Los Angeles Chargers owner Alex Spanos, has died. She was 92. Faye Spanos died late Tuesday night of undisclosed cause...
Okinawan Governor Onaga, who led anti-US base move, dies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga, who led opposition to U.S. military bases on the southern Japanese island, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 67. He underwen...

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