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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: A life of struggle

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
Apr 02, 2018 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Even the name given to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at birth - Nomzamo, "one who undergoes trials" - foretold a life of struggle. During her nearly 38-y...
S Africa to give state burial to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
Apr 02, 2018 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist in her own right whose reputation was sullied by scandal, has died. Sh...
Bob Beattie, pioneer of Alpine World Cup circuit, has died

By PAT GRAHAM
Apr 02, 2018 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - The plaque that rested for years on ski icon Bob Beattie's desk was inscribed with a matter-of-fact motto: It can be done. An all-too-fitting mantra for th...
Des Plaines History Center leader Caine remembered as 'dear colleague and true friend'

Daily Herald report
Apr 02, 2018 1:00 am - Shari L. Caine, a longtime curator at the Des Plaines History Center and its executive director since 2011, died Friday after battling cancer, officials from the center ...
Steven Bochco, creator of 'Hill Street Blues,' dies at 74

The Associated Press
Apr 01, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Steven Bochco, a writer and producer known for creating the groundbreaking police drama "Hill Street Blues," died Sunday. He was 74. A family spokesma...
Lawyer: Ex-Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt dies at 91

By SONIA PEREZ D.
Apr 01, 2018 7:00 am - GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who seized power in a 1982 coup and presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war in which...
Drue Heinz, philanthropist, widow of Heinz CEO, dead at 103

The Associated Press
Mar 30, 2018 7:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Drue Heinz, the widow of the former head of the H.J. Heinz Co. and a longtime patron of the literary arts has died. She was 103. The Heinz family and T...
'Resistance,' 'The Pilot's Wife' author Anita Shreve dies

By HILLEL ITALIE
Mar 30, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Anita Shreve, the best-selling novelist who explored how women responded to crises past and present in her native New England in favorites such as "The P...
Liberal US judge who struck down 'under God' in pledge dies

By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Mar 30, 2018 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Judge Stephen Reinhardt was an unabashed liberal on what's widely considered the nation's most left-leaning appeals court, the 9th U.S. Circuit Cour...
Stephen Reinhardt, liberal circuit court judge, dies at 87

The Associated Press
Mar 29, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Judge Stephen Reinhardt, a liberal stalwart on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for nearly four decades, died Thursday in Southern California. He...

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