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Ex-US deserter to NKorea who married Japanese abductee dies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Charles Jenkins, a U.S. Army deserter to North Korea who married a Japanese abductee and lived in Japan after their release, has died. He was 77. Jenkins wa...
Bruce Brown, whose 'Endless Summer' redefined surfing, dies

By ANDREW DALTON
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bruce Brown, whose 1966 surfing documentary "The Endless Summer" molded the image of the surfer as a seeker of adventure and fulfillment and transform...
Roy Reed, Times reporter who covered civil rights, dies

The Associated Press
Dec 11, 2017 6:00 am - FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Roy Reed, who covered key events during the civil rights movement for The New York Times before returning to his native Arkansas to write and t...
Former pro BMX rider Kevin 'K-Rob' Robinson dies at age 45

The Associated Press
Dec 11, 2017 6:00 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Kevin "K-Rob" Robinson, a former professional BMX rider who set a world record for the longest power-assisted bicycle backflip, has died. He was ...
Vera Katz, who helped turn Portland into hipster haven, dies

By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Dec 11, 2017 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Vera Katz, a Jewish refugee who was elected to three terms as Portland's mayor and helped transform it from a sleepy backwater into a trendy city k...
Celebrity publicist Clifford dies during sex crimes sentence

By DANICA KIRKA
Dec 10, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Disgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford, a confidant to the stars who fell from grace amid Britain's investigation of past sexual abuse, died Sunday aft...
Pioneering black journalist Simeon Booker dies at age 99

The Associated Press
Dec 10, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Simeon Booker, a trail-blazing African-American journalist and the first full-time black reporter at The Washington Post, died Sunday at the age of 99....
Mentor program for District 211 graduates wins national awards

By Eric Peterson
Dec 10, 2017 12:00 am - A mentorship program for college-bound Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 graduates has been named the 2017 Dollars for Scholars Innovation Award winner. Furth...
Wadsworth pastor emeritus, scholar dies at 90

By Lauren Rohr
Dec 10, 2017 12:00 am - The Rev. George Dyer, a longtime suburban Catholic priest known for his scholarly contributions to theology, died last week at 90. Dyer, pastor emeritus of St. Patrick C...
Judge dies days before trial of private eye over Trump taxes

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Dec 09, 2017 6:00 am - BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) - A senior federal judge in Louisiana died Saturday, days before he was to preside over the trial of a private investigator accused of trying...

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