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Former NCHSAA executive director Adams dies at 81

The Associated Press
Sep 17, 2017 7:00 am - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Charlie Adams, the former North Carolina High School Athletic Association executive director, died Sunday. He was 81. NCHSAA spokesman James Alv...
Penny Chenery, owner of Triple Crown champ Secretariat, dies

By BETH HARRIS
Sep 17, 2017 7:00 am - Penny Chenery, who bred and raced 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat as well as realizing her ailing father's dream to win the Kentucky Derby in 1972 with Riva Ridge, ...
Beloved character actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91

By LINDSEY BAHR
Sep 16, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - For more than 60 years, Harry Dean Stanton played crooks and codgers, eccentrics and losers. He endowed them with pathos and compassion and animated t...
US aviator who helped form Israeli Air Force dies at 94

By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Sep 16, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mitchell Flint, an American aviator who helped form the Israeli Air Force in 1948 and served in Israel's first fighter squadron has died. He was 94. F...
Character actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at age 91

By LINDSEY BAHR
Sep 15, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Harry Dean Stanton, the shambling, craggy-face character actor with the deadpan voice who became a cult favorite through his memorable turns in "Paris...
Grant Hart of pioneering indie rock band Husker Du dies

By JEFF BAENEN and STEVE KARNOWSKI
Sep 14, 2017 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Widespread commercial success largely eluded Grant Hart and his pioneering indie-rock trio, Husker Du. But the hard-working band emerged as one of the...
'Sopranos' mobster, veteran actor Frank Vincent dies at 80

By FRAZIER MOORE
Sep 14, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Frank Vincent, a veteran character actor who often played tough guys, including mob boss Phil Leotardo on "The Sopranos," has died. He was 80. Vincent di...
J.P. Donleavy, author of 'The Ginger Man,' dies at age 91

By HILLEL ITALIE and GREGORY KATZ
Sep 14, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - J.P. Donleavy, the incorrigible Irish-American author and playwright whose ribald debut novel "The Ginger Man" met scorn, censorship and eventually celebra...
Edith Windsor remembered as 'great' pioneer for gay rights

By DEEPTI HAJELA and JENNIFER PELTZ
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Love made Edith Windsor a married woman. Widowhood made her a gay rights pioneer. Facing a big tax bill after the death of her first spouse, Windsor took...
Late GOP Sen. Domenici had close immigration link _ his mom

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Pete Domenici, the longest-serving senator from the most Hispanic state in the United States, kept his family's immigration experience private f...

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