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Former Archer Daniels Midland CEO Dwayne Andreas dead at 98

By DAVID MERCER
Nov 16, 2016 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Dwayne Andreas, the farmer's son and college dropout who turned the grain-processing company Archer Daniels Midland into "the supermarket to the w...
Melvin Laird, Vietnam War defense secretary, dies at 94

By SCOTT BAUER
Nov 16, 2016 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Melvin Laird, a former Wisconsin congressman and U.S. defense secretary during years when President Nixon struggled to find a way to withdraw troops...
Leon Billings, key author of laws on clean air, water dies

By MATTHEW DALY
Nov 16, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Leon G. Billings, a former aide to Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie and a key author of the Clean Air Act and other landmark environmental laws, has died. Bill...
Students honor teacher who died at Buffalo Grove HS

By Christopher Placek
Nov 16, 2016 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove High School students are finding ways to honor teacher Stephanie Ramos, who collapsed and died in the school building Monday. BG Gives Back, a student-led ...
Mose Allison, jazz-blues musician, dead at 89

By MESFIN FEKADU
Nov 15, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Mose Allison, a pianist and singer whose witty, southern-accented lyrics delivered over a backdrop of boogie-woogie blues and jazz piano won fans and inf...
Tennis Hall of Fame member Gardnar Mulloy dies at 102

By STEVEN WINE
Nov 15, 2016 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Gardnar Mulloy, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame who won 129 U.S. national titles and played competitively into his 90s, has died at age 10...
Principal cellist of Boston Symphony Orchestra dies at 85

The Associated Press
Nov 15, 2016 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Jules Eskin, the principal cellist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for more than half a century, has died after a long struggle with cancer. He was 85. Es...
'Daddy's Hands' singer Holly Dunn dead at 59

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Nov 15, 2016 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country singer Holly Dunn, a San Antonio native who had a hit in 1986 with "Daddy's Hands," about her minister father, has died. She was 59. Dunn...
Buffalo Grove HS mourns teacher who collapsed, died at school

By Christopher Placek
Nov 15, 2016 12:00 am - A 39-year-old teacher at Buffalo Grove High School collapsed and died in the school building Monday after students had left for the day, authorities said Tuesday. Stepha...
Mexican film actress Lupita Tovar of 'Dracula' dies at 106

The Associated Press
Nov 14, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Mexican film actress Lupita Tovar, who starred in the 1931 Spanish-language version of "Dracula," has died. She was 106. A representative for Tovar's gra...

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