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Ex-Olympic short track champ killed in car crash: report

The Associated Press
Jun 29, 2016 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The Korea Skating Union says former Olympic short track speed skating champion Oh Se-jong has been killed in an accident earlier this week. He ...
Carol Stream Park District remembers longest-serving board member

By Katlyn Smith
Jun 29, 2016 1:00 am - You normally wouldn't take a stretch limo for a trip to the neighborhood recreation center. But this was no small occasion that Sunday afternoon, and the guest of honor...
'Legendary' brother was global citizen, St. Viator's first president

By Eileen O. Daday
Jun 29, 2016 1:00 am - A religious brother, who taught the world over but also served on the committee that planned St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights and later was the high school's ...
Donations sought for drowned Waukegan boy's funeral

By Doug T. Graham
Jun 29, 2016 1:00 am - Family and friends of the 14-year-old Waukegan boy who drowned Friday at Waukegan Municipal Beach have raised more than $1,000 toward the cost of his funeral since Satur...
Italian film comic Bud Spencer, the 'good giant,' dies at 86

By FRANCES D'EMILIO
Jun 28, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Bud Spencer, a burly comic actor dubbed the "good giant" for punching out bad guys on the screen, often in a long series of spaghetti westerns, has died in I...
Former major leaguer Jim Hickman dies at 79

The Associated Press
Jun 28, 2016 7:00 am - JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - Jim Hickman, who played for four teams in 13 major league seasons and had a hand in one of the most famous plays in All-Star Game history, has died...
Mack Rice, composer of 'Mustang Sally,' dies at 82

By JEFF KAROUB
Jun 28, 2016 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Mack Rice, the composer of '60s hit "Mustang Sally" and co-writer of the Staple Singers' landmark "Respect Yourself" has died in Detroit. He was 82. Laura...
Legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt dies

By Steve Megargee AP Sportswriter
Jun 28, 2016 1:00 am - KNOXVILLE Tenn. - Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women's game from obscurity to national prominence during h...
German actor Goetz George dies at age 77

The Associated Press
Jun 27, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - German actor Goetz George, much beloved for his role as hard-nosed but good-hearted inspector in the country's iconic "Tatort" TV crime series, has died. H...
Award-winning Barbadian-born author Austin Clarke dies at 81

The Associated Press
Jun 26, 2016 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Austin Clarke, the award-winning Barbadian-born author who wrote about the immigrant experience and being black in Canada, died Sunday at age 81. His publ...

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