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Peace activist, Jesuit priest Daniel Berrigan dies at 94

By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Apr 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - His defiant protests helped shape Americans' opposition to the Vietnam War. And they landed The Rev. Daniel Berrigan behind bars. The Roman Catholic prie...
Les Waas, creator of the Mister Softee jingle, dies at 94

The Associated Press
Apr 28, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Les Waas, the advertising legend behind the Mister Softee jingle heard in hundreds of ice cream trucks for more than half a century, has died. He was...
Ex-Montana Sen. Conrad Burns dies; influenced energy policy

By MATTHEW BROWN and MATT VOLZ
Apr 28, 2016 7:00 am - HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Former Montana Sen. Conrad Burns, a former cattle auctioneer whose folksy demeanor and political acumen earned him three terms and the bitter disdai...
K-tel creator Philip Kives has died at age 87

By CHARMAINE NORONHA
Apr 28, 2016 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Philip Kives, the tireless TV pitchman whose commercials implored viewers to "wait, there's more!" while selling everything from vegetable slicers to hit ...
Blackie Sherrod, longtime Texas sports writer, dead at 96

The Associated Press
Apr 28, 2016 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - The East Coast had Red Smith. The West Coast had Jim Murray. Texas had Blackie Sherrod. Sherrod, the longtime Texas sports writer revered for his dry wit, ...
Frank Belmont Jr. remembered for launching Carmel athletic excellence

By Bob Susnjara
Apr 28, 2016 1:00 am - Andy Bitto remembers how Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein wasn't much of anything on the sports landscape until Frank Belmont Jr. returned to his alma mater. Bel...
Kidney disease claims life of St. Charles handyman

By Dave Heun
Apr 27, 2016 11:00 pm - St. Charles man dies of kidney disease at age 32
Willie Williams, trailblazing top cop for 2 cities, dies

The Associated Press
Apr 27, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Willie L. Williams, who was the first black police chief in Philadelphia and in Los Angeles, where he took over in the wake of the Rodney King riots, has ...
Ex-Baylor star QB Tom Muecke dead at 52

The Associated Press
Apr 26, 2016 7:00 am - WACO, Texas (AP) - Former Baylor quarterback Tom Muecke (MIH'-kee), a two-time all-Southwest Conference star in the 1980s who went on to play seven seasons in the Canadi...
Ex-Husker Joe Blahak, who threw key block for Rodgers, dies

The Associated Press
Apr 25, 2016 7:00 am - LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Former Nebraska defensive back Joe Blahak (Blah-ha), a member of the Cornhuskers' national championship teams in 1970-71, has died. Roper & Sons Fun...

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