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Man who gave name to "Peanuts'" Linus dies at age 90

By ANDREW DALTON
Feb 05, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown's blanket-wieldi...
Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White dead at 74

By DAVID BAUDER and HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 05, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, whose horn-driven band sold more than 90 million albums and made hits like "September," ''Shining Star" and "Bo...
Judge who presided over Martha Stewart's NY trial dies at 86

The Associated Press
Feb 05, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge who presided over Martha Stewart's criminal trial in New York has died. Miriam Cedarbaum was 86. Manhattan U.S. District Court Chief Judg...
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, 6th man on moon, dies in Florida

By CURT ANDERSON
Feb 05, 2016 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who became the sixth man on the moon when he and Alan Shepard helped NASA recover from Apollo 13's "successful failure" ...
A look back at Earth Wind & Fire's greatest hits

By DERRIK J. LANG
Feb 04, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A look back at Earth, Wind & Fire's highest charting songs following the passing of founding member Maurice White, who died Wednesday at age 74: ___ "...
Dave Renwick, top Scottish caddie, dies of cancer at 62

The Associated Press
Feb 04, 2016 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dave Renwick, the Scottish caddie who worked for three major champions and was on the bag for Vijay Singh's greatest season, has died ...
Joe Dowell, had No. 1 hit with 'Wooden Heart," dies at 76

The Associated Press
Feb 04, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Dowell, a singer briefly popular in the early 1960s who had a No. 1 hit with the ballad "Wooden Heart," has died. He was 76. Dowell died Thursday at ...
Ex-Indiana Gov. Whitcomb, POW in World War II, dies at 98

By TOM DAVIES
Feb 04, 2016 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former Indiana Gov. Edgar Whitcomb, who escaped from a Japanese prisoner camp by swimming overnight during World War II and then made an around-the-w...
Ex-Carol Stream library board president put family first, was 'straight talker'

By Katlyn Smith
Feb 04, 2016 12:00 am - Family comes first. That was Jim Bailey's motto and explains why he left his home of almost 30 years in Carol Stream, a town that once named him its "Citizen of the Year...
Bob Elliott, of comic duo Bob and Ray, dies at 92

By DAVID SHARP
Feb 03, 2016 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Bob Elliott, half of the enduring television and radio comedy team Bob and Ray, has died, He was 92. Elliott, father of actor-comedian Chris Ellio...

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