Obituaries
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BC-ND--North Dakota News Digest 6 pm, NDDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - Here's a look at AP's general news coverage in North Dakota at 6 p.m. Questions about coverage plans go to News Editor Carson Walker at (605) 332-3111 or cwalker@ap.org....
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Former Lawrence Welk singer Dick Dale dies in IowaDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - ALGONA, Iowa (AP) - Richard "Dick" Dale, who played sax and crooned tunes for the famed Lawrence Welk orchestra, has died in his Iowa hometown of Algona. He was 88. Bria...
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Troubled veteran in soldier song story found deadDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) - A New York man featured in an Associated Press account of veterans coping with trauma through songwriting was found dead on Sunday, the same day...
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Md. examines heroin overdose recordsDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland's health department is focusing its battle against heroin overdose deaths by targeting services to people who have survived previous overdoses....
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Famous 'man in the hole' had everything he neededDec 27, 2014 10:00 pm - TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Edward Hammond, a man made famous because he lived in a hole, was laid to rest with military honors at Fort Gibson National Cemetery on Dec. 2, 1993....
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Spiritual leader of African Hebrew Israelites diesDec 27, 2014 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) - The spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites, a movement that believes some black Americans are the descendants of an ancient Israelite tribe, ...
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Retired US District Judge Paul Gadola dies at 85Dec 27, 2014 10:00 pm - EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A retired U.S. district judge who served two decades on the federal bench in southeastern Michigan has died. Paul Gadola was 85. Dodds-Dumanoi...
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Broadway vet who joined Michigan State dies at 43Dec 27, 2014 10:00 pm - EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan State University's Theater Department is mourning the death of a new professor who joined the faculty after a Broadway career. He was...
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Thousand of police show for NYPD officer's funeralDec 27, 2014 12:01 am - Associated Press NEW YORK - Thousands of police officers from across the nation packed a church and spilled onto streets Saturday to honor Officer Rafael Ramos as a devo...
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Oldest American man; British rocker; Polish poet, translatorDec 27, 2014 12:01 am - • Joe Cocker, the raspy-voiced British singer known for his frenzied cover of "With a Little Help From My Friends," the teary ballad "You Are So Beautiful" and a contort...