Obituaries
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Family: Gross kept in touch, didn't grow angry in CubaDec 16, 2014 10:00 pm - ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Alan Gross has called himself a "trusting fool" for going to Cuba in the first place. But family and friends described him with other words: gregar...
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Retired Mississippi chancery judge diesDec 15, 2014 10:00 pm - CANTON, Miss. (AP) - Retired Chancery Judge Ray H. Montgomery of Canton died Sunday after a brief illness. He was 79. The Mississippi Supreme Court announced Montgomery'...
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Former Miss America Mobley Collins buried in Miss.Dec 15, 2014 10:00 pm - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mary Ann Mobley Collins lived in California for decades while starring in movies with Elvis Presley and others, but her daughter said the former Mi...
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Restaurateur who moved Mexican food to masses diesDec 15, 2014 10:00 pm - CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - Larry J. Cano, the founder of the El Torito restaurant chain who helped popularize guacamole, fajitas and margaritas with the U.S. masses, ...
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Father of Texas Congressman Hensarling diesDec 15, 2014 10:00 pm - TEMPLE, Texas (AP) - Texas Congressman Jeb Hensarling's father has died. Charles "Chase" Hensarling of Cameron died Sunday at a hospital in Temple. He was 86. The death ...
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Longtime South Dakota college basketball coach Martin diesDec 15, 2014 10:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - University of South Dakota officials say longtime college men's basketball coach Doug Martin has died. He was 78. Martin's 31-year career in Sou...
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News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. ESTDec 15, 2014 10:00 pm - JCPS prepares for increased dropout age LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jefferson County school administrators are trying to prepare for the dropout age in the district to i...
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Former Wheeling mayor, milkman dies at 92Dec 14, 2014 6:31 am - When Wheeling Trustee Ken Brady moved to the village in the summer of 1967, the milkman first welcomed him to town. It wasn't until several months later that Brady reali...
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Notable deaths last weekDec 13, 2014 12:01 am - • Rose Clayton Cochran - who became a focal point in the re-election campaign of her husband, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran, when a man was accused of taking bedridden p...
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Wheaton Warrenville South mourns cross country coach Tom ToddDec 12, 2014 12:00 am - Tom Todd dies after battle with lymphoma