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Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

By SYLVIA HUI
Aug 11, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr. Biswas" and b...
Ex-Hearst Newspaper chief Robert Danzig dies at 85

By ALEXANDRA OLSON
Aug 09, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert J. Danzig, who overcame difficult beginnings as a foster child during the Great Depression to become the head of Hearst Newspapers, has died, the ...
Former world hurdles champion Bett killed in car crash at 28

By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY
Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Nicholas Bett, a Kenyan runner who won the 2015 world championship title in the 400-meter hurdles, was killed in an early-morning car crash Wednesd...
Australian golfer Jarrod Lyle dies after long cancer battle

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - With a contagious smile, a sense of humor and a deep determination to keep playing golf, Jarrod Lyle endeared himself to people around the wo...
Faye Spanos, wife of Chargers owner Alex Spanos, dies at 92

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - Faye Spanos, the wife of Los Angeles Chargers owner Alex Spanos, has died. She was 92. Faye Spanos died late Tuesday night of undisclosed cause...
Okinawan Governor Onaga, who led anti-US base move, dies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga, who led opposition to U.S. military bases on the southern Japanese island, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 67. He underwen...
Dave Swearingen, former AP chief of bureau, dies at 73

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2018 7:00 am - GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) - Dave Swearingen, a former Associated Press bureau chief who led coverage of Indiana's first execution in more than two decades and the arrests of...
Recently retired Mount Prospect pastor remembered for dedication, talent

Daily Herald report
Aug 08, 2018 1:00 am - The Rev. Michael A. Olivero, the recently retired pastor of St. Cecilia Parish in Mount Prospect and former pastor of St. Stephen Protomartyr in Des Plaines, died Saturd...
Editorial: Numbers tell only part of the Mikita legend

The Daily Herald Editorial Board
Aug 07, 2018 11:00 pm - It's pretty heady stuff when you call someone a sports legend. It's a label that shouldn't be thrown around cavalierly. Especially when talking about professional hockey...
Veteran South Indian politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi dies

By ASHOK SHARMA
Aug 07, 2018 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Muthuvel Karunanidhi, a popular scriptwriter-turned-politician in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has died after a prolonged illness. He was 94...

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