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Edith Windsor remembered as 'great' pioneer for gay rights

By DEEPTI HAJELA and JENNIFER PELTZ
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Love made Edith Windsor a married woman. Widowhood made her a gay rights pioneer. Facing a big tax bill after the death of her first spouse, Windsor took...
Late GOP Sen. Domenici had close immigration link _ his mom

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Pete Domenici, the longest-serving senator from the most Hispanic state in the United States, kept his family's immigration experience private f...
Longest serving New Mexico senator leaves bipartisan legacy

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS and MORGAN LEE
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Pete V. Domenici, the son of Italian immigrants who rose to become a power broker in the U.S. Senate, died Wednesday in New Mexico. The Republic...
Edith Windsor, who helped end gay marriage ban, dies at 88

By DEEPTI HAJELA and JENNIFER PELTZ
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Edith Windsor, a gay rights pioneer whose landmark Supreme Court case struck down parts of a federal anti-gay-marriage law and paved a path toward legali...
Visionary British theater director Peter Hall dies at 86

By JILL LAWLESS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Peter Hall, a visionary theater director and impresario who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and helped build Britain's National Theatre into a produc...
Correction: Obit-Don Williams story

The Associated Press
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - In a story Sept. 8 about the death of country star Don Williams, The Associated Press misidentified the name of the group that gave Williams an a...
'Pinocchio,' 'Fantasia' animator 'X' Atencio dead at 98

By ANDREW DALTON
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Xavier "X'' Atencio, an animator behind early Disney movies including "Pinocchio" and "Fantasia" and "imagineer" behind beloved Disneyland rides like ...
Don Ohlmeyer, longtime network TV executive, dies at 72

The Associated Press
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) - Don Ohlmeyer, the "Monday Night Football" producer who came up with the phrase "Must See TV" in leading NBC to the No. 1 prime-time spot, die...
US historian who spent decades in Afghanistan dies at 90

The Associated Press
Sep 10, 2017 7:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American historian who spent decades in Afghanistan working to preserve the heritage of the war-torn country died Sunday. An Afghan governme...
'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' composer, lyricist dies at 41

The Associated Press
Sep 10, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Friedman, an Obie-winning composer and lyricist known for the musicals "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" and "Love's Labour's Lost," has died. He...

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