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Clarification: France-Obit-Veil story

The Associated Press
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - In the June 30 obituary for French political icon Simone Veil, The Associated Press reported that a Polish woman who helped run the Nazi camp at Auschwitz h...
Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies at 89

By DAISY NGUYEN
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Martin Landau, the chameleon-like actor who gained fame as the crafty master of disguise in the 1960s TV show "Mission: Impossible," then capped a lon...
Former Kentucky player Jerry Bird dies

The Associated Press
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - CORBIN, Ky. (AP) - Former Kentucky basketball player Jerry Bird, who was a member of the school's Athletics Hall of Fame and had his No. 22 jersey retired to the Rupp Ar...
George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77

By JAKE COYLE
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - George Romero, whose classic "Night of the Living Dead" and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devour...
George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77

By JAKE COYLE
Jul 16, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - George Romero, whose classic "Night of the Living Dead" and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devour...
Bob Wolff, versatile and longtime sportscaster, dies at 96

The Associated Press
Jul 16, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Wolff, the only sportscaster to call play-by-play of championships in all four major North American professional team sports, has died. He was 96. So...
Only woman to win math equivalent of Nobel Prize dies

The Associated Press
Jul 15, 2017 7:00 am - STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Maryam Mirzakhani, a Stanford University professor who was the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics, has died....
Fresh Kid Ice of 2 Live Crew dies in Miami at age 53

By JENNIFER KAY
Jul 14, 2017 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Christopher Wong Won, a founding member of the Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew whose sexually explicit lyrics triggered a national debate over the legal lim...
Hootie Johnson, former Augusta National chairman, dies

By DOUG FERGUSON
Jul 14, 2017 7:00 am - Hootie Johnson, the South Carolina banker and Augusta National chairman who stubbornly stood his ground amid pressure for the club to invite female members, died Friday ...
Chinese political prisoner Liu Xiaobo dies at age 61

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, GILLIAN WONG and HAN GUAN NG
Jul 13, 2017 7:00 am - SHENYANG, China (AP) - Imprisoned for all the seven years since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Liu Xiaobo never renounced the pursuit of human rights in China, in...

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