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Nobel-winning economist Kenneth J. Arrow dies at 95

The Associated Press
Feb 22, 2017 6:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Kenneth J. Arrow, the youngest-ever winner of a Nobel prize for economics, whose theories on risk, innovation and the basic mathematics of marke...
Noted movie critic Richard Schickel dies at 84

The Associated Press
Feb 21, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Richard Schickel, a noted movie critic for Life and Time magazines who also wrote dozens of books and made documentaries about Hollywood, has died. He...
Ex-Minnesota Orchestra maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski dies

By JEFF BAENEN
Feb 21, 2017 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Former longtime Minnesota Orchestra music director Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who conducted major orchestras in England, Japan and other countries, died...
Cardinal at center of Ireland's clergy abuse scandals dies

The Associated Press
Feb 21, 2017 6:00 am - DUBLIN (AP) - Cardinal Desmond Connell, whose tenure as Dublin's Roman Catholic archbishop was dominated by revelations of pedophilia in the priesthood, has died at the ...
Steve Hewlett, BBC journalist who related cancer fight, dies

The Associated Press
Feb 20, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Steve Hewlett, a British journalist who described his battle with cancer in moving dispatches heard by millions of radio listeners, has died. He was 58. He...
Former Derby, Preakness winner Charismatic dies

By BRUCE SCHREINER and GARY B. GRAVES
Feb 20, 2017 6:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Former Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Charismatic, whose bid for the Triple Crown ended with a dramatic leg injury as he neared the fi...
Fox News host Brenda Buttner dies at age 55

The Associated Press
Feb 20, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Brenda Buttner, host of Fox News Channel's "Bulls and Bears" has died after a battle with cancer. She was 55. Buttner served as CNBC's Washington corresp...
Jazz fusion guitarist Larry Coryell dies in NYC at age 73

The Associated Press
Feb 20, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell, known as the "Godfather of Fusion," has died in New York City. He was 73. His publicist, Kurt Nishimura, said Coryell died ...
Venezuelan art promoter, journalist Sofia Imber dies at 92

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ
Feb 20, 2017 6:00 am - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Sofia Imber, who turned a garage into the Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art and became one of Venezuela's most influential women journalists, ...
Official charged in United flight bribe case dies at age 62

The Associated Press
Feb 20, 2017 6:00 am - LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. (AP) - A United Airlines lobbyist and longtime state official accused of conspiracy in a shakedown benefiting the former chairman of the agency that c...

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