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Former French PM Michel Rocard dies at 85

The Associated Press
Jul 02, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French authorities say former Socialist Prime Minister Michel Rocard has died at age 85 in a Paris hospital. French President Francois Hollande issued a sta...
Caroline Aherne, comedian behind 'Royle Family,' dies at 52

The Associated Press
Jul 02, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Caroline Aherne, a sharp-witted writer and star of the bittersweet working-class comedy "The Royle Family," has died from cancer at 52, her publicist annou...
Wiesel wrote more than 40 books about Holocaust, his life

By The Associated Press
Jul 02, 2016 7:00 am - For more than a half-century, Elie Wiesel voiced his passionate beliefs to world leaders, celebrities and general audiences in the name of victims of violence and oppres...
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author, dead at 87

By VERENA DOBNIK
Jul 02, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor whose classic "Night" became a landmark testament to the Nazis' crimes and launched Wies...
Alvin Toffler, author of 'Future Shock,' dead at 87

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Alvin Toffler, a guru of the post-industrial age whose million-selling "Future Shock" and other books anticipated the disruptions and transformations bro...
Rob Wasserman, accomplished bass player, dead at 64

The Associated Press
Jun 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Rob Wasserman, a highly respected bass player and composer who performed and recorded with Lou Reed, Neil Young, Brian Wilson and many other musicians, h...
Alvin Toffler, author of 'Future Shock,' dead at 87

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 29, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Alvin Toffler, a guru of the post-industrial age whose million-selling "Future Shock" and other books anticipated the disruptions and transformations bro...
Ex-Olympic short track champ killed in car crash: report

The Associated Press
Jun 29, 2016 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The Korea Skating Union says former Olympic short track speed skating champion Oh Se-jong has been killed in an accident earlier this week. He ...
Carol Stream Park District remembers longest-serving board member

By Katlyn Smith
Jun 29, 2016 1:00 am - You normally wouldn't take a stretch limo for a trip to the neighborhood recreation center. But this was no small occasion that Sunday afternoon, and the guest of honor...
'Legendary' brother was global citizen, St. Viator's first president

By Eileen O. Daday
Jun 29, 2016 1:00 am - A religious brother, who taught the world over but also served on the committee that planned St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights and later was the high school's ...

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