Obituaries
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Former Houston Chronicle editor Jack Loftis dies at 80Dec 29, 2014 10:00 pm - HOUSTON (AP) - Jack Loftis, a former editor of the Houston Chronicle who shepherded the newspaper through 15 years of changing ownership and technology, has died. Loftis...
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Howe, former Yale dean, dies at 93Dec 29, 2014 10:00 pm - ESSEX, Conn. (AP) - Arthur Howe Jr., a former admissions dean at Yale who was an early advocate for allowing undergraduate women to attend the Ivy League school, has die...
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Judge Michael Offner dies in Red Cloud at 62Dec 29, 2014 10:00 pm - RED CLOUD, Neb. (AP) - A judge who served up justice in several southern Nebraska counties has died in Red Cloud. The Williams Funeral Home says Judge Michael Offner die...
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BC-AR--Arkansas News Digest 1:30 pm, ARDec 29, 2014 10:00 pm - Hello! Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up in Arkansas. Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to the AP-Little Rock...
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White, chairman of Pa. probation board, diesDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Lloyd White, chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, is dead at age 58. The Dauphin County coroner's office on Monday confirme...
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Argentine president broke ankle by slipping on wet floorDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A wet floor caused Argentine President Cristina Fernandez to slip and fracture her left ankle, the government said Monday, providing the f...
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East Webster girls' basketball coach diesDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - MABEN, Miss. (AP) - East Webster High School girls' head basketball coach Stan Hughey died Sunday at his home. He was 55. Hughey was in his first season as the Lady Wolv...
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2nd victim dies after last week's Omaha fireDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A second person has died after last week's fire at a boarding house in southeast Omaha. The Omaha Fire Department said Monday that 27-year-old Eddie V...
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SC says goodbye to former Gov. James EdwardsDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Former South Carolina Gov. James Edwards is being remembered as a statesman who succeeded at everything he did, from running the state to running...
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Correction: Obit-Supercentenarian Researcher storyDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - PHOENIX (AP) - In a story Dec. 3 about the death of a researcher on aging, The Associated Press reported erroneously that L. Stephen Coles was a university professor. Co...