Obituaries
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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...
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Rodeo cowboy legend Alvin Nelson dies in MinnesotaDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Rodeo cowboy legend Alvin Nelson is being remembered as one of the best of his generation, an influence on younger riders and an innovator in the s...
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BC-ND--North Dakota News Digest 6 pm, NDDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - Here's a look at AP's general news coverage in North Dakota at 6 p.m. Questions about coverage plans go to News Editor Carson Walker at (605) 332-3111 or cwalker@ap.org....
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Former Lawrence Welk singer Dick Dale dies in IowaDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - ALGONA, Iowa (AP) - Richard "Dick" Dale, who played sax and crooned tunes for the famed Lawrence Welk orchestra, has died in his Iowa hometown of Algona. He was 88. Bria...
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Troubled veteran in soldier song story found deadDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) - A New York man featured in an Associated Press account of veterans coping with trauma through songwriting was found dead on Sunday, the same day...
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Md. examines heroin overdose recordsDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland's health department is focusing its battle against heroin overdose deaths by targeting services to people who have survived previous overdoses....