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Death of Afghan group's founder unlikely to weaken militants

By KATHY GANNON
Sep 04, 2018 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - The death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of Afghanistan's outlawed militant network that bears his name, is unlikely to weaken the group that is con...
Mundelein museum curator Dottie Watson remembered for her love of history and patriotism

By Russell Lissau
Sep 01, 2018 1:00 am - Longtime Mundelein resident Dorothy "Dottie" Watson is being remembered for her love of history and her patriotic spirit. The curator and president of Mundelein's Fort H...
Veteran AP reporter, editor Robert Barr dies at age 71

By DANICA KIRKA
Aug 31, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Robert Barr, a longtime reporter and editor for The Associated Press in London who covered major news events ranging from the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 to ...
Paul Taylor, giant of modern dance, dead at 88 in New York

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Aug 30, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Paul Taylor, a towering figure in American modern dance who, in a career that spanned more than six decades, created a vast body of work that reflected b...
Paul Taylor, giant of modern dance, dead at 88 in New York

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Aug 30, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Paul Taylor, a towering figure in American modern dance who, in a career that spanned more than six decades, created a vast body of work that reflected b...
Veteran AP reporter, editor Robert Barr dies at age 71

The Associated Press
Aug 30, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Robert Barr, a longtime reporter and editor for The Associated Press in London who covered major news events ranging from the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 to ...
Iosif Kobzon, singer dubbed 'Soviet Sinatra,' dies at age 80

The Associated Press
Aug 30, 2018 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Iosif Kobzon, an iconic Russian crooner and political figure dubbed "the Soviet Sinatra" for his decades-long career, has died. He was 80 years old. One of...
Greek minister says filmmaker Costa Gavras has died at 85

The Associated Press
Aug 30, 2018 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's culture minister says Greek-French film director Costa Gavras has died in Paris at the age of 85. Culture Minister Mysini Zorba announced ...
Writer, 44-year Arlington Heights library trustee dies at 91

By Christopher Placek
Aug 30, 2018 1:00 am - It was a Catholic nun who gave a young Richard Frisbie his first good review as a writer, and inspiration that led to him making the art of the written word the constant...
St. Charles couple die in Wisconsin crash on I-90

By Chacour Koop
Aug 29, 2018 1:00 am - A St. Charles couple died last week after a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 in Wisconsin, authorities said. Edward Grzesik Sr., 81, and Shirlyn Grzesik, 73, were ...

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