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Storm chasers honor "Twister" star with GPS tribute

By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Feb 26, 2017 6:00 am - Nearly 200 storm chasers paid tribute Sunday to the late actor Bill Paxton by spelling out his initials using GPS coordinates on a map depicting the heart of Tornado All...
'Apollo 13' and 'Titanic' actor Bill Paxton dies at 61

By LINDSEY BAHR
Feb 26, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bill Paxton, a prolific and charismatic actor who had memorable roles in such blockbusters as "Apollo 13" and "Titanic" while also cherishing his work...
Ward Chamberlin Jr., public broadcasting pioneer, dies at 95

The Associated Press
Feb 25, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ward B. Chamberlin Jr., who pioneered public broadcasting, led stations in New York and Washington and helped launch the career of Oscar-nominated docume...
Vandenbergh led campaign that changed the face of Saint Viator

By Eileen O. Daday
Feb 25, 2017 12:00 am - Saint Viator High School is mourning the passing of its executive director of institutional advancement, who oversaw everything from marketing and communications, to dev...
Infant who survived in 1920s sideshow incubator dies at 96

By FRANK ELTMAN
Feb 24, 2017 6:00 am - MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Lucille Conlin Horn weighed barely 2 pounds when she was born, a perilous size for any infant, especially in 1920. Doctors told her parents to hold ...
Prospect teacher's passion made him a student favorite

By Eileen O. Daday
Feb 24, 2017 12:00 am - Paul Ebsen spent 33 years teaching biology and zoology at Prospect High School before retiring in 2004, but one of his classroom pets still remains there: a six-foot boa...
Fritz Koenig, sculptor whose art withstood 9/11 attack, dies

The Associated Press
Feb 23, 2017 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Fritz Koenig, a German sculptor whose work "The Sphere" became a symbol of resilience after the 9/11 attacks in New York, has died. He was 92. Koenig, a we...
Alan Colmes, liberal voice on Fox, dead at 66

By The Associated Press
Feb 23, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Alan Colmes, the radio and television host and commentator best known as the amiable liberal foil to the hard-right Sean Hannity on the Fox News Channel,...
Bernie Custis, 1st pro black QB, dies at 88

By The Associated Press
Feb 23, 2017 6:00 am - Bernie Custis, pro football's first black quarterback who blazed the trail for future CFL stars Warren Moon, Chuck Ealey and Damon Allen, has died. He was 88. Custis mad...
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...

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