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Reaction to the death of retired CBS newsman Morley Safer

By The Associated Press
May 19, 2016 7:00 am - Reaction to the death Thursday of long-time CBS News and "60 Minutes" reporter Morley Safer: ___ "From his days in Vietnam, to his decades at '60 Minutes', Morley Safer ...
Morley Safer, who helped create CBS News, dead at 84

By FRAZIER MOORE
May 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Viewers didn't need to see Morley Safer's reporting to feel its effects. They could have almost heard the yowling from the Oval Office and the Pentagon a...
Palatine school mourning death of classmate

Daily Herald report
May 19, 2016 1:00 am - Students and staff at Winston Campus Junior High in Palatine are mourning the loss of a classmate who died Wednesday night after suffering a seizure. David Angeles, 14, ...
Fritz Stern, prominent historian and academic, dead at 90

The Associated Press
May 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fritz Stern, a refugee from Nazi Germany who became a prominent historian, government adviser and a longtime professor at Columbia University, has died. ...
Memorial set for longtime Des Plaines businessman

By Christopher Placek
May 18, 2016 1:00 am - Roger Spiegler spent 40 years managing the men's department at the legendary downtown Des Plaines department store bearing his family's name. It was an era of mom-and-po...
Long-time AP photographer Edward Kolenovsky dies at 87

By MICHAEL GRACZYK
May 17, 2016 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Edward F. Kolenovsky, who covered the development of the U.S. space program, prize fights and many other major events during a long career as an Associate...
Ethiopia's tough running coach Woldemeskel Kostre dies at 69

By ELIAS MESERET
May 17, 2016 7:00 am - ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Woldemeskel Kostre, the Ethiopian distance running coach who trained greats like Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele and was renowned for...
Tony Barrow dies; Beatles publicist coined 'Fab Four' phrase

The Associated Press
May 17, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Tony Barrow, the British publicist who coined the phrase "Fab Four" to describe the early Beatles, has died. Barrow, 80, died in a Lancaster hospital on Sa...
Guy Clark, Grammy-winning musician, dead at 74

By KRISTIN M. HALL
May 17, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark, who helped mentor a generation of songwriters and wrote hits like "L.A. Freeway" and "Desperados Waiting for a...
Grammy-winning Tejano star Emilio Navaira dies in Texas

By DIANA HEIDGERD
May 17, 2016 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Grammy-winning musician Emilio Navaira, famous for his mix of traditional Mexican music and accordion-based polka known as Tejano, has died at his home in ...

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