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Flower Hill doctor who killed ill wife commits suicide
In the days since he acknowledged that he helped his terminally ill wife die in a suicide pact, Dr. Rajasekar Sham gave every indication that he intended to live. After pleading guilty last week to charges that he helped his wife of 40 years, Lucila, end...Tags: Whole Foods Market, Kathleen Rice, Nassau University Medical Center, Flower Hill, Suicide
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PASSINGS
Joseph B. Wirthlin Oldest Mormon apostle Joseph B. Wirthlin, 91, the Mormon Church's oldest living apostle, died Monday night at his home in Salt Lake City. The church said he died of causes related to his age. Wirthlin was ordained a member of the...Tags: Corporate Crime, Major League Baseball, Mormon, National Football League, Parliament
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Sheri Klittich dies at 53; headed trust that helps protect Ventura County's agricultural industry
Sheri Klittich, who developed programs to keep Ventura County's agricultural roots alive as the first administrator of a state-run trust that operates a demonstration farm near Santa Paula, died Nov. 20, a day after she turned 53. Klittich died at her...Tags: Ventura County, Chris Johnson, Agricultural Research and Technology, Tucson, Diseases
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Gustave Shubert dies at 79; Rand Corp. vice president
Gustave H. Shubert, who expanded the Rand Corp.'s research mission from military studies to analyses of education policy, crime-fighting and other domestic issues, died Nov. 25 of natural causes at a Los Angeles nursing home. He was 79. Shubert was...Tags: Water Pollution, Wars and Interventions, Government, Defense, Economic Policy
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Seems like the sun will never set on Tom Lasorda's empire
The mother-in-law died a few days ago, the funeral in Chicago and lots of snow.
On the way to the cemetery, the hearse got stuck going up a hill, forcing everyone to retreat toward the funeral home, my first thought with a laugh: Lasorda.
When it...Tags: Oscar De La Hoya, Major League Baseball, Tommy Lasorda, Awards and Prizes, Hideo Nomo
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Odetta Holmes dies at 88;
Odetta, the classically trained folk, blues and gospel singer who used her powerfully rich and dusky voice to champion African American music and civil rights issues for more than half a century starting in the folk revival of the 1950s, has died. She was...Tags: Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez, Government, Racism, Minority Groups
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Feasting on the commonplace
Tribune reporterThursday, if you're at all the bittersweet type, if promise cut short means anything, a suggestion: Make yourself a grilled cheese sandwich in honor of Laurie Colwin. Get the tire treads across the bread deep and charred. Slice it diagonally. Breathe in...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Dining and Drinking, Jane Austen
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Delray school adds shades to playground
Special CorrespondentUnity School in Delray Beach is taking action to help protect its students. Shade covers will be added to the playground at the school, which has more than 400 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, said Maria Barber, the school's...Tags: Cancer, Delray Beach, Diseases
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Obituary: Marty McMillan, 51, of Wantagh who died in fishing accident
Marty L. McMillan loved to fish. "It was his interest from childhood, from when he could pick up a rod and reel, and it grew to an obsession," recalled his brother, Matt, of Mastic Beach. McMillan conveyed that passion - surfcasting from shore or...Tags: Westbury, Fishing, Long Island, Wantagh
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE SPORTS BUDGET FOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3: DEADLINES: 10:45 (first), 11:30 (second), 12:30 (final). TOTAL COLUMNS REQUESTED: 36 1 (color, 10:05): 6x3; morrissey, bigten/accgizmo scores w/refer to page 2 and back, pompei w/chart, soxgizmo . 2...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Multi-Sport Events, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, National Basketball Association
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LI Chabad to host 6 memorials for Mumbai terror victims
michael.amon@newsday.comThe six people killed in attacks last week on a Mumbai Jewish center -- including a young Brooklyn couple -- are to be honored Thursday in six memorial services across Long Island. The services were announced yesterday shortly after the victims were...Tags: Long Island, Terrorism, Judaism
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Connetquot mothers of crash victims share similar pain
jennifer.sinco-kelleher@newsday.comThe two mothers have never met. Their sons graduated from Connetquot High School in June, played on the lacrosse team together and died in separate crashes while driving on the same stretch of a Ronkonkoma road. For one mother, the pain is new and the...Tags: Pain, Vehicles, Behavioral Conditions, Transportation Accidents, Road Accidents
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