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Deaths elsewhere
BILL DRAKE, 71 Popularized music-centered radio format Bill Drake, who set the tone at hundreds of pop stations with a radio format that placed music - rather than disc jockeys - at the center of the broadcast, died of cancer Saturday at West Hills...Tags: San Fernando, Atlanta, Radio, Radio Industry
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Ruth C. Kammer, registered nurse, traveler
Ruth C. Kammer, a retired registered nurse and world traveler, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease Nov. 23 at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson. She was 92. Ruth Clemmens was born in Baltimore and raised near Patterson Park. She...Tags: Diseases, Edenwald, Hospitals and Clinics, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Medical Staff
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Peter John Tasch Sr., Eldersburg cafe owner
Peter John Tasch Sr., a former Burger King district supervisor who later owned and operated an Eldersburg cafe, died of heart failure Nov. 25 at University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 56. Mr. Tasch was born in Philadelphia and was raised there and...Tags: University of Maryland Medical Center, Foods and Beverages, Cape May (Cape May, New Jersey), Hamburgers, Sykesville
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Couple relied on cancer clause
John and Marianne Yasak hesitated briefly before handing the salesman a $40,890 deposit on their dream retirement home last year. The house itself was ideal. Although it had not yet been built, the couple liked the lot, inside Mundelein's Del Webb...Tags: Diseases, Cancer, Mundelein, Real Estate Buyers, Health Treatments
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South Africa's Shame
A recent Harvard study verified what has long been understood about former South African President Thabo Mbeki's response to AIDS: His belief that HIV was not the cause of the disease had lethal effects. The study concluded that Mr. Mbeki's refusal to...Tags: Diseases, National Government, Nelson Mandela, Ronald Reagan, AIDS
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Funerals planned for brothers
Funeral services have been set for two brothers who died after falling into the icy East Twin River in Two Rivers last week. Manitowoc County Coroner Curtis Green says 12-year-old Larry Yang and his 13-year-old brother Jimmy Yang were pronounced dead... -
Wabash prof dies at 60
Wabash College professor of humanities William C. Placher has died at the age of 60. Placher, a 1970 Wabash graduate, began teaching in 1972, rose to full professor in 1984 and was chairman of the college's Department of Philosophy and Religion from...Tags: Colleges and Universities
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Pa. family sues ex-legislator, citing recklessness in boy's fatal shooting
Associated Press WriterGREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) _ A former state senator's son was "reckless and careless" with his father's handgun, resulting in the shooting death of the boy's friend, according to a wrongful death suit filed Monday by the victim's father. The suit is the...Tags: Prosecution, Firearms, Murder, Defense
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Bombings in Baghdad, Mosul kill 31
From the Associated PressBAGHDAD — Suicide bombers struck today near a Baghdad police academy and in Mosul against a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol, together killing 31 people, Iraqi officials said. It was a grim reminder of the dangers facing Iraqis as they try to take over...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Metal and Mineral, Bombings, Suicide, Armed Conflicts
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AP top news in Iowa at 4:58 p.m. CST
An Iowa City-based group claims Iowa's tax revenues can't keep up with long-term spending and argues the state should consider changes to raise more money. In a report released Monday, the Iowa Fiscal Partnership predicted Iowa's revenue will remain...Tags: Alternative Energy, Transportation, Henry Ford, Casino and Gambling, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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Pakistan dismisses claims that Mumbai attackers were trained by Pakistani militants
Pakistan today dismissed Indian investigators' claims that the Mumbai attackers underwent months of training at camps run by a Pakistani militant group, saying no such proof had been provided. "There is no evidence at all about this," said Foreign...Tags: Heads of State, Condoleezza Rice, National Government, NATO, Guerrilla Activity
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Bush: Iraq war 'a do-over I can't do'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, who has occasionally lamented that he regrets some of the tough talk he uttered in the war on terror - terms such as "dead or alive'' or "bring 'em on'' - also allows that the......Tags: Heads of State, National Government, 2009 U.S. Presidential Transition, Abraham Lincoln, Saddam Hussein
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