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Tornado Victims of Joplin (2011)
LATEST UPDATE -- 10 still missing in Joplin; 120 dead identified JOPLIN, Missouri (AP) — Fewer than a dozen people remain unaccounted for after the tornado that hit Joplin last week. Missouri Department of Public Safety Deputy Director Andrea Spillars said Tuesday that 10 people remain missing. Spillars says two new names were added to the missing list Monday, but four people were removed...
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Nawang Gombu, 79 (2011)
MANIK BANERJEE, The Associated PressKOLKATA, India (AP) — Sherpa mountaineer Nawang Gombu, the youngest on Sir Edmund Hillary's climbing team that first scaled Mount Everest in 1953, died on Sunday at his Indian home at the foot of the Himalayas. He was 79.Friends and family were at Gombu's bedside when he died after a brief illness in Darjeeling, about 400 miles (650 kilometers) north of...
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Raimundo Carneiro (Ribeiro) Filho, 65 (2011)
STAN LEHMAN, The Associated PressSAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian grandfather of Sean Goldman, a 10-year-old boy from the U.S. who was the center of a bitter international custody dispute, has died, hospital officials and family members said Tuesday.Raimundo Carneiro Ribeiro Filho died of lung cancer Monday night at the age of 65, said Lima de Amorim, a spokesman for Rio de Janeiro's Copa D'Or...
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Frank Neuhauser, 97 (2011)
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Frank Neuhauser, who in 1925 won the first national spelling bee with the word "gladiolus," and went on to become a patent lawyer, has died. He was 97.Neuhauser died March 11 at his home in Silver Spring, Md., Francis J. Collins Funeral Home verified on Tuesday.He was 11 years old when he won the championship. His prizes included $500 in gold and a trip to...
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New Zealand Earthquake Victims (2011)
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The siblings huddled Wednesday on sodden grass, staring at the smoldering remains of a building that collapsed with their mother inside. They hadn't heard from TV presenter Donna Manning since a powerful earthquake tore through one of New Zealand's largest cities, killing at least 75 people and leaving some 300 missing in the rubble. Still, there was hope. ...
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American Hostage Killings (2011)
By JASON STRAZIUSO and MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya – A pirate fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a U.S. Navy destroyer shadowing a hijacked yacht with four...
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Arizona Shooting Victims (2011)
By TERRY TANG, AMANDA LEE MYERS and DAVID ESPO Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a...
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Ron Clark, 69 (2010)
SUE MAJOR HOLMES, The Associated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Ron Clark, a member of the four-man crew that made the first balloon crossing of the Pacific Ocean in 1981, has died. He was 69.Clark...
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Greyhound Bus Crash Victims (2010)
FRESNO, Calif. (July 22) -- A Greyhound bus traveling to Sacramento from Los Angeles crashed on a highway in California's Central Valley early Thursday morning, killing six and seriously injuring...
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Tennessee Flood Victims (2010)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. One couple was swept away by floodwaters while driving to dinner, part of the routine they cherished in retirement. Another retired couple died on the way to church, while a...
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Chinese Earthquake Victims (2010)
By ANITA CHANG, Associated Press Writer JIEGU, China (AP) -- Tibetan monks prayed over hundreds of bodies Friday at a makeshift morgue next to their monastery after powerful earthquakes destroyed...
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W. Va. Mining Disaster (2010)
By DENA POTTER and PETER PRENGAMAN MONTCOAL, W.Va. — Searchers found four bodies deep in a West Virginia coal mine shattered by an explosion, raising the death toll to 29 and ending an...
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Chile Quake Victims (2010)
The Associated Press SANTIAGO, CHILE -- Rescuers searched for survivors Sunday, a day after one of the biggest earthquakes in recorded history rocked Chile, killing more than 700 people while...
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Dawn Brancheau (2010)
The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. -- Spectators watched in horror as veteran SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau was pulled into the tank by a 12,000-pound killer whale and dragged under water...
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Haiti Quake Victims (2010)
By JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press Writer PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake flattened the...
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Jeanette Scola Trapani, 107 (1902 - 2009)
(Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO - Jeanette Scola Trapani, one of the oldest survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, has died at age 107. Dolores Legge told the San Francisco...
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Knut Magne Haugland (2009)
(Associated Press) OSLO - A museum official says Knut Magne Haugland, the last of six crew members who crossed the Pacific Ocean on board the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, has died. He was 92. Kon...
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David P. Murbach (2009)
(Associated Press) By BRIAN SKOLOFF Associated Press Writer WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - David P. Murbach, who for 26 years meticulously scouted 80-foot spruces from the air and ground to find...
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Fort Hood Victims (2009)
By CARYN ROUSSEAU and ROBERT IMRIE, Associated Press Writers Caryn Rousseau And Robert Imrie, Associated Press Writers The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on...
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Gustavo De La Vina (2009)
Gustavo De La Vina DALLAS (AP) - Former U.S. Border Patrol chief Gustavo De La Vina, who worked to tighten the flow of illegal immigrants into the country, has died at the age of 70. De La Vina...
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Gary DiSano (2009)
PASADENA, Calif. (Associated Press) Gary DiSano, the president of the Tournament of Roses Association who was to preside over the 2010 New Year's celebration in Pasadena, died Sunday. He was 62. ...
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D.C. Train Disaster (2009)
By SARAH KARUSH and BRIAN WESTLEY WASHINGTON — A transit operator on the job about three months in the nation's capital had just started her shift and took over an older train that federal...
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Stephen T. Johns (2009)
By NAFEESA SYEED of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum who was fatally shot Wednesday was described as a warm man with a wonderful...
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Air France Flight 447 Victims (2009)
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK DUBLIN (AP) — Three young Irish doctors — one a Riverdance performer — returning from a vacation to Brazil. An American geologist and his wife headed to Europe for work...
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Sandra Cantu, 8 (2001 - 2009)
TRACY, Calif. (AP) — The body of an 8-year-old girl was found stuffed into a suitcase that had been dumped in a pond, and police in this Northern California city planned to search a church Tuesday...
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Pittsburgh Shooting Victims (2009)
By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and DAN NEPHIN, Associated Press Writers PITTSBURGH – A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and "lying in wait" opened fire on officers responding to a domestic...
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Binghamton Shooting Victims (2009)
Binghamton, NY -- The police chief of Binghamton, N.Y., said the gunman who killed 13 people at an immigrant community center there wore body armor during the attack. Police Chief Joseph Zikuski...
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Rev. Fred Winters (2009)
By MICHAEL TARM of the Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The suburban St. Louis pastor who was gunned down while delivering his Sunday sermon was known for helping his church's membership grow by...
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Flight 3407 Crash Victims (2009)
CLARENCE, N.Y. – A Continental commuter plane coming in for a landing nose-dived into a house in suburban Buffalo, sparking a fiery explosion that killed all 49 people aboard and a person in the...
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Jennifer Hudson's Family Tragedy (2008)
CHICAGO — Police searching for Jennifer Hudson's missing 7-year-old nephew found the body of a young black boy in an SUV Monday. There was no confirmation on the identity of the body. Hudson's...
