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- Remains of Liverpool soldier killed in Korean War returned home Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:40PMView full sizeRick Moriarty / The Post-StandardA military honor guard from Fort Drum places a casket containing the remains of Cpl. Frank H. Smith, of Liverpool, into a hearse Tuesday at Hancock Airport.Army Cpl. Frank H. Smith came home to...
- Whitford gives her time & TLC to Plymouth Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:30PMDarla Whitford spent Saturday morning doing one of her favorite things. Whitford is the longtime emcee at the Old Settlers parade in Plymouth, which took place on Saturday. The life-long Plymouth resident has enjoyed being part of the rebirth of the celebration and parade.
- Excerpts from recent Kansas editorials Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:02PMThe Wichita Eagle. Aug. 26, 2010.
- Tom Matlack: A Pearl: My Family's Life in China Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:38PMTom Matlack celebrates the remarkable life of his great-aunt, Pearl Buck, the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Opinion & Analysis Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:01PMPunish women rapists severely EDITOR — There have been a lot of cases across Zimbabwe in which women are alleged to have "raped" men. Don’t use funerals for politicking EDITOR — I wish to extend my condolences to the Sibanda family and MDC on the death of Mr Gibson Sibanda.
- Deadly clashes in Bourj Abi Haidar Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:55PMSpeaking last Thursday night, the president affirmed that “the state cannot allow the repletion, anywhere in Lebanon, of incidents like those that occurred two days ago” [in Bourj Abi Haidar].
- Two Funerals mapapanood na sa regular na sinehan Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 1:00PMSapat na ang dalawang dahilan para panoorin ang independent film na Two Funerals — ang direktor na si Gil Portes at ang aktres na si Tessie Tomas .
- Hoyt Home Circle celebrates 100 years Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:21PMThe Hoyt Home Circle Club will celebrate its 100th anniversary with an open house Sept. 8 from noon to 4 p.
- What Ken Cuccinelli Could Learn From Spider-Man's Uncle Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:46AMDo the Virginia attorney general's recent investigative demands demonstrate that he's gone too far? University of Virginia - Ken Cuccinelli - Attorney General - Washington Post - United States
- Player from MU’s ‘70 team to speak at area church Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:56AMSOUTH POINT — It was his father’s funeral that kept Marshall University tackle Ed Carter from playing East ...
- Church plans to protest military funeral Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:00PMWestboro Baptist Chuch announces protest.
- Prepaying won't always save money Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:45PMDetermining whether it's good or bad to buy a prepaid item depends entirely on what's being offered. There's no universal advice or rule of thumb. Here's a guide to some of the common forms of prepaid offers consumers might encounter, separated into whether you should consider buying them.
- Phelps fallacy Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:33PMA candlelight vigil in Great Bend on Sunday night to mourn the loss of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt dre ...
- What makes us human? Bringing food to a funeral Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:30PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Remains of the earliest known feast in a cave in Israel show that humans have been bringing food to funerals for millennia and suggest that burial feasts may have helped shape modern society, researchers said on Monday.
- Open carry advocates gather in Delavan Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:23PMSeveral dozen open-carry advocates from throughout Wisconsin and Illinois gathered at the Starbucks here Sunday to socialize while openly carrying holstered handguns.
- Michele Willens: FACE IT: Funerals Can Be Life Affirming Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:24PMAttending a funeral is beneficial not only to those closest to the bereaved, but is a healing and necessary way to help them -- and us -- move on. And to remind us that every moment counts.
- Prehistoric feasting hall found Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:05PMArchaeologists have found a cave in Israel that was clearly used for funerals and feasts 12,000 years ago, during a time when humans were just starting to settle down in villages. Among the menu items: piles of steak and tortoise meat.
- Top Investors Hate These 5 Stocks Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:01PMA flock of investors with proven track records can't stand these stocks. Should you hate them, too?
- Classic New Orleans traditions continue and fade away Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:17PM"We're just trying to keep the music going and on the street," says Fred Johnson of the upcoming Black Men of Labor Social Aid & Pleasure Club's 17th annual parade that rolls at 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 5, 2010. In anticipation, Sweet Lorraine's, which stands as the organization's home base, already dons decorations displaying this year's colors of purple, lavender, yellow and gold.
- Village's MTU no laughing matter Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:45AMGlen Carbon Police Sergeant James Jones has probably heard enough Erik Estrada, "CHiPs" inspired jokes to last a lifetime.
- For New Orleans, Katrina anniversary is both solemn and festive Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:43AMDancing, singing, mourning, and crying mixed throughout New Orleans this weekend as the city showcased the progress made since Katrina and honored those who died.
- Protest at military funeral ignites a test of free speech Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:00AMYORK, Pa. — Albert Snyder tears up, then turns angry as he recalls burying his Marine son while members of the anti-gay fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church picketed nearby.
- Vietnam tribute to have local escort through 5 counties Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:50AMClinton Township police, two truck drivers, Patriot Guard, will all usher memorial wall to Macomb County
- New Orleans Buries Katrina with Mock Funerals Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:00AMKatrina's Survivors Remember the Dead and Their Own True Grit in Dozens of Ceremonies
- Military funeral picketing tests free speech - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:52AMYORK, Pa. — Albert Snyder tears up, then turns angry as he recalls burying his Marine Corps son while members of the anti-gay fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church picketed nearby.
- 5 years after Katrina: A new life in South Middleton Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:18AMLinda Randall is not the kind of person to say "never," when "probably not" is closer to the truth.
- Claudy bombing: To this day, I dream about my little sister Kathryn Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:08AMThere was just the two of us, brother and sister, and we were close. Kathryn was a bit of a tomboy, always wanting to hang out with me and my mates. She’d tag along with us on fishing trips, even when we really didn’t want her to. She was mad about animals. Related Stories Pathologist casts doubt over suicide of star boxer Man is hurt in Omagh robbery Thousands enjoy weekend of family fun and ...
- Former AP reporter, features writer Loh dies at 79 Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:36PMTo write "Lords of the Earth," a 1971 book about the Navajo Indians of Arizona, he became so close to tribal elders that they named him Poputiney, meaning "Many Pencils." Back in New York, his irreverent colleagues at The Associated Press dubbed him "Loh, the poor Indian."
- A Mooney Girl Is Born, Final Chapter Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:57PMThrough the combination of providence, skill and the safety features of our Mooney, we all walked ou
- Former AP reporter, features writer Loh dies at 79 Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:36PMFor most of his four decades as a reporter, Jules Edward Loh traveled the United States, reaching every state and using his honeyed Georgia accent to charm his way into the hearts, minds and lives of Americans, famous and obscure.
- Funeral Protesters Target of Mace Attack Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:36PMA 62-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of spraying mace into a crowd outside a Nebraska church where members of a Kansas group were protesting.
- 1 Arrested Outside Omaha Funeral For Fallen Marine Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:25PMAn Omaha man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of spraying mace into a crowd of mourners and protesters outside a funeral for a Marine killed in Afghanistan.
- Man fires pepper spray on protesters outside Marine's funeral Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:41AMA motorist fired pepper spray Saturday at a group of demonstrators and counter-protesters outside a funeral for a U.S. Marine in Omaha, Nebraska, police said.
- Remembering Mariel as home -- not a boatlift Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:29AMSay the name Mariel and most people will assume you're talking about the massive boatlift 30 years ago that brought 125,000 Cubans to the United States.
- Rosie Wacker, 84 Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:27AMRosie Wacker, 84, passed away Sunday, August 22, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Village in Alliance Nebraska.
- Former AP reporter, features writer Loh dies at 79 Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 9:37AMNEW YORK, N.Y. - For most of his four decades as a reporter, Jules Edward Loh travelled the United States, reaching every state and using his honeyed Georgia accent to charm his way into the hearts, minds and lives of Americans, famous and obscure.
- Hurricane Katrina swept away some of New Orleans' cultural touchstones Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 9:24AMBut some have made it back, some have shifted shape and some are shiny new possibilities
- Saturday, August 28, 2010 Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:35AMOur roads are unsafe at any speed - Joseph Dimech, Marsascala I was surprised to read Transport Malta saying that “many roads are not designed for 80kph” (August 25). This should read: “Roads are unsafe...
- Gun carriage in military, state funerals Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:33AMDuring the commentary of the state funeral of President Emeritus Guido de Marco on PBS, the gun carriage bearing the coffin was referred to as being identical to those currently at the Saluting Battery on the lower tire of the Upper Barracca Gardens.
- A little extra cheese for steak king? Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:27AMControversy just seems to stick to South Philly steak king Joey Vento like a big gob of Cheez Whiz. The latest: Police from a neighboring township were ordered to patrol Vento's South Jersey residence while he vacationed in Italy - just months after he donated a 2010 Harley-Davidson to that department.
- Burning out: How do Lodi clergy cope? Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:19AMWith pastors devoting so much time to others, do they find time to address their own personal issues?
- Funerals for three Co Kerry crash victims Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:44AMThe funerals of three of the victims of last Wednesday's road crash in Co Kerry will take place later this morning.
- Strike threat after councils impose two-year pay freeze Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 12:34AMScotland faces a winter of disruption to vital public services after council workers reacted with fury to the imposition of a two-year pay freeze.
- City proposes increase in cemetery fees Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:54AMFamilies wanting a Saturday afternoon burial in the Grand Island City Cemetery may have to pay a premium price to get it.
- WWII veteran, grandson share purple heart legacy Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:38AMJames "Jake" Holland's family knew he had a big heart and loved to help people, but n
- First funeral after Kerry crash Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:31AMThe first funeral of one of four teenagers killed in a car crash in County Kerry in the Irish Republic is due to take place later.
- Italian Priest Seeks To Fill Funerals Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:08AMAn Italian priest is pleading with churchgoers to help fill the pews at poorly attended funerals.
- Brown and Whitman spar in sync Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:15AMIn rare simultaneous campaigning, each faults the other on past experience or the lack of it. Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown argued Thursday that his experience makes him the only candidate who can right California, and he slashed at Republican rival Meg Whitman by calling her a neophyte who has run an ugly and inaccurate campaign against him.
- Obituaries for the day of August 25, 2010 Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:02AMVergil Crane, 89, of Union, died Aug. 24 at a local care center. A full obituary will be available later. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.
- Vietnam veterans memorial comes to Ventura Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:30AMVietnam Veterans of Ventura County and Ivy Lawn Memorial Park are sponsoring The Moving Wall, a half-size replica, Thursday through Monday at the cemetery.