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Prince Nayif ibn Abdulaziz, chief of Saudi Arabia's Interior ministry, dies...

Prince Nayif ibn Abdulaziz, head of Saudi Arabia's feared Interior Ministry who after a series of attacks inside the kingdom became a close Washington ally against al-Qaida, died Saturday, months after...

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Rodney King, key L.A. riots figure, dead at 47

Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police helped spark the 1992 L.A. riots, died Sunday at his home in Rialto, Calif. He was 47.

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Rodney King, key figure in LA riots, dies at 47

Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, was found at the...

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Rodney King, victim of beating who became reluctant symbol of race relations,...

Rodney King never set out to be a James Meredith or Rosa Parks.

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Lillian Gallo, pioneering TV movie producer, dies at 84

At 20th Century Fox Studios in the 1960s, Lillian Gallo earned the nickname Mrs. Average America. She turned out to be anything but.

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St. Louisan who won Nobel Prize dies at 95

William S. Knowles, a longtime chemist at Monsanto Co. in St. Louis who shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died, his daughter said Monday. He was 95.

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Moments we remember in Nora Ephron films

Some memorable scenes from the films of Nora Ephron, who died Tuesday at age 71:

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Nora Ephron, novelist and director, dies at 71

Nora Ephron, the humorist, novelist, foodie and writer/director of films including "Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail" and "Julie & Julia," died Tuesday night in New York. She was 71. The...

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Retired physician was a Broward pioneer

For nearly half a century, he treated patients in a poor black neighborhood, dispensing medicine in return for bartered vegetables, birthing thousands of babies and battling the disease of racism.

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Ephron blazed trail in male-dominated industry

Before Nancy Meyers, before Sofia Coppola, before Julie Delpy and Kasi Lemmons and Nicole Holofcener, there was Nora Ephron.

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Celebrities react to the death of Nora Ephron

Celebrities share their reaction to the death Tuesday of author, essayist and filmmaker Nora Ephron:

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Hearst chairman George Randolph Hearst Jr. dead at 84

Hearst Chairman George Randolph Hearst Jr., 84, died Monday at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif., of complications following a stroke, the Hearst Corp. announced.

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Barry Becher, of Ginsu knives fame, dies at 71

The marketing mastermind and infomercial pioneer best known for introducing American TV viewers to Ginsu knives, the miracle kitchen tool that sliced through tin cans and chopped wood, has died. Barry...

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Paul Vogel, former North Bay Village mayor, dies

North Bay Village, which rose from Biscayne Bay as a string of fill islands in the 1940s, once hosted Rat Pack-era nightclubs, mobsters, and thousands of snowbirds.

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Former controversial Pembroke Park Mayor Barney Koretsky dies

Barney Koretsky, the loved-and-loathed, on-and-off mayor of Pembroke Park for much of a seven-year stretch in the 1980s, died June 19.

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Don Grady, Mouseketeer, 'My Three Sons' star, dies at 68

Don Grady, who sang and danced as a Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club," played son Robbie on the long-running family sitcom "My Three Sons," and later became a composer and songwriter, died...

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'My Three Sons' big brother Don Grady dies at 68

Don Grady, who was one of television's most beloved big brothers as Robbie Douglas on the long-running 1960s hit "My Three Sons," died Wednesday. He was 68.

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Joan Scott, screenwriter molded by blacklist, dies at 91

In 1950s Hollywood, screenwriter Joan Scott seemed so adept at turning out tough-guy scripts that she became known as "the girl who writes like a man."

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Taylor, involved in infamous brawl of 1972, dies of cancer

Corky Taylor is most remembered for participating in one of the uglier incidents in college basketball history.

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'I Love Lucy' actress Doris Singleton dead at 92

Actress Doris Singleton, who played one of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo's lesser-known neighbors on "I Love Lucy," has died. She was 92.

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