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Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 2
• Comedian-writer Tina Fey, 43.
• Country singer George Strait, 61.
• Baseball Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson, 67.
Published on May 18, 2013 - Page 2
1980: The Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing.
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Trains collide, hurting 60
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a total of 60 people have been taken to hospitals with...
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1954: The U.S. Supreme Court, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, unanimously struck down racially segregated public schools.
1961: Cuban...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 2
Arrests in parade shootings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20...
Published on May 16, 2013 - Page 2
Milestone in stem-cell work
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could...
Published on May 16, 2013 - Page 2
• Actor Miles Heizer, 19.
• Actor Marc John Jefferies, 23.
• Actor Jacob Zachar, 27.
• Actress Megan Fox, 27.
• Actress Tori Spelling, 40...
Published on May 16, 2013 - Page 2
1939: The government began its first food stamp program in Rochester, N.Y.
1943: The nearly month-long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as...
Published on May 15, 2013 - Page 2
1930: Registered nurse Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard an Oakland-to-Chicago flight operated by Boeing Air Transport...
Published on May 15, 2013 - Page 2
Bomb kills three U.S. troops
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A roadside bomb struck a U.S. convoy in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing three...
Published on May 14, 2013 - Page 2
1804: The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific Northwest left camp near present-day Hartford, Ill....
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1918: The first U.S. airmail stamps, featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, were issued to the public. (On a few of the stamps, the biplane...
Published on May 13, 2013 - Page 2
Bodies found after standoff
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Police stormed a New Jersey home early Sunday and fatally shot a registered sex offender who had...
Published on May 12, 2013 - Page 2
1943: During World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. The two-week Trident Conference, headed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and...
Published on May 12, 2013 - Page 2
Standoff enters second day
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A standoff with an armed man who police said took multiple hostages entered its second day Saturday...
Published on May 12, 2013 - Page 18
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The colorful handmade giraffes, elephants and warthogs made in a Nairobi workshop were once only dirty pieces of rubber...
Published on May 11, 2013 - Page 2
Tower now 1,776 feet
NEW YORK (AP) — The World Trade Center’s rebirth has long revolved around creating a centerpiece of unsparing symbolism: a...
Published on May 11, 2013 - Page 2
1943: During World War II, U.S. forces landed on the Aleutian island of Attu, which was held by the Japanese; the Americans took the island 19 days...
Published on May 10, 2013 - Page 2
1869: A golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
1913: The U...
Published on May 10, 2013 - Page 2
Death mulled in kidnappings
CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday they may seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro, the man accused of...