Blues guitarist Magic Slim dies in Pa. at age 75
(AP) - Magic Slim, a younger contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf who helped shape the sound of Chicago's electric blues, died Thursday. He was 75...
Lakers' owner Jerry Buss dead at 79
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jerry Buss, the Los Angeles Lakers' playboy owner who shepherded the NBA franchise to 10 championships, has died. He was 79...
Sheriff: Ex-cop Dorner died from gunshot to head
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say fugitive former cop Christopher Dorner died of a single gunshot wound to the head as authorities were pumping tear gas into a mountain cabin during a deadly gun battle with sheriff's deputies...
Ex-LAPD officer Dorner believed dead
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) - The search ended abruptly Tuesday when a man believed to be Dorner bolted from hiding, stole two cars, barricaded himself in a vacant cabin and mounted a last stand...
Former Congresswoman Cardiss Collins dead at 81
CHICAGO (AP) - Cardiss Collins, the first African-American woman to represent Illinois in Congress, died of complications from pneumonia at a Virginia hospital, according to a family friend...
Strom Thurmond's mixed-race daughter dies at 87
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The mixed-race daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging his political career has died...
Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88
NEW YORK (AP) - Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling...
Teen performer at Obama inaugural fatally shot
NBC CHICAGO - A 15-year-old majorette who performed at some of President Barack Obama's recent inauguration festivities has been shot to death in Chicago...
Cissy Houston on Whitney: 'She was raised well, she knew better'
VIDEO - The loss of a child is devastating for a parent, and Whitney Houston's mother Cissy is no different...
Ohio Players frontman 'Sugarfoot' Bonner dead
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Leroy 'Sugarfoot' Bonner, frontman for the hit-making funk music band the Ohio Players, has died in the U.S. He was 69...
