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CHICAGO, IL - FEBRUARY 08: Cleopatra Pendleton arrives with her son Nathaniel for the wake of her 15-year-old daughter Hadiya Pendleton at the Calahan Funeral Home on February 8, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois. Hadiya was killed when a gunman opened fire on her and some friends as they stood under a shelter on a warm, rainy afternoon in a park about a mile from President Obama's Chicago home. First lady Michelle Obama is expected to attend tomorrow's funeral with senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Hadiya Pendleton funeral in Chicago

Jason Keyser and Sara Burnett, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries including first lady Michelle Obama packed the funeral Saturday for a Chicago honor student whose killing catapulted her into the nation's debate over gun violence.
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Photo taken on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, President of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, waits to address the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly. State-run television in Ghana is announcing on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, that President John Atta Mills has died at age 68. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

Ghana VP sworn in hours after president's death

Krista Larson, Associated Press
(AP) - John Atta Mills' election victory secured Ghana's reputation as one of the most mature democracies in West Africa...
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WATCH: Aretha Franklin on Whitney Houston death

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NEW YORK (AP) - Aretha Franklin believed Whitney Houston had overcome her demons and was primed for a comeback, which made learning of the troubled singer's death all the more shocking...
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For Houston mourners, a dearth of places to grieve

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - In Whitney Houston's hometown, her family plans a private church service, with no public memorial set. In Los Angeles, where she died...
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Celebrity mourning? There's an app for that

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NEW YORK - You can remember Gary Coleman with Android. Since Michael Jackson's demise, star deaths have gone digital...
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