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Cowboys back to practice after memorial service
The corner locker assigned to Jerry Brown at the Dallas Cowboys facility remained untouched Wednesday. A day after a private memorial service for ...
Mourners gather at funeral for Chiefs' Belcher
Jovan Belcher was remembered Wednesday for the accomplishments of a life that ended so suddenly and violently. Several hundred mourners gathered for ...
TNT: Funeral coming for J.R. Ewing on new 'Dallas'
J.R. Ewing will get a send-off with a proper funeral on "Dallas." TNT begins the second season of its "Dallas" revival next month. The network said ...
Cowboys involved in fatal wreck were close friends
Josh Brent and Jerry Brown met in college, forming a close, unshakeable bond. Having realized his NFL dream, Brent was trying to help his roommate do ...
New tragedy rocks NFL's regularly scheduled world
The games go on. For the second straight weekend, tragedy rocked the regularly scheduled world of the NFL. It left families, friends, teammates and ...
Relative: Woman slain by Chiefs player brought joy
The slain girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was a loyal friend who brought joy to others with her smiles and laughter, a ...
Chiefs players pay respects to Belcher at service
Heads bowed, somber past and present Kansas City Chiefs players turned out Wednesday for a memorial service for teammate Jovan Belcher, who killed his ...
Funeral held for boxer 'Macho' Camacho in NYC
Hundreds mourned Hector Camacho on Saturday in the landmark East Harlem church the fighter attended as a boy, and hundreds more cheered and shouted ...
Hemsley remembered by friends, family at funeral
Friends and family remembered actor Sherman Hemsley at his funeral Wednesday in Texas by showing video clips of him as George Jefferson, the TV role ...
Indiana home explosion investigated as homicide
The house explosion that killed two people and destroyed several homes in an Indianapolis neighborhood is now being investigated as a homicide, ...
Hundreds attend funeral for Indy blast victims
Hundreds of people turned out Monday for the funerals of a couple killed in an Indianapolis explosion — a teacher remembered for knitting gifts for ...
Big funeral for India's Hindu extremist leader
Hundreds of thousands of grieving supporters thronged the streets of Mumbai on Sunday for the funeral of Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader ...
Eisenhower Memorial approval delayed into 2013
Plans to build a national memorial honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower will be delayed into next year as the World War II general's family ...
Bulgarians bid farewell to Patriarch Maxim
Thousands of people have joined funeral proceedings in Sofia for Patriarch Maxim, who was at the helm of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for more than ...
A year after lavish funeral, Savile myth in ruins
At Jimmy Savile's funeral, a year ago Friday, the priest delivering the homily was emphatic: the DJ and television host "can face eternal life with ...
Thousands mourn NIreland prison guard slain by IRA
Thousands of mourners lined the main street of a central Northern Ireland town Tuesday to bid farewell to a prison officer slain by Irish Republican ...
Hundreds say goodbye at funeral for slain NJ girl
Hundreds of mourners who packed a church Saturday to say goodbye to a 12-year-old who police say was killed by two teenage brothers were urged to do ...
McGovern celebrated as 'conscience for our nation'
George McGovern made history with his loss of the 1972 presidential election in a historic landslide, but he was praised Friday for galvanizing the ...
Biden: McGovern 'modern Democratic Party' father
In a stirring tribute Thursday to former Sen. George McGovern, Vice President Joe Biden hailed the one-time presidential nominee as the "father of the ...
Services announced for former Sen. George McGovern
Services have been set for former South Dakota Sen. George McGovern. A public viewing is planned for 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist ...
Funeral for slain Lebanon official ends in clashes
Lebanese security forces unleashed a barrage of gunfire and tear gas in central Beirut on Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to storm ...
Cambodians line streets to see ex-king's body
The body of Cambodia's late King Norodom Sihanouk returned to his homeland Wednesday, welcomed by hundreds of thousands of mourners who packed ...
Funeral: Specter's roots fueled centrism, tenacity
Friends and colleagues of former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter trace his centrist political views to a childhood spent in the only Jewish family in Russell, ...
More than 2,000 attend slain Colo. girl's memorial
More than 2,000 family members, friends, neighbors and others gathered Tuesday to remember a 10-year-old suburban Denver girl who was abducted on her ...