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Bob Marley A novel revisiting the December 1976 assassination attempt on reggae star Bob Marley is due out soon. The book, A Brief History of Seven Killings, is by Jamaican Marlon James, the Irish RTE.ie website reports. James looks at what... Read more
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(CNN) —Although Shawn Kinmartin flies planes for a skydiving service, he hadn’t done any skydiving himself — that is until he had to make an emergency jump on Saturday. On his fourth flight of the day taking jumpers... Read more
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Acclaimed actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee has died. She was 91. Born Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, Ohio in 1922, Dee achieved a storied career in stage, radio, television and film which spanned for several decades. She was... Read more
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Tajaun Gibbison OXON HILL, Md (AP) — Jacob Williamson shrieked with delight, sank to his knees and pounded the stage as his name was called as one of the 12 finalists in the Scripps National... Read more
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NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou’s story awed millions. A childhood victim of rape, she broke through silence and shame to tell her tale in one of the most widely read memoirs of the 20th century. A black woman born into poverty and... Read more