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Mauricio Kagel, composer, has died

If there remains a persistent belief among Joe Public that all composers are dead, Mauricio Kagel has finally done something that “all” composers do. Otherwise Kagel, who has died in Cologne aged 76, was the one-off’s one-off, a composer indelibly associated with the German avant-garde who eventually became its conscience – and who dared to question the whole point of being a composer when, let’s be honest, most listeners would rather listen to dead composers anyway.

Yves Saint Laurent art collection of Picassos, Goyas goes on the block

Yves Saint Laurent, seen here in 1984, died in June after a long illness. Yves Saint Laurent, seen here in 1984, died in June after a long illness.

LIFE Lessons Scholarship Winners Share Personal Struggles to Emphasize Importance of Life Insurance

knew all too well that life could take unexpected -- and sometimes tragic -- turns. Her mother died when she was four and her father died before she finished high school. She dropped out of high school to become the legal guardian of her younger brother and the sole provider of the family. Tracy worked long hours at multiple jobs to make ends meet but was determined to continue her studies as well. She earned her GED and has not given up on her dream of one day becoming a nurse. To help Tracy get her nursing degree, the non-profit LIFE Foundation awarded her a

Many retailers remain vulnerable to hackers

CHICAGO (AP) - A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50. Publicist Danica Smith says Bernie Mac died early Saturday at a hospital in the Chicago area of complications due to pneumonia. ...

Inherited IRA withdrawals

My grandfather has an IRA through his bank that expires in 2014. He died this year. I closed all his CDs and paid the penalties. How do I close his IRA? I called the bank and told them I wanted to close it, but they said you can't close one early. Do I insist and just pay a penalty or do I tell them he died? Do I have to then go to court? The IRA is only $3,900. What do I do?

LIFE Lessons Scholarship Winners Share Personal Struggles to Emphasize Importance of Life Insurance

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- By the time she was 18 years old, Tracy Basden knew all too well that life could take unexpected -- and sometimes tragic -- turns. Her mother died when she was four and her father died before she finished high school. She dropped out of high school to become the legal guardian of her younger brother and the sole provider of the family. Tracy worked long hours at multiple jobs to make ends meet but was determined to continue her studies as well. She earned her GED and has not given up on her dream of one day becoming a nurse. To help Tracy get her nursing degree, the non-profit LIFE Foundation awarded her a $5,000 scholarship as part of its 2008 LIFE Lessons College Scholarship Program. LIFE sponsors the program annually to assist young people who are having difficulty fulfilling their goal of a col

Police raids net 25 Asians for trading in illegal overseas calls

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 29: An Asian expatriate was electrocuted while working in a farm in Wafra, say sources, adding “he was rushed to Jahra Hospital, but died before reaching there.” Securitymen and Criminal Evidence Department men referred the man’s remains to Forensics. A case was registered and investigations are underway. Meanwhile, A Kuwaiti man died of serious injuries when his vehicle turned turtle on Sulaibikhat Motorway near Al-Qairawan area Thursday. Criminal Evidence Department men rushed to the scene and referred the victim’s remains to Forensics while securitymen got the vehicle moved aside, say sources. A case was registered and investigations are going on to find the cause of the accident.

Famous Sculptor Dies at 58

If you saw the movie “Akeelah and the Bee,� you just might remember the scene when Akeelah and her spelling mentor gaze at a sculpture of Frederick Douglass before the big spelling showdown. The artist who did the sculpture, Tina Allen, has died. Allen’s ex-husband says she died at a Los Angeles hospital from complications of a heart attack. She was 58. Allen had also done sculptures of Martin Luther King Jr., Sojourner Truth and “Roots� author Alex Haley. A memorial service is set for next month in Los Angeles.

Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theater Festival

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Anthrax suspect who died called 'homicidal'

Closure for families of anthrax victims

SA academic called on to solve fossil mystery

They died suddenly in an Ethiopian riverbed - killed by a single catastrophic event that claimed babies, and possibly their mothers and fathers.

Co-founder of Dallas Opera dies at 92 in Italy (AP)

Rescigno died Monday of complications following heart failure and breathing problems, said Corrado Ricci, a doctor at the Belcolle hospital in

A retrospective on the artist who mirrored the spirit of his age

Francis Bacon died in April 1992, to the very day six months short of his 83rd birthday, and Tate Britain is holding a centenary retrospective exhibition of his inseparable art and life.

One dead and 44 hurt in bus fall

One man died and 70 others were injured when a coach carrying migrant workers rolled down an embankment and overturned in Staffordshire.

Many hurt as bus comes off bridge

One man died and 70 others were injured when a coach carrying migrant workers rolled down an embankment and overturned in Staffordshire.

Thirty hurt as bus and car crash

One man died and 70 others were injured when a coach carrying migrant workers rolled down an embankment and overturned in Staffordshire.

Ten people injured in bus crash

One man died and 70 others were injured when a coach carrying migrant workers rolled down an embankment and overturned in Staffordshire.

One dead, many hurt in bus crash

One man has died and 70 people have been hurt after a coach overturned in Staffordshire on Monday night.

Apple's iTunes Store pays tribute to Isaac Hayes

When Isaac Hayes died last week, the world lost an iconic figure of African American culture. Perhaps best known as his music for Shaft, Hayes also played a pivotal role in the success of Stax Records, what many consider to be one of the two original major Soul record labels. Naturally, he also played the character of Chef in the TV show South Park.

Book Reviews: 'Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography' and 'Pharmakon'

When John Keats died in February 1821, just 25, his friends believed that it was the reviews that killed him. In truth, the critics could hardly have been less kind, especially about Keats' second book, "Endymion." "We venture to make our small prophecy that his bookseller will not a second time venture 50" pounds "on anything he can write," a reviewer for Blackwood's Magazine wrote.

Honeymoon groom dies in hospital

A husband has died in hospital, a week after he and his wife were shot while on honeymoon in the Caribbean.

Student shot at Tennessee school dies

(CNN) -- A student died Thursday after being shot at Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, police said.

Movie to be Made About TV Inventor

The Scottish engineer, who died in 1946 aged 57, was the first in the world to demonstrate a working television in January 1926 at his laboratory in London's Soho. Just two years later, he presented the first colour transmission.

One of Youngest Mesothelioma Victims Dies in UK

A young woman who has died from the asbestos related cancer mesothelioma in the UK has become one of the youngest victims of this disease. Leigh Carlisle was just twenty eight years old when she lost her fight against the deadly cancer just a couple of weeks ago, leaving many confused as to how and when she was exposed to asbestos.

Senators put game face on

Now that the panic has died down -- unt il the next Bloody Day in Toronto -- it's time for a little parent-to-parent chat.

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