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RFK Jr: 'I Did Everything I Could to Save Her'

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:20:35 CDT

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told mourners yesterday that he was blameless in the death of wife Mary Richardson Kennedy, who hanged herself last week after a long battle with depression. “I know I did everything I could to help her,” Kennedy said in his eulogy at a church in Bedford,...

Somber Japan Marks Year Since Quake

Mark Russell — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:12:22 CDT

At 2:46pm local time today, people all across Japan stood in silence to remember the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami exactly one year ago that killed more than 19,000 people, destroyed 370,000 homes, and created the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, reports the AP . Sirens...

Nicholson Mourns 'Soulmate' Hopper

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:15:00 CDT

Mourners including Jack Nicholson and Val Kilmer remembered Dennis Hopper yesterday at his memorial Mass. The actor was laid to rest in New Mexico, where he first went in 1969 while scouting locations for Easy Rider and lived for 12 years. Nicholson, who acted alongside Hopper in Easy Rider , called...

Obama Eulogizes W.Va. Miners

M. Morris — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:00:29 CDT

President Obama paid tribute this afternoon to the miners who died in the explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, implicitly criticizing the mine-safety system as he celebrated the lives of the 29 men who perished, reports the Hill . "How can we fail them?" he asked. "How...

Poland Holds Memorial for Crash Victims

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:58:29 CDT

Church bells pealed and emergency sirens blared across Poland at 8:56am local time today to mark the minute a week earlier that a plane crashed as it attempted to land in Russia, claiming the life of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and 94 others. Thousands of Poles massed...

20K Honor Slain Wash. Cops

Will McCahill — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:29:00 CST

An estimated 20,000 law-enforcement officials from the US and Canada today joined families and friends of the four cops gunned down last week at café in Washington state. Some 2,100 cars made a four-hour procession through Lakewood and Tacoma to a service at the Tacoma Dome.

Images From Fort Hood Service

John Johnson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:34:30 CST

Here are images from today's memorial service at Fort Hood for the 13 people killed in last week's shooting spree. "We knew these men and women as soldiers and caregivers," President Obama told the crowd. "You knew them as mothers and fathers; sons and daughters; sisters and brothers. But here...

Obama Salutes Victims, One by One

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:23:56 CST

President Obama spoke the names and told the stories today of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories even as he denounced the "twisted logic" that led to their deaths. "No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks...

Obama, First Lady Meet Victims' Families

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:34:14 CST

Stepping for the first time into the role of national consoler, President Obama is honoring the 13 people slain in the Ft. Hood shooting rampage by remembering what they left behind, offering personal stories about the lives they touched and the service they provided to their country. The president and...