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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley hugs U.S. Congressman James Clyburn after she called for legislators to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the State House during a press conference on Monday, June 22, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. (Tim Dominick/The State/TNS)

Some examples of Confederate tributes around the South

By The Associated Press / June 24, 2015

ATLANTA (AP) — Tributes to the Confederacy and the Jim Crow era that have existed still abound in the Deep South and beyond more than a century after the end of the Civil War. Here are some of the most high-profile displays, including several that are being criticized anew following the fatal shooting of nine parishioners at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina: — ALABAMA: An 88 -foot-tall Confederate memorial sits at the Capitol entrance nearest the governor's office.

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Plucked from war-torn Iraq, heavy metal band gets first EP

By The Associated Press / June 24, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — The name of the album is "Gilgamesh," the ancient Mesopotamian king with superhuman strength and courage who undertakes a perilous quest to discover the secret of eternal life. The epic tale embodies the complexities of life and finding one's self that the four-man heavy metal band Acrassicauda believe is symbolic of their own journey from war-torn Baghdad to an American recording studio. With roots in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, the band members discovered their love for heavy metal through Slayer and Metallica cassettes they dug up in the black markets of the then-heavily sanctioned country.

KRT ENTERTAINMENT STORY SLUGGED: OSCARS KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY MATTHEW J. LEE/LONG BEACH PRESS-TELEGRAM (KRT245) LOS ANGELES, California, March 23 -- James Horner holds his Oscar for the song "My Heart Will Go On" from "Titanic" at Monday at the 70th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California. (LB) PL, RTR, BL (jak20045) 1998 (COLOR) --NO MAGS, NO SALES-- (Editor's Note: Image Made With Digital Camera.)
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Plane in fatal crash belonged to Oscar-winning composer

By The Associated Press / June 23, 2015

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A plane registered to Oscar-winning "Titanic" composer James Horner has crashed in Southern California, but the identity of the one person who died has not been released. Jay Cooper, an attorney for Horner, said the plane was one of several owned by the 61-year-old composer, and that no one has heard from him since the crash. "It was his plane and if he wasn't in it, he would've called," Cooper said Monday night. The Associated Press has not confirmed Horner's death. The Hollywood Reporter cited Sylvia Patrycja, who it says is identified on Horner's film music page as his assistant in confirming his death.

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Storm moving east after tornado, injuries in Illinois

By The Associated Press / June 23, 2015

CHICAGO (AP) — Strong winds that swept across parts of northern Illinois spawned several possible tornadoes, severely damaged homes and forced first responders to pull survivors from the basements of homes, officials said Tuesday. The storm was moving east, threatening to bring similar weather to northern Indiana and parts of Michigan, where strong winds also damaged homes, prompted rescues and knocked out power to thousands of people late Monday and early Tuesday. Particularly hard hit was a private camping resort in Sublette, an Illinois community about 100 miles west of Chicago.

Plants grow in wooden planter boxes at the urban garden on the corner of Main street and High street on Sept. 2. The garden has a number of vegetable plants and flowers. DN FILE PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK
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Muncie looking for 'adopters' as weeds take over median

By The Associated Press / June 22, 2015

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — The city of Muncie is looking for someone to take over responsibility for upkeep of a median designed to ensure safe passage for pedestrians and bicyclists and improve the appearance of a commercial strip. The perennial plants on the McGalliard Road island have been overtaken by weeds after the landscape company that had maintained the site for more than a decade stopped doing so due to what one official calls a "miscommunication." Angie Pool, CEO of Cardinal Greenways, told The Star Press (http://tspne.ws/1L5ZNn2 ) that the company that had donated its services to maintain the island had decided to stop doing so.

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Muncie sweet shop finds its niche on city's northwest side

By The Associated Press / June 22, 2015

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — It's the sweetest news you'll read all day: There's a new candy store on Muncie's northwest side. Chocolate Paradise opened earlier this spring with big dreams and sweet ideas, including a goal of being the go-to place in town to find top-tier chocolates. Owned by Chris Whittenburg, a Muncie native now living in Texas, Chocolate Paradise offers a variety of homemade goods, including caramels and truffles, both of which are made by store employees.

Pope Francis I stands on the central balcony of St. Peter
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Pope urges revolution to save Earth, fix 'perverse' economy

By The Associated Press / June 18, 2015

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a sweeping environmental manifesto aimed at spurring concrete action, Pope Francis called Thursday for a bold cultural revolution to correct what he described as a "structurally perverse" economic system where the rich exploit the poor, turning Earth into an "immense pile of filth." Francis framed climate change as an urgent moral issue to address in his eagerly anticipated encyclical, blaming global warming on an unfair, fossil fuel-based industrial model that harms the poor most. Citing Scripture, his predecessors and bishops from around the world, the pope urged people of every faith and even no faith to undergo an awakening to save God's creation for future generations. The document released Thursday was a stinging indictment of big business and climate doubters alike, aimed at spurring courageous changes at U.N.

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US pastor, 8 others fatally shot at church

By The Associated Press / June 18, 2015

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — An intense manhunt was under way Thursday for a young white man who joined a prayer meeting and then opened fire inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston, killing nine people, including the pastor, in what authorities called a hate crime. The shooter remained at large Thursday morning and police released photographs from surveillance video of a suspect and a dark colored sedan that may have been the getaway vehicle. "This is a very dangerous individual," Police Chief Greg Mullen said. The suspect attended the meeting at the church Wednesday night and stayed for nearly an hour before the deaths, Mullen said. The victims were six females and three males, Mullen said Thursday morning.

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NFA bringing National Tournament back to Ball State after pulling event

By Christopher Stephens / June 16, 2015

The National Forensics Association has decided to host its National Tournament at Ball State after pulling the event from campus when state legislators passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act last March. The 2016 event will bring around 1,200 students and faculty members from across the country to campus and rake in anywhere between $1 and $2 million for the Muncie community, Director of Individual Events, Mary Moore, said.

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Rachel Dolezal says she identifies as black

By The Associated Press / June 16, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — The woman who resigned as head of a local NAACP branch after her parents said she was white said Tuesday that she started identifying as black around the age of 5, when she drew self-portraits with a brown crayon, and "takes exception" to the contention that she tried to deceive people. Rachel Dolezal said Tuesday on NBC's "Today" Show that some of the discussion about her has been "viciously inhumane."

Lifeguard Chris Maloney calls beachgoers out of the water on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Manhattan Beach, Calif., after a swimmer was hospitalized with a shark bite. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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Officials: Shark attack victims were in waist-deep water

By The Associated Press / June 15, 2015

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (AP) — Two young people were vacationing in the beach town of Oak Island, swimming in shallow, waist-deep water, when they were severely injured in shark attacks, town officials said Monday. The attacks — in which a 12-year-old girl lost part of her arm and suffered a leg injury and a 16-year-old boy lost his left arm less than 2 miles away — happened less than 90 minutes apart Sunday, officials said. The call about the girl came in about 4:40 p.m., and the call about the boy at 5:51 p.m., town officials said. Their names haven't been released, but officials said both were on vacation from other parts of North Carolina. Martha Harlan of New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington — about 25 miles away, where both victims were airlifted — said both were in good condition Monday morning after surgery. Officials said they couldn't confirm whether the same shark attacked them or give details on the size of the animal or animals. At the time they were airlifted, the victims' injuries were life-threatening, officials said.

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