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Mosque, funeral bombings kill 47 in IraqPeoria Journal StarTwin explosions ripped through a crowd of Sunni worshippers in Baghdad on Friday, an attack which, combined with a second deadly bombing at a Sunni
funeral just outside the city, deepened fears Iraq may be headed toward a new round of sectarian
...and more » Officer who shot New York student faced harrowing choicePeoria Journal StarRebello's
funeral is scheduled for Wednesday in Sleepy Hollow, in Westchester County, north of New York City. Her life ended in split seconds that forced the veteran police officer to make a fatal decision, but the questions surrounding the student's
...and more » Brother tells jury Harris admitted to killing Gee familyPeoria Journal Star28, 2009, as friends and family of the Gee family exit the Family Life Center in Mount Pulaski for their
funeral, a week after the two parents and three children were found dead in their Beason home. Top center is Raymond Gee; top right is Justina
...and more » Police: Dead Boston bombing suspect buriedPeoria Journal StarTsarnaev's body had been at the Graham Putnam & Mahoney
Funeral Parlors. Director Peter Stefan had said he could not find a community willing to take the body, including Cambridge, where the family had lived for a decade. Tsarnaev's uncle, Ruslan
...and more » Our View: Of kids and common sensePeoria Journal StarThe little girl's
funeral was Saturday in the small town of Burkesville, Ky., where more than a few residents were understandably heartbroken, if also none too happy about the attention and sometimes condemnation coming in from the outside world
...and more » Music City mourns country legend George JonesPeoria Journal StarThere was more humor than sadness at Jones'
funeral Thursday at the Grand Ole Opry House as thousands gathered in Nashville — some arriving hours before sunrise — to pay their respects to the man whose voice has defined country music for more than
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