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In this Sept. 10, 2011 photo, comedian Patrice O'Neal performs during the "Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen" in Culver City, Calif. O'Neal, the veteran stand-up comic who gained a wider following through TV and radio and helped roast Charlie Sheen, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, from complications of a stroke he suffered last month. He was 41.

Comedian Patrice O'Neal dies, had suffered stroke

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 6:41pm

NEW YORK -- Veteran stand-up comic Patrice O'Neal, who gained a wider following through TV and radio and helped roast Charlie Sheen, died Tuesday from complications of a stroke he suffered last month. He was 41.

O'Neal's manager, Jonathan Brandstein, said he died in a New York-area hospital.

"Many of us have lost a close and loved friend; all of us have lost a true comic genius," Brandstein said in a statement.

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Occupy protesters march nationwide; 200 arrested

Karen Matthews The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 8:11pm

NEW YORK -- Occupy Wall Street protesters clogged streets and tied up traffic around the U.S. on Thursday to mark two months since the movement's birth and signal they aren't ready to quit, despite the breakup of many of their encampments by police. Hundreds of people were arrested, most of them in New York.

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Delay of NYC park cleanup heartens protesters

Colleen Long, Karen Matthews The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 14, 2011 - 12:05pm

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Wall Street protest functions like a small city

Karen Matthews The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 8:14am

NEW YORK -- It looks like a rock festival the morning after, a tangle of tattered sleeping bags. But the demonstrators taking part in the three-week-old protest against Wall Street have created a functioning city within the city, a small, working democracy.

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In this Oct. 1, 2011 photo, protesters sit with arms linked on New York's Brooklyn Bridge before police began making arrests during Saturday's march by Occupy Wall Street. Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other grievances attempted to walk over the bridge from Manhattan, resulting in the arrest of more than 700 during a tense confrontation with police. The majority of those arrested were given citations for disorderly conduct and were released, police said. (AP Photo/Stephanie Keith)

Wall Street protesters dress as zombies; 700 arrested

Karen Matthews The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 3, 2011 - 3:13pm

NEW YORK -- Protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other issues showed no signs of giving up their campaign on Monday, with organizers urging participants to dress up as corporate zombies and to take part in a rally against police brutality.

The arrests of 700 people on Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend fueled the anger of the protesters camping in a Manhattan park and sparked support elsewhere in the country as the campaign entered its third week.

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NYC negotiating TV deal for high school sports

Karen Matthews The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 8, 2011 - 3:54pm

NEW YORK -- If the NFL is still locked out in the fall, parents of New York City high school students may be able to watch their kids' games on TV instead.

The city's public school system is negotiating a two-year, $500,000 deal to televise high school sports on the MSG Varsity Network, owned by Cablevision.

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In this file photo of Jan. 5, 1968, conductor Mitch Miller is seen at the Billy Rose Theater in New York. Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to "Sing Along With Mitch" on television and records, has died at age 99. His daughter said Miller died in New York City after a short illness.

Conductor Mitch Miller dies at age 99

Karen Matthews, The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 2, 2010 - 3:55pm

Conductor Mitch Miller dies at age 99

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By KAREN MATTHEWS

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to "Sing Along With Mitch" on television and records, has died at age 99.

His daughter, Margaret Miller Reuther, said Monday that Miller died Saturday in Lenox Hill Hospital after a short illness.

Miller was a key record executive at Columbia Records in the p

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