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  • Judge: Will of 'Jeffersons' actor Hemsley is valid

    A Texas judge says the will actor Sherman Hemsley signed before he died is valid.


  • Trial over Sherman Hemsley's will opens in Texas

    Attorneys for a man who says he is the brother of deceased actor Sherman Hemsley argued Friday that Hemsley was not of sound mind when he signed his will.


  • Judge: Hemsley's will valid, actor can be buried

    Deceased actor Sherman Hemsley's longtime friend can proceed with his burial and running his estate, a Texas judge ruled Friday over the objections of his half-brother from Philadelphia.


  • Tuning in to TV: Hemsley burial held up as will is contested

    The embalmed body of actor Sherman Hemsley, who became famous for his role as television's George Jefferson, will be kept in refrigeration at an El Paso, Texas, funeral home until a local court rules on the validity of his will.


  • American Scene: New York tour bus crash sends 24 to hospital

    A casino bus careened out of control outside New York City on Wednesday, sending 24 people to the hospital with minor injuries and recalling a collision last year that killed 15 casino-goers just two miles up the road, authorities said.


  • BOOK REVIEW: 'Digital Assassination'

    The Internet is a boundless universe of information and connections that fuels the economy, enhances world culture and fosters democracy. But it also is home to digital assassins who lurk undetected and lob verbal, visual and technological grenades to ruin reputations - and enlist others via social media to achieve their evil ends more quickly.


  • Oakland Raiders fire first-year coach Hue Jackson

    Reggie McKenzie made clear on his first day as Raiders general manager that there's a new regime in Oakland.


  • AP Source: Oakland Raiders fire coach Hue Jackson

    The Oakland Raiders fired coach Hue Jackson on Tuesday after just one season at the helm in the first major move since Reggie McKenzie was hired as general manager.


  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 'Zero option' makes no sense

    The opinion column "Rethinking the 'zero option' " (Thursday) is a timely reminder of a piece we wrote for The Washington Times in December 2008. The premise in that op-ed was that proliferation of missile and warhead technology since the end of the Cold War has substantially changed the security we believed we enjoyed under the concept of mutual assured destruction (MAD).


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