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Edwin Newman dies; longtime TV reporter
LOS ANGELES - Edwin Newman, known to several generations of television viewers as the dry-witted NBC reporter and commentator who covered coronations and assassinations and wrote two best-selling books on Americans' mangling of the English language, has died. He was 91.
Newman died on Aug. 13 of pneumonia in Oxford, England, where he had lived since 2007, said family attorney Rupert Mead. He said Newman's wife and daughter delayed the announcement of his death until Wednesday to allow themselves time to mourn privately.
During three decades at NBC, Newman covered the funeral of King George VI in England, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the rise of French President Charles de Gaulle, the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, and the shooting of President Ronald Reagan by a would-be assassin. He also moderated two presidential debates.
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District of Columbia
Obama asks Latinos to vote for Democrats
WASHINGTON - President Obama appealed to Hispanics on Wednesday to support Democrats in the November elections, despite his failed promise to pass a immigration legislation.
"Don't forget who is standing with you," the president said as he blamed Republicans for standing in the way of progress.
Less than two month before midterm elections that could prove disastrous for the Democrats who run Congress, Obama acknowledged the disappointment among Latinos over the immigration issue and pledged to keep pushing for a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's immigration laws to deal with border security and provide an eventual route to legal status for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.
"You have every right to keep the heat on me and the Democrats, and I hope you do. That's how our political process works," Obama said at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's awards dinner.
2 misplaced bodies found at Arlington
WASHINGTON - Two people were buried in the wrong graves at Arlington National Cemetery, the Army said Wednesday as it followed up an investigation into bookkeeping problems and burial mix-ups at one of the nation's most hallowed sites.
After a report issued in June found that the problems could potentially affect thousands of graves, defense officials received about 1,100 calls from worried families.
The investigation into cemetery mismanagement marred the reputation of one of the nation's best-known burial grounds.
Washington
Man cited on DUIs in 3 separate vehicles
BLAINE - A 54-year-old Washington state man has been arrested after police say he crashed two cars while intoxicated, then got in his tow truck and tried to move the vehicles.
The Bellingham Herald reported that Tommy Ryser was arrested and booked into jail on three counts of driving under the influence Monday.
The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office said Ryser crashed his truck into a utility pole Monday night, abandoned that vehicle and got in his wife's Volkswagen, but crashed that car into a guardrail. He then got his privately owned tow truck and attempted to tow the vehicles, even with a bloodied forehead.
Sgt. Larry Flynn said Ryser pulled up to the scene of one of the crashes while police were investigating.
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