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Friday, May 22, 2015

King's Daughter: "Dad is just loving this..."

May 22, 2015 Associated Press , B.B. King 0 Comments
Hundreds Line Up For Las Vegas Public Viewing Of B.B. King

By Ken Ritter, May 21, 2015, Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In death, as in life, B.B. King drew fans to his side in Las Vegas.

A funeral home manager says more than 1,000 people streamed past the guitar-flanked casket of the King of the Blues during a four-hour public viewing Friday.

King died May 14 at home in Las Vegas.

The 89-year-old music legend, known for hits like "The Thrill Is Gone" and "Everyday I Have the Blues," wouldn't have been downhearted about the turnout.

One of 11 surviving children, his daughter Rita, says she knows he's just loving the send-off.

It's all part of one last B.B. King homecoming tour.

A memorial service is set for Saturday in Las Vegas.

He'll arrive Wednesday in Memphis, Tennessee, on the way to his final burial May 30 in Indianola, Mississippi.

Source:  www.bigstory.ap.org

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Associated Press: "Shoe Thrown At Hillary Clinton During Speech"

Associated Press: "Shoe Thrown At Hillary Clinton During Speech"

April 10, 2014 Associated Press , Hillary Rodham Clinton 0 Comments



By Ken Ritter,  Apr. 10, 2014, Associated Press

A woman was taken into federal custody Thursday after throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton as the former Secretary of State began a Las Vegas convention keynote speech.

The incident happened moments after Clinton took the stage before an Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries meeting at the Mandalay Bay resort.

Clinton ducked, and she did not appear to be hit by the object. She then joked about it.

"Is that somebody throwing something at me? Is that part of Cirque de Soleil?" Clinton quipped.

Many in the audience of more than 1,000 people in a large ballroom laughed and applauded as Clinton resumed her speech.

"My goodness, I didn't know that solid waste management was so controversial," Clinton said. "Thank goodness she didn't play softball like I did."


Brian Spellacy, U.S. Secret Service supervisory special agent in Las Vegas, said the woman was being questioned and would face criminal charges. Spellacy declined to identify the woman, and he said it wasn't immediately clear what the charges would be.

Read the full story:  www.abcnews.go.com


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