Seven-year-old UK girl dies after being blown away in bouncy castle; An Ind. woman tracked down her mother who had been missing for 42 years. Here’s why she will never call her mother again.; 150 years of misfortune in L.A.’s Griffith Park: A curse, ghosts and, now, an unknown woman’s skull; Good night, John-Boy. Good night, Earl Hamner Jr.; Shakespeare’s skull probably isn’t in his grave; Playboy for sale, reports say; Ex-cop Peter Liang apologizes to partner of black man he killed after DA recommends no jail time; Garry Shandling’s stealth Buddhist mission of love; Kindergarten play gets broken up by police after parents brawl over best seats; ‘There’s nothing left': Crew demolishes wrong home, blames Google Maps;
 
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Jim Harrison, prolific author and outdoorsman, dies at 78
He was best known for his novella "Legends of the Fall," but penned numerous other novels, poems and essays resplendent with descriptions of American natural landscapes.
Seven-year-old UK girl dies after being blown away in bouncy castle
A sudden gust of wind swept up the inflatable, carrying it nearly one mile away and causing fatal injuries to the girl.
 
An Ind. woman tracked down her mother who had been missing for 42 years. Here’s why she will never call her mother again.
"I'm angry. This isn't going to be one of those happy, made-for-TV movies," Tammy Miller told People Magazine.
 
150 years of misfortune in L.A.’s Griffith Park: A curse, ghosts and, now, an unknown woman’s skull
At 4,210 acres, Griffith Park is one of the country's largest urban parks. A zoo, an observatory, museums and an amphitheater dot the park's border. But its interior is rugged and remote.
 
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Good night, John-Boy. Good night, Earl Hamner Jr.
In real life, John-Boy was Earl Hamner, Jr., creator and narrator of "The Waltons, " as well as author of "Spencer's Mountain." Now he is gone.
 
Shakespeare’s skull probably isn’t in his grave
Radar scans show a "disturbance" in the part of the Bard's grave where the skull is supposed to be. Is it evidence of a 200-year-old grave robbery?
 
Playboy for sale, reports say
Not just the magazine -- the whole company.
 
Ex-cop Peter Liang apologizes to partner of black man he killed after DA recommends no jail time
The fatal shooting of an unarmed black man at the hands of an Asian American cop has exposed racial fault lines.
 
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Garry Shandling’s stealth Buddhist mission of love
"It isn't about a guy who hosts a talk show," Shandling said of "Larry Sanders." It's "the story of human beings."
 
Kindergarten play gets broken up by police after parents brawl over best seats
Grown-ups, this is why you can't have nice things.
 
‘There’s nothing left': Crew demolishes wrong home, blames Google Maps
The house survived tornadoes only to be torn down by human error.
 
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