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Okla. funeral to be held for ‘precious’ 9-year-old who died with best friend

By Alastair Jamieson, NBC News

The first funeral for a child killed when a tornado struck the Plaza Towers elementary school in Oklahoma was expected to be held Thursday. Nine-year-old … Read More

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Referee laid to rest, teen charged with homicide by assault

By Pat Reavy, KSL, Taylorsville

A 17-year-old accused of punching a soccer referee, causing his death, was charged with homicide by assault, a third-degree felony, in juvenile court … Read More

This was the last time my grandmother and Adi saw each other.

Urban baby blog: Explaining death to a toddler is complicated

By Rachel Figueroa-Levin

My daughter and my grandmother spent a lot of time together. They spent enough time together that Adi would talk about it even when we weren't there. When my … Read More

In this Friday, March 8, 2013 file photo released by the Miraflores Press Office, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comforts Elena Frias next to the flag-draped coffin of her son, Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, during the funeral ceremony at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela. . (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, File)

Ahmadinejad under fire for hugging Hugo Chavez’s mother

By Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Senior Iranian clerics have criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for consoling Hugo Chavez's mother with a hug - a physical contact … Read More

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Chavismo after Chavez

By Up with Chris Hayes

MSNBC's Chris Hayes and his panel explore where the legacy of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. The Daily Beast's Michael Moynihan, NYU professors Alejandro Velasco and … Read More

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Telemundo Latin America news roundup – March 8, 2013

By NBCLatino Staff

The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. In Venezuela, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other world leaders arrived in Caracas for … Read More

The funeral for Hugo Chavez was an elaborate affair and he will be embalmed and his body will be put on display in Venezuela. (Getty Images)

Hugo Chavez funeral filled with pomp and circumstance, ends with swearing in of interim president

By Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — World leaders, athletes and left-wing celebrities gathered at a music-filled state funeral honoring Venezuelan President … Read More

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Telemundo Latin America news roundup- March 7, 2013

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The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Thousands of mourners lined up outside the military academy where Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lay in … Read More

This undated file family photo provided by Damon Stewart shows 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton of Chicago. Pendleton was shot and killed Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in a Chicago park as she talked with friends by a gunman who apparently was not even aiming at her. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Damon Stewart, File)

Opinion: When violence hits a nerve

By Esther J. Cepeda

CHICAGO -- To a lifelong resident of one of America's most dangerous, corrupt and racially divided cities, the murder of Hadiya Pendleton has brought to light … Read More

Family and friends remembered Rodrigo Díaz, as a loving and happy young man at a funeral mass Thursday night at at Our Lady of the Americas Catholic Church in Lilburn, Georgia. (Photo by Edgar Zúñiga)

Family remembers young man slain in driveway, calls for action

By Edgar Zúñiga, NBC News Atlanta Bureau @edgarzuniga,

Family and friends filled close to three-hundred pews in remembrance of Rodrigo Díaz, the 22-year-old killed after witnesses say his GPS took him to the wrong … Read More