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Family remembers son lost in hit-and-run

Family members say they'll keep Jesse Hawkins' memory alive and hope it will help bring the hit-and-run driver who killed him to justice.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Losing a member of our family

Last week the Tahoe Daily Tribune and the South Tahoe community lost a valued family member — Tim Woods. Many of our community members may remember seeing Tim at the front desk of the Tribune's offices. He was also always helpful and kind to any customer who needed help.

In Madagascar, the Living Dance With the Dead

The famadihana, a ritual in which family members remove the dead from their tombs in an atmosphere of feasting and celebration, continues among various faiths in the island nation.

Dead Join the Living in a Family Celebration

AMBOHIMIRARY, Madagascar -- With fanfare befitting a parade, the shrouded remains of 17 bodies were removed from the family crypt, some sprayed with expensive perfume, others splashed with sparkling wine. Five brass bands took turns belting out cheerful melodies, and each emerging corpse was lifted onto the shoulders of its own set of revelers. The celebrators then joyously trotted about ...

Loved Ones Demand Justice In Slayings

Family members and friends of two men gunned down in west Baltimore held a vigil Saturday to keep their memory and homicide cases alive.