NEW YORK — For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out trash at Columbia University. A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living working for the elite Ivy League school. But Sunday was payback time: The 52-year-old janitor donned a cap and gown to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in classics.
Lucy Langston and Ralph Quarles loved one another. Their relationship had been going on for several years and Quarles intended to have Lucy move in with him and expand their family. But Lucy and Ralph could not let neighbors know about their relationship and they most certainly could not marry.
Mrs. Virginia Lucille Siders, 83, of Warrensburg passed away Tuesday (Oct. 18, 2011) at Grady Memorial Hospital.
WASHINGTON — The Senate weighed on Monday whether to punish China for undervaluing its currency and taking away American jobs. At issue is whether legislation would boost the American economy, as its supporters argue, or initiate a damaging trade war with a major partner.
Donald E. Robinson, 69, of Delaware, died Wednesday (Aug. 17, 2011) in Grady Memorial Hospital.
Ohio’s Big Bad John is the 2–1 morning line favorite for Saturday’s $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup for 3-year-old pacers at Mohawk Racetrack, near Toronto.
Kathleen A. “Kate” Albrecht, 43, formerly of Centerburg passed away unexpectedly Wednesday (April 20, 2011) at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan, where her husband was stationed.