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Kool Herc Hospitalized: 5 Facts on a Hip-Hop Founding Father [VIDEO]

Pioneering hip-hop artist Kool Herc has been hospitalized because of a serious illness, friends say, and lacks health insurance to cover his medical bills. The 55-year-old Herc (born Clive Campbell) is "very sick," according to Sirius XM's DJ Premier, though specifics about his condition have not been released. On his...

Civilian Deaths Put at 44 in Jamaica Battles

(May 26) -- The official civilian death toll rose to at least 44 today as Jamaican security forces in Kingston battled gunmen protecting an alleged drug lord sought by the U.S. The Caribbean island's ombudsman, Bishop Herro Blair, said the number had been confirmed through independent evaluations, according to various...

Dozens Injured After Plane Overshoots Runway

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Dec. 23) -- An American Airlines flight carrying 154 people skidded across a Jamaican runway in heavy rain, bouncing across the tarmac and injuring more than 40 people before it stopped just short of the Caribbean Sea, officials and witnesses said. Panicked passengers screamed and baggage burst from...

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06/04/12 Two charged in Kingston with possession of heroin Source: MidHudson News - Middletown NY City Police in Kingston have arrested a couple after they were arrested during a narcotics trafficking investigation last Friday afternoon.
06/04/12 Kingston's Hasbrouck Park gets National Heritage... Source: Daily Freeman - Kingston NY Officials gathered Saturday afternoon at the top of Kingston's Hasbrouck Park to announce the expansion of the Hudson River Art School Trail.
06/04/12 A peek at the past: Kingston Volunteer Firemen's Hall... Source: Daily Freeman - Kingston NY Brantmeesters, or fire marshals, once sounded alarms long ago.
06/04/12 Homeless families with children may be forced to leave Source: Your Local Guardian - UK Homeless families may be forced to uproot their children and move as far afield as Croydon for a permanent home under a major shake-up of Kingston Council's housing policy.
06/03/12 Kingston Technology to Ship Ultra-fast 2666MHz HyperX... Source: Invacare Corp third-generation Coreâ¢ i7 and i5 processors (Ivy Bridge).

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Kingston upon Hull ( ), usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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