An overshadowed Ben Carson trying to re-energize supporters

An overshadowed Ben Carson trying to re-energize supporters

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Ask any of Ben Carson's supporters why he's best suited to be America's next president and many will point to his vision for a country they see as distorted by liberalism and hindered by acrimonious politics.

Yet many are skeptical about whether the soft-spoken neurosurgeon can overtake the raucous crowd of candidates vying for the Republican nomination, among them Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, who top the polls in the final weeks leading up to the primary season.

Eagles singer-songwriter Glenn Frey dies
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Eagles singer-songwriter Glenn Frey dies

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Glenn Frey, a rock 'n' roll rebel from Detroit who journeyed West, co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley became one of history's most successful songwriting teams with such hits as "Hotel California" and "Life in the Fast Lane," has died. He was 67.

Frey succumbed to complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia, the band said on its website. He died on Monday in New York. He had fought the ailments for the past several weeks, the band said.

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