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'Prince of Tides' author Pat Conroy lauded after death at 70

Posted: 05 Mar 2016 02:44 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2000 file photo, author Pat Conroy receives an honorary doctor of letters degree during a ceremony on the parade grounds of The Citadel, in Charleston, S.C. Presenting the honorary degree is Leonard Fulghum, chairman of the college's governing board, left. Conroy, whose best-selling novels drew from his own sometimes painful experiences and evoked vistas of the South Carolina coast and its people, has died at age 70. Todd Doughty, executive director of publicity at publisher Doubleday, says Conroy died Friday evening, March 4, 2016, at his home in Beaufort surrounded by family and loved ones. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Author Pat Conroy, whose beloved works "The Great Santini" and "The Prince of Tides" are set against the vistas of the South Carolina coast that was his home, was lauded Saturday as a great chronicler of the human condition and a humble and loving soul.

Educators update anti-bullying messages to protect Muslims

Posted: 05 Mar 2016 09:25 AM PST

In this Feb. 27, 2016 photo, a sign inscribed "Love for all, hatred for none" stands outside the Baitul Aman mosque where the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community worships in Meriden, Conn. The office of the U.S. attorney for Connecticut held an anti-bullying forum in December 2015 for children at the mosque, which had been fired upon three weeks earlier in a shooting that was prosecuted as a federal hate crime. (AP Photo/Michael Melia)MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — In response to a surge in reports of anti-Muslim bullying — students being called terrorists, having their head scarves ripped off and facing bias even from teachers — schools are expanding on efforts deployed in the past to help protect gays, racial minorities and other marginalized groups.

'Prince of Tides' author Pat Conroy dies at 70

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 09:23 PM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2000 file photo, author Pat Conroy receives an honorary doctor of letters degree during a ceremony on the parade grounds of The Citadel, in Charleston, S.C. Presenting the honorary degree is Leonard Fulghum, chairman of the college's governing board, left. Conroy, whose best-selling novels drew from his own sometimes painful experiences and evoked vistas of the South Carolina coast and its people, has died at age 70. Todd Doughty, executive director of publicity at publisher Doubleday, says Conroy died Friday evening, March 4, 2016, at his home in Beaufort surrounded by family and loved ones. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)Pat Conroy, the beloved author of "The Great Santini" and "The Prince of Tides" and other best-sellers who drew upon his bruising childhood and the vistas of South Carolina and became one of the country's most compelling and popular storytellers, died Friday evening. He was 70.

Pat Conroy, 'Prince of Tides' Author, Dies at 70

Posted: 04 Mar 2016 09:00 PM PST

Conroy also wrote the novel that inspired 'The Great Santini.'

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