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Michelle Obama went as low-key as Melania Trump had gone high-style, choosing to deliver her convention speech in a cobalt-blue silk crepe A-line dress with cap sleeves. The dress, custom-made by New York-based designer Christian Siriano, who shot to fame after winning the fourth season of “Project Runway” in 2008, fell to just below the knee and was paired with a pair of metallic heels that industry trade publication Footwear News identifies as Jimmy Choo pumps.

A New Holstein man has been walking around the community and entering stores and restaurants with a handgun holstered by his side. That has prompted several telephone calls to the New Holstein Police Department, not unlike a recent incident in Madison where a 62-year-old woman visiting a local Culver's restaurant saw several people outside with guns in holsters. She also called the police, who arrived and cited two of the men for obstructing an officer. In New Holstein, Madison and elsewhere in Wisconsin, people are seeing other people wearing guns at their side. The answer they get when they call...

<p>RIVERSIDE, Calif.(AP) - Bob Holstein, an activist who spent two months in federal prison after protesting atrocities committed by Central American soldiers who received training in the United States, has died. He was 61.</p> <p>Holstein died Sunday after a brief illness at Riverside Community Hospital, said Dr. Thomas Haider, a family friend. He had been admitted to the hospital New Year's Eve after complaining of fatigue and an irregular heartbeat, Haider said.</p>