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NITA BARROW, the first female head of state of Barbados, died Tuesday at age 79 after collapsing at a Christmas party in Georgetown . . . AN EARTHQUAKE with a preliminary magnitude of 5 jolted an island in southern Japan Wednesday. There were no reports of injuries or damage . . . DON ANTHONY, who formed a big band-era orchestra and wrote the song "Breaking My Heart," died Thursday in Cleveland at age 85.