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 | ASSOCIATED PRESS The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official said Friday as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer's memorial service.Diprivan is an anesthetic widely used in operating rooms to... Read more | | | | | REUTERS LONDON - Roger Federer stood one match away from a record 15th grand slam title after he snuffed out the challenge of Germany's Tommy Haas 7-6 7-5 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon final on Friday. The five-times champion edged his... Read more | | |
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| ASSOCIATED PRESS New Zealand's national airline has adopted a cheeky way to encourage passengers to watch its in-flight safety video: The cabin crew's uniforms are nothing but body paint. | |
| ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama is helping the nation celebrate its birthday and his daughter Malia celebrate hers.The president on Friday morning flew to Camp David, Md., for the first part of the first... Read more | |
| ASSOCIATED PRESS In July 1785, the citizens of this waterfront town assembled to heap praise on their newly minted nation and to thank God for helping them survive a fierce assault by the British during the... Read more | |
| DETROIT FREE PRESS DETROIT Sylvia Schwartz Granader, then 22, flew over Detroit in 1942 as a young pilot."This is as close as you can get to heaven without dying," the Beverly Hills, Mich., woman, now 89,... Read more | |
| ASSOCIATED PRESS Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death. | |
| REUTERS NEW YORK - Since its opening last week, camp counselors at New Jersey's Liberty Lake Day Camp disinfect door knobs, take the temperatures of children as they arrive and remind the... Read more | |
| ASSOCIATED PRESS Corey Carter could hear snippets of music in his head a calm and subtle melody that hadn't found its shape. The 19-year-old college student simply needed a hero to visualize before he could... Read more | |
| ASSOCIATED PRESS Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders Friday to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered U.S. assistance in achieving that, as concerns grow that a lack of political progress... Read more | |
| CONTRA COSTA TIMES (CALIFORNIA) SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge moved Thursday to fast-track a lawsuit that seeks to overturn Proposition 8 and let California's same-sex marriages resume.Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker... Read more | |
| ASSOCIATED PRESS The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and showcased some of America's greatest writers, is returning to its roots to... Read more | |
| ASSOCIATED PRESS First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well.In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would... Read more | |
| ASSOCIATED PRESS Colin Daymude was out of work last year after his business failed and eagerly filed his taxes in mid-January, figuring he'd get his refund sooner. He was wrong. | |
| REUTERS SEOUL - North Korea may test mid-range missiles or fire more short-range missiles to step up saber rattling that has raised regional tension, a South Korean daily said on... Read more | |
| ASSOCIATED PRESS EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the... Read more | |
| REUTERS NEW YORK - U.S. marshals seized the luxury $7 million New York City penthouse apartment of imprisoned fraudster Bernard Madoff and his wife, Ruth, officials said on Thursday. | |
| REUTERS LOS ANGELES - Organizers of an elaborate Michael Jackson memorial said on Friday they would give away 17,500 tickets for Tuesday's event for the late "King of Pop" but have to yet to... Read more | |
