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In this file photo, U.S. pop star Michael Jackson flashes a V-sign to Japanese media upon his arrival at Narita International Airport, near Tokyo. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP)

Iran's Mousavi defies crackdown

Iran protest leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says he holds those behind alleged "rigged" elections responsible for bloodshed during recent protests.

BBC

Ahmadinejad fires up anti-America rhetoric

Christian Science Monitor

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UK to expel 2 Iranian diplomats

TPMCafe

1 million in US may have H1N1 flu

Health officials estimate that as many as one million Americans now have the new H1N1 (swine) flu. The estimate is based on mathematical modeling.

CBS News

Michael Jackson dies at 50

Reports say the legendary pop singer suffered cardiac arrest at his home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Holmby Hills and was not breathing and had no pulse when paramedics arrived after a 911 call.

MTV

Jackson's troubled life and times

MSNBC

Pelosi bets on concessions to pass climate bill

The sweeping energy and climate change bill is a top priority for Pelosi, who has spent months making concessions to wary Democrats whose votes are critical for the bill to pass.

San Francisco Chronicle

Dems see agenda slipping

The Hill

Obama: Energy bill is jobs bill

MSNBC

Stanford pleads not guilty to fraud at Texas hearing

R. Allen Stanford, accused of swindling investors in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, pleaded not guilty to fraud and returned to jail after failing to post bail.

Bloomberg

NATION

The Rev. Pagano: Bring your firearms to church, give thanks

The Rev. Ken Pagano, pastor in Louisville, Ky., expects Christians who are both pious and gun-loving to heed his invitation to bring their weapons to church to give thanks for the right to bear arms.

TIME

Strip-searched teen wins partial victory

A former middle school student who was strip-searched by school officials looking for ibuprofen pain medication won a partial victory of her Supreme Court appeal.

CNN

High court rules strip search of teen illegal

MSNBC

POLITICS

Obama open to possible health care tax

With lawmakers trying to crunch the numbers on a $1 trillion health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to a new tax on employer-provided health care benefits.

Forbes

The truth behind Obama's health care plan

ABC News

Sanford saga adds to GOP woes

All told, Republicans now have two sitting governors, Sanford and Nevada’s Jim Gibbons, and two sitting senators, Louisiana’s David Vitter and Nevada’s John Ensign, tainted by the brush of adultery.

Politico

Calif. Democrats' budget-balancing plan crashes and burns

California's budget got messier with the failure of legislators to reach a compromise on spending cuts. The state controller will issue IOUs instead of checks with no clear idea of what to do next.

Sacramento Bee

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Farah Fawcett has died

Sixty-two-year-old "Charlie's Angels" actress Farah Fawcett has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Close family and friends had gathered at Fawcett's hospital bedside.

CBS News

Farrah Fawcett through the years

San Jose Mercury News

Best Picture Oscar nominations doubled from 5 to 10

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it will double the number of Best Picture nominees to 10 from five, starting with the 82nd annual ceremony.

NY Daily News

EDUCATION

Professor: Naval Academy admissions easier on minorities

The Naval Academy's emphasis on creating a diverse brigade of midshipmen has led to an admissions process that unofficially, but effectively, sets up separate tracks for white and nonwhite applicants.

USA TODAY

Off the beaten path

The number of nontraditional college students — students not attending college right after high school or who must work while attending — has seen steady growth since the 1980s, a new report says.

Diverse

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

US bishops rework Catholic-Jewish statement, irking Jewish leaders

U.S. Roman Catholic bishops have revised a document on Catholic-Jewish relations to affirm that the church must share its belief that salvation is through Christ.

Star Tribune

Obama to visit pope during G8 visit

President Barack Obama, whose support for abortion rights and stem cell research has angered some Catholics, is due to meet Pope Benedict for the first time on July 10 during a visit to Italy.

Reuters

HEALTH

Too few in US get HIV test early enough

As many as one million Americans are infected with HIV, but up to a third don't know they have the disease because they haven't been tested for it.

Forbes

Mediterranean diet may boost longevity

Want to live a long time? When you prepare dinner tonight, go heavy on the vegetables, skip the meat, and enjoy a bit of wine.

WebMD

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GOOD NEWS

Camp helps soldiers' kids adjust

A summer camp in Hudson, Wis., is helping provide a bit of normalcy for kids whose military parents have been deployed overseas.

Minnesota Public Radio

Signs of peace in timber wars

The House Hope Stewardship Project, which will restore 890 acres of forest, aims to address the growing threat of wildfire and heal rifts between environmentalists and the timber industry.

Guardian

WORLD

US dismisses provocation by North Korea

U.S. officials are downplaying any imminent threat of a North Korean missile strike or confrontation between the two countries.

CNN

Hawaii keeps an eye on North Korea

MSNBC

Iraqis have 2nd thoughts over date for US troops to leave

For six years Iraqis in this restless provincial capital have been waiting for U.S. forces to withdraw in the hope that the area will return to being Iraq’s sleepy rural backwater.

Times Online

Baghdad market bomb kills scores

BBC

BUSINESS

Judge gives final OK to GM's bankruptcy

A bankruptcy judge has ruled that General Motors Corp. can have access to its full $33.3 billion in bankruptcy financing.

San Francisco Chronicle

US banks fight Obama’s consumer agency to protect their fees

Banks are fighting Obama's plan to create a consumer agency for financial services as they seek to protect fees, such as credit card penalties that doubled to $19 billion in five years.

Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Sears Tower goes green

Sears Tower is "going green" while keeping its attire of basic black. The tower's owners are planning a rooftop-to-plaza renovation to conserve energy and power up its financial performance.

Chicago Sun-Times

NVC buildings ‘LEED’ in green efforts

A diverse group of NVC representatives, Alamo Colleges personnel, architects and project management firms that work with Northwest Vista are starting to lead the college’s "Go Green" efforts.

Northwest Weekly

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Apple's secretive ways could backfire

Warren Buffet has hinted that the company might have violated the law by not revealing months ago that Steve Jobs was scheduled for a liver transplant.

PC World

Salty sea may lurk under Saturn moon

A small, icy moon that orbits Saturn probably has an underground saltwater ocean, according to scientists who have found sodium in tiny ice grains that have spewed out of the moon.

NPR

SPORTS

Venus Williams survives aching knee to advance at Wimbledon

Venus Williams' left knee was strained and swollen. She despises the notion of going out on a court with any kind of injury and putting her body at risk. But this is a different sort of tournament.

NY Daily News

LeBron and Shaq: 2 of the NBA's biggest stars are now teammates

The Cleveland Cavaliers completed a blockbuster trade, bringing superstar center Shaquille O'Neal from the Phoenix Suns to join current MVP LeBron James.

ESPN

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