Jackson's mother loses control of son's estate
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge said Monday that Michael Jackson's longtime attorney and a family friend should take over the pop singer's estate for now, rejecting a request from Jackson's mother to be put in charge or share control....
AP IMPACT: New GI benefits vary widely by state
When the new GI Bill kicks in Aug. 1, the government's best-known education program for veterans will get the biggest boost since its World War II-era creation. But the benefit is hardly the "Government Issue," one-size-fits-all standard the name implies....
Popular Tehran Bureau site covers Iran from Mass.
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) -- The updates shot quickly onto the Tehran Bureau Web site as postelection chaos gripped Iran: angry street protests, random police beatings, a defiant warning from the ayatollah of more violence to come....
School bullying, once a silent battle, now a crime
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- In a Tampa middle school locker room, prosecutors say four flag football players held down a younger teammate and committed a horrifying assault: Raping him with a hockey stick and a broom handle....
Drunken breast-feeding arrest touches off debate
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Police responding to a domestic disturbance arrived at Stacey Anvarinia's home to find the mother breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby in front of them. And she was drunk, they said....
Police: Accused cat killer could be a 'sociopath'
MIAMI (AP) -- A South Florida teenager accused of killing more than a dozen cats fits the profile of a sociopath and responded with laughter when police first spoke to him about the cat deaths, a detective said in an affidavit released Monday....
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Diane Dimond On Michael Jackson's Drug Use
Diane Dimond covered Jackson's molestation trial in Santa Maria and has written the book 'Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case'. She spoke to KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO about the events leading up to the pop star's death.
Big nuclear cuts in sight, Obama, Medvedev declare
MOSCOW (AP) -- Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America's missile defense plans - a major stumbling block to such an agreement....
Riots, street battles kill at least 156 in China
URUMQI, China (AP) -- Riots and street battles killed at least 156 people in China's western Xinjiang province, state media said Tuesday, and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades. Officials said the death toll was expected to rise....
Xinjiang riots echo last year's Tibet unrest
BEIJING (AP) -- The bloody riots in China's Muslim far west are a disturbing reminder of anti-Chinese violence in another troubled region - Tibet - and show how heavy-handed rule and radical resistance are pushing unrest to new heights....
US admiral lauds NKorean ship surveillance effort
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The impending return home of a North Korean ship suspected of possibly carrying illicit cargo shows that efforts are working to enforce U.N. sanctions imposed against the country after its nuclear and missile tests, the chief of U.S. Naval operations said Monday....
Honduras slides toward greater instability
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduras' interim government closed its main airport to all flights on Monday after blocking the runway to prevent the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Clashes with his supporters caused the first death in a week of protests....
7 US troops killed throughout Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) -- Bombs and bullets killed seven American troops on Monday, the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year - and a sign that the war being fought in the Taliban heartland of the south and east could now be expanding north....
Iran's opposition leader makes public appearance
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi made his first public appearance in a week Monday, vowing to continue his campaign against a government that he said lacks legitimacy. But his comments suggested he is abandoning massive street protests after they were quashed by a tough crackdown....
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