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Public Jackson memorial to be held at Staples Center; date unknown
USA Today
AP By Kelley L. Carter and Arienne Thompson, USA TODAY A free public memorial for Michael Jackson will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but the date has not been finalized. Randy Phillips, CEO of AEG Live, which will produce the memorial, ...
Jackson's former wife 'undecided'BBC News
Lawyer: Rowe deciding whether to seek custodyThe Associated Press
Debbie Rowe to Seek Custody of Jackson KidsPeople Magazine
FOXNews -New York Daily News -Los Angeles Times
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California turns to 'IOUs' amid budget impasse
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 (Reuters) - As California marked its second day of a new fiscal year without a budget agreement, the state government moved ahead on Thursday to issue billions of dollars in "IOUs" in order to avoid a cash crisis. ...
California ready to issue IOUsLos Angeles Times
CORRECT: Calif Sets 3.75% Rate For July IOUs, Oct 2 MaturityWall Street Journal
How California's Fiscal Woes Began: A Crisis 30 Years in the MakingTIME
Bloomberg -San Jose Mercury News -CNNMoney.com
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Early success as US Marines flood into Helmand
Times Online
Thousands of US Marines stormed into the Helmand river valley under cover of night yesterday, the opening phase of Barack Obama's new high-risk strategy in Afghanistan. In Operation Khanjar, or Strike of the Sword, hailed by one commander as a “D-Day ...
US forces target Taliban strongholdAljazeera.net
American soldier feared captured in AfghanistanThe Associated Press
Top officer among soldiers killed in AfghanistanAFP
CBS News -MiamiHerald.com -Bloomberg
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State Officials Say Sanford Did Not Misuse Funds to Visit Mistress
Washington Post
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) did not improperly use state money to pay for trips to New York and South America to meet his Argentine mistress, state law enforcement officials concluded today, as the embattled governor ...
SC gov's wife may be able to forgive affairThe Associated Press
Sanford Didn't Misuse Public Funds, Investigators SayWall Street Journal
South Carolina governor did not misuse state funds: officialReuters
MiamiHerald.com -FOXNews -Christian Science Monitor
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US 'hits the pause button' on aid to Honduras
CNN International
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States put some teeth in its diplomatic signals to Honduras Thursday, stopping some aid programs temporarily to the Latin American country as it grapples with its two-president crisis. ...
Honduras coup spotlights Latin America's growing instabilityChristian Science Monitor
US Puts Honduras Aid on Hold Following CoupVoice of America
EU calls for peaceful solution in HondurasXinhua
Times Online -Aljazeera.net -Kansas City Star
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Post says publishers' conference won't be held
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post asked lobbyists and business leaders to pay $25000 to attend a dinner discussion with government officials and journalists at the home of its publisher, and then canceled the event after the invitations became public ...
Washington Post Cancels Plans to Hold Costly Dinner for LobbyistsFOXNews
$25000 to meet the 'powerful few'? Never mind, Washington Post says.Christian Science Monitor
Washington Post cancels plan to charge lobbyists to attend 'salons'Los Angeles Times
AFP -The Business Insider -Poynter.org
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Inquiry Finds French Flight Struck Ocean Intact
New York Times
PARIS — The Air France Airbus A330 that crashed into the Atlantic on June 1, killing all 228 people aboard, did not break up in the air but rather hit the water intact, French investigators said on Thursday. ...
Investigators: Air France Jet Broke Apart on ImpactWashington Post
Piecing together fate of Air France jetBBC News
Air France jetliner did not break up in mid-air: probeAFP
Voice of America -Wall Street Journal -Christian Science Monitor
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