Filed under: Michael Jackson Michael Jackson had a way of picking doctors who became such close friends with him that the doctor-patient distinction became blurred.Dr. Alex Farshchian from Miami was “awe-struck” by Jackson, according to former L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy …
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Jackson’s Knack for Picking Friendly Docs
AFP – China has raised the death toll from unrest between Han Chinese and Muslim Uighurs to 184, as riot police and armed soldiers maintained a firm grip on the flashpoint city of Urumqi.
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China raises Xinjiang death toll to 184
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AFP – Thousands of people poured onto the streets of the capital of Ghana on Saturday as US President Barack Obama launched into his first official trip into the heart of Africa to make a call for good governance.
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Jubiliant welcome for Obama on landmark Africa trip
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Reuters – Iran is preparing a new package of “political, security and international” issues to put to the West, its foreign minister said Saturday.
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Iran prepares package to offer West: minister
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AP – An argument earlier in the day between teens from rival neighborhoods had Jason Broom worried as he stood in a pothole-riddled parking lot pondering his next move. Broom was released from prison last year after serving time in two killings and is now a conflict mediator on Kansas City’s gang-infested east side.
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Ex-convicts working to prevent future convicts
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AP – Obama administration officials said Friday they had no grounds to investigate the 2001 deaths of Taliban prisoners of war who human rights groups allege were killed by U.S.-backed forces.
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Obama admin: No grounds to probe Afghan war crimes
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AP – Cesar Perales has fought his share of critics over the years, in legal battles for minorities denied jobs, bilingual classes in schools and more Latino police officers. But none of those efforts compares with the tempest his Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund has stirred because of the dozen years that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served as one of its board members.
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Hispanic rights group at center of Sotomayor fight
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Sharp has announced the launch of a line of LED-backlit LCD HDTVs this week. The AQUOS branded TVs will range in size from 32″ to 52″ and will be very similar to the popular 1080p LCD TVs already offered by the company but instead using Sharp’s UltraBrilliant LED-backlight technology.
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Sharp launches line of LED-backlit HDTVs
College Humor brings us a video of Grandma getting taken out by some sick BMX moves.
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Grandma Burns Rubber
TECH BUZZ : After posting their list of The Seven Types of Employees You Meet at Best Buy , Best Buy's CMO, Barry Judge , responds with “The One Type of Gizmodo Blogger” — an ode to the couch-ing, ironic t-shirt-wearing, and Brooklyn-living techie blogger stereotype. Who said corporate suits couldn't strike back
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