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Michael Jackson Homicide Probe: TMZ Says ‘Yes,’ LAPD Says ‘No’

A TMZ report that the Michael Jackson death investigation had become a homicide probe has been categorically denied by the LAPD according to Access Hollywood and MSNBC.

Sesame Street Celebrates 40th Anniversary

2009 marks the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street. First aired in 1969 when children’s programming was considered a quagmire of commercialism (sound familiar?), Sesame Street debuted with five one-hour test episodes..

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Obama First Pitch: Obama Throws Like a Girl? Was Obama Booed?

US President Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at the 2009 All-Star Game and, like just about everything else during his administration, it drew some criticism. Some commentators are saying that Obama throws…

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AP sources: Obama wants Senate health bill quickly (AP)

AP – Moving forcefully on his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama told a powerful Senate chairman on Monday he wants health care legislation ready in the Finance Committee by week’s end, according to numerous Democratic officials.

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Obama team sees jobs growth in health, environment (Reuters)

Reuters – Jobs in the healthcare and environmental sectors are growing at a faster rate than those of the U.S. economy as a whole, President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers will say a report to be released on Monday.

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Prominent NY lawyer gets 20 years in $400M fraud (AP)

AP – A once-prominent Manhattan attorney was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for a hatching a massive fraud in a desperate attempt to keep his law firm afloat and bankroll a lavish lifestyle.

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Obama chooses Ala. doctor as next surgeon general (AP)

AP – President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, choosing a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

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Obama urges Africans to fight tyranny, corruption (AFP)

AFP – US President Barack Obama has condemned tyrants who enrich themselves and urged Africans to demand stronger governments as he made a landmark trip to the continent where his father was born.

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