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Police: Conn. teens mishear sex screams, beat man (AP) 

AP - A 16-year-old girl thought she heard her mother being assaulted by her boyfriend and rounded up some friends who beat him up, only to learn later that the couple actually were having sex, the woman and police said. The girl misinterpreted the woman's amorous screams, and she and four other teens went to the woman's bedroom in the Torrington home on June 6, police Lt. Bruce Whiteley said Thursday.

Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death (AP) 

Los Angeles Police officers stand by a moving van outside the home rented by Michael Jackson in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles Saturday, June 27, 2009. Janet Jackson arrived at the Holmby Hills estate Saturday, where moving vans arrived earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - The investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police.


Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage (AP) 

Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., right, and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee ranking Republican Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., preside over the markup of the health care reform bill and its amendments, seen on documents before them, Wednesday, June 17, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.


SC 1st lady says she may forgive husband's affair (AP) 

Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, speaks about her husband's recent affair admission at the family beach house in Sullivans Island,  S.C., on Friday, June 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Alice Keeney)AP - The wife of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford called his affair with an Argentine woman "inexcusable" but said Thursday she is willing to forgive him.


French: Air France plane hit the sea belly first (AP) 

Workers unload debris, belonging to crashed Air France flight AF447, from the Brazilian Navy's Constitution Frigate in the port of Recife, northeast of Brazil, Sunday, June 14, 2009. A burst of last-minute automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device but that does not explain what sent the jet plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, an aviation expert said. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident.


FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge (AP) 

FILE - In this image released by the U.S. Army on Dec. 14, 2003,  former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is shown in custody after he was arrested near his Tikrit home.  Unclassified FBI interviews conducted during his incarceration at a U.S. detention center show new details about the late Iraqi dictator's life on the run - both before and after he was ousted.(AP Photo/U.S. Army)AP - After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the country's prime minister.


Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign (AP) 

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines move in formation through farm fields after landing by helicopter in an overnight night air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country.  (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.


Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War (AP) 

President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.


Sports

Taco Bell replaces McDonald's as NBA sponsor (Reuters) 

Reuters - Taco Bell has replaced McDonald's Corp as the National Basketball Association's official fast-food sponsor, the company said on Thursday.

Hawaii without LPGA Tour events in 2010 (AP) 

AP - Michelle Wie's home state, which promotes itself as a golfer's paradise with year-round sunny weather, has bid aloha to the LPGA Tour — for now.

Coyotes sign Meyer to 1-year contract (AP) 

AP - The Phoenix Coyotes have signed left wing Stefan Meyer to a one-year contract.

Report: Top prospect defects from Cuba (AP) 

AP - A top Cuban pitching prospect with a 100 mph fastball has defected from the national team while playing in a tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Un-bee-lievable: Bee swarm delays Astros' 7-2 win (AP) 

An unidentified usher tries to move a swarm of bees as they cover a chair in left field during the ninth inning of a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Houston Astros, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in San Diego. The swarm delayed the game. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - Talk about adding a late-inning buzz to a ballgame. The Houston Astros — who once had the "Killer Bs" — beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday, but only after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused when a swarm of bees took over part of left field at Petco Park.


Holy Cross names Sean Kearney coach (AP) 

AP - Sean Kearney is the new basketball coach at Holy Cross.

Mayfield misses deadline to enter car at Daytona (AP) 

NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield wipes his face outside the federal courthouse in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, July 1, 2009. A judge has lifted Mayfield's suspension, saying the NASCAR driver should be allowed to race. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)AP - Jeremy Mayfield missed the deadline to enter this weekend's race after successfully fighting NASCAR to get back behind the wheel following a failed random drug test.


Donovan issues ultimatum to Galaxy over Beckham (AFP) 

Landon Donovan, pictured in June 2009, has issued the Los Angeles Galaxy an ultimatum - have English superstar David Beckham clean up his act or risk the departure of Donovan, the club's all-time top active scorer.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)AFP - Landon Donovan has issued the Los Angeles Galaxy an ultimatum - have English superstar David Beckham clean up his act or risk the departure of Donovan, the club's all-time top active scorer.


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Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death (AP) 

Los Angeles Police officers stand by a moving van outside the home rented by Michael Jackson in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles Saturday, June 27, 2009. Janet Jackson arrived at the Holmby Hills estate Saturday, where moving vans arrived earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - The investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police.


Neverland just a shell without Jackson (AP) 

The interior of the small 'secret room' with three deadbolt locks used by Michael Jackson to store valuable items is seen Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, Calif., Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - The gates to Michael Jackson's fabled Neverland Ranch swung open Thursday to reveal a shell of the fantasyland the boy-man had created in his heyday.


"Ice Age" heats up box office with record opening (Reuters) 

Actors (from L) Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Megan Fox, film director and executive producer Michael Bay and Shia Labeouf pose for a picture as they arrive for the Russian premiere of Reuters - "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" grossed a cool $13.8 million in North American theaters on Wednesday, marking Hollywood's biggest mid-week opening for an animated film.


Lawyer: Rowe deciding whether to seek custody (AP) 

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 27, 2003 file picture, Michael Jackson thanks the audience during the Radio Music Awards at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta, file)AP - Deborah Rowe, the ex-wife of Michael Jackson and the mother of two of his children, has not reached a final decision on whether to seek custody of the children, a lawyer said Thursday.


Don't Count Out Debbie Rowe: "I Want My Children" (E! Online) 

Don't Count Out Debbie Rowe: E! Online - UPDATE: A judge has postponed next week's custody hearing until July 13 at the request of Rowe's attorney, according to the Los Angeles Superior Court public information officer. Matters pertaining to Jackson's estate will still be addressed at the originally scheduled hearing on July 6.


AEG Chief: Rehearsal footage may become motion pic (AP) 

In this handout photo provided by AEG, pop star Michael Jackson rehearses at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Kevin Mazur, AEG/Getty Images)AP - The footage of Michael Jackson's last rehearsal may be coming to a theater near you.


Post says publishers' conference won't be held (AP) 

AP - The Washington Post asked lobbyists and business leaders to pay $25,000 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.

CW's `Gossip Girl' recruits Hilary Duff (AP) 

FILE-This Feb. 13, 2009 file photo shows actress Hilary Duff arriving to the Heart Truth's Red Dress collection during Fashion Week in New York. Duff will be going the cast of 'Gossip Girl'. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)AP - Hilary Duff is joining the cast of "Gossip Girl" — but not on a regular basis.