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HARRISBURG, Pa. – Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering from complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at [...]

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LOS ANGELES – The doctor who prosecutors say caused Michael Jackson’s death has been released from jail after posting $75,000 in bail, only a few hours after surrendering to authorities on a manslaughter charge.
Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore says Dr. Conrad Murray was released Monday afternoon. Earlier in the day, he appeared [...]

 BARRY WILNER
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)—A memorable season capped by a super title game with a record TV audience has NFL executives and fans beaming.
The smiles might soon disappear.Pro football is headed into the great unknown. Barring a quick—and totally unexpected—agreement with the players’ union on a new contract, 2010 will have no salary cap. After [...]

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LOS ANGELES – After a week of trying, Dr. Conrad Murray was preparing to finally surrender Monday, with prosecutors saying they will file a charge in the death of Michael Jackson.
A district attorney’s spokeswoman did not name the doctor nor say what the charge will be but Murray’s lawyers have said they [...]

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SYDNEY – Anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in icy Antarctic waters in the second major clash this year in increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet.
No one was injured in the clash Saturday, which each side blamed on the other.
The U.S.-based activist group Sea [...]

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Pete Townshend is used to playing in front of stadiums filled with rabid fans who know every note of The Who’s songs. He didn’t get that at the band’s Super Bowl halftime performance, but he’s OK with that too.
Townshend and bandmate Roger Daltrey performed a medley of some of their most famous [...]

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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing multiple people and injuring at least 14 in a blast that shook homes for miles, officials said.
Betsy Hard, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, told The [...]

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of “tea party” activists that America is ripe for another revolution.
Noting his party’s dismal showing in elections since Obama moved into the White [...]

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BOULDER, Colo. – Two small planes collided in flames over Boulder’s outskirts and killed all three people aboard, while a glider under tow by one aircraft cut loose and flew through the fireball to safety, officials and witnesses said.
Three people were aboard the glider that managed to disconnect from a Piper Pawnee [...]

From the Associated Press by Rohan Sullivan
SYDNEY – Anti-whaling ship the Bob Barker and a Japanese harpoon boat collided in icy Antarctic waters in the second major clash this year in increasingly aggressive confrontations between conservationists and the whaling fleet.
No one was injured in the clash Saturday, which each side blamed on the other.
The U.S.-based [...]