The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official said Friday as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer's memorial service. (Updated: 07/03/09 6:41 PM )
SKorea says NKorea fires 4 missiles off east coast
North Korea fired four missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, in what was likely to be seen as a message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day holiday. (Updated: 07/04/09 1:45 AM )
States set to ring in Independence Day sans budget
Several states are facing the prospect of government shutdowns and program cuts as they enter the first weekend of the fiscal year and July Fourth holiday without a budget in place. (Updated: 07/03/09 7:31 AM )
Iranian hardliner calls opposition leader US agent
A top aide of Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation in an editorial Saturday. (Updated: 07/04/09 4:05 AM )
Other World & Nation News
Russia-US summit a chance to jumpstart ties
Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev will likely sign a stack of agreements during their Moscow summit, but their chief goal may be for the United States and Russia to stop acting like adversaries - even if they can't be friends. (Updated: 07/03/09 12:35 PM )
Ex-Nixon aide Herbert Klein dies at 91 in Calif.
Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon's ex-White House director of communications and a former editor for Copley Newspapers, has died. He was 91. (Updated: 07/03/09 1:10 AM )
Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard
Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States. (Updated: 07/03/09 4:11 AM )
Officials say 16 killed in clashes in NW Pakistan
Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan's northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents. (Updated: 07/04/09 4:30 AM )
Prosecutors: Demjanjuk fit to stand trial
John Demjanjuk moved one step closer to another trial after German prosecutors said Friday that doctors had deemed the 89-year-old fit to go to court on charges of being accessory to murder at the Sobibor Nazi death camp. (Updated: 07/03/09 12:35 PM )
State
- Seeking to smart-size government
- Stalemated Senate hopes Paterson can mediate
- Man who shot himself during traffic stop dies
- July 4 display returns to Hudson River
- Guantanamo detainee gets 2010 trial date
- Expansion plans OK’d for convention center
- Assembly’s Democrats resist pleas as Senate keeps spinning its wheels
- Swedish author can’t publish sequel to Salinger’s ‘Rye’ in U. S.
- School Board gives chancellor full control
- Robbers run out of fuel after gas station theft
International
- U2 asks fans to support Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
- Michelle Obama bringing glamor to Moscow
- Myanmar denies UN chief's request to see Suu Kyi
- SKorea says North fires 6 missiles off east coast
- A look at North Korea's missile arsenal
- Chronology of North Korea's missile program
- Bermuda woman sentenced in theft of premier's info
- Honduras refuses to restore president; snubs OAS
- Mexico wins praise for swine flu response
- Venezuelan official: Radio licenses to be revoked
National
- Quotations of the day
- AP Source: Detroit mayor firing police chief
- Group Sotomayor advised fought job tests
- Firefighters battle big blaze at shuttered SC mill
- Neverland closes until after LA Jackson memorial
- Calif. bullet trains hit criticism on SF peninsula
- Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
- Events in Palin's political career
- Ruling that overturned NJ murder conviction stands
- Galveston police baffled by 30 burnt palm trees
Strange Stories
- Pachyderms outdo people in cross-species chow bout
- New Zealand airline issues nude safety video
- Oregon woman obsessed with rabbits back in jail
- Illinois cabbie uses deodorant to disarm attacker
- Calif. students get X-rated version of class DVD
- NYPD rookie makes arrest moments after graduation
- Va. woman rides to landfill in trash bin
- Inmate uses toilet paper 'bomb' to attempt escape
- Conn. woman's encounter with 'Big Foot' a hoax
- Man says bear mugged him for his Italian sandwich
Columns
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Another Voice
- William J. Morgan Jr.: Placement of juveniles important for safety of society
- Gladys Carrion: State will take steps to ensure group home safety
- Mike Johnson: Realtors stand for open space and lower taxes
- William H. Hudnut III: Collaboration, not competition, is critical
Everybody's Column
- Waterfront Village doesn’t need a hotel
- Woodlawn teachers did a wonderful job
- Don’t blame doctors for high medical bills
- Union representatives overstep their bounds
My View
- Wesley Carter: Education is the key to eliminating racism
- Brian Pawley: Universal health care is a blessing, not a curse
- Barbara Palazzo: Bridge improvements can’t wait any longer
- Harvey Axlerod: Relaxing with Yoda at the Jell-O factory




