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Today's Front Page News: Fireworks over Baghdad as Iraqis take over cities Bernard Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison Jackson's parents waste no time seeking control Freight train derails, kills 10 in Italy Yemen official: Comoros-bound plane crashes Supreme Court: White firefighters bias victims Taliban scrap peace deal in Pakistan tribal area FDA panel to vote on painkiller restrictions AP Exclusive: Jackson wrapped video before death Brewers' McGehee slams Mets after gaffe Iraq steps into precarious but sovereign unknown Iran upholds Ahmadinejad victory, says matter closed Bodies recovered in Yemeni plane crash Madoff gets 150 years for massive investment fraud Honduras battles tide of support for ousted Zelaya Supreme Court overrules Obama nominee in race bias case FDA confirms E. coli found in Nestle cookie dough Jackson's mother wins temporary control of estate Yemen airliner crashes off Comoros with 153 aboard Honduras unrest flares, Zelaya vows to return Fireworks over Baghdad as Iraqis take over cities Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:09 pm PDT AP - Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to zero as the midnight deadline passed for U.S. combat troops to finish their pullback to bases outside cities. Full Story Top Bernard Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:11 pm PDT AP - A federal judge rejected Bernard Madoff's plea for leniency Monday, sentencing the 71-year-old swindler to spend the rest of his life in prison for an "extraordinarily evil" fraud that took a staggering toll on thousands of victims. Full Story Top Jackson's parents waste no time seeking control Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:06 pm PDT AP - Michael Jackson's parents wasted little time demanding authority over their son's financially strained empire and guardianship of their fatherless grandchildren. The big question is who, if anyone, will contest them? Full Story Top Freight train derails, kills 10 in Italy Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:31 pm PDT AP - A rail car filled with liquefied natural gas exploded when a freight train derailed in the middle of a small Italian town, setting off an inferno that killed at least 10 people and injured 50 others, officials said Tuesday. Full Story Top Yemen official: Comoros-bound plane crashes Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:37 pm PDT AP - A Yemenia Air plane going from the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen to the island nation of Comoros crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday, a Yemen airport official said. Full Story Top Supreme Court: White firefighters bias victims Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:17 pm PDT AP - The Supreme Court declared Monday that white firefighters in Connecticut were unfairly denied promotion because of their race, ruling against minorities in a major reverse discrimination case that could affect bosses and workers nationwide. The justices threw out a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor had endorsed as an appeals court judge. Full Story Top Taliban scrap peace deal in Pakistan tribal area Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:42 pm PDT AP - Taliban militants in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan say they have pulled out of a peace deal with the government, raising the prospect of wider unrest as the Pakistani army extends its efforts to eliminate insurgents. Full Story Top FDA panel to vote on painkiller restrictions Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:11 pm PDT AP - Government experts are scheduled to vote on whether Nyquil and other combination cold medications should be pulled from the market to help curb deadly overdoses. Full Story Top AP Exclusive: Jackson wrapped video before death Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:04 pm PDT AP - Two weeks before he died, Michael Jackson wrapped up work on an elaborate production dubbed the "Dome Project" that could be the final finished video piece overseen by the King of Pop, The Associated Press has learned. Full Story Top Brewers' McGehee slams Mets after gaffe Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:27 pm PDT AP - Casey McGehee hit his first career grand slam moments after committing a costly gaffe and J.J. Hardy tied a career high with four hits, including a homer, to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-6 win over the reeling New York Mets on Monday night. Full Story Top Iraq steps into precarious but sovereign unknown Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:02 pm PDT Reuters - Iraq takes a major step toward reasserting its sovereignty on Tuesday when U.S. combat troops hand urban areas over to its relatively untested police and soldiers. Full Story Top Iran upholds Ahmadinejad victory, says matter closed Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:56 pm PDT Reuters - Iran confirmed hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president and said a row over his June 12 re-election was over, leaving opponents who cried foul with few options. Full Story Top Bodies recovered in Yemeni plane crash Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:42 pm PDT Reuters - An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed into choppy seas as it tried to land in bad weather on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday, officials said. Full Story Top Madoff gets 150 years for massive investment fraud Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:23 pm PDT Reuters - Bernard Madoff was sentenced on Monday to 150 years in prison -- the maximum penalty the judge could give him for "extraordinarily evil" crimes in Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud. Full Story Top Honduras battles tide of support for ousted Zelaya Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:21 pm PDT Reuters - Honduras' interim government battled on Tuesday against a tide of international support for ousted President Manuel Zelaya who vowed to return home after troops toppled and exiled him in a coup. Full Story Top Supreme Court overrules Obama nominee in race bias case Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:08 pm PDT Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court overruled President Barack Obama's high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Monday in an important race discrimination case, but the White House remained confident she would be approved. Full Story Top FDA confirms E. coli found in Nestle cookie dough Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:10 pm PDT Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday confirmed that it has found E. coli O157:H7 bacteria in a sample of Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough. Full Story Top Jackson's mother wins temporary control of estate Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:39 pm PDT Reuters - Michael Jackson's mother Katherine on Monday won temporary guardianship of the late singer's children and control of his estate as a legal battle over his kids, money and belongings began to take shape. Full Story Top Yemen airliner crashes off Comoros with 153 aboard Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:13 pm PDT AFP - A Yemeni passenger jet crashed off the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros with 153 people on board, officials said, in the latest air disaster involving an Airbus. Full Story Top Honduras unrest flares, Zelaya vows to return Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:28 pm PDT AFP - Mobilizing international support, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya vowed to return to Honduras as angry supporters clashed with riot police near the presidential palace here. Full Story Top

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