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Today's Most Popular News: Video shows vigorous Jackson before death Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage Obama's Housing Rescue Expands: 6 Things to Know Who makes bank at the White House Vegetarian diet 'weakens bones' Donovan blasts Galaxy teammate Beckham Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death Marines suffer casualties in new Afghan campaign Neverland just a shell without Jackson White House close to deal with hospitals on cost cuts California's Budget Crisis: Is There a Way Out? Police: Conn. teens mishear sex screams, beat man FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge Jackson ex-wife shows interest in custody of kids Will Michael Jackson's Funeral Be Jehovah's Witness—or Muslim? Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War Politics Takes Chunk Out of White House Payroll Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep Sears Tower unveils 103rd floor glass balconies How California's Fiscal Woes Began: A Crisis 30 Years in the Making Video shows vigorous Jackson before death Thu, 2 Jul 2009 03:23 pm PDT AFP - A video released Thursday showed Michael Jackson vigorously practicing a song-and-dance routine days before his death, supporting accounts he had been in good health. Full Story Top Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:58 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Obama's Housing Rescue Expands: 6 Things to Know Thu, 2 Jul 2009 03:47 pm PDT U.S. News & World Report - In a move that suggests its initial rescue plan was insufficient, the Obama administration yesterday announced plans to widen the eligibility parameters of a key housing initiative. The change would allow borrowers with mortgages valued at 125 percent of their home's worth to refinance into more affordable loans. Previously, only borrowers with so-called loan-to-value ratios of 105 percent or less could do so. The mortgage refinancing program is part of the president's two-pronged plan to pull the nation out of its worst housing slump since the Great Depression. ... Full Story Top Who makes bank at the White House Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:50 pm PDT The Yahoo! Newsroom - In the spirit of transparency, the Obama Administration posted on its White House blog a detailed list of who makes what at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Full Story Top Vegetarian diet 'weakens bones' Thu, 2 Jul 2009 03:31 am PDT AFP - People who live on vegetarian diets have slightly weaker bones than their meat-eating counterparts, Australian researchers said Thursday. Full Story Top Donovan blasts Galaxy teammate Beckham Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:13 pm PDT AFP - Landon Donovan has issued the Los Angeles Galaxy an ultimatum -- compel English superstar David Beckham to clean up his act or risk alienating Donovan, the club's all-time top active scorer. Full Story Top Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:53 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Marines suffer casualties in new Afghan campaign Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:58 pm PDT 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. One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of the assault, the largest military operation in Afghanistan since the fall of Taliban government in 2001. Full Story Top Neverland just a shell without Jackson Thu, 2 Jul 2009 05:10 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top White House close to deal with hospitals on cost cuts Thu, 2 Jul 2009 03:24 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ The hospital industry is close to a deal with the White House and congressional Democrats in which the industry would agree to federal funding cuts of $150 billion to $170 billion over the next decade to help pay for a health system overhaul, according to people familiar with the talks. Full Story Top California's Budget Crisis: Is There a Way Out? Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:35 pm PDT Time.com - For conservatives, the crisis is an opportunity to impose fiscal restraint. But the costs, say liberals, is a huge amount of suffering. Is there a solution? Full Story Top Police: Conn. teens mishear sex screams, beat man Thu, 2 Jul 2009 05:37 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:59 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Jackson ex-wife shows interest in custody of kids Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:35 pm PDT AP - The future of Michael Jackson's children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two offspring. Full Story Top Will Michael Jackson's Funeral Be Jehovah's Witness—or Muslim? Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:41 pm PDT E! Online - Weren't the Jackson family Jehovah's Witnesses? How will that affect the funeral? Full Story Top Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:52 pm PDT 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. Full Story Top Politics Takes Chunk Out of White House Payroll Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:00 pm PDT RealClearPolitics.com - During his two months on the campaign trail as Barack Obama's running mate, Joe Biden was fond of sharing his father's witticisms with audiences to illustrate a point. One of the more common ones went something like this: "Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value." Full Story Top Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:14 am PDT AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. Full Story Top Sears Tower unveils 103rd floor glass balconies Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:05 pm PDT AP - Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest. Full Story Top How California's Fiscal Woes Began: A Crisis 30 Years in the Making Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:35 pm PDT Time.com - Back in 1978, Proposition 13 was a boon to property to owners but it was a slow but sure carcinogen to the body politic. Now the patient is in dire straits Full Story Top

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