By RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: June 29, 2009
Michael Jackson’s legacy will forever include this title: King of Pigskin.
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Michael Jackson’s halftime performance raised ratings for Super Bowl XXVII in 1993.
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In La Courneuve, outside Paris, relatives reacted Tuesday after they were shown a list of passengers aboard the Yemeni plane.
By NICOLA CLARK
Published: June 30, 2009
PARIS — Teams searching the Indian Ocean after the crash early Tuesday of a Yemeni passenger jet rescued a girl who appeared to be the sole survivor of the 153 people on board, airline [...]
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Iraqis celebrated on Tuesday in the southern city of Basra. Despite the overall levity, a bombing in Kirkuk, in the north, killed 33. More Photos >
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
Published: June 30, 2009
BAGHDAD — Iraq celebrated the withdrawal of American troops from its cities with parades, fireworks and a national holiday on Tuesday as the prime minister trumpeted the [...]
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: June 30, 2009
WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, joined hands with a major labor union Tuesday to endorse the idea of requiring large companies to provide health insurance to their workers, a move that gives a boost to President Obama as he is pushing for health legislation on Capitol Hill.
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Venus Williams, who overpowered Agnieszka Radwanska in the quartefinal on Tuesday, will next face No.1 seed Dinara Safina.
By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
Published: June 30, 2009
WIMBLEDON, England — The top four women’s seeds are all through to the semifinals, a false indicator of stability on a women’s tour that has been unable to achieve it. But this [...]
By Kim Ghattas
BBC News, Washington
Mr Obama has condemned his Honduran counterpart’s removal
US President Barack Obama has called the removal of Honduran president Manuel Zelaya on Sunday a “coup”.
The ousted leader has been meeting US officials in Washington.
But the US State Department has not recalled its ambassador from Tegucigalpa and it is still reviewing whether to cut off aid [...]
Mr Franken could help the Democrats stop Republican delaying tactics
President Barack Obama’s party secured a critical 60-member majority in the US Senate, after the last undecided seat was awarded to a Democrat.
The Minnesota Supreme Court confirmed that Al Franken had narrowly won November’s poll in the state.
On election night Republican Norm Coleman was given a small lead, prompting a recount [...]
Supporters of the coup and interim government took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday [AFP]
The United Nations General Assembly has condemned the military coup that forced Honduras’ elected president from power.
The assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling for the “immediate and unconditional” return of Manuel Zelaya to the Honduran presidency, two days after he was forced into [...]
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CLARKSBURG, Md. (WUSA) — Shiane Dixon, 12, had just joined her brother, Hassan, on the Track and Field Wall of Fame at Rocky Hill Middle School. That six minute, five second mile is the last race Shiane will ever run.
The bubbly and bright student athlete was killed in an early morning crash near Richmond Monday morning. Police [...]
NEW YORK (AP)—Mariano Rivera(notes) has 500 saves—and one precious RBI.
Guess which feat he was most excited about.
On a New York night that belonged to baseball’s most unflappable closer, Rivera became the second reliever to reach the 500-save milestone when the Yankees held off the punchless Mets 4-2 Sunday for a Subway Series sweep.
He joined Milwaukee’s Trevor Hoffman(notes) , who has [...]
