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Franken wins Minn. Senate race; Coleman concedes (AP)


AP - Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former “Saturday Night Live” comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and courtroom saga to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.

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Source says Jackson’s mom to get custody of kids (AP)


AP - Michael Jackson’s will gives guardianship over his children to the singer’s mother and leaves all his assets in a trust fund, a person with knowledge of the document told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The word came just a day after the family said in court documents it believed the entertainer had died [...]


AP Exclusive: Insomniac Jackson begged for drug (AP)


AP - Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a nutritionist who was working with the singer as he prepared his comeback bid.

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AP Exclusive: Jackson said net worth $236M in 2007 (AP)


AP - It’s one of the biggest mysteries in the Michael Jackson saga: How much was the lavish-spending, massively debt-ridden pop icon really worth? In the most detailed account yet of the singer’s tangled financial empire, documents obtained by The Associated Press show Jackson claimed to have a net worth of $236.6 million as of [...]


Police: 7 teens shot near Detroit school (AP)


AP - Gunmen in a green minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school on Tuesday, wounding seven including three who were in critical condition, authorities said.

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Jackson family lawyer says will has been presented (AP)


AP - A lawyer for Michael Jackson’s family said Tuesday a will by the late pop star has been presented. The word came just a day after the family said in court documents it believed the entertainer had died without a valid will. “My clients are now aware after filings that a will has been [...]


Jackson family lawyer says will has surfaced (AP)


AP - A lawyer for the family of Michael Jackson said Tuesday that a will had surfaced and would soon be presented in court, as a funeral service began to take shape at the pop star’s Neverland Ranch. Attorney L. Londell McMillan said his clients are now aware of the will, and the late singer’s [...]


GOP’s Coleman concedes, sending Franken to Senate (AP)


AP - Republican Norm Coleman conceded to Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota’s contested Senate race on Tuesday, ending a nearly eight-month recount and court fight over an election decided by only a few hundred votes.

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Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27 (AP)


AP - Not a single American soldier was in sight. Gone, too, were the American helicopters whose buzz has for years defined Baghdad’s background track.

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FDA panel recommends smaller doses of painkillers (AP)


AP - Government experts say the maximum dose listed for Tylenol and dozens of other painkillers should be reduced to help curb deadly overdoses.

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