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Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home

AP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES - 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.

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  1. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday July 3, 2009. The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement, saying she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans. (AP Photo/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, Robert DeBerry)
    Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret AP - 6 minutes agoSent 1,985 times

    WASILLA, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.

  2. Serial killer has South Carolina residents on edge AP - Fri Jul 3, 4:43 PM ETSent 717 times

    GAFFNEY, S.C. - Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death.

  3. Jermaine Jackson, right, and Jackie Jackson drive out of the Jackson family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
    Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home AP - 1 hour, 28 minutes agoSent 408 times

    LOS ANGELES - 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.

  4. A vegetarian salad. Australian researchers have said that people who live on vegetarian diets have slightly weaker bones than their meat-eating counterparts.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)
    Vegetarian diet 'weakens bones' AFP - Thu Jul 2, 6:31 AM ETSent 216 times

    SYDNEY (AFP) - People who live on vegetarian diets have slightly weaker bones than their meat-eating counterparts, Australian researchers said Thursday.

  5. President Barack Obama makes remarks about innovation and jobs, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    Obama's Housing Rescue Expands: 6 Things to Know U.S. News & World Report - Thu Jul 2, 6:47 PM ETSent 142 times

    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. ...

  6. Colin Daymude, who only recently received his state income tax refund after filing electronically six months ago, is pictured at his home in Dacula, Ga., Friday July 3, 2009. Budget cuts and falling revenues have forced many states to delay income tax returns for months, leaving taxpayers longing for millions of dollars of their money. (AP Photo/John Amis)
    Much-needed tax refunds delayed from Ga. to Calif. AP - Fri Jul 3, 3:40 PM ETSent 89 times

    ATLANTA - Colin Daymude was out of work last year after his business failed and eagerly filed his taxes in mid-January, figuring he'd get his refund sooner. He was wrong.

  7. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks to reporters, Wednesday, June 24, 2009, during his daily press briefing in the White House Pressroom at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
    Who makes bank at the White House The Yahoo! Newsroom - Thu Jul 2, 3:50 PM ETSent 86 times

    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.

  8. Business consultant Katrina Kennedy is seen working at her home in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, July 2, 2009. Kennedy, who does contract work for the state of California, is among hundreds of state contractors who could be receiving IOUs instead of money until the state has enough cash to cover all payments. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
    IOUs spell uncertainty for Calif. small businesses AP - Fri Jul 3, 3:57 AM ETSent 76 times

    BERKELEY, Calif. - Business consultant Katrina Kennedy has taken her young son out of preschool and put a family vacation on hold. Dairyman Mike O'Kelly is wondering whether he is going to have to let employees go.

  9. An Iranian worshipper chants anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a Friday prayer's ceremony, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. A top Iranian cleric said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
    Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes agoSent 74 times

    EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

  10. Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard AP - Fri Jul 3, 4:03 AM ETSent 73 times

    CONCORD, N.H. - 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.

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  1. Former U.S. Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announces that she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor in Wasilla, Alaska July 3, 2009 in this video frame grab. MANDATORY CREDIT REUTERS/KTUU-TV
    Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret AP - 6 minutes ago

    WASILLA, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.

  2. Serial killer has South Carolina residents on edge AP - Fri Jul 3, 4:43 PM ET

    GAFFNEY, S.C. - Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death.

  3. Police and private security personnel stand outside the Jackson family home in Encino, California July 3, 2009. Michael Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but whose musical genius was overshadowed by a bizarre lifestyle and sex scandals. Jackson was 50. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES)
    Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home AP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - 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.

  4. Iranians chant anti-US and Israeli slogans during weekly prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric says local British embassy staff -- who were arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest -- will be put on trial, a move set to plunge already strained ties to a new low.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)
    Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

    EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

  5. Former U.S. Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announces that she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor in Wasilla, Alaska, July 3, 2009 in this video frame grab. REUTERS/KTUU-TV
    Sarah Palin: An "unholy amalgam"? The Yahoo! Newsroom - Thu Jul 2, 10:40 AM ET

    The latest issue of Vanity Fair isn't even on newsstands yet and it's already making headlines for a not-so-politely titled article, "It Came from Wasilla," about Gov. Sarah Palin.

  6. Much-needed tax refunds delayed from Ga. to Calif. AP - Fri Jul 3, 3:40 PM ET

    ATLANTA - Colin Daymude was out of work last year after his business failed and eagerly filed his taxes in mid-January, figuring he'd get his refund sooner. He was wrong.

  7. Members of the Comorian community living in France gather at the entrance to the T3 Terminal at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Friday July 3, 2009. An Airbus A330-200 from Yemenia Airways took off for Sana'a, Yemen, on Friday. The plane took off 4 and a half hours late, with 72 passengers on board instead of the 180 initially booked. A Yemenia Airways airbus crashed last Tuesday while approaching Moroni, Comoros Islands. The jersey, reading Watwaniya, that means patriot in Comorian, refers to a the Watwaniya movement that fights against giving the status of department to the island of Mayotte, which is part of the Comoros islands archipelago. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
    Protesters block Paris airport over Yemen crash AP - Fri Jul 3, 4:21 PM ET

    PARIS - Protesters linked arms across an entrance at Paris' main airport on Friday to keep passengers off a Yemeni flight to Comoros — a route that saw a deadly crash this week, after years of complaints about dangerous conditions on the flight path to the Indian Ocean island nation.

  8. Pachyderms outdo people in cross-species chow bout AP - Fri Jul 3, 4:30 PM ET

    NEW YORK - In the fight of pachyderms vs. people — the pachyderms now have the upper trunk.

  9. The soaring national debt is recorded on the National Debt Clock in New York, Friday, July 3, 2009. Already complicating efforts by President Barack Obama and Congress to cope with the worst recession in decades, economists warn that the mountain of debt easily could become the next full-fledged economic crisis without firm action from Washington. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)
    MOUNTAIN OF DEBT: Rising debt may be next crisis AP - Fri Jul 3, 5:02 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt.

  10. In this handout photo provided by AEG, pop star Michael Jackson rehearses at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. (AP Photo/ Kevin Mazur, AEG/Getty Images)
    Madonna to pay tribute to Jackson in concert AP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES - Madonna is paying tribute to Michael Jackson in the same arena where he was to stage his great comeback.

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  1. Yoko Amano holds a magazine at a memorial for deceased pop star Michael Jackson outside the Jackson family home in Encino, California July 3, 2009. Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but whose musical genius was overshadowed by a bizarre lifestyle and sex scandals. Jackson was 50. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT OBITUARY)
    Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home AP - 1 hour, 28 minutes agoRecommended 447 times

    LOS ANGELES - 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.

  2. Serial killer has South Carolina residents on edge AP - Fri Jul 3, 4:43 PM ETRecommended 372 times

    GAFFNEY, S.C. - Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death.

  3. Ahmad Jannati -- the head of Iran's Guardian Council -- delivers his speech during weekly prayers at Tehran University. The powerful Iranian cleric has said local British embassy staff who were arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest will be put on trial.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)
    Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes agoRecommended 372 times

    EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

  4. President Barack Obama gestures as he answers questions during a discussion on health care, Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale , Va. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
    Under Senate health care plan, either way you pay AP - Fri Jul 3, 7:25 AM ETRecommended 328 times

    WASHINGTON - First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well.

  5. U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines takes positions along a tree line in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday, July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that's a common tactic by insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
    US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns AP - Fri Jul 3, 3:08 PM ETRecommended 244 times

    NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led invasion of 2001.

  6. This undated image provided by the New York Police Department shows Dariel Firpo. Firpo, a New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started. One of the NYPD's newest officers has made his first arrest just minutes after graduating from the Police Academy in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/New York Police Dept.)
    NYPD rookie makes arrest moments after graduation AP - Fri Jul 3, 12:42 AM ETRecommended 167 times

    NEW YORK - A New York Police Department rookie just couldn't wait to get started.

  7. Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard AP - Fri Jul 3, 4:03 AM ETRecommended 161 times

    CONCORD, N.H. - 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.

  8. Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, is pictured in an ambulance while arriving at the prison Stadelheim in Munich, May 12, 2009. REUTERS/Pool
    Demjanjuk pronounced fit to stand trial in Germany Reuters - Fri Jul 3, 10:58 AM ETRecommended 135 times

    BERLIN (Reuters) - Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has been deemed fit enough by medical experts to stand trial for helping to kill 29,000 Jews in World War Two, the state prosecutors office in Munich said Friday.

  9. Pakistani trucks taking essential supplies Afghanistan near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman. The United States and Russia may soon sign a deal boosting the transit of US supplies to Afghanistan through Russia, the Kommersant daily has reported, citing diplomatic sources.(AFP/File/Asghar Achackzai)
    Russia to allow US arms shipments to Afghanistan AP - Fri Jul 3, 1:40 PM ETRecommended 134 times

    MOSCOW - Russia said Friday it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.

  10. Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis AP - Fri Jul 3, 12:40 AM ETRecommended 94 times

    DENVER - A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities said Thursday.

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