AP Worldstream back issues from Tuesday, June 30:
Promoters say fans will get full ticket refund
Jun 30, 2009 ... Promoters say fans who bought tickets to Michael Jackson's 50 canceled concerts in London will receive a full refund. Los Angeles-based tour operator AEG Live said in a statement Tuesday that all those who bought tickets through an authorized agent will be refunded the cost of their ...
Promoters say fans will get full ticket refund
Jun 30, 2009 ... Promoters say fans who bought tickets to Michael Jackson's 50 canceled concerts in London will receive a full refund. Los Angeles-based tour operator AEG Live said in a statement Tuesday that all those who bought tickets through an authorized agent will be refunded the cost of their ...
Promoters say fans will get full ticket refund
Jun 30, 2009 ... Promoters say fans who bought tickets to Michael Jackson's 50 canceled concerts in London will receive a full refund. Los Angeles-based tour operator AEG Live said in a statement Tuesday that all those who bought tickets through an authorized agent will be refunded the cost of their ...
Leaders from Obama to Chavez blast Honduras coup
Jun 30, 2009; ... Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras' national palace Monday, leaving at least 15 people injured, as world leaders from Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez demanded the return of a president ousted in a military coup. Leftist leaders pulled their ...
Leaders from Obama to Chavez blast Honduras coup
Jun 30, 2009; ... Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras' national palace Monday, leaving at least 15 people injured, as world leaders from Barack Obama to Hugo Chavez demanded the return of a president ousted in a military coup. Leftist leaders pulled their ...
Japan unemployment rises to 5.2 percent in May
Jun 30, 2009 ... The government says Japan's unemployment rate has risen to 5.2 percent in May. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications says in a monthly report Tuesday that the country's unemployment rate worsened from ...
Japan unemployment rises to 5.2 percent in May
Jun 30, 2009 ... The government says Japan's unemployment rate has risen to 5.2 percent in May. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications says in a monthly report Tuesday that the country's unemployment rate worsened from ...
Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird
Jun 30, 2009; ... Jean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter. That message has now earned him a potential five-year prison sentence and the ...
Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird
Jun 30, 2009; ... Jean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter. That message has now earned him a potential five-year prison sentence and the unfortunate distinction of becoming one ...
Tuesday, July 7
Jun 30, 2009; ... Today is Tuesday, July 7, the 188th day of 2009. There are 177 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1718 - Alexis, son of Russia's Peter the Great, dies in a Moscow fortress after being tortured on his father's orders and questioned about a ...
Tuesday, July 7
Jun 30, 2009; ... Today is Tuesday, July 7, the 188th day of 2009. There are 177 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1718 - Alexis, son of Russia's Peter the Great, dies in a Moscow fortress after being tortured on his father's orders and questioned about a ...
US cities, citizens try to reclaim vacant blocks
Jun 30, 2009; ... David Brown Kinloch could have lived elsewhere, but he chose to move into an abandoned home in a distressed Louisville neighborhood that others were leaving in droves. In the 25 years since, Brown Kinloch has seen the Phoenix Hill neighborhood transformed from unsightly rows of vacant ...
US cities, citizens try to reclaim vacant blocks
Jun 30, 2009; ... David Brown Kinloch could have lived elsewhere, but he chose to move into an abandoned home in a distressed Louisville neighborhood that others were leaving in droves. In the 25 years since, Brown Kinloch has seen the Phoenix Hill neighborhood transformed from unsightly rows of vacant ...
Desperate Maine lobstermen sell from trucks, homes
Jun 30, 2009; ... Lobsterman Greg Turner keeps a sandwich-board sign at the end of his driveway that advertises fresh lobster for sale from his garage, an attempt to claw a few extra dollars by reaching buyers directly. With prices stuck on low and expected to fall further this summer, he's skirting ...
Desperate Maine lobstermen sell from trucks, homes
Jun 30, 2009; ... Lobsterman Greg Turner keeps a sandwich-board sign at the end of his driveway that advertises fresh lobster for sale from his garage, an attempt to claw a few extra dollars by reaching buyers directly. With prices stuck on low and expected to fall further this summer, he's skirting ...
Holocaust meeting wants better care of survivors
Jun 30, 2009; ... An international conference assessing efforts to return property and possessions stolen by the Nazis to their rightful owners or heirs says that caring for Holocaust survivors is a matter of the "utmost urgency." The five-day meeting attended by Holocaust survivors, Jewish ...
GM seeks court approval to become "New" company
Jun 30, 2009; ... General Motors Corp., hoping for a quick exit from bankruptcy protection, on Tuesday will ask a bankruptcy judge to approve its plan to refashion itself as a leaner automaker owned mostly by the government. The nation's largest automaker still faces hundreds of objections from ...
Refund details announced for Jackson concerts
Jun 30, 2009; ... More than 750,000 Michael Jackson fans can get full refunds for the pop star's canceled 50-night "This is It" concert extravaganza _ or opt to receive souvenir tickets instead, the promoters announced Monday. In a move that could help recoup some of its losses from the ...
Refund details announced for Jackson concerts
Jun 30, 2009; ... More than 750,000 Michael Jackson fans can get full refunds for the pop star's canceled 50-night "This is It" concert extravaganza _ or opt to receive souvenir tickets instead, the promoters announced Monday. In a move that could help recoup some of its losses from the ...
Holocaust meeting wants better care of survivors
Jun 30, 2009; ... An international conference assessing efforts to return property and possessions stolen by the Nazis to their rightful owners or heirs says that caring for Holocaust survivors is a matter of the "utmost urgency." The five-day meeting attended by Holocaust survivors, Jewish ...
GM seeks court approval to become "New" company
Jun 30, 2009; ... General Motors Corp., hoping for a quick exit from bankruptcy protection, on Tuesday will ask a bankruptcy judge to approve its plan to refashion itself as a leaner automaker owned mostly by the government. The nation's largest automaker still faces hundreds of objections from ...
Refund details announced for Jackson concerts
Jun 30, 2009; ... More than 750,000 Michael Jackson fans can get full refunds for the pop star's canceled 50-night "This is It" concert extravaganza _ or opt to receive souvenir tickets instead, the promoters announced Monday. In a move that could help recoup some of its losses from the ...
Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams
Jun 30, 2009; ... Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden high demand for information. Michael Jackson's death was no different, ...
Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams
Jun 30, 2009; ... Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden high demand for information. Michael Jackson's death was no different, ...
Observers report some flaws in Albania vote
Jun 30, 2009; ... Albania's governing party is in a close race with the Socialist opposition as the votes are slowly being counted in the country's parliamentary election. The conduct of the ballot is seen as a crucial test of the Balkan country's hopes of EU membership, and a preliminary report by ...
Virtual border fence in Arizona nears completion
Jun 30, 2009 ... The first stretch of the government's new "virtual" border fence is nearing completion in southern Arizona. Border Patrol Agent Mario Escalante says nine towers holding cameras and sensors should be completed by the end of July and up and running soon after that. ...
Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams
Jun 30, 2009; ... Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden high demand for information. Michael Jackson's death was no different, ...
Observers report some flaws in Albania vote
Jun 30, 2009; ... Albania's governing party is in a close race with the Socialist opposition as the votes are slowly being counted in the country's parliamentary election. The conduct of the ballot is seen as a crucial test of the Balkan country's hopes of EU membership, and a preliminary report by ...
Jackson's family moves quickly to take charge
Jun 30, 2009; ... Michael Jackson's family moved quickly Monday to take control of his complicated personal and financial affairs, winning temporary custody of his three children and asking a judge to name the King of Pop's mother as administrator of his estate. In documents filed in Superior Court, ...
Bernard Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison
Jun 30, 2009; ... Two weeks after Norma Hill and her husband invested their life savings with Bernard Madoff, she came to the then-trusted money manager with news her spouse suddenly died. Madoff "put his arm around my shoulder and assured me my money was safe and I should not worry," she ...
Bernard Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison
Jun 30, 2009; ... Two weeks after Norma Hill and her husband invested their life savings with Bernard Madoff, she came to the then-trusted money manager with news her spouse suddenly died. Madoff "put his arm around my shoulder and assured me my money was safe and I should not worry," she ...
Court schedules bond hearing for OJ Simpson
Jun 30, 2009; ... A state Supreme Court panel will hear oral arguments on O.J. Simpson's bid to get out of a Nevada prison pending his appeal in an armed hotel room heist, officials said Monday. A three-member panel of the state's only appellate court will hear 30 minutes of arguments in Las Vegas from ...
Obama says he'll get prime initiatives into law
Jun 30, 2009 ... President Barack Obama is vowing to sign climate change legislation and overhauls in health care and financial regulations this year and is dismissing his critics as naysayers. Obama warned more than 400 of the Democratic Party's top fundraisers Monday evening that winning policy ...
Obama says he'll get prime initiatives into law
Jun 30, 2009 ... President Barack Obama is vowing to sign climate change legislation and overhauls in health care and financial regulations this year and is dismissing his critics as naysayers. Obama warned more than 400 of the Democratic Party's top fundraisers Monday evening that winning policy ...
Jackson's death returns his father to spotlight
Jun 30, 2009; ... At the BET Awards over the weekend, Michael Jackson's father, Joe Jackson, was back in front of the cameras. Wearing a black fedora and oversized sunglasses, he spoke proudly of his son, paid tribute to "a superstar" and promoted his own new record label. Joe Jackson has ...
Jackson's death returns his father to spotlight
Jun 30, 2009; ... At the BET Awards over the weekend, Michael Jackson's father, Joe Jackson, was back in front of the cameras. Wearing a black fedora and oversized sunglasses, he spoke proudly of his son, paid tribute to "a superstar" and promoted his own new record label. Joe Jackson has ...
Obama says Honduran ouster was 'not legal'
Jun 30, 2009; ... President Barack Obama on Monday declared that the United States still considers Manuel Zelaya to be the president of Honduras and assailed the coup that forced him into exile as "not legal," widening the chasm between the Central American nation and much of the rest of the world. ...
Gov's `other woman' fiercely private, no pushover
Jun 30, 2009; ... She is a 43-year-old, divorced mother of two teenage boys who wants to believe she can still experience true love. She is an intensely private woman who was not afraid to fight back when that privacy was breached. She was educated in Catholic schools and professes her ...
Obama says Honduran ouster was 'not legal'
Jun 30, 2009; ... President Barack Obama on Monday declared that the United States still considers Manuel Zelaya to be the president of Honduras and assailed the coup that forced him into exile as "not legal," widening the chasm between the Central American nation and much of the rest of the world. ...
Gov's `other woman' fiercely private, no pushover
Jun 30, 2009; ... She is a 43-year-old, divorced mother of two teenage boys who wants to believe she can still experience true love. She is an intensely private woman who was not afraid to fight back when that privacy was breached. She was educated in Catholic schools and professes her ...
Jackson's family moves quickly to take charge
Jun 30, 2009; ... Michael Jackson's family moved quickly Monday to take control of his complicated personal and financial affairs, winning temporary custody of his three children and asking a judge to name the King of Pop's mother as administrator of his estate. In documents filed in Superior Court, ...
Man to stand trial for killing 3 in SFC traffic
Jun 30, 2009 ... An illegal immigrant from El Salvador accused of fatally shooting a father and his two sons in San Francisco traffic last year will stand trial for murder, a judge ruled Monday. Judge Teri Jackson said there's sufficient evidence for 22-year-old Edwin Ramos to be tried for the June ...
Mother gets limited power over Jackson's property
Jun 30, 2009; ... A judge has granted Katherine Jackson limited control over some property in her son Michael Jackson's estate after she expressed concerns about the control of his business deals and bank accounts. The order issued Monday by Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff states that Katherine ...
Battle to control Jackson's fortune begins
Jun 30, 2009; ... So, who gets Michael Jackson's riches? His mother took the first step Monday when she petitioned the Superior Court of California to be named the administrator of the late singer's estate. Katherine Jackson said in the filing she was acting to ensure Michael Jackson's three children ...
Battle to control Jackson's fortune begins
Jun 30, 2009; ... So, who gets Michael Jackson's riches? His mother took the first step Monday when she petitioned the Superior Court of California to be named the administrator of the late singer's estate. Katherine Jackson said in the filing she was acting to ensure Michael Jackson's three children ...
Battle to control Jackson's fortune begins
Jun 30, 2009; ... So, who gets Michael Jackson's riches? His mother took the first step Monday when she petitioned the Superior Court of California to be named the administrator of the late singer's estate. Katherine Jackson said in the filing she was acting to ensure Michael Jackson's three children ...
Battle to control Jackson's fortune begins
Jun 30, 2009; ... So, who gets Michael Jackson's riches? His mother took the first step Monday when she petitioned the Superior Court of California to be named the administrator of the late singer's estate. Katherine Jackson said in the filing she was acting to ensure Michael Jackson's three children ...
Court schedules bond hearing for OJ Simpson
Jun 30, 2009; ... A state Supreme Court panel will hear oral arguments on O.J. Simpson's bid to get out of a Nevada prison pending his appeal in an armed hotel room heist, officials said Monday. A three-member panel of the state's only appellate court will hear 30 minutes of arguments in Las Vegas from ...
AP Source: 10 more will be charged in Madoff scam
Jun 30, 2009; ... A person familiar with the investigation into disgraced financier Bernard Madoff says 10 more people will be charged by the time the probe is complete. The person tells The Associated Press the 10 others will face federal charges over the next few months. The person spoke on condition ...
Thai ex-PM's fortunes boosted by electoral results
Jun 30, 2009; ... Two consecutive electoral victories that put allies of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand's Parliament have buoyed backers' hopes for a resurrection of their fugitive leader-in-exile. Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 military coup, following accusations of corruption and ...
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Jun 30, 2009; ... A person familiar with the investigation into disgraced financier Bernard Madoff says 10 more people will be charged by the time the probe is complete. The person tells The Associated Press the 10 others will face federal charges over the next few months. The person spoke on condition ...
Thai ex-PM's fortunes boosted by electoral results
Jun 30, 2009; ... Two consecutive electoral victories that put allies of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand's Parliament have buoyed backers' hopes for a resurrection of their fugitive leader-in-exile. Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 military coup, following accusations of corruption and ...
AP Exclusive: Jackson wrapped video before death
Jun 30, 2009; ... 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. Details on the project are scarce. Two people with ...
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Jun 30, 2009; ... 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. Details on the project are scarce. Two people with ...
Freight train derails, kills 2 in Italy
Jun 30, 2009 ... A freight train derailed just outside a station in an Italian town and two cars filled with gas exploded, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, officials and news reports said Tuesday. The ANSA news agency reported the explosion and resulting fire engulfed several homes in ...
Freight train derails, kills 2 in Italy
Jun 30, 2009 ... A freight train derailed just outside a station in an Italian town and two cars filled with gas exploded, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, officials and news reports said Tuesday. The ANSA news agency reported the explosion and resulting fire engulfed several homes in ...
AP Source: 10 more will be charged in Madoff scam
Jun 30, 2009; ... A person familiar with the investigation into disgraced financier Bernard Madoff says 10 more people will be charged by the time the probe is complete. The person tells The Associated Press the 10 others will face federal charges over the next few months. The person spoke on condition ...
AP Source: 10 more will be charged in Madoff scam
Jun 30, 2009; ... A person familiar with the investigation into disgraced financier Bernard Madoff says 10 more people will be charged by the time the probe is complete. The person tells The Associated Press the 10 others will face federal charges over the next few months. The person spoke on condition ...
Jackson doc's lawyer: Long delay calling for help
Jun 30, 2009; ... It took up to a half-hour for paramedics to be called to Michael Jackson's home after the singer was found stricken in the bedroom of his rented mansion, an attorney for the firm representing the pop icon's doctor said Monday. Matt Alford, a partner in the Houston law firm ...
Jackson doc's lawyer: Long delay calling for help
Jun 30, 2009; ... It took up to a half-hour for paramedics to be called to Michael Jackson's home after the singer was found stricken in the bedroom of his rented mansion, an attorney for the firm representing the pop icon's doctor said Monday. Matt Alford, a partner in the Houston law firm ...
Japan unemployment rises to 5.2 percent in May
Jun 30, 2009 ... Japan's unemployment rate rose to a five-year high of 5.2 percent in May, the government said Tuesday. The country's jobless rate worsened from 5.0 percent in April, indicating that while Japanese companies may be starting to recover, their workers remain vulnerable to job and wage ...
Japan unemployment rises to 5.2 percent in May
Jun 30, 2009 ... Japan's unemployment rate rose to a five-year high of 5.2 percent in May, the government said Tuesday. The country's jobless rate worsened from 5.0 percent in April, indicating that while Japanese companies may be starting to recover, their workers remain vulnerable to job and wage ...
Bernard Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison
Jun 30, 2009; ... 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. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin cited the ...
Screamin' seafaring tale wins bad writing contest
Jun 30, 2009 ... A shambling sentence about screaming seafarers on the sturdy whaler Ellie May stood shoulders above the rest in an annual bad writing contest. David McKenzie, 55, of Federal Way, Washington state, won the grand prize in San Jose State University's annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest ...
Bernard Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison
Jun 30, 2009; ... 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. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin cited the ...