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Pulse monitor brought into case by prosecutors to show Conrad Murray lacked proper equipment

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An executive for the maker of a medical device used by Michael Jackson's doctor to monitor the singer told jurors on Friday that the equipment was not adequate for the continuous monitoring of patients.


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Some experts are unsure it will ever make it to Western markets without larger trials - and without a big pharmaceutical stepping in to pay for them

LONDON (AP) -- A pill developed in Bulgaria during the Soviet era shows promise for helping millions of smokers cheaply and safely kick the habit, the first big study of it shows.


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It was believed to be the first instance in which a U.S. citizen was tracked and executed based on secret intelligence and the president's say-so

(AP) -- President Barack Obama steered the nation's war machine into uncharted territory Friday when a U.S. drone attacked a convoy in Yemen and killed two American citizens who had become central figures in al-Qaida.


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Senneff said that was a difficult determination to make, but that the singer 'looked like he had a chronic health problem'

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- After just a few moments in Michael Jackson's bedroom, the paramedic dispatched to save the singer's life knew things weren't adding up.


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CDC advises consumers to be sure they know where their produce originated

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Avoid foreign produce. Wash and peel your fruit. Keep it refrigerated. None of these common tips would have guaranteed your safety from the deadliest food outbreak in a decade, the one involving cantaloupes from Colorado.


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Prosecutors say Sedro-Woolley pair denied meals to 13-year-old from Ethiopia

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- A Washington couple has been charged with homicide by abuse in the death of their 13-year-old daughter who was adopted from Ethiopia.


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19-year-old charged in murder that authorities call a hate crime

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A white Mississippi teenager accused of running down a black man with a truck has pleaded not guilty to capital murder.


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In brighter sign, consumer spending inched upward

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans earned less last month, the first decline in nearly two years. With less income, consumers could cut back on spending and weaken an already-fragile economy.


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Little has changed since MLK called Sunday morning "the most segregated hour"

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- As a young white minister, Michael Catt said he was fired from a Mississippi church for quoting Martin Luther King Jr. He never forgot it.


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Three-eyed critter was expected to live only a few days; now he's in the Guinness Book

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Frank and Louie the cat was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes - and lots of doubts about his future.

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