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CharlotteStar.com Saturday 4th July 2009 Edition 185/2009
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"Our beloved son, brother and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon. It leaves us, his family, speechless and devastated to a point, where communication with the outside world seems almost impossible at times."
Joseph Jackson
The father of Michael Jackson and the family patriarch was speaking after the sudden death of his son.

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$£€ United States, Dollar Euro Canada, Dollar United Kingdom, Pound Japan, Yen
United States, Dollar - 0.716 1.161 0.613 96.15
Euro 1.395 - 1.620 0.856 134.2
Canada, Dollar 0.861 0.616 - 0.528 82.79
United Kingdom, Pound 1.629 1.167 1.891 - 156.6
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SKorea Says North Fires 7 Missiles Off East Coast
Police Investigate Possible Drowning At Lake Wylie
Pachyderms Outdo People In Eating Contest
Malt-O-Meal Recalls Oatmeal Over Salmonella
Pair Behind Trio Of North Charlotte Armed Robberies
Biden Visits Iraq After Troop Pullout

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Jackson fans flood website handing out memorial tickets
Prayer power for Aquino spreads to Internet
Saxo Bank Launches Free Website 'Taking the lead' for Tour de France Fans

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New 203 room hotel opens in Mumbai this week
Tom Cruise gifts daughter a toy kangaroo
Britain relaxes restrictions on travel to Sri Lanka
800 Pakistani pilgrims duped in travel scam, stranded in Saudi Arabia

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Breaking News
Thai Zoo's 1st Baby Panda Goes On Display
Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth...

3 Robbers Target Charlotte Business
Police are searching for three men they believe robbed a west Charlotte business overnight.It happened at the H & P Business center, which officers said is an internet café on Wilkinson...

Police Write 50+ Tickets In Overnight Checkpoint
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers wrote a total of 56 tickets late Friday night into Saturday morning at a checkpoint in south Charlotte.Police were stationed in the 1400 block of Providence...

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World News
Swiss banks cutting U.S. clients loose
Swiss banks are shunning business from the U.S. amid concerns over legal issues and prospects for tighter...

Damning report slams Israel, Hamas over civilian deaths, destruction
Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new report published this week....

North Korea Independence Day missile launches described as provocative
South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea launched five missiles off its eastern coast...

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Business News
657 billion cigarettes a year sold on black market
The global tobacco industry is under attack from pirates that are ripping the heart out of cigarette...

Obama still popular despite weakening economy, employment
The U.S. jobless rate rose to 9.5 percent last month -- the highest figure in 26 years. In the short term, the jobs report is a political setback for President Barack Obama and his economic policies. But the latest opinion polls suggest the president continues to hold public support despite the weak...

European equities mixed, U.S. markets closed
Some markets in Europe closed higher Friday, while others...

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    Saturday 88°F/31°C Partly Cloudy
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    Fireworks Truck Explodes On Ocracoke Island, Ferry Service Stopped
    Mental health program on chopping block
    National Guard's losses leap in a flash
    Doctors back weaker pain pills
    Children of soldiers killed overseas to be honored

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    Richards, Isinbayeva among six left in jackpot race
    A 'parliamentary coup' paralyses New York Senate
    Russia to allow US millitary passage through airspace
    'New York' gets good press in US
    Details released on Michael Jackson memorial

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    Now the June 30 deadline has arrived and US troops have evacuated Iraqi cities and towns, what do you think will be the outcome?


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    I booked a lower cost room at $39.95 a night at this landmark hotel at the top end of the famous Las Vegas Strip. Arriving at...


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    If Cleveland's willing to trade Martinez, Boston's a likely suitor
    Fans need to rethink celebrating Manny's return
    Hojo Has Tough Job Of Finding Makeshift Mojo
    David May Lee-ve The Big Apple