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 Source: Jackson’s will puts assets in trust (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.

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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. Left alone to protect the capital Tuesday were thousands of Iraqi troops and police manning checkpoints, with army tanks deployed at potential trouble spots and convoys of pickup trucks with machine guns roaming the streets

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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.

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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 surfaced (AP)

AP - A will for Michael Jackson has surfaced and is expected in court soon, a lawyer for the family said Tuesday, countering their previous claim that he died without such a document. “My clients are now aware after filings that a will has been presented,” said L. Londell McMillan.

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

AP - Republican Norm Coleman conceded to Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota’s contested Senate race Tuesday, hours after a unanimous state Supreme Court ruled the former “Saturday Night Live” comedian should be certified the winner.

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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?

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AP Source: 10 others to be charged in Madoff probe (AP)

AP - In one of the highest-profile financial fraud cases in history, a judge firmly sided with Bernard Madoff’s thousands of victims when he gave the disgraced financier a sentence long enough for him to die in prison.

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Iran declares election fight over, vote valid (AP)

AP - 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.

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