Consumer prices dip for third straight month (AP)

AP - Consumer prices fell for the third straight month, providing some bargains to American shoppers.

Read more from the original source:
Consumer prices dip for third straight month
(AP)

Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attack (AP)

AP - A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime, The Associated Press has learned.

Read the original:
Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attack
(AP)

China president hurries home from G8 after rioting (AP)

AP - Sobbing Muslim women scuffled with riot police, and Chinese men wielding steel pipes and meat cleavers rampaged through the streets as ethnic tensions worsened in China’s oil-rich Xinjiang territory, prompting President Hu Jintao to cut short a G8 summit trip Wednesday.

More here:
China president hurries home from G8 after rioting
(AP)

Poignant service says goodbye to M.J., the man (AP)

AP - Michael Jackson was an entertainment phenomenon both triumphant and troubled, a dazzling performer who transcended barriers, transformed the music world and transfixed fans and non-fans alike in every corner of the Earth.

Read the rest here: 
Poignant service says goodbye to M.J., the man
(AP)

Slain SC serial killing suspect had long rap sheet (AP)

AP - The serial killer who terrorized a South Carolina community by shooting five people to death before police killed him Monday was a career criminal paroled just two months ago, authorities said.

See original here: 
Slain SC serial killing suspect had long rap sheet
(AP)

Jackson memorial performers announced as LA braces (AP)

AP - The stage was set Monday for Michael Jackson’s final act as the world capital of make-believe braced for what could be the biggest, most spectacular celebrity send-off of all time.

See the original post: 
Jackson memorial performers announced as LA braces
(AP)

China arrests 1,434 after deadly Xinjiang riots (AP)

AP - Police have arrested 1,434 suspects in connection with the worst ethnic violence in decades in China’s western Xinjiang region, which killed at least 156 people, state media reported Tuesday.

See the original post here:
China arrests 1,434 after deadly Xinjiang riots
(AP)

Reformists resist Iranian government pressure (AP)

AP - The son of an Iranian revolutionary icon called on parliament to dismiss president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from his post, as the country’s conservative political establishment upped pressure Sunday on the reformists.

View post: 
Reformists resist Iranian government pressure
(AP)

Jackson memorial gets 1.6 million ticket requests (AP)

AP - The more than 1.6 million fans who registered for tickets to Michael Jackson’s memorial service will wait until Monday to learn if they received one of the 11,000 tickets for Tuesday’s ceremony.

Here is the original:
Jackson memorial gets 1.6 million ticket requests
(AP)