Brian Jones was found in the swimming pool at his 11-acre estate. A coroner said Jones drowned while under the influence of alcohol and drugs. But there has long been speculation about the nature of his death.
Source:Police to review 1969 death of Stones guitarist
Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez says his football program has abided by the rules, despite allegations of NCAA violations.
Source:Emotional Michigan coach denies violations
For one answer to the nation’s most pressing economic question — when will the recession end? — just take a peek inside the American man’s underwear drawer.
Source:What underwear says about the economy
Billing snafus, called folios in hotel-speak, are usually innocent mistakes. But in this awful economy, hotels are far less reluctant to fix the gaffes unless they can find the guilty party.
Source:Insider strategies for avoiding hotel billing errors
Hurricane Jimena roared toward Mexico’s resort-studded Baja California Peninsula on Monday, prompting workers to set up makeshift shelters and chasing away an international finance conference.
Source:Baja California prepares for hurricane
AP - A benefit concert that rapper Jay-Z is planning for Sept. 11 is a step in the direction that his career and life is heading in, he said Monday.
Source:Jay-Z to give Sept. 11 benefit concert in NYC
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Reuters - Police in southeastern Georgia have launched a murder investigation after a 22-year-old man reported returning to his mobile home to find seven members of his family killed.
Source:Georgia police probe trailer killings of eight
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Reuters - A deadly wildfire roaring through mountains north of Los Angeles for a sixth day more than doubled in size on Monday and posed a lingering threat to Mount Wilson, a broadcast and communications hub and the site of an historic observatory.
Source:California wildfire more than doubles on sixth day
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AP - Two of the three largest U.S. tobacco companies filed suit Monday to block marketing restrictions in a law that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority over tobacco, claiming the provisions violate their right to free speech.
Source:Major cigarette makers sue over new tobacco law
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AFP - The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan Monday called for a revised strategy to defeat the Taliban and reverse the “serious” situation as he submitted his review in the eight-year war.
Source:US-NATO chief urges revised Afghan war strategy
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