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at 12:49 on July 4, 2009, EDT.
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles city officials are preparing for massive crowds during Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson at Staples Center, even though only 17,500 tickets are being offered to the public.
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at 11:47 on July 4, 2009, EDT.
NEW ORLEANS - Brass band musicians on trumpet, trombone and tuba belted out "A Closer Walk With Thee" as the Essence Music Festival gave a salute to Michael Jackson befitting a New Orleans jazz funeral procession.
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at 14:42 on July 4, 2009, EDT.
TORONTO - For three young Canadian women desperate to make the pilgrimage south and pay respect to Michael Jackson, it was an arrangement so unique the King of Pop himself might have applauded.
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at 16:46 on July 4, 2009, EDT.
HALIFAX, N.S. - Music fans got an unexpected invitation to a free concert Saturday after The Tragically Hip had to cancel their headlining spot because of an illness in the family.
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at 13:26 on July 4, 2009, EDT.
INDIANAPOLIS - The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and showcased some of America's greatest writers, is returning to its roots to show readers the value of a quiet read in an increasingly frenetic digital age.
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at 17:02 on July 4, 2009, EDT.
NEW YORK - Former music manager Allen Klein, a no-holds-barred businessman who bulldozed his way into and out of deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, has died.
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at 16:21 on July 3, 2009, EDT.
LOS ANGELES - The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official said Friday as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer's memorial service.
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at 14:01 on July 3, 2009, EDT.
LOS ANGELES - The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official said Friday.
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at 12:38 on July 3, 2009, EDT.
MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. - Television pitchman Billy Mays, whose high-energy hawking turned products like OxiClean from infomercial curiosities into mainstream successes, was remembered as a pop culture icon at his funeral Friday near Pittsburgh.
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at 12:41 on July 3, 2009, EDT.
LOS ANGELES - City officials are scrambling over the holiday weekend to try to figure out how to accommodate a public memorial service for Michael Jackson at a venue that can hold no more than 20,000 people.
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