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Nine More Kabaddi Players Tagged in Doping Sweep

Nine more kabaddi players have tested positive for banned substances during trials for next month's World Cup, pushing the number of failed tests up to 19 when combined with earlier results, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has said.

Jackson trial focuses on singer's Demerol use

Dr. Conrad Murray listens to testimony during his trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson, in Los Angeles
A sleep medicine expert testified on Thursday that Michael Jackson's reliance on the painkiller Demerol could have led to insomnia, but said the singer's doctor still erred by giving him propofol to sleep.
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Scott Evans Dekraai, Shooting Suspect

Ex-Wife's Attorney Saw No Indication Scott Dekraai Was Violent

Southern California shooting suspect Scott Dekraai, 42, allegedly shot his ex-wife Michelle Fournier Dekraai and several others on Wednesday at a Seal Beach hair salon where she is employed. But an attorney for the ex-wife said he didn't see any indication of violence from the suspect.

Malawi to allow Sudan's Bashir in for summit

Malawi will allow Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir into the country for a regional trade summit starting on Friday and has no plans to arrest him under an International Criminal Court warrant, a senior government official said on Thursday.
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Gibson Guitar CEO Slams U.S. Raids as 'Overreach'

Gibson Guitar Corp.'s chief slammed the U.S. government on Wednesday for sending armed agents to raid two Tennessee factories under a law aimed at curbing the illegal harvest of tropical hardwoods.
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ACLU Sues South Carolina to Block Anti-Immigration Law

The American Civil Liberties Union Thursday filed a class action suit to block South Carolina's anti-immigration law from going into effect next year, arguing that the law is unconstitutional and will lead to the detention of Hispanics. The U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing South Carolina's law, slated to go into effect Jan. 1.
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Compensation Clouds Gather Over BlackBerry Outage

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion faced the prospect of a compensation bill from network providers on Thursday as the world's dominant provider of mobile email struggled for a fourth day with service glitches.
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FBI Arrests Scarlett Johansson Hacker

A Florida based computer hacker was arrested on Wednesday by FBI for allegedly infiltrating the emails of Hollywood stars including Scarlett Johansson, naked pictures of whom appeared online last month.
Scott Smith reads notes from Ed Chernoff's iPad during Dr. Conrad Murray's trial in the death of pop star Michael Jackson in Los Angeles

Defense Drops Propofol Claim in Jackson Trial

Dr Conrad Murray's defense in the death of Michael Jackson suffered major blows on Wednesday when his attorneys dropped a claim that the singer swallowed a fatal dose of an anesthetic, and two doctors slammed his treatment standards.

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