Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home
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LOS ANGELES — Questions about Michael Jackson's use of prescription drugs are intensifying after a powerful sedative was found inside his home.

U2 asks fans to support Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
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BANGKOK, Thailand — As U2 kicks off its world tour, the Irish rockers are turning a spotlight on Myanmar's jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Best Sellers-Audio
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Weekly charts for the nation's best-selling recorded music as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission. (Platinum signifies more than 1 million copies sold; Gold signifies more than 500,000 copies sold.):

Best Sellers-Video
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Weekly charts for the nation's most popular videos as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission:

ABBA's Andersson shoots down London reunion talk
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LONDON — Forget those reports that Swedish supergroup ABBA will be reuniting to cover Michael Jackson's sold-out concert dates.

Madonna to pay tribute to Jackson in concert
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LOS ANGELES — Madonna is paying tribute to Michael Jackson in the same arena where he was to stage his great comeback.

LA police plan for huge crowd at Jackson memorial
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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles city officials are preparing for massive crowds downtown during Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson at Staples Center, even though only 17,500 tickets are being offered to the public.

Essence Fest celebrates black music, culture
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NEW ORLEANS — Queen Latifah dropped by the Essence Music Festival on Friday to help celebrate its 15th year of uplifting and empowering the African-American community through issues-filled seminars by day and high-powered musical performances by night.

TV One to begin Sunday show aimed at blacks
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NEW YORK — Roland Martin will anchor a new Sunday public affairs show aimed at a black audience that will debut in September on the TV One network.

Ticket plans announced for Jackson memorial in LA
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LOS ANGELES — Details of next Tuesday's public memorial for Michael Jackson are being released in Los Angeles by the owners of Staples Center.

South Africa holds Jackson moonwalk tribute
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JOHANNESBURG — Several hundred South Africans gathered on Friday for a moonwalking tribute to the King of Pop that reflected the diversity of the rainbow nation.

LA braces for horde of Michael Jackson mourners
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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.

Country singer Ferlin Husky hospitalized in Tenn.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A spokesman for country star Ferlin Husky says the singer has been hospitalized in Tennessee.

Czech film fest opens with Milos Forman premiere
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PRAGUE, — The 44th International Film Festival opened Friday in the Czech Republic with a week of events planned, including an award for French actress Isabelle Huppert and a world premiere by Milos Forman.

Producer Quincy Jones says Jackson's death surreal
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LONDON — Legendary music producer Quincy Jones says Michael Jackson's sudden death is too surreal to process.