O.J. trial starts
A prosecutor told jurors Monday they will learn “the true face” of O.J. Simpson during the former football star’s trial on charges of robbing sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room. Here, Simpson arrives at court on Monday with attorney Yale Galanter.
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Bridge procession
State troopers will lead a slow, somber procession of motorists across the Mississippi River early Thursday in Minneapolis to mark the opening of the new bridge replacing one that collapsed and killed 13 people last year.
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Napster sold
Napster, the online music community that rose from a dorm room project to become the scourge of the global recording industry, is being purchased by Best Buy for nearly $127 million.
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Nuclear deadlock
Iran has steadfastly blocked a UN investigation into allegations it tried to make nuclear arms and the probe is deadlocked, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday in Vienna.
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Soccer riot
Accusations that a soccer player was using witchcraft during a local match in eastern Congo sparked a riot that killed 13 people, a UN-funded radio station reported Monday from Kinshasa.
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Typhoon on the move
Torrential rains and rivers swollen by Typhoon Sinlaku killed at least five people and left seven others missing and presumed dead in central Taiwan, authorities in Taipei said Monday, as the storm barreled toward Japan.
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