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Authorities say a fireworks explosion on a North Carolina island only reachable by ferry has injured several people.

The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years are beginning their arduous climb.

Colin Powell says Michael Jackson had controversy in his life, but in death his art should be celebrated.

Sarah Palin's surprise announcement Friday that she's resigning as governor of Alaska did not fully explain her reasoning, leading to all kinds of speculation.

President Barack Obama is blending his domestic efforts with the July Fourth holiday in his weekly address.

A Los Angeles city councilman is urging people who don't get tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service to just stay home and watch it on TV.

A man charged with murdering Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has been advocating through mailings from his jail cell that such killings are justifiable.

The television product pitchman is being remembered as a pop culture icon.

A law enforcement official says the powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home.

The U.S. Coast Guard and others are searching Lake Erie for four fishermen whose 19-foot boat set sail a day earlier.