OMG!! Jackson fans beat odds for memorial tickets
LOS ANGELES - Like a modern-day Willy Wonka tale, fans celebrated Sunday after beating the odds to win coveted tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service at Staples Center.

Tenn. police rule ex-QB McNair's death a homicide
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Shot twice in the head and two more times in the chest, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was the victim of a homicide, police declared Sunday. But authorities wouldn't say it was a murder-suicide _ even with his 20-year-old girlfriend dead at his feet from a single bullet.

Holiday fireworks accidents kill 5 workers
OCRACOKE, N.C. - Five people working on Independence Day fireworks shows were killed by explosions, four of them by a single blast that rocked this remote village on the Outer Banks.