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Chris Brown's Scary Curbside Art Irks LA Neighbors

Grammy-winning musician Chris Brown's neighbors are unhappy with what some are calling frightening art he's chosen to have painted along the curb of his Hollywood Hills home.

A neighborhood group said the grimacing, sharp-toothed, red-eyed goblins painted along a retaining wall have been scaring children, and is an eyesore to boot, according to the Los Angeles Times (http://lat.ms/19cjOBY).

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19 Hurt in Mother's Day Shooting in New Orleans

Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19, including two children, police said.

FBI spokeswoman Mary Beth Romig said federal investigators have no indication that the shooting was an act of terrorism.

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New Suspicious French Case of SARS-Related Virus

France's health minister says tests on three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS are negative — but a fourth needs complementary tests and a fifth suspected case has been discovered.

Marisol Touraine said test results of the two remaining suspicious cases — people who had close contact with France's only confirmed case — should be known later Saturday.

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OJ Simpson Heads to Court to Fight for Freedom

The return of O.J. Simpson to a Las Vegas courtroom Monday will remind Americans of a tragedy that became a national obsession and in the process changed the country's attitude toward the justice system, the media and celebrity.

His 1995 trial is the stuff of legends, the precipitous fall of a Hall of Fame football player who, although acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend, was never absolved in the public mind. Less is remembered about the 2008 Las Vegas trial that sent Simpson to prison for a bizarre hotel room robbery.

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Del Piero to Play in Sydney FC's Japan Friendly

Italian World Cup winner Alessandro Del Piero will feature in Sydney FC's friendly against J-League side Sagan Tosu in Japan in July, the club said on Saturday.

Sydney will play the game in Tosu City on July 24 as part of their pre-season schedule.

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James Steers Heat Home for 2-1 Series Lead

Miami's LeBron James put in a powerful fourth-quarter performance to steer the Heat to a 104-94 win over Chicago on Friday and a 2-1 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series.

James shook off a shove to the court that earned Nazr Mohammed an ejection — and brought accusations of play-acting from Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau — to score 12 points in the final quarter, finishing with 25 for the game.

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Icy Arctic Rising as Economic, Security Hot Spot

The icy Arctic is emerging as a global economic hot spot — and one that is becoming a security concern for the U.S. as world powers jockey to tap its vast energy resources and stake out unclaimed territories.

Diplomats from eight Arctic nations, including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, will meet next week over how to protect the thawing region as its waterways increasingly open to commercial shipping traffic.

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NASA Astronauts on Spacewalk to Fix Ammonia Leak

NASA astronauts on Saturday performed an emergency spacewalk to try to stop ammonia from leaking from the International Space Station's power system, NASA television showed.

During the spacewalk, expected to last six and a half hours, flight engineers Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy will inspect and possibly repair the ammonia leak that affected the U.S. segment of the orbiting laboratory on Thursday.

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U.S. Approves Once-a-Day Inhaler from Glaxo

The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a new once-a-day inhaler drug from GlaxoSmithKline for patients with chronic lung disease.

The agency cleared the Breo Ellipta inhaler for long-term use and to control flare-ups in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, often called smoker's cough. The lung ailment can cause a number of breathing problems, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

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200 Sickened after Dining at Vegas Restaurant

A new report says 200 people reported food poisoning symptoms after dining at one of Las Vegas' most popular restaurants.

Southern Nevada Health District data released Friday show the salmonella outbreak at the Firefly restaurant in late April was more extensive than previously thought. An earlier report showed nearly 90 people sick.

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