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BuffaloBreeze.com Saturday 4th July 2009 Volume 7/27
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"Our beloved son, brother and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon. It leaves us, his family, speechless and devastated to a point, where communication with the outside world seems almost impossible at times."
Joseph Jackson
The father of Michael Jackson and the family patriarch was speaking after the sudden death of his son.

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Mesi Quits Regional Senate Job
Eyewitness News Brief for Saturday, July 4, 2009
Four Michigan boaters saved after 26 hours in Lake Erie
Police out in force to ensure safe holiday driving
Filmore Avenue home destroyed in early-morning blaze

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Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska
A 'parliamentary coup' paralyses New York Senate
Russia to allow US millitary passage through airspace
'New York' gets good press in US
Sarah Palin's daughter's ex to pen tell-all book

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Albert Making the Most of His Time in Kansas City
Favre not so popular in Vikings' camp
GFF Grant Makes Dream a Reality

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Breaking News
Holiday turns Violent in Downtown Buffalo
An early morning shooting on the city's east side left an 18 year-old dead. Police believe the shooting stems from an argument which took place around 12:50 am this morning on Schreck Ave. Later...

Local Activist Rosa Gibson Dies
Local activist Rosa Gibson died today after a long fight with breast cancer. The 79-year-old kept her illness a secret from her friends and family as she continued to work on the community issues she...

Man shot in the head on Bissell Avenue porch
An East Side man is fighting for his life after he was shot in the head this afternoon. It happened outside home at 94 Bissell Ave. near McKibben Street in the Genesee-Moselle neighborhood. Police...

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Swiss banks cutting U.S. clients loose
Swiss banks are shunning business from the U.S. amid concerns over legal issues and prospects for tighter...

Damning report slams Israel, Hamas over civilian deaths, destruction
Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new report published this week....

North Korea Independence Day missile launches described as provocative
South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea launched five missiles off its eastern coast...

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657 billion cigarettes a year sold on black market
The global tobacco industry is under attack from pirates that are ripping the heart out of cigarette...

Obama still popular despite weakening economy, employment
The U.S. jobless rate rose to 9.5 percent last month -- the highest figure in 26 years. In the short term, the jobs report is a political setback for President Barack Obama and his economic policies. But the latest opinion polls suggest the president continues to hold public support despite the weak...

European equities mixed, U.S. markets closed
Some markets in Europe closed higher Friday, while others...

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    Kevin Jonas bagged his girl with 210 diamond-encrusted engagement ring
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    How the Army tests biological, chemical weapons
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    Serena turns tables on Venus for third Wimbledon title
    Russian spacecraft landed on moon hours before Americans
    Mixing in Earth's outer core causes geomagnetic dipole to collapse
    Buzz Aldrin calls for human settlement on Mars