By CHARLES ODUM, AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP)—Vernon Forrest made his living with his fists, but his true calling, friends say, was helping children and others with disabilities, treating them like members of his family.
The 38-year-old former two-division champion, who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat Shane Mosley, was shot to death [...]

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By The Associated Press
 
LOS ANGELES - A law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation into Michael Jackson’s death says the pop star’s personal doctor administered the powerful drug that authorities believe killed him.
Jackson regularly received the anesthetic propofol to go to sleep.
The official, who requested anonymity because the probe is ongoing, told the Associated [...]

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By Amy Fuller, The Canadian Press
 
TORONTO - Canada’s biggest city and tens of thousands of striking workers reached a tentative deal Monday, but the mounds of rotting trash on Toronto’s streets won’t be disappearing yet.
Thousands of garbage collectors and other outside workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees achieved the basis for a [...]

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By Sophie Hardach and Laure Bretton
 
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will reduce his workload for a few days after suffering a dizzy spell brought on by jogging in hot weather and a heavy schedule, his office said on Monday.
The leader of nuclear-armed France spent the night in hospital after falling ill while running, [...]

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BY JEFF OTIENO 
Interdenominational church leaders in Nyanza Province have hailed President Mwai Kibaki’s three days tour of Luo Nyanza.
In a press statement, the chairman of the group Bishop Dr. Washington Ogonyo Ngede said the visit will go along way in “spurring development in the region”.
They further appealed to other members of the grand coalition Government [...]

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By Agwanda Powerman.
KENYA is not financially endangered financially and has  astrong financial base that should not warrant employees being retrenched under the guise of financial global recession,says COTU Sec Gen Francis Atwoli.
Speaking in Kisumu while addressing domestic workers ,Atwoli called on Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) to stop dancing to the tunes of Kenya Private [...]

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President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga are introduced to church leaders by Senior Pastor Martin Mbandu (right) at the Kisumu Pentecostal Church, on Sunday.
You have been wonderful, Kibaki tells Nyanza
By Peter Atsiaya and Mangoa Mosota
President Kibaki concluded his three-day tour of Nyanza Province with a promise to return.
“The tour was wonderful and I will [...]

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