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Thousands of Michael Jackson fans will converge at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for the public memorial service on Tuesday morning, July 7 in the US, even as millions around the world are expected to watch the live video stream from different media outlets. News of Jackson’s death slowed down the Web, but the public memorial will be the real acid test as it’s expected to be the biggest Web event in history.

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While stressing that most A(H1N1) cases so far have been mild, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan warned that the new influenza strain colloquially referred to as “swine flu” is “unstoppable“. Chan issued the warning during her opening remarks of the two-day global A(H1N1) summit that started Thursday in Cancun, Mexico.

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The day fans of the original Captain America, Steve Rogers, have been waiting for is almost here. Over two years after his shocking death in Captain America #25 in March 2007 gained mainstream media attention, Marvel’s comic book superhero is again grabbing headlines with his return to the Marvel Universe in Captain America: Reborn #1.

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