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1. Los Angeles officials are holding closed-door talks about a possible event for Michael Jackson at a downtown arena¹ Tuesday. That's according to a person with knowledge of the situation. It's not clear if a funeral or a public memorial was being discussed for the entertainer or both.

2. In an exclusive interview, President Barack Obama says he has made some progress in stabilizing² the economy. But he concedes that too many jobs are still being lost. The unemployment rate is now at a 26-year high of 9.5%.

3. Thousands of Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan. It's the first major operation under President Obama's strategy to stabilize⁴ Afghanistan. The military says one Marine³ was killed.

4. A police chief in Northwest Ohio has retired⁵ after a video became public, showing him and a female officer kissing and caressing⁶ in the front of a police cruiser. It happened while a suspect was in the back seat.