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(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

1.	Microsoft plans free, online version of Office
2.	CIA's secret program: Paramilitary teams targeting Al Qaeda
3.	Lakers-Lamar Odom talks produce mood swings
4.	ABC News' interview of Joe Jackson questioned
5.	Review: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'

Monday: The day in photos

World in Photos

Operation Khanjari in Afghanistan

Running with the bulls in Pamplona

Memorial service for Michael Jackson at Staples Center

Covering up the Ivanhoe reservoir

June 9, 2008

DWP worker Manuel Martinez waits for the signal to empty out bales of black balls into the Ivanhoe Reservoir in Los Angeles. The Department of Water and Power released about 400,000 4-inch black plastic balls as the first installment of approximately 3 million balls that will form a floating cover over the reservoir.