Published Date: July 8, 2009
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Rick Strandlof, posing as a captain injured in Iraq, left the real veterans he had helped confused and angry. He says even he doesn't understand why he did it.

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Family, friends and fans bid farewell to an icon.


Obama leaves with important, if measured, agreements. But the contentious issues -- Iran, U.S. missile defense, human rights -- went unbridged.


The Assembly speaker, a Democrat from Los Angeles, still has critics despite new assertiveness in the state budget wars with Republicans.


Fans in Detroit, Georgia and Las Vegas, and as far away as Berlin and Beijing, shed tears for the King of Pop during the L.A. memorial service.


 
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