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Ex-newspaper staffers launching Denver news site (AP via Yahoo! News)
A Denver-focused daily Web magazine led by former staffers of the defunct Rocky Mountain News and others plans to officially launch Monday.

Latest news and notes from Major League Baseball (USA Today)
Today's news and notes from around Major League Baseball.

Tribune and Morning News reach ad deal (UPI)
DALLAS, July 2 (UPI) -- The Dallas Morning News said it had reached a deal for Tribune Co. of Chicago to handle its national news ad sales.

Obama finds hope amid 'sobering news' (UPI)
WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday called the loss of 467,000 U.S. jobs last month "sobering news," but predicted the economy would continue to rebound.

Microsoft: Bing needs to improve when news breaks (CNET)
For several minutes following reports that Michael Jackson had been rushed to the hospital last week, Microsoft's Bing search engine buried news results for searches on his name.

UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News (UPI)
DEA joins in probe of Jackson's death ... Michelangelo self-portrait found in fresco ... 'Idol' finalists going live ... Public thinks media overboard on Jackson ... News from United Press International.

Obama Calls Today’s Jobs Report ‘Sobering News’ (Bloomberg)
July 2 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama praised innovative energy companies for creating jobs on a day of “sobering news” that employers shed 467,000 jobs in June.

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Online Denver news site formed by former Rocky Mountain News staffers to launch Monday (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
DENVER - A Denver-focused daily Web magazine led by former staffers of the defunct Rocky Mountain News and others plans to officially launch Monday. A dozen equity owners, about a dozen freelancers and partner blogs are providing content for the Rocky Mountain Independent.

Is Twitter the news outlet for the 21st century? (The New Zealand Herald)
The extraordinary amount of news coverage the mainstream media has recently devoted to Twitter has led some to think the press is in love with the 3-year-old microblogging service. Twitter's constantly updating record of up-to-the-minute...