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FEATURED PHOTO GALLERY AP Interactive: Troop deaths in Iraq: June 30, 2009 Tuesday marks the deadline for American combat troops to leave urban areas in Iraq. President Barack Obama has said all combat troops will leave the country by the end of August 2010.

Photo Sections Top Advocate photos of 2008 News Photos and Interactives Sports Photos and Interactives LSU Football Photos Southern Football Photos Saints Photos Prep Football Photos Ascension Photos AP Photos and Interactives Features Photos Weather Photos and Interactives

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 AP Photos: The Life of Michael Jackson AP entertainment editor Michael Weinfeld discusses Michael Jackson's life and career, from his troubled years to his impact on a generation of artists.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 AP Photos: Michael Jackson Fashion The King of Pop was known not only for his music but also his fashion sense.

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 AP Audio: Michael Jackson 911 call A 911 caller seeking help for Michael Jackson told an emergency operator that only a personal physician had seen what happened, and an ambulance was urgently needed because resuscitation efforts weren't working.

INTERACTIVE ~ JUNE 2009 AP Interactive: Michael Jackson Word of Michael‚s Jackson's death jolted nearly everyone, from a young man in Colombia who was named after the King of Pop, to Malaysians who named a soy drink for him, to a generation of people around the world who have tried, in vain, to moonwalk.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: CWS -- LSU wins sixth title The Tigers scored five runs in the sixth inning to break a 4-all tie en route to the national championship. LSU claimed its sixth College World Series crown with an 11-4 victory against Texas in the decisive game of the CWS championship series.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: CWS -- Texas 5, LSU 1 The Tigers' hopes for a sixth national championship were put on hold for at least another day with a loss to the Longhorns in the College World Series. The game was delayed by rain, and then the LSU bats never got started in a loss that evened the CWS championship series at one game apiece.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: CWS -- LSU 7, Texas 6, 11 innings Mikie Mahtook's two-out, run-scoring single in the top of the 11th inning gave the Tigers a thrilling victory in the first game of the College World Series championship series. Mahtook's go-ahead hit came two innings after DJ LeMahieu tied the game with a two-out, two-run double.

AUDIO AND PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 AP Photos: Farrah Fawcett Farrah Fawcett, the "Charlie's Angels" star whose feathered blond hair and dazzling smile made her one of the biggest sex symbols of the 1970s, died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 62.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Ascension in Focus for June 25, 2009 Ascension In Focus for June 25 has photos from the Dolphins' swim meet and the Cougars youth football team summer camp.

INTERACTIVE ~ JUNE 2009 AP Graphic: Train Derailment An interactive illustrating how the train crash occurred.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: 2009 All-Metro Boys Tennis Team A look at the top players in the area. Redemptorist's Jacob Shoptaugh is the Outstanding Singles Player.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: 2009 All-Metro Girls Tennis Team A look at the top players in the area. St. Joseph's Academy's Lauren Mira is the Outstanding Singles Player.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: 2009 Class 3A-2A-1A All-Metro Baseball A look at the top players in the area in the lower classifications. Parkview's Andrew Reeves is the Outstanding Player, and his coach, M.L. Woodruff, is the Coach of the Year.

INTERACTIVE ~ JUNE 2009 AP Graphics: Iran Timeline Police beat protesters and fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands who rallied Saturday in open defiance of Iran's clerical government, sharply escalating the most serious internal conflict since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: CWS -- LSU Fan Activities A look at some of the happenings involving Tiger fans in Omaha, Neb. for the College World Series.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: CWS -- LSU, Texas on Saturday LSU and Texas began preparations for their best-of-three championship series in the College World Series. The Tigers and Longhorns will open the CWS finals at 6 p.m. Monday at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: CWS -- LSU 14, Arkansas 5 The Tigers secured a berth in the College World Series championship series by blasting the Southeastern Conference rival Razorbacks. Anthony Ranaudo pitched six scoreless innings and four LSU players homered as the Tigers won their 13th consecutive game.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Ascension in Focus for June 18, 2009 Ascension In Focus for June 18 includes photos from the Juneteenth Festival and Pelican Prep Academy.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: Class 3A, 2A, 1A All-Metro Softball Team A look at the top players in the area in the lower classifications. Brusly's Bethany Pinkston is the Outstanding Player, and Parkview's Ashlee Ducote is the Coach of the Year.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: CWS -- LSU's Wednesday Practice The Tigers worked out at East Belleview High School in Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday on the first of three off-days before their next game. LSU will play either Arkansas or Virginia at 1 p.m. Friday

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: CWS -- LSU's Tuesday Practice The Tigers worked out at East Belleview High School in Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday on the first of three off-days before their next game. LSU will play either Arkansas or Virginia at 1 p.m. Friday

INTERACTIVE ~ JUNE 2009 AP Interactive: Hurricane Season 2009 An interactive shows the paths of all major hurricanes since 1851, broken down by decade, and includes an animation that illustrates the five categories of hurricanes.

INTERACTIVE ~ JUNE 2009 AP Interactive: Hidden Hurricane Threat The communities most threatened by hurricanes also have been among the hardest hit in the housing crisis. Foreclosed and abandoned properties pose an additional threat this hurricane season, if protective measures are not taken before storms.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: 2009 5A-4A All-Metro Boys Golf Team A look at the top players in the area. Catholic's Trey Neck was named Outstanding Player and his coach, Ed Lamy, was named Coach of the Year.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: CWS -- LSU-Arkansas Mikie Mahtook, Austin Nola and Blake Dean homered as the Tigers blew past the Razorbacks, 9-1, in LSU's second game of the 2009 College World Series. Louis Coleman allowed one run in six innings for the Tigers, who won their 12th consecutive game.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: CWS -- LSU-Virginia Sean Ochinko's three-run homer gave the Tigers the lead for good in an opening-game victory at the College World Series. Ryan Schimpf also homered for the Tigers, who won their 11th consecutive game.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: 2009 Class 3A, 2A, 1A All-Metro Boys Golf Team A look at the top players in the area in the lower classifications. Episcopal's Landon Lyons is the Outstanding Player, and Parkview's Mike Phillips is the Coach of the Year.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: 2009 Class 5A-4A All-Metro Softball Team A look at the top area players in the upper classifications. St. Amant's Bridget Buquoi is the Outstanding Player and Live Oak's Michelle Morris is the Coach of the Year.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: 2009 Class 5A-4A All-Metro Baseball Team A look at the top area players in the upper classifications. Zack Von Rosenberg, an LSU signee from Zachary High School, is the Outstanding Player and his coach, Jesse Cassard, is the Coach of the Year.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Ascension in Focus for June 11, 2009 Ascension In Focus for June 11 contains images from the Second Chance Jambalaya Festival and a science experiment camp for teachers.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: 2009 All-Metro Girls Golf Team A look at the top players in the area. St. Joseph Academy's Heather Lott is the Outstanding Player, St. Michael's Jara Templet is the Most Improved Player and St. Joseph's Holly Randow is the Coach of the Year.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: LSU-Rice -- Game 2 The Tigers secured their second consecutive trip to the College World Series with a 5-3 victory against the Owls in the Baton Rouge Super Regional.

PHOTO GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Photos: LSU-Rice -- Game 1 Redemption was a popular theme all week as Rice and LSU got primed for an NCAA Super Regional showdown at Alex Box Stadium that had more of a College World Series feel to it.

INTERACTIVE ~ JUNE 2009 AP Graphic: Obama Buchenwald As President Barack Obama tours the Buchenwald concentration camp as part of an international tour to observe the 65th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Europe, AP profiles the members of his family who served during the era - three in the Army, one back home at a bomber assembly plant. One great uncle was part of the American unit that liberated Ohrdruf, a Buchenwald sub-camp.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 Ascension in Focus for June 4, 2009 Ascension In Focus for June 4 contains photos from a Spanish Immersion Summer Camp, Donaldsonville Soccer Club and the state Department of Education's visit to St. Amant Middle School.

INTERACTIVE ~ JUNE 2009 AP Timeline: Plane Crashes An Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into a towering wall of thunderstorms and disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. A timeline of major plane crashes over three decades has been posted.

INTERACTIVE ~ DECEMBER 2008 AP Interactive: Auto Bailout Watch out for family fights, Mr. President-elect. Though Democrats will control both the new Congress and White House, the battle over a multibillion-dollar auto industry bailout already is pitting two major party constituencies against each other: big labor and environmentalists.

INTERACTIVE ~ JUNE 2009 AP Interactive: Hurricane Season The communities most threatened by the upcoming hurricane season also have been among the hardest-hit in the housing crisis. Here's a look at how foreclosed and abandoned houses could worsen storm damage and make this hurricane season more dangerous

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 AP Photos: Abortion Doctor Shooting Late-term abortion doctor George Tiller, a prominent advocate for abortion rights wounded by a protester more than a decade ago, was shot and killed Sunday at his church in Wichita, his attorney said.

IMAGE GALLERY ~ JUNE 2009 AP Photos: Daily Gallery, June 1, 2009 Photos from around the globe.

INTERACTIVE ~ MAY 2009 AP Interactive: Pontiac History In the end, about the only thing a Pontiac automobile couldn't do anymore was persuade enough people to keep buying it. So General Motors announced this past week that it is killing off the Pontiac brand, maker of muscular, noisy, gas-guzzling V-8-powered vehicles immortalized in song and movies for the way they seemed to shout to every other car on the block: "Out of the way, pipsqueak!"

PHOTO GALLERY ~ MAY 2009 The Advocate's 2009 High School Star of Stars Julius Alex Warmsley is the Boys Athlete of the Year and Episcopal's Taylor Mims is the Girls Athlete of the Year in this roundup of prep standouts. Take a look at the best athletes in each sports for the 2008-09 school year.

INTERACTIVE ~ MAY 2009 AP Timeline: North Korea Key dates in N. Korea's nuclear and missile programs.

INTERACTIVE ~ MAY 2009 AP Timeline: Sonia Sotomayer Reaching for history, President Barack Obama chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court, championing her as a compassionate, seasoned jurist whose against-the-odds life journey affirms the American dream.

INTERACTIVE ~ MAY 2009 AP Interactive: The Supreme Court The Supreme Court justices, their alliances in legal judgments and major cases before the justices this term.

INTERACTIVE ~ MAY 2009 AP-mtvU Poll: College Students Stress over grades. Financial worries. Trouble sleeping. Feeling hopeless. So much for those carefree college days. The vast majority of college students are feeling stressed these days, and significant numbers are at risk of depression, according to an Associated Press-mtv-U poll. Eighty-five percent of the students reported feeling stress in their daily lives in recent months, with worries about grades, school work, money and relationships the big culprits.

INTERACTIVE ~ MAY 2009 AP Photos: Guantanamo Timeline The Senate voted overwhelmingly to keep the prison at Guantanamo Bay open for the foreseeable future and forbid the transfer of any detainees to facilities in the United States.

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