#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_ap_interview">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.5592b3ec1672423b9b2a23048c39cb45.aptopix_obama_ap_interview_dcpm107.jpg?x=130y=74q=85sig=AKT4iWmfgCQfHrOjXGqTGQ--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin quot;still has a lot of swayquot; in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>

#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.4bd7fb10f0cf4bcf960569ea43d05e58.afghanistan_xdg107.jpg?x=130y=86q=85sig=0ajGRHQg.1jB9SABA1MUQg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines climb on to a rooftop of a house after arriving in an an overnight night air assault near the Taliban stronghold of Nawa in Afghanistan#039;s Helmand province Thursday July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines poured from helicopters and armored vehicles into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama#039;s strategy to stabilize the country. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of the assault, the largest military operation in Afghanistan since the fall of Taliban government in 2001.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>

#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.669788b389c94c47b3d867eb6bb27027.michael_jackson__camr103.jpg?x=130y=86q=85sig=YOPPNss6QSZ2mFtBrOR0Rg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Robin Hudson of Los Angeles hangs a sign at a makeshift memorial for the late pop star Michael Jackson outside the family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles , Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - The future of Michael Jackson#039;s children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two offspring.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>