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This combo shows Steve McNair, left, in a 2003 season file photo and Sahel Kazemi is shown in this undated booking photo from the Davidson County Sheriff. McNair, who led the famous Tennessee Titans' drive that came a yard short of forcing overtime in the 2000 Super Bowl, was found dead Saturday July 4, 2009 with multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the head. Police said a pistol was discovered near the body of a woman, identified by Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron, as 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi also shot dead in a downtown condominium. She had a single gunshot wound to the head. (AP Photo)AP - The shooting death of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair raised questions Sunday about his relationship with the 20-year-old woman whose body was found alongside him in his downtown condominium.


Sun Jul 05 12:10:06 -0500 2009

Soldiers guard the perimeter near the international airport in as a national police helicopter flies overhead in Tegucigalpa, Sunday July 5, 2009. The Organization of American States (OAS) has suspended Honduras participation in the organization because of last weeks coup and ousted President Manuel Zelaya has vowed he will return to Honduras but the interim government has ordered airports nationwide to be on alert for all unauthorized aircraft wanting to land in Honduran territory. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya said he was getting on a flight home to reclaim his post on Sunday, accompanied by the U.N. General Assembly president and a group of journalists.


Sun Jul 05 12:55:56 -0500 2009

Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts as he defeats Andy Roddick to win the men's singles championship on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Roger Federer won his record 15th Grand Slam title Sunday, outlasting Andy Roddick for his sixth Wimbledon championship in a marathon match that went to 16-14 in the fifth set.


Sun Jul 05 12:46:59 -0500 2009

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks during his interview with Italian journalists at at the Barvikha presidential residence outside Moscow, on Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)AP - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry on Monday, with each declaring his determination to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly damaged relationship.


Sun Jul 05 12:08:30 -0500 2009

In this May 11, 2009 photo, Dormeuz Valdes a patient with HIV/AIDS, lies in a bed while receiving treatment at a hospital in Petit Riviere, Haiti. Haitian infection rates dropped from 6.2 percent to 3.1 percent among expectant mothers in the last 15 years. Researchers recently switched to a new methodology that tests all adults, which puts Haiti's official rate at 2.2 percent, according to UNAIDS. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin.


Sun Jul 05 12:07:20 -0500 2009