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Prince Albert II Assumes Throne in Monaco (AP via Yahoo! News) - A solemn Prince Albert II formally ascended to Monaco's throne Saturday in ceremonies that mixed royal pomp with an emotional remembrance for his late father, Rainier III.

Al-Zarqawi Tape Threatens Jordan's King (The San Francisco Examiner) - AMMAN, Jordan - The Mideast's most feared terrorist sought Friday to justify a triple suicide bombing on Amman hotels that killed 59 civilians, insisting he did not deliberately target a wedding party and appealing to Muslims to believe that he was not attacking them.

CD Review: 50 Cent 's Soundtrack Touts Movie, Cohorts (40/29 KHBS/KHOG) - 50 Cent is the kind of artist that you'll never feel completely comfortable liking. His image -- real or embellished -- is a bit too celebratory of negativity to be easily palatable.

Monaco celebrates Prince Albert II (USA Today) - Bells pealed across Monaco on Saturday as the tiny Riviera principality celebrated Prince Albert II's rise to the throne and made a final, symbolic farewell to his late father, Rainier III.

Prince Albert Ascends To Throne (CBS News) - Prince Albert II formally assumed Monaco's throne Saturday during a day of ceremony and celebration to usher in the modern-day monarch and bid a final farewell to his late father, Rainier III.

Review: 'Romeo and Juliette' at the Met (AP via Yahoo! News) - Laughter at the opera house can be good. Giggles during the wedding night scene in "Romeo et Juliette" are not.

BREW REVIEW (Anchorage Press) - - By James 'Dr. Fermento' Roberts My first exposure to the Urthel line of beers from Brouwerij De Leyerth in Belgium came after I learned that their Tonicum Finiboldhus beer was designed to help restore the hair loss of a group of mythical, beer-loving gnomes.

Fishing Report: Umpqua steelhead, coho bite sporadic (The News-Review) - Compiled by The News-Review Catching coho and winter steelhead continues to be sporadic in the main Umpqua River, but fishing should improves as more fish enter the system.

Fed nominee's life rooted in numbers (Florida Today) - WASHINGTON - In the early 1970s, when college for many meant antiwar protests and experimenting with drugs, friends say Ben Bernanke was busy at Harvard and MIT trying to figure out the monetary causes of the Great Depression.

Text of Bush's speech to U.S. troops in S. Korea (Market Watch) - NEW YORK ( MarketWatch) -- There will be no early withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, President Bush said Saturday in an address to U.S. troops stationed at Osan Air Base in Osan, Korea. Full text of the speech follows.