Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten on Jul 3rd, 2009
The odds of winning Saturday’s lottery for 17,500 free tickets to Michael Jackson memorial may be long, judging from traffic to the Staples Center Web site Friday
Web servers counted a half-billion “hits” in the first 90 minutes the lottery registration site was online, a Jackson family spokesman said. One visitor can generate many “hits” by [...]
Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten, Health on Jul 3rd, 2009
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The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson’s home, a law enforcement official said Friday as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer’s memorial service.
Diprivan is an anesthetic widely used in operating rooms to induce unconsciousness. Also known as Propofol, it’s given intravenously and is very unusual to have in a [...]
Posted in Politics on Jul 3rd, 2009
Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday that she will step down as Alaska’s chief executive by the end of the month. She will not seek election to a second gubernatorial term in 2010
As the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, Palin had been considered one of the front-runners for the GOP nomination in 2012.
“People who know me [...]
Posted in Music Video on Jul 3rd, 2009
Posted in Crime- on Jul 3rd, 2009
– A sailor found dead earlier this week at California’s Camp Pendleton was shot while standing sentry, and a fire was set in an attempt to cover up evidence, the U.S. Navy said
The death of Seaman August Provost of Houston, Texas, is being investigated as a homicide, Capt. Matt Brown told reporters on Thursday. A [...]
Posted in Crime- on Jul 3rd, 2009
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A Long Island, New York, social worker is facing two misdemeanor charges after allegedly posting a sexually suggestive ad on Craigslist that gave interested parties the home phone number of a 9-year-old girl.
Posted in Music Video on Jul 3rd, 2009
Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten on Jul 3rd, 2009
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Jermaine Jackson said Thursday that he wishes he had died instead of Michael, and referred to his younger brother as “a gift from Allah” in an emotional interview with the “Today” show’s Matt Lauer at Neverland Ranch.     Â
      “He went too soon,” Jermaine said. “I don’t know how people are going to take this, but I [...]
Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten on Jul 3rd, 2009
 Michael Jackson and Diana Ross shared a bond that he apparently thought would last long after his death.
In his will Jackson wanted Ross — who took him under her wing and who he called one of his dearest friends — to take care of his children if his mother, Katherine Jackson, was not alive or [...]
Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten on Jul 3rd, 2009
With tears in his eyes, Michael Jackson’s older brother Jermaine described Thursday how he had learned of his brother’s death on June 25.
After getting a tip from a friend, Jermaine spoke to his mother, Katherine, he told Today’s Matt Lauer in an interview at his brother’s Neverland ranch in Los Olivos, Calif. “She was crying, [...]
Posted in Crime- on Jul 3rd, 2009
The murder case against Jesse James Hollywood, who is accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old over a drug debt and ordering his death, is in the hands of a jury.
Closing arguments ended Wednesday in Santa Barbara Superior Court.
Hollywood admitted kidnapping Nicolas Markowitz in 2000 because the boy’s half brother owed him money for marijuana.
Posted in Crime- on Jul 3rd, 2009
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The prosecution accused Drew of using MySpace to inflict emotional distress on Megan Meier, pictured here
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A federal judge tentatively overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman accused of using MySpace to deceive a teenage girl who eventually committed suicide, a U.S. attorney’s spokesman told CNN.
Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten on Jul 3rd, 2009
The investigation of Michael Jackson’s death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police.
Posted in Sports News on Jul 3rd, 2009
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Ron Artest is joining Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
“I am very excited to finally be going to L.A.,” Artest said in a statement issued by his agent Thursday night. “For years now, the Lakers have expressed interest in having me play for them, but we could never get the stars to align. I’m [...]
