Posted in Celebrity News on Jul 18th, 2009
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Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, turns 91 on Saturday with a call for community service and celebrations from New York’s Madison Square Garden to downtown Johannesburg.
The increasingly frail former statesman who is affectionately called Madiba, his clan name, has been inundated by messages of goodwill, from multinational companies to ordinary South Africans.
Posted in Family on Jul 18th, 2009
The custody case over Michael Jackson’s three young children presses on: Friday, a hearing that has been scheduled for next week was postponed until Aug. 3 because the singer’s mother, Katherine Jackson, is still assembling her legal team, a source tells PEOPLE. And in another new development, Jackson’s father, Joe, whom Michael accused of physical [...]
Posted in Gone but Not Forgotten on Jul 18th, 2009
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Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman known as “Uncle Walter” for his easygoing, measured delivery and “the most trusted man in America” for his rectitude and gravitas, died Friday night in his New York home, CBS reported
Cronkite was 92.
Posted in Crime- on Jul 18th, 2009
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A former California police officer accused of sexually assaulting a motorist during a traffic stop pleaded guilty in federal court, federal prosecutors said Friday.
