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La Toya Jackson has done yet another paid interview with a British tabloid, this time revealing detailed information about the immediate reaction of Michael Jackson’s children to his death.
        In the interview with “News of the World,” La Toya reveals how she led Paris, 12, Prince Michael, 11, and seven-year-old Blanket to Michael’s side to [...]

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Anita Baker is in the midst of plotting a 2010 resurgence with a possible live video and/or album for her next release, as well as a collaboration with rapper Snoop Dogg, reports Billboard.

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A former NFL defensive lineman has put his skills to use in the pulpit. Delles Ray Howell performed six seasons as a defensive back with the New Orleans Saints and the New York Jets.
     Now he’s known as Rev. Howell to his 150 New Light Church members in a Louisiana town east of Monroe called [...]

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Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators are trying to figure out whether employees at the coroner’s office illegally leaked or sold private information related to the investigation of Michael Jackson’s death, reports the Associated Press.      

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At times, it seemed like a flashback to the 2008 presidential campaign.
Sarah Palin stepped down as Alaska governor on Sunday with a fiery speech reminiscent of her days as running mate to Republican John McCain — when she frequently revved up crowds while attacking Democrats and the news media.

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Manhattan’s district attorney says he wants Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress to serve time in prison, the New York Post reported.
Robert Morgenthau told the newspaper that Burress, who shot himself with an unlicensed gun in November, was willing to agree to spend a year in jail, but prosecutors insisted on two, the Post said.

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An Oklahoma man is accused of shooting two sheriff’s deputies who were trying to arrest him on domestic assault charges Sunday, authorities said. He’s facing murder charges in the deaths.
The shooting happened about 3 p.m. (4 p.m. ET) at the Seminole County home of the mother of shooting suspect Ezekiel Holbert, said Jessica Brown, spokesman [...]

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Authorities are trying to determine how a woman driving a minivan carrying two of her children and three young nieces got onto a suburban parkway heading in the wrong direction, leading to a fiery crash that killed eight people and left a 5-year-old boy severely injured.

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 23-year-old man was arrested Sunday in the death of a former “American Idol” contestant, who was struck by a car in New Jersey, authorities said.
Alexis Cohen’s body was found on a street in the town of Seaside Heights early Saturday, said Michael Mohel, Ocean County deputy prosecutor. An autopsy indicated that she had suffered head [...]

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– Former boxing champion Vernon Forrest is dead after being shot multiple times in a neighborhood southwest of downtown Atlanta, officials said Sunday.
An Atlanta police spokeswoman said it appeared that Forrest, 38, had been robbed, which led to a confrontation in which he was shot several times in the back.

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