Jackson family 'speechless and devastated'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The family of pop superstar Michael Jackson calls this "one of the darkest moments of our lives."
In a statement issued through People magazine, the family says Jackson's death leaves them "speechless and devastated." They say the
Egyptians hail Jackson as a `black star` who broke barriers!
Cairo, June 28: The sudden death of Michael
Jackson has dominated the Egyptian media, with the focus on
the 'king of pop' being the first black star to break the
colour barrier.
The link of colour was maybe the strongest between
Jackson and the
Scolari points finger at Chelsea trio
...both on and off the field," Scolari said of his countryman. "That guy is a strange jewel. Despite having gained big fame and money, he keeps doing his best on the pitch like a youngster. "I am sure Cristiano Ronaldo and he will get on very well with each other....
Seasoned campaigners
BEFORE the Fab Four invaded America, even before the Beach Boys, the Four Seasons -- Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi -- New Jersey boys from the wrong side of good fortune, ruled the pop charts.
Out of the starting blocks the
'Do The Right Thing' still asks burning questions
The crowd stares at Mookie. He's on the wrong side. Mookie moves over to his brothers, rubs his face, wrestling with the weight of the moment. Then he decides.
"Hate!" screams Mookie as he hurls the metal can through the pizzeria's plate glass window.
TV commercial king Billy Mays dead at 50
TAMPA, Fla., June 28 (UPI) -- Tampa police say 50-year-old television pitchman Billy Mays was found dead at his home Sunday.
Mays, whose distinctive voice and high-volume commercials and infomercials for variety of household products and Internet
FAB FAME SECURES DERBY GLORY
Aidan O'Brien broke yet another record as Fame And Glory gave the master trainer his seventh success in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.
The trainer had been tied on six Derby triumphs with the late Vincent O'Brien, but has now overtaken
Sanford not resigning
Of course he will not resign. Hypocrisy and double-standards are what the Republiklan Party is all about. Honor and integrity are alien concepts to Repugs.
As in all great affairs, Mark Sanford fell in love simultaneously with a woman and himself --
Connell: Dillinger saga includes ties to area
Mike Connell is a freelance writer and a former Times Herald reporter. Contact him at fortgratiot@gmail.com.
It has been 75 years since bank robber John Dillinger escaped from Indiana's Lake County Jail, long enough to dim memories of what a sensation
Report: 'Infomercial King' Billy Mays Found Dead in Home
DEVELOPING: Television pitchman Billy Mays ? who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets ? died Sunday, FOX News confirms.
Mays was found unresponsive by his wife inside his Tampa, Fla.,
