Pista Devi struggles to keep her toes from poking out through the holes in her shoes as she pushes and pulls a wicked-looking farm tool. She is a widow, struggling to feed herself and five children.
India’s farmers cursed with severe drought
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Small U.S. businesses thrive with Ethiopian woman’s help
Alfa Demmellash grew up on less than a dollar a day, and against the backdrop of torture and murder. But these days she’s living the American dream and helping others do the same. “Entrepreneurs are at the very heart of what the American dream is all about,” says Demmellash, a native of Ethiopia
Can Charter-School Execs Turn Around Failing Public Schools?
In the late ’90s, software entrepreneur John Zitzner was pretty close to being bankrupt.
Battles over Jackson’s kids, assets may loom
Michael Jackson’s life has ended, but the legal battles over his possessions, his debts and his children are likely just beginning. Perhaps the biggest and saddest question is what will happen to the late singer’s two sons and his daughter: 12-year-old Prince Michael I, 11-year-old Paris and 7-year-old Prince Michael II.
Michael Jackson’s legal woes likely to live on
Michael Jackson was a one-man cottage industry for the legal profession. Two child-molestation investigations (no convictions), two divorces, myriad civil lawsuits over concerts, special performances and soured business deals, near-bankruptcy and the threatened foreclosure of his Neverland ranch kept teams of lawyers busy. Jackson’s legal stable included the elite of Los Angeles, California, litigators — Thomas Mesereau Jr., Mark Geragos and the late Johnnie L.
Jackson’s sanctuary in Gulf kingdom short-lived
Michael Jackson’s sudden death has thrown the peculiar path of his later life back into the spotlight. He spent much of the past four years flitting from one part of the globe to another, failing to put down permanent roots.
Michael Jackson: Beyond the music
The "King of Pop" had been topping music charts long before he ever pulled on that white-sequined glove, made the moonwalk a household move and sent screaming fans into a frenzy. But the spotlight that followed Michael Jackson, earned him headlines and made him a tabloid favorite as an adult, often had little to do with the artistry
Michael Jackson autopsy expected Friday
An autopsy on entertainer Michael Jackson has been scheduled for Friday and results are expected by afternoon, according to the Los Angeles, California, coroner’s office. The “King of Pop,” who was preparing for a comeback tour, died Thursday at age 50. Jackson, under apparent cardiac arrest, was taken from his home by paramedics to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where a team of physicians tried to resuscitate him for more than an hour, said Jackson’s brother Jermaine
Jackson was star the world could not ignore
Michael Jackson had a level of hero worship on a par with Elvis Presley or the Beatles but he was the first black star to inspire such a massive following around the world. Total worldwide sales of more than 350 million records over his 40-year career give just a hint of the adoration there was for the “King of Pop.” The fact that his death came on the eve of a comeback tour in London will leave his devotees feeling even more bereft
Video of church’s ‘casting out’ gay ‘demon’ in teen sparks anger
The boy writhes uncontrollably on the floor, but the church members remain calm, if increasingly loud. They’re trying to drive a "demon" out of him.