Joe Jackson Makes Parenting Bid for Michael’s Kids

While his role as the driving force in the Jackson family success has never been in question, father Joe Jackson’s parenting — especially with Michael — has long been a subject of scrutiny and controversy. So it’s all the more surprising that the driven patriarch is now working to forge a larger role for himself in the lives of Michael’s three children.

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Obama’s Ghana trip sends message across Africa

President Barack Obama was due in Ghana Friday, generating excitement in the west African nation and envy among its neighbors with many seeing his visit as sending a message to governments over their poor records on stability. Across Ghana, street vendors were stocking miniature American flags while citizens donned attire with pictures of the U.S. leader

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Yemen airline cancels route after Comoros crash

Yemenia Airways is canceling all its flights between Yemen and the Comoros Islands after this week’s crash on the same route, the airline said Saturday. One more flight between Sanaa and Moroni is scheduled for Sunday, but all flights on the route are canceled after that, Yemenia said. A Yemenia Airways Airbus 310 went down early Tuesday, carrying 142 passengers and 11 crew members.

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Palin Bow-Out: Boon to Her Book Sales?

One project that will receive a boost from Sarah Palin’s plan to step down as the governor of Alaska is her much-touted autobiography, for which it will provide a hotly anticipated chapter. In May, HarperCollins announced that it had signed Palin to write a tell-all memoir. Unusual for a high-powered celebrity autobiography, there was no auction or bidding on the book; Palin negotiated only with HarperCollins, owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, the same media company as owns the Fox News channel that had strongly backed her run for Vice President last year

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Commentary: When the white glove waved

Michael Jackson died Thursday, and my family gathered by telephone from Florida, Texas, California and Georgia to mourn and remember. But we began mourning long ago. LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Michael Jackson died Thursday, and my family gathered by telephone from Florida, Texas, California and Georgia to mourn and remember.

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