The incessant banging on the door finally roused Ted Jackson from a deep sleep. He hustled out of bed and rushed to the door
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From carry-on to eBay: The journey of airport security booty
A 20-inch machete from Costa Rica.
Michael Jackson tribute planned for MTV awards
Sunday night’s “2009 MTV Video Music Awards” will feature a personal tribute from Janet Jackson to her late brother, MTV said.
Ellen DeGeneres joins judges’ table on ‘American Idol’
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will join the judges’ panel on “American Idol” for the show’s ninth season beginning in 2010, a Fox spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. “I’m thrilled to be the new judge on American Idol,” DeGeneres said Wednesday.
Michael Jackson hoax was ‘experiment,’ broadcaster says
A hoax video purporting to show Michael Jackson hopping out of a coroner’s van alive was produced by a German television station as an experiment, the broadcaster told CNN Monday. It was made to show how easy it is to spread rumors online, said Heike Schultz, a spokeswoman for RTL, the leading private broadcaster in Germany.
Michael Jackson’s death was a homicide, coroner rules
The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled that Michael Jackson’s death was a homicide. The coroner concluded that Jackson died from “acute propofol intoxication,” a statement from the coroner’s office said.
Four dead in Turkish train crash
Four people were killed and five were seriously injured in a train crash in Turkey, Turkish State Railways announced Thursday.
Documents: Marijuana found in search of Jackson’s bedroom
The first search of Michael Jackson’s bedroom a day after his death found marijuana, skin-bleaching and hair-growing ointments, anti-insomnia pills and empty bottles of several anti-anxiety drugs, according to court documents unsealed Thursday. A substance initially suspected to be tar heroin proved not to be a narcotic, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. An affidavit, written by Los Angeles Detective Orlando Martinez, was used to outline probable cause for a warrant to search Jackson’s Holmby Hills, California, home on June 26.
Tickets to Michael Jackson movie go on sale September 27
The film about Michael Jackson’s final three months, which uses video of rehearsals for his concert comeback, will run in theaters worldwide for two weeks only beginning October 28, according to Sony Pictures. Tickets for “Michael Jackson: This Is it” go on sale Sunday, September 27, Sony said in a news release Thursday.
L.A. coroner returns to office of Jackson’s dermatologist
The Los Angeles Coroner’s chief investigator revisited the office of Michael Jackson’s dermatologist Wednesday, even though the coroner announced last week his "thorough and comprehensive" report was completed. “We wanted some additional information, and they provided it,” Ed Winter said as he emerged 90 minutes after entering Dr. Arnold Klein’s Beverly Hills, California, dermatology clinic.