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[ 29 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 259 views ]

The Michael Jackson autopsy was leaked to British tabloids well before the Michael Jackson autopsy was supposed to come out. Once Jackson’s autopsy was leaked, the details that came out were bound to turn some people’s stomach. The Michael Jackson autopsy leak reveals that Jackson was Mi... read more

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[ 29 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 149 views ]

Michael Jackson’s family was in the house at the 2009 BET Awards. The annual award show that salutes the best in African American entertainment essentially used their entire program to pay tribute to the King of Pop. Host Jamie Foxx was the perfect choice to lead the proceedings.

Joe Jackso... read more

World Politics »

[ 29 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 190 views ]

So much for the folks who thought Obama was going to be something/someone completely different from his predecessor, George Bush.

The Obama team, aides and friends, have been vetting churches, quietly, for the past five months. That’s some serious church shopping.

Part of the cri... read more

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[ 29 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 124 views ]

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff will serve 150 years in prison for orchestrating a decades-long Ponzi scheme to the tune of $67 billion, a judge ruled today.

Shortly before being sentenced, Madoff addressed U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in federal court in lower Manhattan. He appeared une... read more

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[ 29 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 150 views ]

Fred Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose broad repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 66.

Travalena, who began being treated for an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2002 and saw the disease return l... read more

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[ 29 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 102 views ]

Brash TV pitchman Billy Mays, whose ubiquitous ads for household products like OxiClean and Orange Glo made him a pop icon, was found dead at his Tampa home on Sunday morning.

The booming-voiced Mays, 50, died just hours after suffering a blow to the head during a rough plane landing on a US ... read more

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[ 26 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 162 views ]

Elizabeth Taylor had a long, enduring friendship with Michael Jackson, and now the movie legend says she can’t believe he has died.

“My heart … my mind are broken. I loved Michael with all my soul and I can’t imagine life without him,” Taylor, 77, said in a statement... read more

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[ 26 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 276 views ]

The autopsy on the body of pop star Michael Jackson has been completed, but the coroner has ordered further tests and the cause of death has not been determined, a spokesman said.

Craig Harvey from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office also said the autopsy showed no sign of external ... read more

Soccer »

[ 26 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 258 views ]

The Americans get little time to celebrate that historic Confederations Cup semifinal win over Spain on Wednesday, because equally powerful Brazil waits in Sunday’s final – the same Brazil that beat the U.S. 3-0 already in th... read more

NASCAR »

[ 26 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 280 views ]

Because the Chase for the Championship begins at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in late September, most drivers consider that the race for the Chase truly begins this week at NMHS in Loudon with the Lenox Indu... read more