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The best-selling pop album on planet Earth and a disc sent hurtling into deep space are among recordings the Library of Congress will preserve for their cultural significance
Pop star Michael Jackson will avoid foreclosure on his Neverland Ranch property with a new loan, a Jackson insider told CNN Wednesday.
Michael Jackson's famously extravagant home, the Neverland Ranch, will be put up for public auction if the singer doesn't pay more than $24 million, according to a court filing.
A handcuffed Michael Jackson arrived at the Santa Barbara jail Thursday to face child molestation charges that could put him behind bars for years if convicted.
Santa Barbara Sheriff's county officers executed a search warrant at Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch Tuesday morning in connection with an abuse charge from a 12-year-old boy, Court TV's Diane Dimond is reporting.
The pop star, according to the agreement, maintained the settlement did not signify an admission of any wrongdoing against the boy or his parents.
A 15-year-old boy who claims singer Michael Jackson molested him in 2003 testified Wednesday that Jackson seemed interested in him primarily when he was cancer-stricken and wanted him to appear on video with the international pop star.
The woman who claims she and her son were victimized by Michael Jackson and his aides admitted Friday that she lied under oath in a past civil case in which she claimed department store security guards victimized her and her son.
Prosecutors rested their case against Michael Jackson on Wednesday after calling their final witness, a man who worked alongside Jackson aides and took copious notes about life inside Neverland Ranch, but had no evidence directly tying the singer to conspiracy or sexual molestation charges.
Family members of two boys who were Michael Jackson's "special friends" more than a decade ago testified Friday that there was nothing wrong with letting children sleep in the entertainer's bed.
The best-selling pop album on planet Earth and a disc sent hurtling into deep space are among recordings the Library of Congress will preserve for their cultural significance
Pop star Michael Jackson will avoid foreclosure on his Neverland Ranch property with a new loan, a Jackson insider told CNN Wednesday.
Michael Jackson's famously extravagant home, the Neverland Ranch, will be put up for public auction if the singer doesn't pay more than $24 million, according to a court filing.
A handcuffed Michael Jackson arrived at the Santa Barbara jail Thursday to face child molestation charges that could put him behind bars for years if convicted.
Santa Barbara Sheriff's county officers executed a search warrant at Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch Tuesday morning in connection with an abuse charge from a 12-year-old boy, Court TV's Diane Dimond is reporting.
The pop star, according to the agreement, maintained the settlement did not signify an admission of any wrongdoing against the boy or his parents.
A 15-year-old boy who claims singer Michael Jackson molested him in 2003 testified Wednesday that Jackson seemed interested in him primarily when he was cancer-stricken and wanted him to appear on video with the international pop star.
The woman who claims she and her son were victimized by Michael Jackson and his aides admitted Friday that she lied under oath in a past civil case in which she claimed department store security guards victimized her and her son.
Prosecutors rested their case against Michael Jackson on Wednesday after calling their final witness, a man who worked alongside Jackson aides and took copious notes about life inside Neverland Ranch, but had no evidence directly tying the singer to conspiracy or sexual molestation charges.
Family members of two boys who were Michael Jackson's "special friends" more than a decade ago testified Friday that there was nothing wrong with letting children sleep in the entertainer's bed.
From the witnesses lawyers chose not to call to evidence ruled inadmissible, some of the most intriguing details of Michael Jackson's molestation trial never made it to the jury. A look at what the jury didn't hear:
Michael Jackson returned to Neverland a free man Monday.
Michael Jackson, a leading world beer critic who praised the brews of Belgium and acknowledged he would never be as famous as "that Michael Jackson," has died. He was 65.
Debt-laden pop singer Michael Jackson reached a settlement Monday over a breach of contract claim by New Jersey-based finance house Prescient Capital.
Pop star Michael Jackson has struck a deal with the co-owner of his lucrative song catalog, which includes many of the Beatles biggest hits, and several lending institutions to help pay off his multi-million-dollar debts.
The state set a deadline, but Michael Jackson plans to beat it.
California officials have fined Michael Jackson nearly $170,000 and ordered employees at the pop star's Neverland Ranch to stop working, after finding that employees had not been paid since December and the ranch's workers' compensation coverage had been allowed to lapse.
A California appeals court ruled Wednesday that a lower court improperly terminated Deborah Rowe's parental rights to her two children with pop star Michael Jackson, opening the door to a possible custody battle between the singer and his ex-wife.
Michael Jackson has stirred a small controversy in the United Arab Emirates by entering the ladies room in a shopping mall.
Pop star Michael Jackson, who has been in seclusion since his acquittal on sex abuse charges, has written a song that he will record to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina, according to his publicist.
The mother of the teenage boy who accused Michael Jackson of sexual molestation was charged Tuesday with five felony counts of welfare fraud.
Evidence at Michael Jackson's trial strongly indicated that he is a child molester. There was testimony that he plied children with liquor, showed them pornography, and invited them into his bed -- all behaviors typical of a molester.
Michael Jackson's lead defense attorney said Tuesday that he believes his client's behavior will change now that Jackson has been acquitted of charges including child molestation.
A stoic Michael Jackson walked out of court acquitted by jurors who said they didn't have enough evidence to convict him of molestation charges that could have sent him to prison for years.
Almost half of Americans polled Monday evening disagreed with the jury's decision to acquit Michael Jackson on all 10 counts in his child molestation and conspiracy trial, according to a CNN/USA/Gallup poll.
A stoic Michael Jackson walked out of court Monday acquitted by jurors who said they didn't have enough evidence to convict him of molestation charges that could have sent him to prison for years.
After deliberating for about 32 hours, a California jury on Monday found pop superstar Michael Jackson not guilty of all charges in his child-molestation trial.
The following are a sample of reactions to the acquittal of Michael Jackson on all 10 charges in his child molestation trial:
Michael Jackson has been found not guilty of all charges in his child molestation case.
Michael Jackson's future turned a lot brighter Monday when a California jury found him not guilty of child molestation. But the embattled entertainer has a long way to go to reclaim his financial freedom.
The following is reaction to Monday's verdicts in Michael Jackson's child molestation case.
A California jury has exonerated Michael Jackson of the child molestation, conspiracy and alcohol charges that could have sent him to prison for nearly 20 years.
Jurors in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial adjourned for the weekend Friday afternoon, concluding their first full week of deliberations without reaching a verdict on the charges against the pop star.
The eight women and four men deciding Michael Jackson's fate worked for two and half hours Thursday before adjourning for the day without a decision on the 10 felony counts against the pop star.
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband said it all. After she went on trial for slapping a traffic cop in the face in 1989, her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, actually uttered these words: "The rich and famous should be treated differently. They bring the money into Beverly Hills."
Michael Jackson may have earned more than half a billion dollars over his career, but now he's having trouble paying the bills -- and his lenders say the pop star's entire fortune is at risk.
After deliberating for 20 hours over four days, the jury in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial retired for the evening Wednesday without reaching a verdict.
Guilty or not guilty, Michael Jackson appears to be sinking deeper and deeper into a financial hole that may cost him his lucrative stake in the Beatles music catalog as well as the rights to his own platinum-selling songs.
If Michael Jackson is convicted on any of the felony charges he faces, his punishment could vary widely, depending on how many guilty counts the jury returns and how the judge structures his sentence.
The jury in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial will be back at work Wednesday after deliberating for six hours Tuesday without coming to a decision on the 10 felony charges against the pop star.
Jurors in Michael Jackson's child molestation have ended deliberations and will reconvene Tuesday morning.
Does Michael Jackson have a future in the music business if he's acquitted in his child molestation trial?
Michael Jackson visited a hospital for about two hours Sunday afternoon for treatment of a recurring back problem and returned to his nearby Neverland Ranch, his spokeswoman said.
A jury of eight women and four men will resume deliberations on pop star Michael Jackson's fate Monday, and when they reach a verdict it will be broadcast.
A prosecutor Thursday told jurors during closing arguments that pop star Michael Jackson is a "predator" with a drinking problem who sought out vulnerable boys from fatherless homes -- including his teenage accuser -- and took them "into the world of the forbidden" for his own sexual gratification.
Closing arguments in the child-molestation trial of pop star Michael Jackson will begin Thursday after jurors received instructions on the rules that will govern their deliberations.
Written copies of instructions will be given to jurors in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial, the judge in the case announced Tuesday.
The Michael Jackson child molestation case is heading toward its close. Both sides rested Friday in something of a surprise.
Michael Jackson's teenage accuser and his mother may return to the witness stand after the trial judge decided Thursday to allow the prosecution to show jurors a video of a police interview with the adolescent.
With his defense complete and the jury's judgment nearing, Michael Jackson has "a strong grip on reality," but his trial has "been very tough on him, both physically and emotionally," his spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Talk-show host Jay Leno testified Tuesday that he received several phone messages from Michael Jackson's accuser in 2000 and talked to him briefly on the phone, but the comedian said neither the boy nor his family asked him for money.
Michael Jackson's defense attorneys may finish presenting their case to a jury this week as the singer's child molestation trial hurtles toward the finish line.
The mother of Michael Jackson's teenage accuser applied for welfare and food stamps two weeks after she received more than $32,000 in a civil settlement -- without disclosing the money as required, according to testimony Monday in the pop star's child molestation trial.
The judge in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial issued a ruling Wednesday that could discourage the defense from bringing in the singer's famous friends to vouch for his character.
A young cousin of Michael Jackson provided graphic testimony Wednesday as the singer's defense attorneys continued to challenge the credibility of the pop star's accuser and family.
Michael Jackson's teenage accuser told child welfare workers that he was not molested by the pop star and had not shared his bed, a social worker testified Tuesday.
Michael Jackson's defense tried to undercut the conspiracy charge against him Monday by calling witnesses who disputed claims by his accuser's mother that she and her children were held against their will at Neverland Ranch.
The judge in the Michael Jackson trial Thursday ordered celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos to testify Friday as subpoenaed by his former client's defense team.
Actor Macaulay Culkin took the stand Wednesday to defend his friend, saying Michael Jackson "never" sexually molested him or touched him in an improper or offensive way when he was a boy.
Former child star Macaulay Culkin is expected to take the witness stand Wednesday in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial -- the biggest celebrity name so far to testify.
A former security supervisor at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch testified Monday she never saw the pop star exhibit any illegal or improper behavior toward young boys.
Mothers of two young men who prosecutors claim were molested by Michael Jackson during the 1990s when they were adolescents testified Friday that the pop star never behaved inappropriately around their children.
The leadoff witnesses for Michael Jackson's defense Thursday denied the pop star molested them as boys, even though they spent several nights in Jackson's bedroom at Neverland Ranch.
Michael Jackson, the legendary pop star facing child molestation charges, could lose his stake in the lucrative Beatles music catalog as well as the rights to his own platinum-selling songs.
Associates of Michael Jackson made up stories about killers following the family of Jackson's accuser and coached his ex-wife during a rebuttal to a controversial February 2003 documentary, a witness in Jackson's child molestation trial testified Wednesday.
Michael Jackson faces millions of dollars of debt and a looming financial crisis, a forensic accountant testified Tuesday at the singer's trial on child molestation charges.
Prosecutors used telephone records Monday in hopes of bolstering their contention that Michael Jackson's associates tried to intimidate and control the family of his accuser, but a detective said the pop star did not take part in those calls.
Over vigorous objections by Michael Jackson's attorneys, the judge in the pop star's child molestation trial allowed the prosecution to introduce into evidence books seized in a 1993 search of the singer's home that show nude pictures of adolescent boys.
She was an unknown nurse who came out of the blue to marry a world-famous enigma and give him two children, all while under the unyielding glare of the media's spotlight.
An associate of Michael Jackson asked for one-way plane tickets to Brazil for the pop star's teenage accuser and his family in February 2003, days after they filmed a video designed to rebut a controversial television documentary, a travel consultant testified Tuesday.
Michael Jackson's legal team is undergoing a shakeup just days before the defense is expected to start presenting its case to jurors in the pop star's trial on child molestation charges.
Michael Jackson's defense team won a tactical victory Thursday when Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville agreed that the testimony of a third boy is "relevant" to the pop star's accuser's credibility.
Former child movie star Macaulay Culkin plans to testify on behalf of Michael Jackson in the singer's trial on child molestation charges, a source close to the case told CNN.
Prosecutors expect to conclude their case against pop star Michael Jackson by the end of next week, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon said Tuesday.
Michael Jackson's defense attorney kept up his attack Monday on the mother of the pop star's teenage accuser, trying to use her own statements to raise questions about her credibility.
Exchanges between the mother of Michael Jackson's accuser and the pop star's lead defense attorney were so combative Friday that the judge threatened to end court for the day after listening to hours of sniping between the witness and lawyer.
The mother of the teenager accusing Michael Jackson of child molestation testified Thursday that she and her children were held at Neverland Ranch as virtual prisoners by the pop star's associates and security guards.
Michael Jackson and his associates convinced the mother of the teenager at the center of the singer's child-molestation trial that her family was in danger to detain them in Miami, the accuser's mother testified Wednesday.
The family of the teenager at the center of Michael Jackson's child-molestation trial was offered a new house and free college educations in exchange for appearing in a video refuting a damaging TV documentary, the teenager's stepfather testified.
Michael Jackson's relationship with a 13-year-old boy more than a decade ago was revealed in court Monday by the boy's estranged mother.
The mother of a boy who alleged Michael Jackson molested him in 1993 testified Monday that she allowed her son to start spending nights alone with the pop star after a sobbing Jackson pleaded with her to let them sleep together.
A former chef at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch testified Friday that he saw the pop star improperly touch child movie star Macaulay Culkin in the early 1990s.
A former security guard and a maid at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch testified Thursday they witnessed sexual contact between him and a young boy who received a multimillion-dollar settlement from the pop star in 1994.
A former housekeeper at Neverland Ranch testified Tuesday that she saw Michael Jackson taking a shower with a young boy, one of several sleepover guests who also periodically shared his bed.
Michael Jackson's former personal maid testified Tuesday that she saw the pop star showering and laughing with a young boy at Neverland Ranch -- with their underwear lying outside the shower door.
A man who says he was sexually molested by Michael Jackson as a boy broke down on the witness stand Monday as he described three separate tickling games he engaged in with the King of Pop that he says escalated into unwanted groping and ended in hush money.
With prosecutors poised to call him to the stand, the legal woes for a key prosecution witness in the Michael Jackson trial continue to mount.
The son of Michael Jackson's former personal maid testified Monday that Jackson initiated tickling sessions which escalated to the pop star fondling the boy -- after which Jackson would give him a $100 bill and tell him not to tell his mother about the money.
An attorney representing the family of the teenage boy at the center of Michael Jackson's child molestation trial testified Friday the family never asked him to file a lawsuit against the pop star.
On March 28, Judge Rodney Melville -- who presides over Michael Jackson's child molestation trial -- issued a ruling that was momentous. It was also clearly erroneous.
A psychologist and an attorney testified Wednesday about the key roles they played in the estrangement of Michael Jackson from a young cancer survivor who once called him "Daddy Michael," but who now claims the King of Pop sexually molested him.
A key prosecution witness in the Michael Jackson case charged in a string of armed robberies in Nevada likely will refuse to testify at the pop star's trial, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Jurors in the Michael Jackson trial learned more details Wednesday about how authorities first learned of child molestation allegations against the pop star.
Testimony about Michael Jackson's alleged history of bad behavior with young boys is fair game, a judge ruled Monday in the King of Pop's child-molestation trial.
The mother of Michael Jackson's accuser made a frantic phone call to the owner of a Los Angeles comedy club saying she and her children were being held against their will at the pop star's Neverland Ranch, the club owner testified Tuesday.
In a setback for Michael Jackson's defense, prosecutors will be allowed to present witnesses who will testify that the singer had a pattern of grooming young boys for sexual abuse, the judge ruled Monday.
A judge will hear arguments Monday on whether jurors should learn about previous child molestation allegations against Michael Jackson.
Fingerprints from both Michael Jackson and his accuser were recovered from the same sexually explicit magazine found at the pop star's Neverland ranch, a fingerprint analyst testified Friday in the pop star's child molestation trial.
A forensic analyst testified Thursday that at least one of the prints recovered from sexually explicit magazines seized from Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch belongs to his accuser's younger brother.
In a twist likely to further complicate the prosecution's efforts to convict Michael Jackson, a former bodyguard expected to be a key witness against the pop star is sitting in a Las Vegas jail, facing a slew of felony charges stemming from four armed robberies.
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