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Mayor: Jackson's dad to attend Ind. hometown event

The Associated Press | Today at 5:03 a.m.

The mayor of Gary, Ind. says Michael Jackson's father will attend a memorial service for the pop icon in the family's hometown.

  • Best Sellers-Video

    The Associated Press | July 9 at 11:03 p.m.

    Weekly charts for the nation's most popular videos as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission:

  • Best Sellers-Audio

    The Associated Press | July 9 at 11:03 p.m.

    Weekly charts for the nation's best-selling recorded music as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission. (Platinum signifies more than 1 million copies sold; Gold signifies more than 500,000 copies sold.):

  • Drug czar says Jackson's death a wake-up call

    The Associated Press | July 9 at 7:37 a.m.

    The government's drug czar says that Michael Jackson's death is a wake-up call to the nation about prescription drug abuse.

  • Jackson's dermatologist: I warned him about drug

    The Associated Press | July 9 at 6:57 a.m.

    Michael Jackson's dermatologist says he on occasion gave the pop star the painkiller Demerol but warned him about using the powerful sedative Diprivan.

  • Jackson children were well prepared for spotlight

    By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer | July 9 at 5:43 p.m.

    Even Michael Jackson knew the masks and veils would have to come off one day.

  • LAPD: Michael Jackson's drug history to be probed

    The Associated Press | Today at 6:43 a.m.

    Detectives investigating the death of Michael Jackson are looking at his prescription drug history and trying to talk with his numerous former doctors, the Los Angeles police chief said.

  • Michael Jackson's final resting place a mystery

    By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer | July 9 at 5:07 a.m.

    Michael Jackson's glimmering casket took center stage at the Staples Center, sitting for more than two hours as celebrities memorialized the King of Pop under the watchful eyes of millions. And when the ceremony was over, it was gone.

  • Pelosi shuts down resolution on Michael Jackson

    By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writers | July 9 at 2:48 p.m.

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door Thursday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson because debate on the symbolic measure could raise "contrary views" about the pop star's life.

  • LA official: Promoter should pay Jackson memorial

    The Associated Press | Today at 5:03 a.m.

    A city council member has called on AEG Live to pay some of the estimated $1.4 million cost for policing Michael Jackson's memorial service at the Staples Center.

  • Nielsen: 31.1 million watched Jackson memorial

    By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer | July 9 at 5:17 a.m.

    Some 31.1 million people in the United States watched the Michael Jackson memorial on television, with millions more catching video streams on their computers.

  • German exhibit examines Nazi influence on music

    By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, Associated Press Writer | July 9 at 1:32 p.m.

    Richard Wagner is the classical composer most associated with the Nazis, but Johann Sebastian Bach was the one the party dubbed "the most German of Germans" and whose music was played at rallies to stir up nationalist zeal.

  • NY Philharmonic to visit Cuba, maybe tour in fall

    The Associated Press | July 9 at 9:03 p.m.

    The New York Philharmonic is headed to Cuba to explore the communist nation after being invited to perform there in the fall.

  • Resolution honoring Jackson faces GOP opposition

    By SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writer | July 8 at 4:58 a.m.

    Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee may have trouble keeping the promise she made at Michael Jackson's public memorial for a House resolution that "forever" honors the late pop star.

  • Sales of Michael Jackson albums soared last week

    The Associated Press | July 8 at 12:49 p.m.

    Nielsen SoundScan says 800,000 copies of Michael Jackson albums were bought in the U.S. last week - nearly double his sales from the previous week.

  • NY rep. stands by Michael Jackson 'pervert' video

    The Associated Press | July 9 at 5:17 a.m.

    A New York congressman who posted a YouTube video blasting Michael Jackson as a "pervert" and child molester is standing by his words.

  • International idol, Jackson mourned around globe

    By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer | July 8 at 5:28 a.m.

    Fans in Asia stayed awake into the wee hours, bars across Europe held Michael Jackson theme nights and television stations from Sydney to Paris cleared their schedules Tuesday to broadcast the King of Pop's star-studded memorial service from Los Angeles.

  • Clarification: Michael Jackson-National Audience

    The Associated Press | July 8 at 1:27 p.m.

    In a story July 7, The Associated Press reported that a simulcast of Michael Jackson's memorial service at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, drew only about 10 people. The library now says that viewers of the simulcast grew to about 60 people as the event went on.

  • LA official: Promoter should pay Jackson memorial

    By CHRISTINA HOAG, The Associated Press | July 9 at 5:33 p.m.

    A Los Angeles city councilman is calling on AEG Live to pay some of the estimated $1.4 million cost for Michael Jackson's memorial service Tuesday at the Staples Center.

  • Michael Jackson's final resting place a mystery

    By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer | July 9 at 12:07 a.m.

    Michael Jackson's glimmering casket took center stage at the Staples Center, sitting for more than two hours as celebrities memorialized the King of Pop under the watchful eyes of millions. And when the ceremony was over, it was gone.

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