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Los Angeles - More than 4,000 fully made-up dancers gathered at the Nokia Center on Saturday night to help set a new world record... the most people to simultaneously dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller." The "Thrill the World Los Angeles" event at the Nokia was part of a wider global celebration that involved 300 other cities. An estimated 20,000 people around the world were said to have set a record for the largest simultaneous Thriller dance routine. The dance, in cities in 37 countries around the world, topped the previous record. That was set on , which was set by...

Preparing for the Michael Jackson funeral online, Internet connection problems and finding live feeds, photos and video amidst bogus websites. Michael Jackson’s funeral will air on television and online on Tuesday July 7, 2009. This day may pose problems for online access whether or not Michael Jackson funeral live feeds, photos and video is sought. Fans should also prepare for Internet congestion and bogus website claims. For starters, many sites claim to have the Michael Jackson funeral live and online already, even though the event has yet to take place. Some of these are harmless sites, others are not. Otherwise,...

Michael Jackson has been accused, at various times in his career, of molesting children, breaking contracts and stealing songs. Rarely, if ever, has he been accused of doing all three at once. Now a recent lawsuit hits the trifecta, alleging the pop star sexually abused a boy in the 1980s and 1990s, lifted lyrics and melodies from the child, who was as young as 2 at the time of the reputed plagiarism, and reneged on a deal to pay for the songs. Perhaps making the lawsuit at least a quadfecta, Jackson, 47, is also accused of burning, beating, and torturing...

MICHAEL Jackson has failed to show up in court for a hearing on a lawsuit by a man who says the pop singer held him against his will and sexually assaulted him in 1984. Jackson or a lawyer had been ordered to appear before US District Judge Eldon Fallon to discuss who would defend the singer in the lawsuit, but no one came, a court clerk said. Judge Fallon set August 17 for a hearing in which Jackson must show why he should not be held in contempt of court and a default judgment issued against him, according to a...

Michael Jackson's prosecutors have asked to keep the courtroom open during hearings on whether to admit into evidence allegations of prior sexual offenses by the singer.

NEW YORK - Michael Jackson (news) is reportedly angered by the way he is portrayed in rapper Eminem (news - web sites)'s recently released video "Just Lose It." The pop singer is said to be so upset that he has asked networks to remove the video from their rotations. "Michael Jackson is very angry. He feels that Eminem has crossed the line," Jackson representative Ramone Bain told the Daily News in Tuesday editions. "Michael is calling on all networks to pull the video." In the video, Eminem appears dressed mockingly as Jackson with a group of boys in the...

<p>SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office on Wednesday denied claims by Michael Jackson (search) that he was roughed up and injured during his much-publicized booking for child molestation in November.</p> <p>"I'm shocked and troubled by his allegations," County Sheriff Jim Anderson (search) told a 2 p.m. EST news conference. "He was in no way manhandled or abused. His treatment by this department can only be described as professional."</p>

I am the mother of an almost 11-year-old son. More than that, I won't say. Too many wackos out there. As a parent, our job is to protect our children from those people. Isn't it? With that in mind, could someone explain to me, care of this newspaper, parent to parent, how it is that you let your child spend the night with a man who was known to have made a multimillion dollar settlement to avoid possible prosecution for child molestation. It isn't like it's some kind of secret that Michael Jackson has a problem with young boys. In...

Okay, so it's a stupid vanity that probably won't last 10 seconds, but I have to say shame on Fox news, their post Bush speech coverage is the lamest on TV this morning, they jumped to this stupid Michael Jackson nonsense almost immediately and now have some roundtable going on this subject instead of on the speech of our age. They're beginning to look more like the FOX network to me.

Mon Feb 10,11:42 AM ET Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) (C) is kissed by a Palestinian boy during a reception for school children to celebrate the Muslim festival Eid AL Adha at his headquarters in the West Bank City of Ramallah February 10, 2003. Muslims all over the world will celebrate the religious holiday of Eid al-Adha next week in which they slaughter sheep, seeking God's forgiveness. REUTERS/Osama Silwadi

<p>Jackson selects a piece of candy during testimony Wednesday.</p> <p>SANTA MARIA, California (Reuters) -- Pop star Michael Jackson told a court Wednesday that, like Walt Disney, he had been blessed by God with a gift for creating family entertainment, but found himself lacking business skills.</p>

I just saw the brief clip of jackson dangling a baby over a balcony! Be sure to watch the full video and story.. No more news Sick and stupid....he's wierd.