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Sheriff's investigators conducted a search of Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch on Friday, a department spokesman said. Sgt. Chris Pappas confirmed that a warrant was served at the rural estate but he would not release any more information. Jackson has already been charged with child molestation, and his Neverland ranch was searched previously in the case. He faces trial next year. The search warrant was served at 9 a.m. and investigators remained there into the late morning, Pappas said. Attorneys on both sides are barred from commenting on the case. A message seeking comment was left at the office of Jackson's...

Jesse Jackson, king of the victomologists, is always looking for a way to keep his face in the spotlight, and thereby maintaining his ability to keep money coming into his coffers for the various ‘charitable’ organizations he runs. Anyone with half a brain realizes that Jackson primarily functions as a shakedown artist, and that he has lost any real credibility as an advocate for equality and true civil rights. The biggest gaff Jackson had was when the news broke that he had a mistress who gave birth to Jackson’s illegitimate child, and that Jackson used money from one of his...

More than a year ago, Michael Jackson let a television crew into his bizarre world for a TV documentary he no doubt hoped would boost his fading career. Instead, "Living With Michael Jackson" may have triggered the child molestation case that threatens to destroy Jackson and his multimillion-dollar music empire. Exactly what happened is a matter of dispute, but interviews with several sources close to Jackson and the accuser's family reveal one consistent thread: The documentary set in motion a series of events that led to the pop star's arrest last month. The TV special, broadcast worldwide last February to...

<p>Ten days after the arrest of Michael Jackson on charges that the 45- year-old pop singer sexually molested a 12-year-old boy at his Neverland ranch in Santa Barbara, gallons of ink and hours of airtime have been devoted to his reported accuser, a previous reported accuser, Jackson's supposed sexual predilections and sleeping habits, and a private jet ride that was surreptitiously videotaped.</p>