By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES | Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:23am EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Images of Michael Jackson lying dead in a hospital and rehearsing the day before his death, along with recollections of the singer as a troubled “lost boy,” made for a heart-wrenching opening on Tuesday to the manslaughter trial of [...]
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:13am EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin threatened on Monday to sue the author and publisher of an unflattering biography she said was filled with “lies and rumors presented as fact.” The book by veteran political writer Joe McGinniss, “The Rogue: [...]
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES | Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:12am EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – More than two years after Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest at his mansion, the doctor who was treating the “Thriller” singer will come before a jury Tuesday charged with responsibility for his death. Dr. Conrad Murray’s trial is [...]
LOS ANGELES | Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:16pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres called paramedics on Monday after feeling pains and tightness in her chest, but jokingly brushed off the incident, saying she had a “baboon heart” and admitting she wasn’t sure what caused the discomfort. “Everything is fine. I [...]
By Jill Jacobs NEW YORK | Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:53pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – World renowned primatologist Jane Goodall began her groundbreaking research into chimpanzees over 50 years ago in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park, leaving an indelible imprint on the way humans view animals. On Tuesday this week, the 77 year-old animal researcher [...]
