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Massive demand for Jackson memorial tickets (Reuters)

A Michael Jackson impersonator (who refuses to give name) performs dance steps in front of a crowd Saturday, July 4, 2009 in a mall in suburban Pasay City south of Manila, Philippines. The event was staged to attract customers and as a tribute to the late King of Pop.  (AP Photo/ Pat Roque)Reuters - More than half a million fans from around the world applied for 17,500 free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, organizers said on Friday as a massive security operation got underway.





Jackson was loving and attentive father, many say (AP)

Macky Dancy Jr., 7, looks at a rarely seen portrait of Michael Jackson on display at the Dancy-Power Automotive Group, a showroom that sells luxury cars to celebrities, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York Thursday July 2, 2009. Owner Marty Abrams says the oil painting titled 'The Book' is the only portrait Jackson sat for because he was friends with Australian painter Brett-Livingstone Strong. The 40-inch-by-50-inch portrait was sold for $2.1 million in 1990. Abrams chose the showroom because it is near the Apollo Theater, where the Jackson 5 won Amateur Night in 1967. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - When Rabbi Shmuley Boteach brought his children to play with Michael Jackson's kids at Neverland Ranch some eight years ago, the rabbi's youngsters naturally made a beeline for the fabulous rides — the Ferris wheel, the roller coaster, the bumper cars.





Jackson kids face hurdles to coping with his death (AP)

A card signed by fans is shown at the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent.





Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home (AP)

Jermaine Jackson, right, and Jackie Jackson drive out of the Jackson family home in the Encino section of Los Angeles, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Questions about Michael Jackson's use of prescription drugs are intensifying after a powerful sedative was found inside his home.





U2 asks fans to support Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi (AP)

U2's Bono performs during their 360 Tour at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP - As U2 kicks off its world tour, the Irish rockers are turning a spotlight on Myanmar's jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.





R&B singer Maxwell ends seven-year break (Reuters) Reuters - A vanishing act has become practically de rigueur for R&B musicians of a certain caliber. Many make a mega-hit album or two, collect Grammy Awards and critical accolades -- and then disappear.


Cuba's Fidel Castro honored with a reggaeton song (Reuters)

A vintage car moves past a portrait of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro in Havana July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique De La OsaReuters - Since he swept into power 50 years ago, Cuba's Fidel Castro has been honored in poems, movies and paintings and now in reggaeton, a form of music widely popular among Cuban youth but not island leaders.





Stone Temple Pilots accentuate old faves (Reuters)

Drummer Eric Kretz (back), Scott Weiland and Dean DeLeo (R) of Stone Temple Pilots perform at the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore, Maryland August 10, 2008. REUTERS/Bill AuthReuters - For a reunited band bent on having a future, Stone Temple Pilots spent most of its House of Blues show Wednesday visiting the past -- the distant past.





ABBA's Andersson shoots down London reunion talk (AP) AP - Forget those reports that Swedish supergroup ABBA will be reuniting to cover Michael Jackson's sold-out concert dates.


How Jackson's "Thriller" changed the music business (Reuters) Reuters - In early 1984, when Epic Records executives presented their slate of upcoming releases at the convention in Hawaii of parent company CBS Records, they couldn't resist playing up the success they were experiencing. So between the pitches for new albums, Epic inserted stock footage of semi trucks and a voice-over that thunderously announced......


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