Category Archives: Stars

Jackson’s doctor found guilty of manslaughter

By doris | Published: November 7, 2011

Full Story atTODAY.com LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic that killed the pop star. The verdict against Dr. Conrad Murray marked the latest chapter in one of pop culture’s most shocking [...]

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Weekend full moon the biggest in about 20 years

By doris | Published: March 18, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — If the moon looks a little bit bigger and brighter this weekend, there’s a reason for that. It is. Saturday’s full moon will be a super “perigee moon” — the biggest in almost 20 years. This celestial event is far rarer than the famed blue moon, which happens once [...]

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University awards first Beatles degree

By doris | Published: January 29, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LONDON (Reuters) – A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in Beatles studies. Former Miss Canada finalist, Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy was one of the first 12 students to sign up for the Liverpool Hope University course on the Fab Four when it [...]

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Winfrey’s Angel Network charity to shut down

By doris | Published: June 10, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey’s charity, The Angel Network, is shutting down as her talk show draws to a close. The network stopped accepting donations this week and said on its website that it plans to dissolve as soon as its remaining funds are disbursed. The Angel Network was launched in 1998 [...]

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NASA finally sees plume from moon impact

By doris | Published: October 19, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com NASA scientists have finally seen in their data a debris plume created by the impact of a moon probe last week. The faint plume was seen in the data from the engineered crash one week after the impact of the LCROSS probe. Scientists are hoping that analysis of the plume will [...]

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Sleepless night preceded Jackson’s death

By doris | Published: August 26, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Maybe it was anxiety over his upcoming comeback concert series in London, England. Perhaps his body was trying to process too many different medications. The reason may never be known, but a sworn affidavit makes clear that the King of Pop couldn’t get rest the night before he died on June [...]

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Telescopes to show universe soon after Big Bang

By doris | Published: August 20, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — It may not be possible to travel back in time, but seeing stars and galaxies as they looked millions or even billions of years ago is no problem thanks to telescopes, the closest thing we have to time machines. Now, astronomers are holding their breath to see what they’ll [...]

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Newfound planet orbits backward

By doris | Published: August 12, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com Planets orbit stars in the same direction that the stars rotate. They all do. Except one. A newfound planet orbits the wrong way, backward compared to the rotation of its host star. Its discoverers think a near-collision may have created the retrograde orbit, as it is called. The star and its [...]

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Was Michael Jackson really in the casket at his Staples Center memorial?

By doris | Published: July 10, 2009

Full Story at examiner.com There is no shortage of questions surrounding the death of Michael Jackson. One of them tonight is the location of his final resting place. By law, according to the Associated Press report, the casket believed to hold Jackson’s body must be exactly where his death certificate says it is: at the [...]

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Paris Jackson emerges as surprise voice of memorial

By doris | Published: July 8, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com With her brief speech, 11-year-old Paris Jackson also shocked the event’s organizers, who said her appearance was not a planned part of the star-studded tribute to the King of Pop at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Tuesday. “Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever [...]

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