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Gary, Ind. paid airfare for Jackson's father

The mayor of Gary, Ind., said Friday his cash-strapped city paid $5,000 to fly Michael Jackson's father and seven other people out from Los Angeles to attend a July memorial for his son in the pop star's hometown.

Michael Jackson's boyhood home still draws curious

Michael Jackson fans and curious sightseers still are beating a path to his boyhood home more than three weeks after his death.

Jackson's hometown holds memorial for pop icon

This gritty steel-making city where Michael Jackson got his start playing on street corners with his brothers and competing in talent shows said goodbye to the King of Pop with a show that featured experienced homegrown talent, as well as youngsters who hope to follow in his footsteps.

Mayor: Jackson's dad to attend Ind. hometown event

The mayor of Gary, Ind. says Michael Jackson's father will attend a memorial service for the pop icon in the family's hometown.

Ind. mayor has big hopes for Jackson boyhood home

The hardscrabble city of Gary, Ind., which rose to prosperity in its steelmaking heyday and saw its fortunes fall with the industry, sees an opportunity in the death of its most famous native: Michael Jackson.

Your choice: Fried or minty-fresh death on ‘CSI’

Choozy’s Chicken provided the night’s first murder setting. When the store’s giant ceramic chicken was pushed through the window, the police stumbled upon the body of Bob, one of the managers of the franchise.

Vietnam releases Gary Glitter from prison

Vietnamese authorities freed British glam rocker Gary Glitter on Tuesday after nearly three years in prison on child molestation charges, then moved immediately to deport him.

Cops' Charges Dent Ind. City's Image

Veteran officer Thomas Houston didn't mince words when he took over as police chief in this violence-plagued city, promising to "implode" the department and make big changes, even if it went against public sentiment.

3 Gary Police Officers Plead Not Guilty

The former Gary police chief pleaded not guilty on Friday to assaulting two people he suspected of burglarizing his home and having them and two others wrongfully locked up.

Gary, Ind., Police Chief Faces Charges

The police chief in the violence-plagued city of Gary assaulted two people he suspected of burglarizing his home and had them and two others wrongfully locked up for three days, prosecutors said Thursday.

Tidbits: Jamie Lynn Spears in baby bump denial

Jamie Lynn Spears may be five months pregnant, but she isn’t ready to reveal her telltale baby bump to the world. In fact, Star magazine reports the 16-year-old is in complete denial about the changes to her body and is doing all she can to conceal the evidence.

Gary Anthony Williams Causes a `Ruckus'

Nearing the end of the interview — with some last-minute fact-checking points to go through — Gary Anthony Williams wants to set the record straight.

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I've Told You That I'm A Trucker

I hauled steel predominately. I hauled steel on a forty foot flatbed, in box trailers, I hauled two forty five foot trailers as one unit, and I hauled two twenty seven foot trailers with 34 wheels on the whole unit. They are called doubles. I pulled a tanker too.

Gary Collins Gets New Jewelry - An Ankle Bracelet - Planet Santa Barbara - Local News
Source: Planet Santa Barbara

At about 6:20am on this morning (5/27/09) television actor Gary Collins arrived at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail to have an electronic monitoring device placed on his ankle.

Nightmare on a Blaine street - A couple sued Edina Realty for not telling them that a murder took place in the house they bought
Source: The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Excerpt: The tidy house on a quiet, suburban street immediately caught Abdelhafid Fajri's eye.

Reports: Arrest close in Chandra Levy slaying
Source: Yahoo! News

I really hope they have the right person. With such a high profile case, it seems like they should've been able to arrest someone a lot sooner.

"Free" meal earns Oak Hill man some jailhouse grub
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

Excerpt: Gary James Benben has been eating free since Friday. Chances are, the weekend grub wasn't as good as the meal he is accused of stealing from an Edgewater restaurant.

Bush Justice Department sues Indiana city for discriminating against whites
Source: Raw Story

The Bush Administration's Department of Justice announced Monday that they are suing the city of Gary, Indiana for discriminating against white people.

Janet Pissed; Plans To Confront Beyonce About Comments
Source: eurweb.com

...In the new January 2009 cover story, Beyonce attempts to explain the differences between her road to stardom and the more common route taken by black performers who struggled economically during childhood.

Edward Lanphear court proceeding rescheduled
Source: Wisconsin Rapids Tribune

Excerpt: A pretrial conference for a 46-year-old Saratoga man charged with the abduction and assault of two south Wood County men has been rescheduled for Feb. 13.

Housing Prices Drop
Source: The Globe and Mail

WELL THE SLUMP MAY CONTINUE INTO 2009 AND 2010 BUT WILL RECOUVER THIS BAD NEWS FOR CANDA AS WE SELL OUR LUMBER TO UNITED STATES AND FORESTRY COMP[ANIES ARE HAVING HARD TIME NOW. GARY GRAHAM SASKATOON SASK CANADA

Mitsubishi LaserVue HDTV Review
Source: Dailymotion - videos

Visit for the full story. Explore TV looks at the Mitsubishi LaserVue HDTV. See exclusive footage of HD Guru, Gary Merson technical testing of the newest TV sensation.

Gary Dourdan Pleads Guilty To Ecstasy, Cocaine Possession
Source:

Former CSI star Gary Dourdan pled guilty to counts of cocaine and Ecstasy possession on Wednesday, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

Gary Gygax, Dungeons & Dragons creator, dies
Source: CNN

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) -- Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.

Gary Numan returns to Belfast

THE godfather of electronica, Gary Numan, will be in Belfast's Spring & Airbrake for one night only on Monday (March 3). This year Gary is celebrating two huge anniversaries - his 50th birthday and the 30th anniversary of the release of Replicas, the album that catapulted him …

Gary as Chicago's Third Airport?
Source: Chicago Tribune

From the article: No planes occupy the airline gates at Gary- Chicago International Airport, all seats in the passenger terminal are empty, the baggage carousel sits motionless and who knows the last time an egg was cracked at the airport's shuttered restaurant.

Brilliant satirical poem on the death of Gary Aldridge - Pharyngula Blog
Source: ScienceBlogs

Brilliant satirical poem on the recent kinky death of Gary Alridge, posted by 'The Cuttlefish Poet' on the biology blog of PZ Myers 'Pharyngula'. 'A story, sure, but it may yet Explain what happened then. The moral is, please don't forget: Your safeword is "Amen"

Cops missed bodies, dad says.Son, friend found 7 hours after crash
Source: Chicago Tribune

A Gary, Ind., father who found his teenage son and his son's friend dead at the scene of an accident that he said happened seven hours earlier claims police overlooked the bodies when they investigated the crash.

Why is downtown Gary, IN abandoned and desolate?
Source: growingchicago.com

Anybody from Indiana have the inside scoop on what happened here?

Nigeria gay law 'risks democracy'
Source: BBC News

A proposed Nigerian law banning same-sex marriages is a threat to democracy, says Human Rights Watch. Writing to the Nigerian Senate, they said the legislation, "contravenes the basic rights to freedom of expression, conscience, association, and assembly".

Goalies Gone Normal: A Little South of Sanity
Source: The New York Times

Goalies no longer talk to their goalposts. Sanity has overtaken this generation of goalies who have grown up in a sport that figured out that a great goaltender was a requirement for a championship team.

Eddie Van Halen's "The Gathering" Party - with Porn Stars?

"The Gathering" is a party held by rock music ledged Edward Van Halen in celebration of the new adult film release from Eddie's friend Michael Ninn's porn flick...I mean "adult film" entitled "Sacred Sin".

UFO hacker tells of his findings
Source: myparanormallife.blogspot.com

Gary McKinnon to be extradited

In a hearing on Wednesday 10th May 2006, Gary McKinnon, the hacker who broke into a series of U.S Government computers for the purpose of discovering suppressed technologies, was ordered by a British judge to be sent to America to face the charges.

Gary Airport Gets Millions In Federal Funding
Source: cbs2chicago.com

"On Friday, federal officials approved $47.8 million over the next 10 years." The funds will be used to make the fledgling airport a better candidate for becoming Chicagoland's third airport.

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