A hoax video purporting to show Michael Jackson hopping out of a coroner's van alive was produced by a German television station as an experiment, the broadcaster told CNN Monday. It was made to show how easy it is to spread rumors online, said Heike Schultz, a spokeswoman for RTL, the leading private broadcaster in Germany. "We sent out a press release before we did the video to alert everyone that it was fake, but once posted it spread really ...

The first search of Michael Jackson's bedroom a day after his death found marijuana, skin-bleaching and hair-growing ointments, anti-insomnia pills and empty bottles of several anti-anxiety drugs, according to court documents unsealed Thursday. A substance initially suspected to be tar heroin proved not to be a narcotic, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. An affidavit, written by Los Angeles Detective Orlando Martinez, was used to outline probable cause for a warrant to search Jackson's Holmby Hills, California, ...

The Los Angeles Coroner's chief investigator revisited the office of Michael Jackson's dermatologist Wednesday, even though the coroner announced last week his "thorough and comprehensive" report was completed. "We wanted some additional information, and they provided it," Ed Winter said as he emerged 90 minutes after entering Dr. Arnold Klein's Beverly Hills, California, dermatology clinic. Winter, who also visited Klein's office on July 14, said the doctor's staff and lawyers cooperated with his requests. Garo Ghazarian, one of Klein's two ...

Absolutely! It's a verbal virus that's spreading unchecked on TV, radio and in print. Want to sound certain Want to remove all doubt Want to be a commentator on TV Absolutely. It has become the standard reply to every question or comment. It clings like lint to our conversations. Are we in a recession senator "Absolutely not." Was Michael Jackson a musical genius "Absolutely." Want syrup on those pancakes Absolutely. It's even reached the highest office in the ...

Plans for a three-city exhibition of Michael Jackson memorabilia could be derailed by suspicion and distrust among Jackson's mother, the men Jackson named as executors of his will and the promoter of his planned comeback concerts. A judge delayed his approval of the exhibition agreement between concert promoter AEG Live and the Jackson estate until Friday, when he will hear testimony about why Katherine Jackson thinks it should be renegotiated. Questions surrounding Michael Jackson's death and AEG Live's role in ...

Michael Jackson's autopsy is done, but its release is on hold, as is the court case over the iconic singer's estate. The autopsy results will not be released indefinitely because of the ongoing investigation into the singer's death, according to authorities. The Los Angeles coroner's office said Monday that it would abide by a request from the police department to keep Jackson's cause and manner of death confidential. Investigators are trying to determine whether anyone should be charged in Jackson's ...

The dispute between Michael Jackson's mother and the men Jackson chose to run his estate after his death threatens to delay or derail plans for a documentary of the pop singer's last days. Katherine Jackson's lawyers objected in court Monday to the deals made by the Michael Jackson estate's special administrators with concert promoter AEG Live and merchandising company Bravado. The lawyer for AEG Live, which promoted Jackson's shows in London, England, told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge ...

Since the death of Michael Jackson on June 25, the pop star's life and history have become the subject of intense scrutiny. Now we can add a new item to the pile of Jackson resources: his Stasi file. According to a report from the Stasi, the East German secret police, that has recently come to light, on June 18, 1988, at precisely 2:52 p.m., several cars arrived at Checkpoint Charlie on the West Berlin side of the Berlin ...

Michael Jackson's ex-wife and the mother of his two eldest children, Debbie Rowe, has agreed not to challenge the singer's mother for custody of the children, a Jackson family lawyer said in a CBS News interview. Londell McMillan, who represents Katherine Jackson, said a tentative agreement was reached "for the best interests of the children." "This is not a money deal," McMillan said. "This is not about money." Debbie Rowe never publicly said if she would fight ...

Dr. Conrad Murray was suffering financially with nearly $435,000 in judgments and liens against him over the past two years, according to court documents. Then he decided to leave his practice and work for Michael Jackson, getting paid $150,000 a month. Before working with the King of Pop, Murray spent most of his time operating clinics in both Nevada and Texas after graduating from Meharry Medical College, a historically black school in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1989. He spent his internship ...