A charter bus carrying passengers to the NBA All-Star game clipped a La police patrol vehicle Sunday morning, police mentioned. Nobody was injured in the crash, but the officer's patrol automobile sustained minor harm, stated La Police Lt. Jim Gavin. Gavin stated the officer was driving towards the All-Star sport at Staples Center to present protection Sunday when he made a correct turn from your turn-only lane of Pico Boulevard onto Figueroa Street at about nine: 30 a.m. The bus driver was ...

Well, it was big. The biggest ever Probably not. Tuesday's memorial service for Michael Jackson was expected to set some high marks for viewership -- and it did. But, based on information gathered by various meter-readers, it was no moon landing or Princess Diana funeral -- events whose audiences, by some reckonings, pushed 1 billion viewers. In the United States, the Jackson memorial aired during the late morning and afternoon, when most people are working. Nielsen, the television ratings service, ...

Michael Jackson's music sales keep soaring as fans purchased more than 800,000 of his albums last week, Billboard magazine said. Jackson's albums hold all 10 top positions on Billboard's top pop catalog albums chart, according Nielsen SoundScan sales data released Wednesday. That feat broke a record Jackson set last week when he had eight albums on that chart. Jackson's albums are not eligible for the Billboard 200 chart, which is for newer albums. Jackson's "Number Ones" ...

Michael Jackson has officially become the most popular person on Facebook, with more than 7 million fans on the social networking site. Previously, the most popular person on Facebook, with just over 6 million fans, was U.S. President Obama. Over the past week, Jackson's page has grown from 80,000 fans to just over 7 million, generating the largest response on a Facebook page, the social networking site says. He has continued to gain about 20 ...

Ticket-holders waiting for Michael Jackson's memorial service in Los Angeles, California were making their way inside the Staples Center, where personnel handed them glossy programs. The rear of the line was moving so quickly for the service -- scheduled to start at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) -- that some people were practically running as police let them through barricades that had been arranged around the downtown locale. The front of the line was steadier, with a few dozen ...

Police in Los Angeles, California, are asking Michael Jackson fans without tickets to the pop icon's memorial service Tuesday to stay home from the event. The city also wants help paying for their efforts to keep the public remembrance safe, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles mayor. Crowds are expected to be "very large," and a police presence will be felt at the "King of Pop's" public remembrance, said Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton. "This is ...

Some lucky Michael Jackson fans got the e-mails they were hoping for Sunday, saying they've won two free tickets to Tuesday's memorial service. "OMG OMG OMG OMG i got tickets to the michael jackson memorial service!!!" Deka Motanya wrote Sunday afternoon in a Twitter message. The 8,750 fans chosen were summoned to Dodger Stadium Monday to pick up their tickets and have a wristband placed on their arms to prevent them from reselling them. The Michael Jackson memorial, set for ...

Fans continued to register by the thousands early Saturday, hoping to be among the 8,750 people who will be randomly picked to attend the memorial service for singer Michael Jackson next week. By 5:30 p.m. PT (9:30 p.m. ET) Friday, seven hours since the lottery's announcement, more than half a million people had registered to snag a pair of tickets to the ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, according to Jackson family spokesman Ken Sunshine. The overwhelming ...

Fans of Michael Jackson will have one last chance to say goodbye to the departed pop star on Tuesday with a televised celebratory memorial service at LA's Staples Center, simulcast at the nearby Nokia Theater. Representatives of the Jackson family, the company promoting his final tour, and the City of Los Angeles released very few details about the event at a Friday morning press conference outside the Staples Center. Watch TIME's video "Appreciating Michael Jackson, the Musician." "Everything ...

Fans must register online for a lottery to win tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, organizers said Friday. Third seed Murray was hoping to become the first British man to win the tournament since Fred Perry in 1936, but he was eventually out-gunned by an inspired Roddick who went through 6-4 4-6 7-6 7-6. Roddick will now face Roger Federer, who has beaten him in their two previous Wimbledon final meetings -- ...