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...JACKSON, father of the late pop singer Michael Jackson, on the involuntary-manslaughter charge brought against physician Conrad Murray, right, for his role in the entertainer's death. Jackson claims his son was the victim of a wider conspiracy...
...Nadya Suleman, or Octomom, parlayed a horrifyingly dangerous multiple birth into a reality special, ending up - like her apparent model, Angelina Jolie - on the cover of Star magazine, showing off "My New Bikini Body! How I Did It!" Richard Heene convinced the world that his 6-year-old son was hurtling toward his death in a balloon. But as the veteran of ABC's Wife Swap knew, the show he was pitching - eccentric storm-chasing scientist and his wacky family - wouldn't even raise an eyebrow on a cable schedule...
...written by Rick Riordan, a former high school teacher now based in Texas, became a word-of-mouth sensation after the first one hit shelves in 2005. Parents loved that they were based on Greek myths: Percy (played by Logan Lerman in the movie) is actually Perseus, a demigod son of Poseidon. He faces down remodeled versions of such perils as Medusa (in New Jersey), the land of the lotus eaters (in Vegas) and Ares, the god of war (a Hell's Angel). Olympus is on top of the Empire State Building. Hades is in Los Angeles...
...Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Washington has re-estimated the earthquake damage from $5 billion to between $7 billion and $13 billion, making it one of history's worst natural disasters. "This has never happened to a country before," says the European-educated Bellerive, 51, a doctor's son and international-relations expert. "Forty percent of our GDP was destroyed in 30 seconds." (See TIME's exclusive photos of the Haiti earthquake destruction...
...from visiting. On Feb. 16, Gaddafi canceled all Libyan visas for citizens of the 25 Shengen countries in Europe, which share common immigration procedures. The decree was the latest round in a long and personal disagreement with Switzerland, which began in July 2008, when Swiss police arrested Gaddafi's son Hannibal and his wife for allegedly assaulting two of their servants in Geneva. Libyan and European officials are working frantically to resolve the conflict, but the European visa ban meant the U.S. execs arrived to a nearly empty hotel. (Among the few other hotel guests this weekend was Palestinian leader...