Lawyers for Michael Jackson dropped an effort to block an auction of the pop star’s personal belongings and other family items, including his gold record for the Thriller album.

Michael Jackson has denied US reports he is preparing to sell his Neverland ranch at the reduced rate of $20m (€14.8m) - $30m (€22.19m) lower than his original asking price.

Michael Jackson's spokeswoman has dismissed a report that the pop star is currently in hospital, saying he is at home recovering from a cold or flu.

A 15 metre robotic replica of Michael Jackson will be reportedly erected in the desert surrounding Las Vegas, according to reports.

The family of a woman who died two years ago is suing Michael Jackson and a California hospital, claiming the gravely-ill patient was moved from her two-bed trauma unit to make room for the pop star when he arrived with flu symptoms.

After more than a year of self-imposed exile, pop icon Michael Jackson is back in the United States and is planning a trip soon to Japan, one of his “favourite places in the entire world,” Jackson and his spokeswoman said today.

Troubled pop star Micheal Jackson has left his Bahrain-based record company Two Seas, cancelling the album he was set to release under the label.

Michael Jackson claims to have discovered a conspiracy by his former employees to force him into bankruptcy.

Michael Jackson, who has been living in Bahrain since he was acquitted of child abuse charges a year ago, is moving to Europe and will begin performing again.

Michael Jackson has closed the house on his Neverland Ranch and laid off some of the employees there, but has not completely shuttered the sprawling California estate.

Averting a potential state lawsuit, Michael Jackson has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in back wages owed to dozens of employees at his Neverland ranch, according to a statement from the California Department of Industrial Relations.

MICHAEL Jackson has been ordered to close his Neverland Ranch for allowing workers’ compensation insurance to lapse at the exotic estate that has been home to elephants, orangutans and other animals over the years.

Michael Jackson has sparked further speculation he is on the verge of converting to Islam, after pledging to erect a mosque in his adopted home of Bahrain.

MICHAEL JACKSON is being urged to apologise after a TV network aired a tape which the pop star apparently referred to Jews as “leeches.”

The American Anti-Defamation League today demanded an apology from Michael Jackson after a TV network aired what was said to be a telephone answering-machine message in which the pop star referred to Jews as “leeches”.

Michael Jackson used the ladies restroom in a Dubai shopping mall because he couldn't read the sign on the door, according to his spokeswoman.

Two men were indicted on federal charges of secretly recording Michael Jackson two years ago as he flew to Santa Barbara with his attorney to surrender in a child-molestation investigation.

Michael Jackson’s publicist says eight performers so far have agreed to join a song to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims.

Michael Jackson is coming out of seclusion to record a song he's written to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Michael Jackson’s fans haven’t given up on the pop star.

Michael Jackson’s fate was left hanging in the balance this weekend as the jury ended its sixth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in his child sex abuse case.

THE jury in Michael Jackson’s child sex abuse trial returned to court yesterday for a fifth full day of deliberations.

The jury in Michael Jackson’s child sex abuse trial returned to court today for a fifth full day of deliberations.

JURORS in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial completed a scheduled half-day of deliberations on Wednesday and left court without reaching a verdict.

JOURNALISTS swarm around the grounds of Santa Maria courthouse desperately looking for a story; fans proclaim Michael Jackson’s innocence to anyone who will listen, and scores of police officers keep watch over it all.

A controversy over the gag order in the Michael Jackson case arose when the singer’s lawyer issued a statement saying he had not authorised anyone to hold news conferences on the pop star's behalf.

AS the world waits for a verdict in Michael Jackson’s child sex abuse trial the atmosphere outside the courthouse swings between the calm and the surreal.

As the world waits for a verdict in Michael Jackson’s child sex abuse trial the atmosphere outside the courthouse swings between the calm and the surreal.

Michael Jackson was treated at a hospital emergency room for “excruciating” back pain, a day before jurors in his molestation case were to begin their first full day of deliberations.

A GAUNT-LOOKING Michael Jackson arrived at court yesterday to hear final arguments before his child molestation case goes to the jury.

Michael Jackson’s spokeswoman, Raymone Bain, has denied news reports that surfaced late last night suggesting the pop star was briefly in hospital for dehydration after leaving court in Santa Maria, California.

Michael Jackson committed “exploitation and sexual abuse”, and his only defence has been to attack the credibility of his accuser’s family, a prosecutor said today as closing arguments began.

A FORMER Neverland chef’s assistant testified yesterday that the sister of Michael Jackson’s accuser talked to him after the family left the pop star’s estate and never complained of being treated badly or held against their will.

A security guard at Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch told his child sex trial that he caught the pop star’s teenage accuser and his brother with a bottle of wine.

The property manager at Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch testified today that he was never ordered to hold captive the family of the boy who is accusing the pop star of child molestation.

A feeble-looking Michael Jackson arrived late again to his child abuse trial, but the judge took no apparent action – and the star sat through testimony from a psychologist who said few child sex abuse allegations turned out to be false.

Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial has not stemmed visits by youngsters to his Neverland ranch, his spokeswoman said.

Michael Jackson’s child molestation trial has not stemmed visits by youngsters to his Neverland ranch, his spokeswoman said.

MICHAEL JACKSON faced his young accuser in court yesterday wearing slippers and pyjamas after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

MICHAEL JACKSON had a narrow escape yesterday when he arrived late, and in his pyjamas, to his child molestation trial to face a judge who threatened to arrest him and revoke his $3 million bail.

Child molestation allegations that Michael Jackson faced in 1993 but which did not result in charges were raised by his California prosecutors today.

Pop star Michael Jackson has been released from a hospital where he was treated for flu symptoms, which delayed jury selection for his trial on child molestation charges.

MICHAEL JACKSON’S parents yesterday insisted the pop star’s young accuser was simply after his money.

The tortuous task of finding 12 jurors who can ignore everything they have read about Michael Jackson began in a California court today and could last for a month.