Michael Jackson's Last before died-Rehearsal Video Released

Signs of success Michael Jackson, far left, and the rest of the Jackson Five in 1972. The five brothers from Indiana were signed to Berry Gordy’s Motown record label.

All in the family

The Jackson 5 perform in Los Angeles on a 1970s Bob Hope TV special. Michael continued to front the band, but his solo career was already on the rise, starting with 1971’s “Got to Be There.”

A wonderful Wiz

Michael Jackson at the opening of “The Wiz.” The 1978 movie musical was the first time the pop star worked with legendary producer Quincy Jones, who would soon produce Jackson ’s breakout solo album “Off the Wall,” and eventually the “Thriller” album as well. Jackson ’s “Wiz” co-star was friend and mentor Diana Ross, who had introduced the world to the Jackson 5 back in 1969.

Wanna be startin’ somethin’?

Michael Jackson performs in concert during a 1981 tour with his brothers. During the tour, Michael began writing down ideas for a solo project that blossomed into the highest selling album of all time.

Handfuls of glory

With Quincy Jones at his side, Michael Jackson holds six of the eight awards he won for “Thriller” at the 1984 Grammy Awards. His outfit, complete with epaulets, sequined glove and dark shades, became a quintessential Michael look.

They were the world

In January 1985, a who’s who of the music and movie worlds came together to sing “We Are the World,” written to benefit famine victims in Ethiopia . Michael Jackson can be seen front and center, along with Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor and dozens of other stars. Michael’s sister Janet can be seen bottom right.

Role model

During a May 1984 ceremony at the White House, Michael Jackson accepts a Presidential Award from President Reagan as first lady Nancy Reagan looks on. Jackson was honored as a model for American youth, and for lending his hit song “Beat It” to a new campaign against drunk driving.

Power marriage

Michael Jackson and then wife Lisa Marie Presley are seen at Neverland Ranch in preparation of the Children’s World Summit in April 1995. Presley would file for divorce less than a year later, prompting speculation about just what had inspired the relationship.

Marriage 2.0

Just months after his divorce from Lisa Marie, Michael Jackson walked down the aisle with Debbie Rowe. This wedding photo was released by Jackson ’s publicist minutes after the Nov. 13, 1996, ceremony in Sydney , Australia . But the pairing was less about romance and more about bearing Jackson a child, and the two would divorce three years later, with Rowe eventually ceding parental rights to Jackson .

Best of friends

Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor arrive at a Sept. 7, 2001, concert celebrating the 30 years of Jackson ’s career. The two stars had been longtime friends, and Taylor is godmother to two of Michael’s children.

Not so invincible

Michael Jackson poses for photographers during a November 2001 appearance in New York ’s Times Square . Jackson made his first ever in-store appearance to promote his new album “Invincible,” which was released Oct. 30. “Invincible,” at the time the most expensive album ever produced, fared better with critics and fans than 1995’s “HIStory,” but questions began to surface about the future of Jackson ’s career.

One big mistake

Michael Jackson holds a towel-covered Prince Michael II over the balcony of a Berlin hotel on Nov. 19, 2002. Jackson later called the incident a “terrible mistake,” but the image of him dangling his baby son out a window shocked even many die-hard fans. And his reputation was to receive far worse damage just a few months later.

Arresting development

Michael Jackson is pictured in this Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department mug shot from Nov. 20, 2003. In a February 2003 documentary, Jackson acknowledged letting boys sleep in his bed. Soon after, Santa Barbara district attorney Tom Sneddon launched a probe into allegations that Jackson had molested a teen boy who appeared in the program. Authorities raided Neverland Ranch in November, and Jackson surrended for arrest days later.

Family support

Michael, center, and sisters LaToya, left and Janet Jackson walk over to greet fans during a lunch break at a pretrial hearing in Santa Maria , Calif. , in this Aug. 16, 2004, file photo.

MJ’s PJs

Michael Jackson wears pajama pants and is aided by bodyguards after arriving more than an hour late to court on Mar. 10, 2005, during his trial on the 2003 molestation charges. Jackson appeared after Judge Rodney Melville threatened to revoke his bail.

Singin’ with the kids

Michael Jackson sings with some of his young fans at the World Music Awards at Earls Court in London on Nov. 16, 2006.

Converts to Islam Nov 2008
Michael Jackson has reportedly become a Muslim and changed his name to Mikaeel.

Father figure

Michael Jackson walks with kids Prince and Paris through a studio parking lot in Los Angeles in March 2009. The singer had been spotted with his entourage going to a studio on a cold rainy day in the city. The pop star stayed at the studio for more than two hours, and there were many production people working around him, suggesting that the star was filming.

Concert tour planned

Fans take pictures of an electronic screen projecting a press conference by Michael Jackson at the O2 arena in London on March 5, 2009. The pop megastar announced he would play a series of comeback concerts in London in July, his first major shows in more than a decade.
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Sarah Palin resigns as governor

The controversial Sarah Palin is planning to step down from her post as governor.That's a shocking news really.After all she gone through,i never expected to see her to step down.However, the Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.

So, no more Sarah Palin.There''s a lot of jokes around on her really.
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Sears Tower amazing 103rd floor glass balconies

Anna Kane, 5, of Alton, Ill. lays down on 'The Ledge,' the new glass balconies suspended 1,353 feet (412 meters) in the air and jut out 4 feet (1.22 meters) from the Sears Tower's 103rd floor Skydeck Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in Chicago. The Ledge will open to public on Thursday.
(AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

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Car Insurance Tips

Know anything about car insurance ?Well, just wanna share something useful will all of you out there.Insurance is one important thing to purchase.Car insurance can help us to supports our bills whenever an accident happened.Perhaps you need to look out for car insurance quotes online to compare what best for you.

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Michael Jakson Dies in Mystery

The King Pop,Michael Jakcon whom i like the most Thriller songs, had died.But still no reports officially release the pop star caused of death.Some said Michael Jackson died due to overdose of drugs (which he took daily-some kind of pain killer) or perhaps something else.

When will this answered.Well, the whole world fans of Michael Jackson is waiting for it.Why Jackson died so sudden?Just before his biggest comeback tour.So sad..



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The Art of Counterfeiting Money

The almighty dollar is designed to be uncrackable. From the distinctive feel of the greenback's cotton-and-linen-blended paper to its watermarks and color-shifting ink, the Treasury Department goes to excruciating lengths to ensure no one can counterfeit the world's most powerful currency. But the U.S. Treasury Department was no match for Art Williams, one of the most inventive and prolific counterfeiters of recent decades. After learning the craft at 16 from his mother's boyfriend, Williams, the product of a tough neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, went on to print an estimated $10 million in fake money by outmaneuvering the government's ever-tightening security measures. Color-changing ink was replicated by automotive paint; watermarks were painstakingly sketched by hand; a close copy of the secret paper came from leftover newsprint rolls made at local mills. Williams had a successful 10-year run before he was finally caught by the U.S. Secret Service and sentenced in 2002 to three years in prison.

Writer Jason Kersten first told Williams' story in Rolling Stone magazine in 2005. Now he's returned to the subject for a book, The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter. Williams took a stab at making an honest living, but eventually returned to counterfeiting and was arrested again in 2007. He's currently serving a federal prison term scheduled to end in 2013. Kersten spoke with TIME about Williams' remarkable criminal career and the odd allure of duplicating dollars.

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You say that, unlike other criminals, counterfeiters are craftsmen. Is there a part of you that admires the work that they do?
Well, sure. I've seen one of Art's bills. It's just astonishing how similar it is to the genuine article. I tend to be fascinated by any master criminal, anyone who's such a diabolical genius that they take a crime beyond the financial gain.

The counterfeiters you write about seem to have a certain reverence for the crime's long history. Art's mentor, a man nicknamed "Da Vinci," insisted on listening to Italian opera while making fake bills because the music itself was old. Is that romantic aura part of what drew Art into the crime?
Well, I think initially what drew him in was the desire to make money. But it does take a certain sensibility to be a producer of counterfeit money; you have to have an artistic sense. You have to have a respect for the craft and a creative personality. That was as much a part of it for him as having the money in his pocket - the act of creation. (See pictures of the dangers of printing money.)

One striking detail of the story is how Art and his wife would travel around the country and unload their fake bills by buying random supplies and souvenirs, getting real money in change. Then they donated those supplies to charity.
They'd have all this extra stuff, and they'd drop it off at Salvation Armies and churches. That became as important to them as the money itself, that feeling of charity. He wasn't a greedy counterfeiter.

Why do you think he agreed to talk to you? Was part of him proud, and wanted to boast?
Absolutely. You can see in the earlier part of the book that he's a good kid, and he's a smart kid. He skips two grades, he's a straight-A student. That all gets subverted once he goes into the projects in Chicago. I think that 12-year-old kid is still in there wanting to come out, and I think it did with his counterfeit bills.

What was it like to spend time together?
Our core interviews for the book took place over 10 days in a basement apartment on the South Side of Chicago. I was just pulling these stories from his childhood out of him. It was a very emotional process - he would break down crying, telling me about his mother going crazy and his dad abandoning him. That's when the book sort of took a different direction. Yes, it's a book about counterfeiting, but then I started seeing it as the story of a man and his life, and how those things were interwoven.

Prosecutors have cited your Rolling Stone article as evidence that Art wasn't very contrite about what he had done. Do you feel any responsibility for the punishment he received?
The article raised his profile quite a bit, and probably assisted in him getting caught [a second time]. I do think it went to his head a little bit, but it was a choice he made to go back. I didn't feel responsible in any way for what he had done.

Art's still a relatively young guy, not even 40. What do you think the future may hold for him once he gets out of prison?
I really, really hope he doesn't go back to counterfeiting. Art's a great guy with a huge problem. If you meet Art, you don't really feel like you're talking to a criminal. You feel like you're talking to a very bright guy, a very humble guy. But counterfeiters have a higher recidivism rate than heroin addicts - the crime gets in the blood that strongly. So telling myself "He's all done, he's never going back" would be foolish. Even though that's what I hope for more than anything.

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