LOS ANGELES: The judge who jailed Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray for four years refused a request Friday for him to be released pending an appeal against his conviction.
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US judge refuses to release Jackson doctor
- 25 February 2012
- Mufid Awad
Beatles hits become mobile phone ringtones
- 24 February 2012
- Mufid Awad
SAN FRANCISCO: Hits from The Beatles have finally joined the chorus of ringtones available for mobile phones.
Iommi illness forces Black Sabbath tour changes
- 19 February 2012
- Mufid Awad
LOS ANGELES: Veteran British rockers Black Sabbath have been forced to scale back plans to tour this year as guitarist Tony Iommi continues treatment for lymphoma, the band said on its...
Franklin, Wonder to sing at Whitney Houston funeral
- 18 February 2012
- Mufid Awad
NEWARK: Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will sing Saturday at the private funeral of pop diva Whitney Houston, where her "Bodyguard" co-star Kevin Costner is also expected to pay tribute.
Angry Springsteen gauges gap between American dream, reality
- 17 February 2012
- Mufid Awad
PARIS: Bankers, developers and deregulators come in for one of the fiercest lashings in the history of mainstream rock next month when Bruce Springsteen issues an album that he admits...
Speculation rages over cause of Houston's death
- 14 February 2012
- Mufid Awad
LOS ANGELES: As fans await autopsy results that may not come for weeks, speculation raged Monday that pop legend Whitney Houston may have died from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs...





