Your source for the latest on art news, reviews and more. http://whatsonwinnipeg.com Copyright 2007 Winnipeg Free Press. All Rights Reserved. http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89606 WASHINGTON - A law enforcement official in Washington says the Drug Enforcement Administration is joining the investigation of Michael Jackson's death. The official says the Los Angeles Police Department asked the DEA to step in because of the federal agency's resources and knowledge of illicit drug manufacturers known as "pill mills." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 CST http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89606 http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89605 NEW YORK - Michael Jackson had a mountain of unreleased recordings in the vault when he died - music that is almost certain to be packaged and repackaged for his fans in the years to come. The material includes unused tracks from studio sessions of some of Jackson's best albums, as well as more recently recorded songs made with Senegalese R&B singer and producer Akon and Black Eyed Pe... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 CST http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89605 http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89604 LOS OLIVOS, Calif. - With Peter Pan as inspiration, Michael Jackson turned his lush Neverland ranch into a whimsical retreat with carnival rides, a chimpanzee named Bubbles and even a Disney-like train station where he could recapture his lost childhood. But like the superstar's career, the property's idyllic image was tarnished when Jackson was accused of molesting a 13-year-old cancer s... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 CST http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89604 http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89603 NEW YORK - A Swedish author whose new book was promoted as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" cannot publish it in the United States because it too closely mirrors Salinger's classic without adequate parody or critique, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts issued her written ruling in Manhattan after considering arguments in a lawsuit brought by the... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 CST http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89603 http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89602 NEW YORK - Michael Jackson had a mountain of unreleased recordings in the vault when he died - music that is almost certain to be packaged and repackaged for his fans in the years to come. The material includes unused tracks from studio sessions of some of Jackson's best albums, as well as more recently recorded songs made with Senegalese R&B singer and producer Akon and Black Eyed Pe... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 CST http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89602 http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89601 LOS ANGELES - Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage and screen made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97. Malden died of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, they told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He served as the academy's president from 1989-92. ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 CST http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89601 http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89600 LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's album sales have exploded - three of his albums are in the top three spots and 2.3 million tracks have been downloaded in the United States since his death, Nielsen SoundScan said Wednesday. Album sales for the week through Sunday hit 422,000 in the U.S., up from 10,000 a week earlier. The week's tally was greater than all the Jackson albums sold from the s... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 CST http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89600 http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89599 When Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest, rescuers took him to a place known for bringing the dead back to life. A world-renowned surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center has pioneered a way to revive people that most doctors would have long written off, including a woman whose heart had stopped for 2½ hours. Tested on a few dozen cardiac arrest patients, 80 per cent survived. Usually, mor... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 CST http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89599 http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89598 LOS ANGELES - The family of Karl Malden says the actor who won an Oscar for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire" has died at age 97. Malden's family informed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences of his death on Wednesday. Malden served as the academy's president from 1989-92. He made his screen debut in the 1940 movie "They Knew What They Wanted," and was praised for... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 CST http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89598 http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89597 LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's 7-year-old will was filed Wednesday in a Los Angeles court, giving his entire estate to a family trust while making his mother the guardian of his children and cutting out his former wife Debbie Rowe. Court documents estimated the current value of his estate at more than $500 million. It names his mother, Katherine Jackson, 79, as a beneficiary of th... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:29 CST http://whatsonwinnipeg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89597