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Michael Jackson, pop music legend, dead at 50
Posted by ShopinJA in International News on June 25th, 2009
By Todd Leopold | CNN
(CNN) — Michael Jackson, the show-stopping singer whose best-selling albums — including “Off the Wall,” “Thriller” and “Bad” — and electrifying stage presence made him one of the most popular artists of all time, died Thursday, CNN has confirmed.
He was 50.
He collapsed at his residence in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles, California, about noon Pacific time, suffering cardiac arrest, according to brother Randy Jackson. He died at UCLA Medical Center.
Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said an autopsy would probably be done on the singer Friday, with results expected that afternoon. Watch crowds gather at Jackson’s hospital »
“Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of color,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said. “To say an ‘icon’ would only give these young people in Harlem a fraction of what he was. He was a historic figure that people will measure music and the industry by.”
Jackson’s blazing rise to stardom — and later fall from grace — is among the most startling of show business tales. The son of a steelworker, he rose to fame as the lead singer of the Jackson 5, a band he formed with his brothers in the late 1960s. By the late ’70s, as a solo artist, he was topping the charts with cuts from “Off the Wall,” including “Rock With You” and “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.” Watch Jackson perform at a 1988 concert »
In 1982, he released “Thriller,” an album that eventually produced seven hit singles. An appearance the next year on a Motown Records 25th-anniversary special cemented his status as the biggest star in the country. Timeline: The life of Michael Jackson »
For the rest of the 1980s, they came no bigger. “Thriller’s” follow-up, 1987’s “Bad,” sold almost as many copies. A new Jackson album — a new Jackson appearance — was a pop culture event. iReport: Share your memories of Michael Jackson
TWIN OF TWINS ARRESTED
Posted by ShopinJA in Entertainment Buzz on June 25th, 2009
Dancehall duo held on reasonable suspicion of fraud
Twin of Twins - Contributed Photo
Paul and Patrick Gaynor, more popularly known as the dancehall duo, Twin of Twins, were yesterday taken into custody by the Half-Way Tree police on reasonable suspicion of fraud.
The brothers are accused of taking $50,000 from an upcoming artiste, under the guise that they were able to give him the opportunity to travel to the United States of America to perform.
It is alleged, however, that they failed to deliver on their promise and subsequently refused to return the complainant’s money. The act is alleged to have taken place earlier this year and was reported to the police in February.
The brothers were arrested yesterday along Half-Way Tree Road and are now in custody awaiting an interview.
The duo are known for their comedic routines featuring witty social commentary and jabs at popular figures in the entertainment and political worlds. Their latest release, Trial and Crosses, has been getting rave reviews from fans.
Source: The Jamaican Star
Deadly cellphone fight
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on June 25th, 2009
Really Sad to read about something like this, more so that it resulted in the death of a student. Back in my school days, one would never imagine the day when a cell phone would be allowed in schools, to the point where ‘every’ student has a cell phone, yeah its convenient, but something like this should be done in moderation, and them beyond that, seems every student has a knife now 
One auto school student killed, second serious in hospital
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS, Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com | Thursday, June 25, 2009
A student from the Kingston-based Jamaican German Automotive School died in hospital yesterday while another was battling for life last night following a late morning dispute over a cellular phone at the school.
Students exit the Jamaican German Automotive School on Maxfield Avenue, Kingston, yesterday morning. Classes at the automotive school were suspended yesterday after a fight between two students over a cellphone left one dead and the other battling for life at hospital. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)
Up to press time yesterday the name of the deceased was not released, but a school official gave the ages of the students involved in the fight as 18 and 19 years respectively.
Jamaica Importing Beef Patties?
Posted by ShopinJA in Breaking News on June 25th, 2009
Heard on the news that various companies were given the OK to import frozen beef patties into Jamaica 
I’m not saying this is odd, but on the reals, the beef patty is one of the many trademarks of Jamaica, and i honestly think importing it into the country is rather ridiculous in some aspects. Here is an Article on the matter from the Jamaica Gleaner.
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Gov’t rejects JMA’s patty concerns
Published: Thursday | June 25, 2009
The Government has dismissed concerns raised yesterday by the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) about the importation of frozen patties, arguing there was nothing illegal about persons engaging in such trade.
“What we can do is lament the fact that patties are brought in here on a competitive basis but we can’t prevent people from importing anything into Jamaica,” said Karl Samuda, minister of industry, investment and commerce. “We can’t stop it because we are an open market.”
Samuda was responding to alarms raised by the JMA about imported frozen patties out of the United States being sold by a Corporate Area supermarket.
The JMA had raised the issue at its annual general meeting yesterday morning.
“There is Juici Beef, there is Tastee Patties producing and Jamaicans are purchasing imported patties and I find this totally ridiculous,” said Omar Azan, re-elected president of the JMA.
