Marvin Putnam, an attorney for the concert promotion company AEG Live warned jurors will see a different view of the public persona's view of Michael Jackson as the company seeks to prove it was not liable for the pop star's death in June 2009. While making his opening remarks on Monday, Putnam, said AEG officials had no idea that Jackson was taking the surgical anesthetic that led to his death.
James Everett Dutschke, a 41-year-old martial arts instructor appeared in federal court on Monday to face charges in connection with mailing letters containing the deadly poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials. Dutschke responded briefly to a judge's questions at the hearing in Oxford, Mississippi, on whether he understood the charges against him. The judge then ordered a preliminary hearing be held on Thursday when prosecutors will present more detailed evidence in the case.
Syria's prime minister, Wael al-Halki, survived a bomb attack on his convoy in Damascus on Monday, underscoring the potency of the rebels in Damascus in their hopes of toppling Bashar al-Assad, Reuters reported. Six people were killed in the blast, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Jessica Heeringa, 25, a cashier at a Norton Shores, near Grand Rapids, Michigan gas station, was reportedly abducted late Friday evening.
