LAS VEGAS, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. music icon Michael Jackson has moved into a $60 million compound owned by Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei in a gated community in Las Vegas. Jackson moved into the 100,000-square-foot property during the weekend after his six-month lease expired on a

Today is Saturday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2006 with 106 to follow.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Mel Sachs, a flamboyant criminal defense attorney and lawyer to the stars, has died in New York of pancreatic cancer at the age of 60.

CHICAGO, May 15 (UPI) -- Charles Dickens serialized his novels -- "Oliver Twist, David Copperfield," amongst others -- in weekly newspapers and monthly magazines before they were published as books. Today, would-be novelists are publishing their fictional creations online on lite

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 25 (UPI) -- Illusionist David Copperfield used magic to foil armed robbers in West Palm Beach, Fla., it was reported Tuesday.

LAS VEGAS, March 21 (UPI) -- Magician Channing Pollock, called by Lance Burton "the most emulated magician of the 20th century," has died in Las Vegas at age 79.

LONDON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Britain's poet laureate Andrew Motion says children should read "Ulysses" and Homer's "Odyssey" before moving on from grade school.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Oscar-winning film composer Joel Hirschhorn has died in a Thousand Oaks, Calif., hospital of a heart attack at age 67.

Today is Friday, Sept. 16, the 259th day of 2005 with 106 to follow.