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Recession adds to challenges for suburban arts (AP)
AP - When he hired Itzhak Perlman as artistic director of the Westchester Philharmonic in 2007, Joshua Worby thought he'd hit a grand slam.
Jackson Memorial Set for Staples Center, Funeral Plans Falling Into Place (E! Online)

Jackson Memorial Set for Staples Center, Funeral Plans Falling Into Place(E! Online)E! Online - UPDATE: E! News has learned exclusively that AEG Live will make next Tuesday's memorial service for Michael Jackson free to the public.


Former Beatles, Stones manager Allen Klein dies (Reuters)

FILE - In this January 1977 file photo,Yoko Ono, center, and John Lennon, right, are shown with Allen Klein, president of ABKCO Industries Inc., and former Beatles manager. Former music manager Allen Klein, a no-holds-barred businessman who bulldozed his way into and out of deals with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, has died, Saturday, July 4, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo, file)Reuters - Infamous record label owner Allen Klein, who played a key role in the demise of the Beatles and also nabbed control of some of the Rolling Stones' best-known songs, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a spokesman said. He was 77.


Jackson kids face hurdles to coping with his death (AP)

A card signed by fans is shown at the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP - No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids who suddenly lose a parent.


AP Interview: Jackson adviser Tohme breaks silence (AP)

Dr. Tohme Tohme, an advisor to Michael Jackson, stands in front of a painting of Jackson titled 'The Book,' by artist Brett-Livingstone Strong, in the law office of Dennis Hawk in Santa Monica, Calif., on Friday, July 3, 2009. Tohme vividly remembers the first time he met with Michael Jackson to discuss his finances. It's not the money talk that stays with him now, but his enchantment at entering Jackson's world of love.  (AP Photo/David Zentz)AP - Dr. Tohme Tohme vividly remembers the first time he met with Michael Jackson to discuss the pop star's finances. It's not the money talk that stays with him now, but his enchantment at entering Jackson's world of love.


Massive demand for Jackson memorial tickets (Reuters)

Rolando Chrestien, of French Guyana, performs near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Saturday, July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Reuters - More than half a million fans from around the world applied for 17,500 free tickets to Michael Jackson's public memorial service next week, organizers said on Friday as a massive security operation got underway.


Jermaine Jackson Talks Michael: "I Wish It Was Me" (E! Online)

Jermaine Jackson Talks Michael: E! Online - Exactly one week after Michael Jackson's death, brother Jermaine Jackson became the first member of the still-mourning musical family to sit down for an in-depth interview about the late icon, speaking to the Today show this morning from the grounds of Neverland Ranch.


Michael Jackson book a headache for Jackie O (Reuters)
Reuters - Michael Jackson crossed swords with a lot of people when he was alive, but perhaps none more important than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Pixies planning Hollywood-themed new album (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Pixies frontman Black Francis has revealed that he is planning to record the band's first new album since 1991's Trompe Le Monde with a Hollywood film director.
Jackson was loving and attentive father, many say (AP)

Macky Dancy Jr., 7, looks at a rarely seen portrait of Michael Jackson on display at the Dancy-Power Automotive Group, a showroom that sells luxury cars to celebrities, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York Thursday July 2, 2009. Owner Marty Abrams says the oil painting titled 'The Book' is the only portrait Jackson sat for because he was friends with Australian painter Brett-Livingstone Strong. The 40-inch-by-50-inch portrait was sold for $2.1 million in 1990. Abrams chose the showroom because it is near the Apollo Theater, where the Jackson 5 won Amateur Night in 1967. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - When Rabbi Shmuley Boteach brought his children to play with Michael Jackson's kids at Neverland Ranch some eight years ago, the rabbi's youngsters naturally made a beeline for the fabulous rides — the Ferris wheel, the roller coaster, the bumper cars.