michael jackson alive

In a turn of events worthy of a spooky "Twilight Zone" episode, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley returned to walk among the living Tuesday night after agreeing to perform one last time in a concert to prove which one of them is truly the all-time "King of Pop."

Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 after letting his skills fade as a result of years of substance abuse and obesity. Since his death, rumors of him still being alive remain strong. Despite the hopes and prayers of his devoted fans, Presley was indeed dead.

“I don’t know why they thought I never died,” Presley said. “But I appreciate the love and devotion they have shown me over the years.”

On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson stopped breathing once he was administered the powerful anesthetic Profol. His death sent a shockwave around the world and has made headlines every day since.

“I’m honored and grateful for what my friends, family, and fans have done since my passing,” Jackson said. “I’m eager to take the stage one last time and prove myself once again.”

Logic would tell us resurrection isn’t possible, and that they faked their deaths to make their return all the more dramatic. Yet, for no reason whatsoever, two entertainment icons have risen from the grave. Both of them died and remained dead until now.

“It really defies all known science,” an unnamed scientist said. “I don’t know why they’re here, but I have my tickets and I will be there to see them live.”

Although reporters and fans have countless questions to ask Presley and Jackson, they aren’t appearing to answer any questions. All they want to do is treat their fans to one last performance. If their careers are any indication, I doubt they will disappoint.

michael jackson alive

In a turn of events worthy of a spooky "Twilight Zone" episode, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley returned to walk among the living Tuesday night after agreeing to perform one last time in a concert to prove which one of them is truly the all-time "King of Pop."

Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 after letting his skills fade as a result of years of substance abuse and obesity. Since his death, rumors of him still being alive remain strong. Despite the hopes and prayers of his devoted fans, Presley was indeed dead.

“I don’t know why they thought I never died,” Presley said. “But I appreciate the love and devotion they have shown me over the years.”

On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson stopped breathing once he was administered the powerful anesthetic Profol. His death sent a shockwave around the world and has made headlines every day since.

“I’m honored and grateful for what my friends, family, and fans have done since my passing,” Jackson said. “I’m eager to take the stage one last time and prove myself once again.”

Logic would tell us resurrection isn’t possible, and that they faked their deaths to make their return all the more dramatic. Yet, for no reason whatsoever, two entertainment icons have risen from the grave. Both of them died and remained dead until now.

“It really defies all known science,” an unnamed scientist said. “I don’t know why they’re here, but I have my tickets and I will be there to see them live.”

Although reporters and fans have countless questions to ask Presley and Jackson, they aren’t appearing to answer any questions. All they want to do is treat their fans to one last performance. If their careers are any indication, I doubt they will disappoint.

michael jackson alive

In a turn of events worthy of a spooky "Twilight Zone" episode, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley returned to walk among the living Tuesday night after agreeing to perform one last time in a concert to prove which one of them is truly the all-time "King of Pop."

Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 after letting his skills fade as a result of years of substance abuse and obesity. Since his death, rumors of him still being alive remain strong. Despite the hopes and prayers of his devoted fans, Presley was indeed dead.

“I don’t know why they thought I never died,” Presley said. “But I appreciate the love and devotion they have shown me over the years.”

On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson stopped breathing once he was administered the powerful anesthetic Profol. His death sent a shockwave around the world and has made headlines every day since.

“I’m honored and grateful for what my friends, family, and fans have done since my passing,” Jackson said. “I’m eager to take the stage one last time and prove myself once again.”

Logic would tell us resurrection isn’t possible, and that they faked their deaths to make their return all the more dramatic. Yet, for no reason whatsoever, two entertainment icons have risen from the grave. Both of them died and remained dead until now.

“It really defies all known science,” an unnamed scientist said. “I don’t know why they’re here, but I have my tickets and I will be there to see them live.”

Although reporters and fans have countless questions to ask Presley and Jackson, they aren’t appearing to answer any questions. All they want to do is treat their fans to one last performance. If their careers are any indication, I doubt they will disappoint.

tenuous

TENNIS: Courting new players in tenuous economic climate
Jordan Aldred has the sights on her tennis career set high. Really high if you consider she’s entering her sophomore year at Niagara-Wheat field High School and has never played the game competitively.

“My plan is to play through college. I don’t know if that’ll work out, but I’d like to try,” Aldred said this week while working out on the N-W courts in preparation for the school’s upcoming tryouts. “But I have a lot of goals for college, so who knows? I think I’ll keep doing it no matter what. Even if I don’t make the team, I think I’ll keep practicing and I’ll try to make the team next year. It’s fun.”

Aldred, 14, isn’t alone in her new found passion for the game. Tennis has emerged as a surprising winner in the recent economic downturn, a sport that can played at little cost and with outstanding health benefits. A survey released by the U.S. Tennis Association said that almost 27 million Americans played tennis in 2008 — the largest number in 15 years — and six million tried it for the first time.

“I think it goes in a cycle,” said Kristen Janese, the Niagara-Wheat field varsity girls tennis coach, and a longtime advocate of the game. “When I started coaching 14 years ago, there was a huge group of kids. Then it calmed down quite a bit when the more extreme sports got the TV coverage and they got popular. The coverage of tennis and the motivation to play dropped a little, but I feel like seeing Venus and Serena Williams on TV helps, at least on the women’s side.”

Janese has noticed a surprising trend in first-timers who understand the game’s nuances, in part because of the Wii Sports craze. Tennis is one of the games that comes with most Nintendo Wii systems, and that helps introduce facets of the game that she typically needs to teach newbies.

“More of the younger kids are coming in already knowing how to keep score and they already have an idea how to swing the racket,” Janese said. “It’s kind of exciting.”

So between understanding the game’s rules, and having equipment at their disposal, more newcomers are willing to give the game a try.

“Everyone has tennis shoes,” said Kurt Kamperman, the United States Tennis Association’s CEO of community tennis. “It helps that there are low-cost, no-cost public courts in almost every city, and you don’t need a lot to get started.”

It also doesn’t eat up an entire afternoon.

“In this economy, to spend 4-5 hours playing a round of golf, it’s a challenge,” Kamperman said, “where in 90 minutes, you can get to the courts, get a good workout in and you’re back home.”

While golf’s TV ratings have increased in the Tiger Woods era, the number of actual golfers has flattened over the past few years (down 1.4 million players since 2005, to 28.6 million). Meanwhile, tennis is regaining popularity and is the fifth-fastest-growing sporting activity this decade behind pilates, the elliptical machine, lacrosse and, stretching.

Summertime in Western New York means plenty of available public courts, but tennis is not free: A high-quality racket can cost $100 or more, but that’s still less than a new set of irons or a new driver, and industry leaders are conscious about keeping the price of a can of balls at less than $3.

“It’s affordable. You only need a racket and a can of balls to get out there and play,” Janese said. “There’s a place for everybody. There’s singles, couples, doubles, boys, girls, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters. It’s just a place where the family can get together and get excited to be out doing something. And with every conversation that talks about sports you have to talk about staying physically fit. This helps.”

The family aspect is one that wasn’t lost on Aldred and her companions warming up at N-W on Thursday. Barbara Dafoe, 15, and her sister Ellie, 12, said they started playing with their father and were eager to tryout for the team after seeing the results.

“We just started playing,” Barbara said. “It looks boring on TV, but it’s fun to play.”

Janese made the trip to Toronto last week to watch some of the Rogers Cup women’s tournament and she plans on watching plenty of coverage on the upcoming U.S. Open, which qualifying starts this Tuesday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Yet the movement is at the grassroots level, on courts like those at Niagara-Wheat field, where players continue to come out for the sport in larger numbers.

“I’ve seen an increase each year I’ve been here,” said Janese, who played at N-W and has been the coach there for four years after stints at Canisius College and Sacred Heart. “Every time we start thinking tennis is dying it starts growing again.”

And that will bring those like Alexa Bax, 15, back to the pavement.

“It was really fun,” said Bax, who was playing for the first time. “I have plenty of things to work on. I thought it was just hitting the ball back and forth, but there’s a lot more to it. But I recently found tennis more interesting than I ever had before and I just wanted to try it.”

tenuous

TENNIS: Courting new players in tenuous economic climate
Jordan Aldred has the sights on her tennis career set high. Really high if you consider she’s entering her sophomore year at Niagara-Wheat field High School and has never played the game competitively.

“My plan is to play through college. I don’t know if that’ll work out, but I’d like to try,” Aldred said this week while working out on the N-W courts in preparation for the school’s upcoming tryouts. “But I have a lot of goals for college, so who knows? I think I’ll keep doing it no matter what. Even if I don’t make the team, I think I’ll keep practicing and I’ll try to make the team next year. It’s fun.”

Aldred, 14, isn’t alone in her new found passion for the game. Tennis has emerged as a surprising winner in the recent economic downturn, a sport that can played at little cost and with outstanding health benefits. A survey released by the U.S. Tennis Association said that almost 27 million Americans played tennis in 2008 — the largest number in 15 years — and six million tried it for the first time.

“I think it goes in a cycle,” said Kristen Janese, the Niagara-Wheat field varsity girls tennis coach, and a longtime advocate of the game. “When I started coaching 14 years ago, there was a huge group of kids. Then it calmed down quite a bit when the more extreme sports got the TV coverage and they got popular. The coverage of tennis and the motivation to play dropped a little, but I feel like seeing Venus and Serena Williams on TV helps, at least on the women’s side.”

Janese has noticed a surprising trend in first-timers who understand the game’s nuances, in part because of the Wii Sports craze. Tennis is one of the games that comes with most Nintendo Wii systems, and that helps introduce facets of the game that she typically needs to teach newbies.

“More of the younger kids are coming in already knowing how to keep score and they already have an idea how to swing the racket,” Janese said. “It’s kind of exciting.”

So between understanding the game’s rules, and having equipment at their disposal, more newcomers are willing to give the game a try.

“Everyone has tennis shoes,” said Kurt Kamperman, the United States Tennis Association’s CEO of community tennis. “It helps that there are low-cost, no-cost public courts in almost every city, and you don’t need a lot to get started.”

It also doesn’t eat up an entire afternoon.

“In this economy, to spend 4-5 hours playing a round of golf, it’s a challenge,” Kamperman said, “where in 90 minutes, you can get to the courts, get a good workout in and you’re back home.”

While golf’s TV ratings have increased in the Tiger Woods era, the number of actual golfers has flattened over the past few years (down 1.4 million players since 2005, to 28.6 million). Meanwhile, tennis is regaining popularity and is the fifth-fastest-growing sporting activity this decade behind pilates, the elliptical machine, lacrosse and, stretching.

Summertime in Western New York means plenty of available public courts, but tennis is not free: A high-quality racket can cost $100 or more, but that’s still less than a new set of irons or a new driver, and industry leaders are conscious about keeping the price of a can of balls at less than $3.

“It’s affordable. You only need a racket and a can of balls to get out there and play,” Janese said. “There’s a place for everybody. There’s singles, couples, doubles, boys, girls, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters. It’s just a place where the family can get together and get excited to be out doing something. And with every conversation that talks about sports you have to talk about staying physically fit. This helps.”

The family aspect is one that wasn’t lost on Aldred and her companions warming up at N-W on Thursday. Barbara Dafoe, 15, and her sister Ellie, 12, said they started playing with their father and were eager to tryout for the team after seeing the results.

“We just started playing,” Barbara said. “It looks boring on TV, but it’s fun to play.”

Janese made the trip to Toronto last week to watch some of the Rogers Cup women’s tournament and she plans on watching plenty of coverage on the upcoming U.S. Open, which qualifying starts this Tuesday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Yet the movement is at the grassroots level, on courts like those at Niagara-Wheat field, where players continue to come out for the sport in larger numbers.

“I’ve seen an increase each year I’ve been here,” said Janese, who played at N-W and has been the coach there for four years after stints at Canisius College and Sacred Heart. “Every time we start thinking tennis is dying it starts growing again.”

And that will bring those like Alexa Bax, 15, back to the pavement.

“It was really fun,” said Bax, who was playing for the first time. “I have plenty of things to work on. I thought it was just hitting the ball back and forth, but there’s a lot more to it. But I recently found tennis more interesting than I ever had before and I just wanted to try it.”

tenuous

TENNIS: Courting new players in tenuous economic climate
Jordan Aldred has the sights on her tennis career set high. Really high if you consider she’s entering her sophomore year at Niagara-Wheat field High School and has never played the game competitively.

“My plan is to play through college. I don’t know if that’ll work out, but I’d like to try,” Aldred said this week while working out on the N-W courts in preparation for the school’s upcoming tryouts. “But I have a lot of goals for college, so who knows? I think I’ll keep doing it no matter what. Even if I don’t make the team, I think I’ll keep practicing and I’ll try to make the team next year. It’s fun.”

Aldred, 14, isn’t alone in her new found passion for the game. Tennis has emerged as a surprising winner in the recent economic downturn, a sport that can played at little cost and with outstanding health benefits. A survey released by the U.S. Tennis Association said that almost 27 million Americans played tennis in 2008 — the largest number in 15 years — and six million tried it for the first time.

“I think it goes in a cycle,” said Kristen Janese, the Niagara-Wheat field varsity girls tennis coach, and a longtime advocate of the game. “When I started coaching 14 years ago, there was a huge group of kids. Then it calmed down quite a bit when the more extreme sports got the TV coverage and they got popular. The coverage of tennis and the motivation to play dropped a little, but I feel like seeing Venus and Serena Williams on TV helps, at least on the women’s side.”

Janese has noticed a surprising trend in first-timers who understand the game’s nuances, in part because of the Wii Sports craze. Tennis is one of the games that comes with most Nintendo Wii systems, and that helps introduce facets of the game that she typically needs to teach newbies.

“More of the younger kids are coming in already knowing how to keep score and they already have an idea how to swing the racket,” Janese said. “It’s kind of exciting.”

So between understanding the game’s rules, and having equipment at their disposal, more newcomers are willing to give the game a try.

“Everyone has tennis shoes,” said Kurt Kamperman, the United States Tennis Association’s CEO of community tennis. “It helps that there are low-cost, no-cost public courts in almost every city, and you don’t need a lot to get started.”

It also doesn’t eat up an entire afternoon.

“In this economy, to spend 4-5 hours playing a round of golf, it’s a challenge,” Kamperman said, “where in 90 minutes, you can get to the courts, get a good workout in and you’re back home.”

While golf’s TV ratings have increased in the Tiger Woods era, the number of actual golfers has flattened over the past few years (down 1.4 million players since 2005, to 28.6 million). Meanwhile, tennis is regaining popularity and is the fifth-fastest-growing sporting activity this decade behind pilates, the elliptical machine, lacrosse and, stretching.

Summertime in Western New York means plenty of available public courts, but tennis is not free: A high-quality racket can cost $100 or more, but that’s still less than a new set of irons or a new driver, and industry leaders are conscious about keeping the price of a can of balls at less than $3.

“It’s affordable. You only need a racket and a can of balls to get out there and play,” Janese said. “There’s a place for everybody. There’s singles, couples, doubles, boys, girls, fathers, mothers, sons, daughters. It’s just a place where the family can get together and get excited to be out doing something. And with every conversation that talks about sports you have to talk about staying physically fit. This helps.”

The family aspect is one that wasn’t lost on Aldred and her companions warming up at N-W on Thursday. Barbara Dafoe, 15, and her sister Ellie, 12, said they started playing with their father and were eager to tryout for the team after seeing the results.

“We just started playing,” Barbara said. “It looks boring on TV, but it’s fun to play.”

Janese made the trip to Toronto last week to watch some of the Rogers Cup women’s tournament and she plans on watching plenty of coverage on the upcoming U.S. Open, which qualifying starts this Tuesday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Yet the movement is at the grassroots level, on courts like those at Niagara-Wheat field, where players continue to come out for the sport in larger numbers.

“I’ve seen an increase each year I’ve been here,” said Janese, who played at N-W and has been the coach there for four years after stints at Canisius College and Sacred Heart. “Every time we start thinking tennis is dying it starts growing again.”

And that will bring those like Alexa Bax, 15, back to the pavement.

“It was really fun,” said Bax, who was playing for the first time. “I have plenty of things to work on. I thought it was just hitting the ball back and forth, but there’s a lot more to it. But I recently found tennis more interesting than I ever had before and I just wanted to try it.”

Midazolam

Michael Jackson's sister Latoya believes King of pop was murdered and justice will be served

Michael Jackson's sister La Toya believes her brother was murdered. 

"I am thankful to the investigators for uncovering the truth to the world," she said in the statement released Tuesday to ABC News. "And I look forward to the day that justice will be served to all the parties involved in my brother's homicide."

La Toya Jackson, 53, spoke out a day after it was revealed that the Los Angeles County Coroner ruled the King of Pop's death a homicide.

A shocking police affidavit described the details of the tormented superstar's last night alive - and revealed Jacko's personal doctor injected him with "lethal levels" of the dangerous anesthetic propofol.

Dr. Conrad Murray has been the chief target of a manslaughter investigation into his death but has not been charged. 

The homicide ruling makes it likely that the physician could soon face charges.

A Jackson family lawyer, Londell McMillan, said the reports reaffirm the "very sad reality that there was a tragic and gross violation of duty and care for Michael Jackson."

The affidavit from LAPD Detective Orlando Martinez included Murray's admission to cops that he plied the superstar with an array of powerful sedatives before his death on June 25.

It also revealed new details about Jackson's last hours - and what happened after Murray discovered he had stopped breathing.

Some of the first people Murray called after the singer died were Jackson's oldest son, 12-year-old Prince Michael, and an aide, Michael Emir Williams, according to the affidavit.

Murray's attorney Ed Chernoff dismissed the affidavit, which was included in the search warrant for Murray's offices in Houston and Las Vegas last month, as a "police theory." 

He said Murray never told cops he found Jackson not breathing at 11 a.m. or waited just 10 minutes after administering propofol before leaving to attend to personal business.

In fact, Murray never told cops he left Jackson's side to make personal phone calls, the attorney said.

The affidavit said:

* Murray treated Jackson for insomnia for six weeks and admitted giving him nightly intravenous doses of 50 milligrams of propofol.

* Jackson, 50, had been given propofol by other doctors and referred to it as "milk."

* Jackson had also taken lidocaine, which he referred to as "anti-burn" and is a drug used to restore heart rhythms.

* Jackson was prescribed drugs under various aliases ranging from Jack London to Bryan Singleton and had meds he used prescribed to members of his entourage.

Murray, in the affidavit, claimed he feared Jackson was getting hooked on propofol so he began lowering the dosage and mixing in other powerful sedatives like lorazepam and midazolam.

Two days before Jackson's death, the doctor gave the singer only the substitute sedatives, he insisted.

On the day Jackson collapsed and died, Murray first gave Jackson Valium - known generically as diazepam - at 1:30 a.m. When that didn't work, the doctor said, he injected lorazepam intravenously at 2 a.m.

Within an hour, Jackson was still awake, so Murray said he gave him midazolam.

Still, Jackson could not sleep.

Over the next hours, Murray said, he plied the singer with various other sedatives.

Finally, at 10:40 a.m., Murray caved in after Jackson asked for the "milk."
And Jackson was doomed.

Once the pop star was asleep, Murray told cops he left "to go to the rest room" and left Jackson alone for "two minutes maximum," according to the document.

Murray has insisted - ever since Jackson was found unconscious eight weeks ago at his rente Los Angeles mansion - that he did nothing wrong. In a video last week, he said he "told the truth and I have faith the truth will prevail."

A search of "Jackson's bedside revealed numerous bottles of medications" prescribed by Murray, the singer's dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, and other doctors, the affidavit states.