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Share + Jul 8, 2009 11:21 am US/Pacific 1 of 1 Two gang members have been sentenced to life in prison for the shooting deaths of a Navy sailor and his friend.

Because you haven't heard enough, let's get on with today's Michael Jackson news.

SAN DIEGO, California : The big rigs with the white trailers and red writing are seemingly everywhere in Southern California.

From day one of their investigation, authorities thought they had their man. It didn't take long after hikers found the body of 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz - buried in a shallow grave at Lizard's Mouth in the mountains above Santa Barbara on August 12, 2000 - for investigators to name Hollywood as a prime suspect in the murder.

Despite fears that more than 1 million unticketed fans would descend on the city and gather outside the Staples Center to be near the event, most reports had the crowd in the vicinity of the arena at just a few thousand.

Caption: Ryan Gosling lights up a cigarette outside the Egyptian Theater after attending the premiere of 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil' Los Angeles, California .... RYAN GOSLING is moving from the big screen to the music studio - the actor is set to release his first album.

A greater-alarm fire in downtown Los Angeles led to an unexpected discovery; an indoor pot farm, according to LAPD officials.

A power outage lasting more than two hours caused massive traffic jams across west Los Angeles and trapped at least a dozen people in elevators.

The world-famous Getty Center art complex in Los Angeles was evacuating staff and visitors because of a nearby brush fire.

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Stephanie Lazarus, 49, remained in custody without bail pending a July 21 hearing on a prosecution motion to get dental impressions from the detective.

By ANTHONY MCCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES -- Deborah Rowe, the ex-wife of Michael Jackson and the mother of two of his children, has not reached a final decision on whether to seek custody of the children, a lawyer said Thursday.

Michael Jackson will be buried at a Los Angeles cemetery on Tuesday shortly before a gala tribute to the pop icon at an arena in the city, the city's acting mayor said.

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Organizers of an elaborate Michael Jackson memorial said on Friday they would give away 17,500 tickets for Tuesday's event for the late "King of Pop" but have to yet to set the program for the event.

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Homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a man who was found with burns on his body in East Los Angeles.