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Jackson's final resting place remains unclear
BY JOHN ROGERS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — He spent the last few years of his life on a globe-trotting odyssey, and now in death Michael Jackson still seems unable to find a permanent home.
On the certificate recording Jackson's June 25 death, the entertainer's body is listed as being at Los Angeles' Forest Lawn
Memorial Park, but that location is listed as temporary, and no amended death certificate has been filed with Los Angeles County.
With the announcement Aug. 10 that
the county coroner's office had completed its autopsy of Jackson, coupled with reports that investigators had returned a portion of Jackson's brain to his family, rumors of where his final resting place might be swirled across the Internet. But the people who know exactly where he is and where he might be going aren't saying.
Forest Lawn spokesman Bill Martin declined to say whether Jackson's body would be laid to rest permanently at the cemetery or if it is still there, citing the family's request for privacy.
Family spokesman Jesse Derris said the family had no statement to make.
In an interview broadcast Friday with CNN's Larry King, Jackson's older brother Jermaine said he would like to see his sibling laid to rest at Neverland Ranch.
Jackson's older brother, Jermaine, said he would like to see his sibling laid to rest at Neverland Ranch. The decision is up to his mother, Katherine.
Katherine, to make the final decision.
the bucolic estate in central California's wine country that the entertainer bought in 1988 and turned into his personal Peter Pan-like wonderland.
Although it's rare for someone's remains not to be promptly buried or entombed, it's not unheard of. The body of one of Jackson's musical heroes, James Brown, remained unburied for two months after his 2006 death while people fought over control of his estate.
But Jermaine Jackson said it would be up to his mother, Katherine, to make
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POLITICS White House awards 16 medals of freedom
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama presented the nation's highest civilian honor to 16 actors, athletes, activists, scientists and humanitarians.
Among those who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony August. 12 were film star Sidney Poitier, civil rights leader Rev. Joseph Lowery and tennis legend Billie Jean King.
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Others included retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy got the medal, too, but the Massachusetts Democrat was not at the White House because of his fight against brain cancer.
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Posthumous awards went to former Republican Rep. Jack Kemp of New York and gay rights activist Harvey Milk.
ENTERTAINMENT Tony Danza could go back to high school
PHILADELPHIA — Yo, Philly students! Tony Danza might be teaching in a city high school this fall.
If approved by Philadelphia education officials, cameras would roll at Northeast High School as Danza co-teaches a 10th-grade English class. The School Reform Commission will vote next week on allowing at least 13 episodes to be shot and broadcast on the cable channel A&E.
The former talk show host and star of the sitcoms "Taxi" and "Who's the Boss?" is planning to star in a new reality show called "Teach."
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MUSIC
Brooks & Dunn call it quits after 20 years,10 albums
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brooks
& Dunn are done.
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Kix Brooks, left, and Ronnie Dunn of the country duo Brooks & Dunn posted a message on their Web site, on Aug. 10 saying they wound "call it a day" after 20 years as a music duo. The group had sold more than 30 million albums.
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Best-selling country duo Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn posted a message on their Web site Aug. 10 saying they agreed to "call it a day" after 20 years of making music together.
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"This ride has been everything and more than we could ever have dreamed ... We owe it all to you, the fans," they said in the message. "If you hear rumors, don't believe them, it's just time."
Brooks & Dunn will release a greatest-hits album on Sept. 8 and tour one last time in 2010.
The men's label, Arista Nashville, said the group has sold more than 30 million albums.
The duo's many hits include "Boot Scotin' boogie," "My Maria," "Red Dirt Road" and "Cowgirls Don't Cry" with Reba McEntire.
Brooks, 54, and Dunn, 56, were struggling solo artists when Arista's Tim DuBois urged them to join forces in 1990.
Together they've scored 23 No. 1 hits.
They've recorded 10 studio albums, the latest 2007's "Cowboy Town."
"They've been to the mountaintop and they've accomplished everything that two human beings joined together musically can do in a career," said Brian Philips, president of Country Music Television. "They've had every kind of hit. Literally, they've explored every musical texture and tempo and style and flavor."
CMT is scheduled to tape Brooks & Dunn performing and discussing their music Wednesday for an episode of the show "Invitation Only" to air in October.
Philips called the announcement of the split a complete surprise.
He said he has no idea what they might do in the future, but he's certain it will involve music.
"The guys that I know, I can't imagine either of those two individuals walking away from music. That's unthinkable," Philip said.
Brooks & Dunn took a turn with 2003's "Red Dirt Road" and often pay homage to their classic rock influences, including playing shows with the Rolling Stones and ZZ Top.
The pair steeped itself in the mythical West (the duo's emblem is a sun-bleached steer's skull) and rode the charts with a driving honky-tonk sound.
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