LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- AEG dropped its claim Monday for a $17.5 million insurance policy for Michael Jackson, just days after e-mails revealed the concert promoter had doubts about Jackson's health at the time they were applying for the insurance. Read the complete article
Veteran Portland artist Cool Nutz released a new video for his single “Champagne Toast”. Read the complete article
(CNN) -- Patti LaBelle has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a complaint that she verbally and physically assaulted a mother and her 18-month-old daughter in a Manhattan apartment lobby two years ago, the mother's lawyer said Wednesday. Read the complete article
(CNN) -- This must be the holiday weekend for further explanations, because, like Seal before him, Stevie Wonder is also taking a moment to clarify remarks he's made in the press, with his being about hot topic Frank Ocean. Read the complete article
(CNN) -- In honor of what would've been Michael Jackson's 54th birthday, the hometown of the late pop icon is throwing a four-day long celebration. Read the complete article
(CNN) -- Rapper will.i.am can boast of an accomplishment that is out of this world: His latest single premiered from Mars, making it the first song to debut on another planet. Read the complete article
Luck One has just released the video for his latest single, "Get Your Money." The summertime anthem is the first single to be released from his album in production, Critical Mass. The Skanner News spoke to Luck One during the last week of Ramadan in Director's Park in downtown Portland. Read the complete article
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- A man charged with breaking into LL Cool J's home Wednesday morning faces a long prison sentence if convicted because of his previous convictions, the prosecutor's spokeswoman said Thursday. Read the complete article
(CNN) -- You're not alone if, upon hearing the title for Alicia Keys' new album, you assumed the singer must have been spending sleepless nights devouring Suzanne Collins' "Hunger Games" trilogy. Read the complete article
(CNN) -- While "American Idol" fans are still waiting to see what will become of those Nick Jonas rumors, on Monday came yet another name to add to the "potential new 'Idol' judge" list: Nicki Minaj. Read the complete article
