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NEW YORK — Thousands of Michael Jackson fans danced the rain away in a Brooklyn park on Saturday at a party hosted by filmmaker Spike Lee, marking what would have been the 51st birthday of the late pop star. Crowds of partygoers streamed into Prospect Park late Saturday afternoon, many wearing fedoras, sporting white gloves and showing off other Jackson-esque outfits. DJs spun Jackson's hits one after the other as people danced and sang along. Dozens of hawkers wandered through the crowd with T-shirts, buttons, posters and homemade memorabilia. "I was just like everyone else. I loved his talent," said Lee, who directed two music videos for Jackson in 1996. He also reminisced how Jackson had visited him in his home in Brooklyn to talk about their music video collaboration. The day was also designated Michael "King of Pop" Jackson Memorial Day by Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz. "We all know Michael Jackson had fans around the world, but we all kn...

Sunday, August 30, 2009 BAGHDAD: A bicycle bomb exploded near a restaurant in Baghdad killing two people in a deadly reminder of Iraq's security problems as the death toll rose to at least 101 from a string of blasts the day before that mainly targeted heavily guarded government buildings.More than 500 people also were wounded when nearly simultaneous truck bombs struck Iraq's foreign and finance ministries on Wednesday — the deadliest day of coordinated bombings in more than a year.The bloodshed dealt a devastating blow to the Iraqi government's efforts to take advantage of security gains to return Baghdad to normal after years of sectarian warfare.Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, the chief Iraqi military spokesman in Baghdad, said 11 police and army commanders overseeing security, traffic and intelligence services in the targeted areas have been detained on suspicion of negligence.

Sunday, August 30, 2009 WASHINGTON: Democratic lion Edward Kennedy was Saturday reunited with his slain brothers laid to rest in a Virginia cemetery as a lone bugle player brought the curtain down on a political dynasty.Surrounded by his tight-knit family which has dominated US politics for half a century, Kennedy's body was brought to Arlington National Cemetery, to rest on a hillside overlooking the nation's capital.The late senator was being buried 100 feet (30 meters) from the grave of his brother, Robert Kennedy, assassinated in 1968, and close to the eternal flame marking the last resting place of president John F. Kennedy, shot dead in 1963.Three days of high emotion drew to a close as the nation bid a final farewell to the man who had the Kennedy mantle thrust on him and who spent 47 years tirelessly working in the US senate to improve the lives of others.At a Catholic mass earlier in the Kennedy fiefdom of Boston, President Barack Obama, who won key support from the K...

Sunday, August 30, 2009 LOS ANGELES: Fires in central and southern California raged Saturday as triple-digit temperatures mixed with dry conditions continued to fuel the flames, torching thousands of acres and threatening scores of homes.Smoke billows beyond the Los Angeles, California, skyline Saturday as fire raged in Angeles National Forest.Authorities confirmed three civilian injuries from a growing blaze known as the station fire burning through the Angeles National Forest-La Canada Flintridge.The blaze nearly quadrupled in size from 5,500 acres Friday to more than 20,000 acres, officials said. The blaze, which grew to more than 20,100 acres, was 5 percent contained early Sunday, officials said. It was upgraded to type 1 brush fire -- the most severe classification. Authorities consider the Station fire an anomaly, as it is not driven by strong winds as most California wildfires.The fire threatened about 10,000 homes in Los Angeles County and 900 homes were evacuated, she said. T...

Sunday, August 30, 2009 BUENOS AIRES: High school students of the ORT technical school in Argentina have presented a new technology that could help severally disabled people get online at a very low cost.The software and webcam system was developed by the two 18-year-olds so that one of their friend's who suffers from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) could use the computer.Eye movements are translated by the Eye Mouse with a standard webcam into on-screen actions.It means that people who suffer from SMA like Nicolas Rossi can control the computer with their eyes.