Michael Jackson Pops up in Germany

Jackson pops upin Germany
HAMBURG, Germany -- Michael Jackson offered a brief glimpse of himself during a visit to a friend in the northern German city of Hamburg.
The 47-year-old pop star waved to fans Sunday through a gap in the curtains in one of the windows of the house.
Police confirmed that Jackson had been in Hamburg since Thursday. He was staying with the family of Wolfgang Schleiter, a music manager.
More than 100 fans gathered in freezing temperatures outside the house in the city's Niendorf district.
Last week, Jackson was spotted shopping in a mall in Manama, Bahrain, hiding his face behind a veil and donning a black robe traditionally worn by women in the Gulf.
He was with three children, apparently his own, who also had their faces covered by dark scarves. An unidentified woman accompanied them.
Jackson was acquitted in June on child molestation charges in California. The pop star, who seems to be settling in the Persian Gulf, was seen leaving Marina Mall in the Bahrain capital, holding a child by the hand.
Rock band membersaboard aborted flight
CHICAGO -- Three members of the rock band Live were aboard a United Airlines Express plane that made an emergency landing at O'Hare International Airport after reports of smoke in the plane's cabin.
The flight from Chicago to Harrisburg, Pa., on Sunday afternoon was carrying 37 passengers and three crew members. The plane returned to O'Hare about 40 minutes after its 1 p.m. takeoff, said United spokesman Jeff Green. It landed safely, and there were no reports of injuries, he said.
Passengers who arrived at Harrisburg International Airport said they were not told the nature of the problem that forced the landing.
"No one knew anything," Chad Taylor, Live's lead guitarist, told The Patriot-News of Harrisburg.
Taylor, bassist Patrick Dahlheimer, rhythm guitarist Adam Kowalczyk, assistant manager Matt Gracey and road crew member Shawn Williams were returning to Pennsylvania after a show Saturday night in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The band, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard album chart with the 1994 release, "Throwing Copper," had finished a nine-date tour of Canada, opening for Nickelback.
Bryan Adams performs for earthquake relief
KARACHI, Pakistan -- Bryan Adams is helping raise money for victims of the South Asian earthquake that killed 87,000 people and left millions homeless.
His concert Sunday night was billed as the first by a major Western pop musician in Pakistan since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States.
Adams, best known for hits such as "Summer of '69" and "Cuts Like a Knife," arrived in Pakistan's biggest city just days after the U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory for the country, citing concerns about terrorism.
But that didn't faze the Canadian-born singer.
"The whole idea of coming to Pakistan is very exciting on many levels," Adams, 46, told an afternoon news conference. "It's exciting because I know we are the first Western artists to come and play a big concert here."
Proceeds from the concert will go toward rebuilding schools damaged by the earthquake. Sponsors said they had sold 22,000 tickets at prices ranging from $58 to $83.
"We're going to raise a lot of money to hopefully help rebuild some schools in the areas that have been devastated," Adams said.
The 7.6-magnitude quake struck northern Pakistan's Kashmir region and surrounding areas on Oct. 8, destroying roads and schools and leaving 3.5 million people homeless. U.N.-led relief efforts are ongoing as survivors struggle through the harsh Himalayan winter.
Today's birthdays
Actress Carol Channing is 85. Author Norman Mailer is 83. Actress Jean Simmons is 77. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Ernie Banks is 75. Composer Philip Glass is 69. Actress Suzanne Pleshette is 69. Actor Stuart Margolin is 66. Former U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., is 65. Blues singer-musician Charlie Musselwhite is 62. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan is 59. Singer-musician KC (KC and the Sunshine Band) is 55. Rock singer Johnny Rotten is 50. Actress Kelly Lynch is 47. Actor Anthony LaPaglia is 47. Singer-musician Lloyd Cole is 45. Actor John Dye is 43. Rock musician Al Jaworski (Jesus Jones) is 40. Actress Minnie Driver is 35. Actress Portia de Rossi is 33. Actress Kerry Washington is 29. Singer Justin Timberlake ('N Sync) is 25.
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