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"Big Hits, Broken Dreams" -- As the Super Bowl approaches, Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the growing concern over football-related concussions and brain injuries in this revealing documentary. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, spent the 2011 season with a Greenville, N.C., high school team still shaken by the 2008 death of a star running back who had suffered repeated concussion injuries. The program explores what happens to the brain under concussive conditions, and what parents, coaches and athletes need to know in order to protect themselves. 9 p.m. today, CNN.

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Michael Jackson's doctor sentenced to 4 years

Anthony McCartney The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 12:00pm

LOS ANGELES -- The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a "disgrace to the medical profession."

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(The Associated Press) In this framegrab made from a courtroom television pool feed, Dr. Conrad Murray is remanded into custody after the jury returned with a guilty verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 in a Los Angeles. Murray was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic that killed the pop star.

Guilty verdict for Jackson doctor ends latest saga

Anthony McCartney, Linda Deutsch The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 7:36am

LOS ANGELES — The single word, “Guilty,” brought a muffled shriek in the gallery of the packed courtroom and tears from Michael Jackson’s family, but no reaction from the doctor convicted of supplying the King of Pop with the drug he craved for sleep.

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Michael Jackson's doctor convicted in star's drug death

Linda Deutsch The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 7, 2011 - 2:38pm

LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic that killed the pop star.

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(JOEL RYAN/The Associated Press) Prince Jackson arrives on stage at the Michael Forever the Tribute Concert, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011.

Michael Jackson’s children appear at tribute show

Jill Lawless The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 8, 2011 - 4:06pm

CARDIFF, Wales — Chart-toppers, soul singers and three generations of Michael Jackson’s family — including his children — celebrated the King of Pop at an energetic tribute concert Saturday, urging fans to focus on the late star’s music rather than his death.

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Prosecutors show lineup of Jackson doctor's drugs

Anthony McCartney The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 10:39am

LOS ANGELES -- The bottles of medicine were lined up in two jagged rows on the edge of the prosecution table at the end of the seventh day of the trial against the doctor charged in connection with Michael Jackson's death.

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'I am asleep' Jackson heard in slurring audio

Anthony McCartney The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 2:13pm

LOS ANGELES -- Prosecutors played a recording Wednesday in which Michael Jackson is heard discussing his plans to build a hospital for children in a rambling, slurred conversation with the doctor charged in his death roughly six weeks before the entertainer died.

The recording was significantly longer than the clip played for jurors in opening statements last week. It ends ominously, with defendant Dr. Conrad Murray heard asking Jackson whether he was OK after his voice trailed off.

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Jackson's doctor lied about drug orders, pharmacist testifies

Harriet Ryan, Victoria Kim Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 4:49pm

LOS ANGELES -- A Las Vegas pharmacist testified Tuesday that he shipped large amounts of propofol to Michael Jackson's personal physician in the months leading up to the singer's death.

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Alberto Alvarez, one of Michael Jackson's security guards, testifies during Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial in downtown Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool)

Guard testifies Murray stopped CPR on Jackson to gather drug vials

Harriet Ryan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 12:42pm

LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's doctor tried to revive him with a substandard version of CPR, performing chest compressions intermittently with one hand while the singer lay on a mattress, a security guard testified Thursday.

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Members of defense team arrive to court for the trial of Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor who has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the pop icon's death, in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Guard describes emotional scene in room where Jackson found

Linda Deutsch The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 8:29am

LOS ANGELES -- A security guard has testified that he saw a sweating, nervous Dr. Conrad Murray trying to revive Michael Jackson while inquiring if anyone knew CPR.

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(IRFAN KHAN/The Associated Press) In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court where Murray pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s 2009 death. Inside the compact, wood-paneled courtroom that will soon host the trial of Michael Jackson’s personal physician, many of the tabloid-worthy elements of the singer’s life will go unspoken.

Jury to get overview of case against Jackson doc

Anthony McCartney The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 8:41am

LOS ANGELES — The trial of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death opens Tuesday with a bit of star power and the one thing the King of Pop enjoyed throughout his life — a worldwide audience.

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In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, Dr. Conrad Murray, singer Michael Jackson’s personal physician, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court where Murray pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s 2009 death.

Trial of Michael Jackson doctor delayed until Sept

Linda Deutsch, The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, May 2, 2011 - 3:11pm

LOS ANGELES -- The long-awaited trial of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's drug death was delayed Monday for four months, with a judge saying defense lawyers needed additional preparation time to effectively represent their client.

Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said he was more concerned with justice for Dr. Conrad Murray than with the speed of the proceedings.

Murray, who had insisted on a speedy trial, waived that right and agreed to start jury selection anew on Sept. 8. Lawyers estimated opening statements would begin Sept. 20.

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Michael Jackson's mom, estate, clash over charity

Anthony McCartney, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, April 15, 2011 - 2:03pm

LOS ANGELES -- "Heal the world. Make it a better place for you and for me." So sang Michael Jackson in his mega-selling 1992 anthem for change.

Now the singer's estate and Jackson's mother could use a little healing themselves as they fight each other over the non-profit Heal the World Foundation, which claims it's the successor to the pop star's defunct charity inspired by the song. At stake in the skirmish are trademarks worth millions of dollars and a piece of Jackson's legacy.

The dispute, which is playing out in a federal court in Los Angeles, is the latest example of the sometimes strained relationship between Jackson's family and the estate he left in place that has already earned hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Lawyers for Jackson's doctor ask judge to bar mention of his affairs

Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, April 8, 2011 - 8:13am

LOS ANGELES -- Dr. Conrad Murray's legal team asked a judge Thursday to prohibit any mention of the physician's extramarital affairs, out-of-wedlock children or penchant for strip clubs at his manslaughter trial next month in the death of Michael Jackson.

In papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the defense argued that such evidence was irrelevant and would be used by prosecutors only "to inflame the passions of the jury."

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Hunt for jurors resumes in Jackson doctor case

Linda Deutsch, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 1:15pm

LOS ANGELES -- A new group of 140 prospective jurors reported for duty Thursday in the case of Michael Jackson's doctor, and all them indicated they know about the involuntary manslaughter case against him.

Panelists who said they can serve on a two-month trial are filling out questionnaires. Those who express strong opinions about Dr. Conrad Murray's guilt or innocence could be dismissed for cause before they reach the jury box.

Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor, who has already screened 340 prospects and cleared 147 of those for availability, summoned the third panel of potential jurors to make sure there will be enough people to choose from when in-depth questioning begins next month. Ultimately, 12 jurors and six alternates will be chosen.

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