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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jermaine Jackson has a new, brighter surname - Jacksun. A Los Angeles judge approved the change to singer's name Friday. The 58-year-old, who shared lead singing duties with his younger brother Michael in the Jackson 5, did not appear in court...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jermaine Jackson wants to change his name to something a little brighter. He's asking a court to allow him to alter his famous surname and become Jermaine Jacksun. The older brother of Michael Jackson filed a name change petition on Tuesday in Los Angeles, stating the switch was for "artistic reasons...

Update: The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the altercation at Katherine Jackson's home did not involve Paris Jackson or any of Michael Jackson's children. "The kids were not involved," Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore told the newspaper...

Update: According to the AP, authorities believe Katherine Jackson is safe in Arizona, though the L.A. County Sheriff's Department is still trying to get in touch with her. Depending on which member of the Jackson family you believe, Katherine Jackson -- matriarch and mother of Michael, Janet and the rest of the gang -- is either missing or resting comfortably in Arizona...

Jermaine Jackson is stuck in Africa. While taking a trip to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Jackson realized that his passport expired, a situation that would normally be remedied by a trip to the U.S. embassy. But because Jackson owes almost $100,000 in child support, he is currently stranded on the other side of the world until he either pays up or is made a special exception from the government... R

On Tuesday, Jermaine Jackson announced a list of artists scheduled to perform at a tribute concert for his brother, Michael Jackson, in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 26, however several of the tribute's biggest artists are now denying involvement in the event ...