The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Santa Barbara, Calif. - Michael Jackson returned to California on Thursday to face child molestation charges that could send the pop superstar to prison for years if he is convicted. A private jet landed at the Santa Barbara airport shortly before noon and rolled its nose into the partly opened doors of a hangar. A caravan of cars left the hangar a few minutes later. "He is currently being transported to Santa Barbara County main jail to be processed and booked. That process may take approximately one hour," Sheriff Jim Anderson said. Authorities said they would seek $3 million US bail. London - On a day when Britain mourned the deaths of its own in a terrorist bombing in Turkey, Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush stood side by side to assert their resolve to defeat international terrorism. Washington - At least part of the White House was evacuated Thursday after a false radar reading mistakenly indicated that a plane flew within eight kilometres of restricted airspace around the complex, officials said. Also, on Nov. 10, U.S. air force fighter jets scrambled to intercept a private plane that flew too close to the White House. The plane was later determined not to be a threat. In both instances, The president was away from the White House.
