Entertainment 09-06-2005 who: Michael Jackson what: Has "sinister gift" for wooing young boys, says former PR manager when: This week snippet: Bob Jones, who worked with Jackson for 30 years, says he was amazed by the singer`s ability to identify boys who would be receptive to his advances. "It was as if he had a radar," he says. Meanwhile, the jury in Santa Maria continue to deliberate. The Independent says the eight women and four men include a 62 year-old civil engineer, a 63 year-old retired school counsellor who enjoys bronze casting in his spare time, a 53 year-old horse trainer and a 21 year-old white man who is confinded to a wheelchair and hopes to have a career as a sports writer. Jackson himself has been to Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital for emergency treatment for the back trouble which has plagued him throughout his trial for child abuse. [... more]

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