JURORS NOT TO BE SEQUESTERED ON MURRAY CASE, AND CELEB KICKED OFF FLIGHT

Story first appeared in USA TODAY.
Less than one week after Michael Jackson would have turned 53, there has been yet another twist into the ongoing saga following his premature death.
In an appeal late Friday, attorneys for Conrad Murray, the doctor accused of giving the late superstar a lethal drug overdose, challenged a judge's decision to not sequester jurors. The lawyers maintain that members of the jury could be negatively influenced by the publicity surrounding the case unless kept in isolation. They have also asked that jury selection be delayed until the matter is settled by an appeals court.
Murray has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter, and could face up to four years in prison if a jury decides otherwise.
On a lighter note, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong announced on his Twitter account that he had been booted off a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank. The reason?
Armstrong tweeted that it was because his pants sagged too low.
In a statement, Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins assured everyone that the singer/guitarist was put on another flight, and hadn't complained further when contacted by customer service.