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LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's eldest child Prince is a college graduate.
Twenty-two-year-old Prince Jackson — whose real name is Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. — went through commencement ceremonies Saturday at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Prince Jackson graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
The day was celebrated in social media posts from the graduate and relatives in his famous family.
T.J. Jackson, the cousin who served as Prince's guardian after his father died, tweeted, “it's been a long road but you did it. Keep learning, keep growing and keep giving back!”
Prince Jackson was 12 when his father died nearly 10 years ago.
Michael Jackson has two other children, 21-year-old Paris and 17-year-old Prince Michael Jackson, known by the nickname Blanket.
ATLANTA — A group of students from Spelman and Morehouse colleges who've been studying Michelle Obama's memoir, “Becoming,” had a surprise visitor to discuss the work — the former first lady herself.Obama came to Spelman to talk with the students Saturday about the best-selling book ahead of her sold-out appearance Saturday night at State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta.Obama encouraged the 18 students to have faith in themselves, saying she learned through her eight years in the White House and elsewhere that she is as smart and capable as the well-educated and famous leaders she encountered, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.Obama used a phrase made famous by Atlanta civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to emphasize her point. “I've been to the mountaintop and I've seen it. You're deserving and worthy,” she said.The students spent this past semester studying “Becoming” as a foundational text for their political science class “Black Women: Developing Public Leadership Skills.”
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The owner of a Southern California yoga studio is accusing Dennis Rodman of helping three people steal more than $3,500 in merchandise from his business.Ali Shah says security cameras captured the former NBA star walking into Vibes Hot Yoga in Newport Beach on Tuesday with his alleged accomplices. Shah said the four worked together to distract an employee so they could steal clothes and a 400-pound amethyst crystal from the front desk.Shah said Rodman returned Wednesday and tried to distract a different employee while a female companion grabbed clothes that were on display.Police told the Los Angeles Times they were investigating the matter and no one has been arrested.Rodman told TMZ that the studio's owner offered him the clothes as gifts in exchange for moving the crystal.
