Problem: Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. He was born in Gary, Indiana. He was the seventh child out of nine children in his family. Michael was often physically abused by his father, beaten up and also verbally abused. But Michael also owed his success to his father's being strict.

Michael was always an entertainer . Even when he just joined school, he would perform in front of friends and classmates. Michael started his professional music career at the age of 11, as a member of the Jackson Five.

He's well-known for increasing the popularity of MTV through his music videos. Before this, music videos were made just to promote the albums . But Michael's videos managed to change that in videos being made as an art, and for big business. Some of the music videos that are good examples of this fact are Beat It, Billie Jean, and Thriller. Through these works of his, the world got caught onto the idea of music videos and dedicated music video channels.

Michael _ his fans and audiences with his style of singing, dressing, and his complex dance moves, especially the "Moonwalk". The moonwalk is something that people from every part of the globe loved and try to copy People have also done mass moonwalks all around to show their love towards him.

Michael Jackson supported 39 charities . Through his work and various foundations, he raised and gave millions toward charity, much more than any other showman. He had great love for children, especially the poor ones, and he felt children were the next best thing after God.

Michael planed to start a 50-concert tour in July 2009. Sadly, on 25thJune, 2009, Michael passed away at home. Michael Jackson was a great performer, showman, and entertainer, besides the good human and charitable person that he was. It's very unlikely that there will ever be another entertainer like Michael Jackson ever again.
1. When was Jackson born?
2. Where?
3. When did he die?
4. Where?
5. When did he become a professional?
6. With what group?
7. Was his father nice to him?
8. Did he abuse him?
9. What kind of abuse was inflicted on him?
10. Did he have siblings?
11. How many?
12. Where did he place in the family?
13. Were his dances simple?
14. What are they?
15. What is his most famous move?
16. How many charities did he give to?
17. How much money did he contribute?
18. Who did he credit his success to?
19. When was his last tour scheduled to begin?
Answer: 1. August 29, 1958
2. Gary, Indiana.
3. 25th June, 2009
4. at home.
5. at the age of 11
6. the Jackson Five.
7. No
8. Yes
9. physically and verbally
10. Yes
11. Eight
12. seventh child
13. No
14. complex
15. the "Moonwalk"
16. 39
17. millions
18. his father's being strict.
19. July 2009

Q: Darren Wilson was just one of 53 officers in a small-town police department until his encounter with an 18-year-old August 9 on a street in Ferguson, Missouri.

"He was a gentle, quiet man," Police Chief Thomas Jackson said Friday, referring to Wilson. "He was a distinguished officer. He was a gentleman. ... He is, he has been, an excellent officer."

Authorities, citing death threats, had until Friday refused to release Wilson's name after he fatally shot Michael Brown.

A resident of the St. Louis area, Wilson, 28, has been staying at a secure location since the shooting.

It was not known whether Wilson -- an officer for six years, including four in Ferguson -- had been placed on modified assignment. Jackson told reporters the officer had faced no disciplinary action during his time on the job.

Wilson lives in a neighborhood of modest homes about 20 miles from Ferguson. Neighbors, who seemed angry and worried about the sudden attention on their quiet community, were reluctant to talk about Wilson. Several said the officer left his home days ago.

Brown was African-American; Wilson is white.

One of Wilson's friends, Jake Shepard, said he couldn't imagine the officer killing somebody.

"I can say -- without speaking to Darren, without even having heard his statements -- that, at that moment in time, he was scared for his life," Shepard said.

"I am 100% positive of that because I could never imagine him even in that situation -- taking someone's life, let alone taking someone's life with malicious intent. He's just the last person on Earth that you would think to do something like that. It's just shocking.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who died?
2. What race was Brown?
3. How old was he?
4. How did Brown die?
5. Who shot him?
6. What profession was Wilson?
7. How long had he been an officer?
8. What police force was he currently an officer for?
9. How long had he been with them?
10. How old was he?
A: 1. Michael Brown
2. African-American
3. unknown
4. shot
5. Darren Wilson
6. officer
7. six years
8. Ferguson
9. four years
10. 28

Problem: (Reuters)--- A Michigan man credited his dog with saving his life by chewing off his diseased big toe as he lay passed out in a drunken stupor Jerry Douthett, 48, who woke up on a Saturday night in late July in his Rockford, Michigan home to find his Jack Russell Terrier, Kiko, had _ his right big toe. "The dog always lies with me on the bed", said Douthett. "That night, I woke up and looked down at my foot, and it was wet. When I looked, it was blood and there was the dog looking at me with a blood moustache." Douthett's wife, Rosee, rushed him to a hospital where doctors found he was suffering from Type 2 diabetes. His toe was badly infected and surgeons amputated the remainder of the toe. Douthett's wife, a registered nurse, had been urging him for weeks to have his infected toe examined by a doctor. On the night Kiko ate his toe, Douthett said he had been out with his wife and drank about six or seven beers and a pair of giant margaritas--big enough to put goldfish in. "I was self-medicating at this point," he said. "The moral of the story is that the dog saved my life, because otherwise I would never have gone to see a doctor." The couple said they were amazed that Kiko appeared to know Douthett had an infection that needed treatment. "He kind of chewed off the infected part and stopped at the good bone," said Rosee. "We joked that we shouldn't have had to pay the co-pay because he did half the job by chewing off half of the toe."
1. Who saved a life?
2. According to whom?
3. How was the animal able to do this?
4. The man didn't try to stop him?
5. What was infected?
6. What did he chew off again?
7. Was the man awake?
8. Why not?
9. Do they know what happened to his foot?
10. Who took him to the doctor?
11. Had he been drinking vodka with her?
12. What were they drinking?
13. Were they small drinks?
14. What size were they?
15. What was the funny part?
16. Why not?
17. Did this happen on a Thursday?
18. When did it happen?
19. What kind of dog is it?
20. What is the dogs name?
Answer:
1. a dog
2. a Michigan man
3. chewed off the infected part
4. no
5. yes
6. his right big toe
7. no
8. was in a drunken stupor
9. yes
10. his wife
11. no
12. beer and margaritas
13. no
14. big enough to put goldfish in
15. that they shouldn't have had to pay the co-pay
16. the dog did half the job
17. no
18. a Saturday night
19. Jack Russell Terrier
20. Kiko