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Jackson Parts With Neverland

Deed turned over to firm owned in part by Vegas real estate firm

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 13, 2008 3:46 AM CST

(Newser) – Michael Jackson's Neverland dream is over, E! Online reports. The star has handed the deed for his now run-down 2,500-acre California ranch to a company owned partly by himself and partly by the real estate firm that owns the Las Vegas Hilton—sparking... Read full story »

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