Jackson settles

Moments - alright, about a day - before Michael Jackson was due to make one of his trademark mumbling court appearances, he's reached a "settlement in principle" with Sheik Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa in the dispute over the squillions in cash the good sheik gave to the Neverland One.

No details have yet been made public, so the chances of us ever finding out what happens hangs on the prospect of Jackson not sticking to his side of the deal and the whole damn circus turning up in court again a year or so down the line. But for now, it's peace.