Long before an image of the Virgin Mary in a grilled cheese sandwich was auctioned on eBay, there was a little family in a little town of Michigan that bought Madonna's childhood home and put it on national TV. CNN's Tommy Andres tells the story. After all, it was his idea. full story ![]()

NEW YORK -- A French painting owned by Madonna has sold at a New York City auction for more than $7 million. Sotheby's auction house hasn't said who bought Fernand Leger's (lay-ZHAYZ') "Three Women at the Red Table" for $7.2 million on Tuesday. The abstract work had a pre-sale estimate of $5 million to $7 million. Proceeds of the sale will benefit the Ray of Light...
huffingtonpost.com (12 days ago)
A Cubist painting bought by Madonna in 1990 has been sold to raise $7.2 million (£4.6 million), the singer said yesterday,...
thetimes.co.uk (11 days ago)

Auction house won't say who bought Fernand Leger painting for $7.2 million
nj.com (12 days ago)
Mount Madonna -- Mount Madonna School is hosting the seventh annual Summit for the Planet Walk-a-thon and Earth Day Celebration from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at 491 Summit Road, Mount Madonna.
santacruzsentinel.com (29 days ago)

Madonna spent her fourth day of a visit to Malawi Thursday visiting children in overcrowded hospitals, The Seattle Times reported.Madonna, with her son, Rocco, went to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, which she has been supporting for five years...
examiner.com (1 month and 14 days ago)

Madonna still doesn’t have her own regularly-updated Twitter feed, but she’s finally joined Instagram, the online photo-sharing service. And in true Madonna fashion, she made her debut in quite a provocative manner. To get things started, Madonna posted a picture of herself sipping a martini,...
abcnews.com (3 months and 7 days ago)
On the day Jacob Tyler Roberts was supposed to be leaving for Hawaii, he bought ammunition and paper targets, according to a timeline. The next day, he bought more.
oregonlive.com (18 days ago)

Madonna sold an abstract painting for $7 million yesterday to help fund girls' education projects worldwide The singer sold Fernand Léger's 1921 work "Trois Femmes à la Table Rouge" to an unidentified buyer at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art sale in New York according to the auction house's website Madonna Accused of...
rollingstone.com (12 days ago)
A strongly-worded statement issued Wednesday by the president's office, State House, in the capital, Lilongwe, accused Madonna of using her fame and money to press the government of Malawi to give her VIP treatment.
foxnews.com (1 month and 8 days ago)

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — When Madonna adopted daughter Mercy James from an orphanage in Malawi, a judge ruled that the adoption could go ahead, despite Madonna not being a resident, because of the pop star's charitable work in the impoverished country.
mercurynews.com (1 month and 15 days ago)
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