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  • ** FILE ** Anna Nicole Smith leaves the U.S. Supreme Court after her bid to collect millions of dollars from the estate of her husband, J. Howard Marshall II, was presented on Feb. 28, 2006, in Washington. The court ruled on Monday, May 1, 2006, that Miss Smith, a one-time stripper and Playboy Playmate, could pursue part of Marshall's oil fortune. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

    Anna Nicole Smith: DA seeks rehearing in boyfriend's drug case

    Prosecutors refusing to accept an appellate court's ruling in the Anna Nicole Smith case asked the court on Friday to change its decision and allow her former boyfriend and manager to be retried.


  • DA seeks rehearing in Anna Nicole Smith drug case

    Prosecutors refusing to accept an appellate court's ruling in the Anna Nicole Smith case asked the court on Friday to change its decision and allow her former boyfriend and manager to be retried.


  • ** FILE ** Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez (right) speaks before county supervisors at their weekly meeting in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Brian van der Brug)

    L.A. County assessor arrested in corruption case

    Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez, a top aide and a campaign contributor were arrested Wednesday as part of an investigation into influence peddling and the slashing of property taxes for political allies.


  • American Scene: Man survives plunge over Niagara Falls

    A man plunged at least 180 feet Monday over Niagara Falls and survived - only the third person known to have gone over without a safety device and live.


  • Murder charges against Calif. doc seen as warning

    The prosecutor who took the rare step of charging a doctor with murder in the prescription drug overdose deaths of three patients said Friday that the case should serve as a warning to unethical physicians who become pill pushers.


  • Murder charges against CA doc seen as warning

    The district attorney who filed murder charges against a California doctor in prescription drug deaths of three patients says the case is highly unusual but may serve as a warning shot to unethical physicians who become pill pushers.


  • Murder charges against Calif. doc seen as warning

    The prosecutor who took the rare step of charging a doctor with murder in the prescription drug overdose deaths of three patients said Friday that the case should serve as a warning to unethical physicians who become pill pushers.


  • Official: Jackson's doctor to serve about 2 years

    The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a "disgrace to the medical profession."


  • Dr. Conrad Murray sits in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, after being sentenced to four years in jail for the involuntary manslaughter of pop star Michael Jackson. (AP Photo/Mario Anzuoni, Pool)

    Jackson doctor called suicidal after verdict

    The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a "disgrace to the medical profession."


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