Court: Anna Nicole Smith gets none of oil fortune
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The elderly Texas billionaire who married Anna Nicole Smith in the last year of his life never intended to leave the former stripper any portion of his vast fortune, a federal appeals court ruled Friday....
Late Mass. monk's poems recall Khmer Rouge horrors
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) -- During Buddhist monk Ly Van Aggadipo's final days, he wrote often in a notebook. Temple followers knew the nonagenarian spiritual mentor to many local Cambodian refugees was recording some sort of personal history, but they weren't sure what....
Earnhardt visits `Handy Manny' prime-time special
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The children's animated TV series "Handy Manny Big Race" is going prime time Saturday night with Dale Earnhardt Jr....
Oprah, schoolgirls to testify at defamation trial
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey and several schoolgirls allegedly abused at her academy in South Africa are expected to testify in a trial over a defamation lawsuit brought by the school's former headmistress, whose performance Winfrey criticized....
Ellen presents $30K to Miss. lesbian in prom flap
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school's prom policy has received a $30,000 scholarship on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."...
Lady Gaga fires back in NY court at music producer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Lady Gaga is firing back at a music producer who claims he launched her career and is suing her for $30.5 million....
Volunteer day promoted to honor Mister Rogers
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Mister Rogers cared deeply about his neighbors and his neighborhood, both in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and in real life....
Demi Moore's Twitter account part of suicide help
CASSELBERRY, Fla. (AP) -- Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos were linked to an online chain of Twitter posts that ultimately led to Florida authorities intervening Friday when an 18-year-old man threatened to commit suicide....


