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Lawyer: Jackson doctor to surrender Friday

2010-04-16T07:13:37Z

Lawyer: Michael Jackson's doctor to surrender Friday

The lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor says he will surrender Friday, though it's not clear when he'll be arraigned.

Attorney Ed Chernoff said in a statement on his Web site late Thursday that Dr. Conrad Murray had agreed to surrender...

AP News in Brief

2010-06-25T18:50:25Z

AP News in Brief

Obama, allies signal they will try to scale back health care bill after Mass. Senate loss

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chastened by the Democratic Senate loss in Massachusetts, President Barack Obama and congressional allies signaled Wednesday they...

Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dead at 97

2010-04-16T11:32:52Z

Karl Malden, Oscar-winning actor in 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' dies at 97

Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning actor whose intelligent characterizations on stage, screen and television made him a star despite his plain looks, died Wednesday, his family said. He was 97.

Malden died of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Malawi hearing held in Madonna's adoption appeal amid paternity dispute

Malawi's highest court heard arguments Monday on Madonna's bid to adopt a 3-year-old girl from the southern African country, as a dispute erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the girl's father.

Madonna was not at Monday's hearing at the Gratitude and tattoos, but no phony press credentials, on the red carpet at Oscar night

Gratitude was the emotion of the Oscar day for first-time supporting actress nominees Taraji P. Henson and Viola Davis, who agreed it really was enough just to be nominated.

"The win is the beautiful, amazing people I've met along the way," Henson, who raises...

Nationals LaRoche Baseball

2011-01-04T21:31:22Z

In this April 7, 2010, photo, Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Adam LaRoche catches a throw during a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Phoenix. A person familiar with the negotiations tells Donna Lawlor shows Associated Press staffer Lynn Dombek as she pauses while snowshoeing up a hill on snow-covered logging roads in Hancock County, Maine. The solitude, q...

SC Legacy

2010-12-27T09:01:16Z

In this Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 photo, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford talks with Associated Press reporters in his office in Columbia, S.C. about his time in office and his future. (AP Photo/Virginia Postic)

Austria Opera Gruberova

2010-12-27T06:01:18Z

In this photo taken Oct. 11, 2010, Soprano Edita Gruberova speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna, Austria. At the dizzying heights of her stellar operatic career, Gruberova has unexpectedly chosen to stoop and return to the role of the fallen woman who helped make her fame. Gruberova is not portraying just any wayward female. By rediscov...

Austria Edita Gruberova

2010-12-27T03:31:19Z

Edita Gruberova speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna, Austria, on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010. The 64-year-old SLovak diva sees no problem in returning to the role of a 20-something as Violetta Valery in Verdi's "La Tr...