Bahamas burial back on track for Anna Nicole
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A U.S. court on Wednesday rejected a bid by the estranged mother of dead Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith to halt her burial in the Bahamas, clearing the way for an end to a battle over the decomposing body.
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DANIA BEACH, Florida  - An autopsy on former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith on Friday did not immediately reveal what killed the billionaire's widow but police found no signs her sudden death involved a crime.
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Anna Nicole Smith's body will leave for the Bahamas by private plane early Friday and the former model will be buried there hours later, said the attorney given control of her remains after weeks of legal wrangling.
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More than a week after her son mysteriously died beside her hospital bed, Anna Nicole Smith remained out of sight in the Bahamas as officials said only that his death was not a suicide or homicide.
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A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday lifted an order that kept former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's body from being buried, saying that sufficient DNA required for a legal battle over her infant daughter was obtained during the autopsy.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - The feuding mother, partner and former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith took a brief break from a courtroom battle over the Playboy model's corpse on Wednesday to get a private viewing of her rapidly decomposing body in a Florida morgue.
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A Florida appeals court Wednesday upheld a judge's ruling that allowed Anna Nicole Smith to be buried in the Bahamas, agreeing evidence supports that's what the former Playboy Playmate wanted.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A judge in Florida made public Anna Nicole Smith's 5-year-old will on Friday and gave the go-ahead for the former Playboy playmate to be embalmed.
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A pathologist hired on behalf of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith was arriving in the Bahamas on Saturday to perform a second autopsy on her son, the island chain's head coroner said.
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Anna Nicole Smith's body was being brought Friday to an airport for a flight to the Bahamas for her funeral, after weeks of legal wrangling over where the pinup should be buried.
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Anna Nicole Smith wanted to be buried in the Bahamas, next to her son, Daniel, her longtime companion told a hearing Tuesday.
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A Florida appeals court suspended on  Monday a lower court ruling that would have allowed the burial  of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in the Bahamas, as  the battle over her baby shifted to the Bahamian capital.
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A three-judge appeals panel expressed doubts Wednesday about burying Anna Nicole Smith in Texas, as her mother wants, but also questioned how the advocate in charge of funeral plans knew the Playboy model intended to be laid to rest in the Bahamas.
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Hugh Hefner says he believes Anna Nicole Smith &#151; a Playboy Playmate in 1992 &#151; wanted to be buried in the Bahamas next to her late son, Daniel.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - Lawyers for the parties feuding over the body of former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith said on Thursday she would be buried in the Bahamas, next to her dead son.
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Custody of the body of former centerfold Anna Nicole Smith was awarded Thursday to the guardian for her 5-month-old daughter, Dannielynn. In a rare show of unity representatives for the various parties who had fought for the body said Smith would be buried in the Bahamas.
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A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday lifted an order that kept Anna Nicole Smith's body from being buried, saying that enough DNA required for a legal battle over her infant daughter was obtained during Smith's autopsy.