No immediate DNA test in Anna Nicole baby battle
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The battle for Anna Nicole Smith's baby resumed on Tuesday with a judge refusing to immediately order a paternity test for her former companion, Howard K. Stern, to help determine which of three men fathered the late Playboy model's 6-month-old daughter.
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An autopsy will be conducted Friday to help determine why Anna Nicole Smith died, officials said. Late Thursday, police carried bags of evidence out of the hotel where she was found unconscious. Also, one of the men involved in a paternity dispute over Smith's baby daughter is seeking a DNA sample, and a hearing is set for Friday morning.
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Anna Nicole Smith was unresponsive and was rushed to the hospital Thursday while staying at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe Hotel and Casino, hotel officials said.
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Police investigating the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son said Tuesday that they had no evidence that he had suffered a heart attack or that drugs were involved.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A Florida judge on Thursday ordered that new DNA samples be taken from the body of Anna Nicole Smith but made no decision on whether her boyfriend or her mother has the right to bury the former Playboy Playmate.
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A Florida judge on Wednesday rejected a  bid by a former boyfriend of late Playboy model Anna Nicole  Smith to have a Florida court decide a paternity fight over  Smith's 5-month-old baby daughter, Dannielynn.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A judge in Florida gave the go-ahead on Friday for the body of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith to be embalmed, but a decision about releasing her for burial could be days away.
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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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A lawyer for one of three men claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby asked a judge Tuesday to order the late Playboy model's partner, Howard K. Stern, to come to California and provide a DNA sample.
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A Los Angeles judge on Friday  refused to order an emergency DNA test on the remains of Anna  Nicole Smith but ordered that her body be preserved until a  February 20 hearing in the paternity case surrounding her baby.
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Anna Nicole Smith's body must be held in a Florida morgue until a California court determines how to conduct tests to learn who fathered the late centerfold model's baby daughter, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
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Initial autopsy findings on ex-model Anna Nicole Smith have not revealed why she died, US doctors say.
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Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother filed an emergency request Friday to block her burial in the Bahamas, hours after attorneys for the centerfold's ex-boyfriend asked a judge to step into the paternity case over Smith's baby.
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Officials said today they have found no evidence so far of foul play or illegal drug use in the death of Anna Nicole Smith.
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Anna Nicole Smith's mother and an ex-boyfriend fought for custody of her infant daughter in court Monday but the judge made no ruling &#151; leaving the baby in the care of the former model's partner Howard K. Stern.
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla.  &#151; Two men claiming to be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby are now battling over the late model's body.
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A pathologist probing the death of model Anna Nicole Smith's son said on Thursday that since the cause has been found, the case can be closed without holding a planned inquest in the Bahamas next month.