LA court orders Anna Nicole's body preserved
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DANIA BEACH, Florida  - A California judge on Friday refused to order an emergency DNA test on the remains of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith but ordered her body preserved until a February 20 hearing in the paternity case surrounding her baby.
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Anna Nicole Smith spent much of her life in front of the cameras, and more pictures of the model/reality star are likely to surface now that she's dead. But a law passed after a race car driver's death should ensure that her autopsy photos are never published.
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Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith has lost a legal battle over half of her husbandâs estate. The ex-modelâs appeal to federal appeals court was handed over back to Texas probate court, who already
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Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in a custom-made gown next to her 20-year-old son following an "over the top" memorial service with a tightly controlled guest list, said a friend helping to organize the memorial.
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The US Supreme Court on Thursday issued an order staying the execution of a convicted rapist and murderer, as part of its decision to review the legality of lethal injections nationwide.
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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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Former Playboy pinup Anna Nicole Smith  was laid to rest in the Bahamas on Friday as a flock of doves  flew skyward, following a three-week battle for her corpse and  amid legal wrangling over her 5-month-old baby.
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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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Eight days after former Playmate Anna Nicole Smith died, a Florida judge signed an order to have her refrigerated remains embalmed.
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Anna Nicole Smith tried  frantically to revive her 20-year-old son even after he had  been pronounced dead by officials at the Bahamas hospital where  the former Playboy centerfold had given just days before, her  attorney said on Wednesday.
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DANIA BEACH, Florida  - A Florida medical examiner was performing an autopsy on the body of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith on Friday as her mother said drugs may have contributed to her daughter's sudden death.
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The county medical examiner testified Thursday that the body of Anna Nicole Smith was "under refrigeration and not significantly damaged," but added, "any further delay might reach a point when she would be damaged."
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A Florida judge on Thursday ordered that the body of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith be handed into the custody of the court-appointed guardian of her 5-month-old baby daughter.
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The wrangling over Anna Nicole Smith's body appeared to end Wednesday when her mother's lawyer said she would not stand in the way of the starlet's burial in the Bahamas later this week.
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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 DNA required for a legal battle over her  baby daughter had already been obtained.
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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 determine the cause of death, a Florida medical examiner said.