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A Lawyer from Chris Andersen says the investigation into his client is part of an extortion scam targeting him, not child pornography.

Chris Andersen is under investigation for child pornography.

Jessica Sanchez has been wowing the judges and audience - and the competition -- on American Idol ever since the 16-year-old, California native hit the stage back in January.

The story around the highly publicized sexual assault lawsuits filed against John Travolta by two masseurs continues to raise eyebrows. Earlier this week two unnamed men filed lawsuits against the actor claiming that he sexually assaulted them during a massage. Yet TMZ released proofthat the actor has was in New York on January 16th when the first incident allegedly took place in Beverly Hills.

Somewhere amid all the anger and glee of Obama's same-sex marriage comments, the Visit North Carolina Facebook page found itself the soap box for anyone and everyone with a message.

Rather than deal with business, directors of Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO), the No. 3 search engine, have been busy all week in the ?resume embellishment? scandal that forced one director to quit and put the CEO under a cloud.

In a what is turning out to be a most bizarre missing persons case, there are still no solids leads that indicate what exactly happened to movie executive Gavin Smith. Smith, who is known for having distributed blockbusters such as Titanic and Avatar, went missing on May 1, after reportedly returning from a conference in Las Vegas, NV.

Jack Wendell Pursel, 66, walked into the Waterloo, Iowa police station requesting the audience of a police officer on Wednesday. When he sat down with a detective, Pursel explained how he viciously murdered and elderly couple nearly three decades ago.

Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, has announced a plan to offer space travel opportunities to civilians, in partnership with Bigelow Aerospace.

A new study suggests children born with a range of birth defects are at an increased risk of developing certain childhood cancers, especially during their first year of life.

A Denver Nuggets player is under investigation for child pornography.

On the Road is one of the most anticipated films in the Cannes Film Festival lineup this year. Based on Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel of the same name, the iconic story follows a young man's literal and figurative journey to self-discovery. Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) is a struggling writer who has just lost his father to cancer; he decides to embark on a road trip with the free spirited Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund).

Chris Andersen's home was searched and property seized by police Thursday morning.

Less than 24 hours after President Barack Obama explicitly declared his support for same-sex marriage, becoming the first sitting American president to do so, his re-election campaign sought to capitalize with an Internet video drawing a contrast between the president and his likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

A month ago, shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, closed at their record high of $628.64. On April 10, they hit their all-time high of $644. Now they are at $570.

Even though Simpson and Lachey are no longer husband and wife, it doesn't look like there is any bad blood between them. According to Hollywoodlife.com, Lachey sent Simpson a gift while she was still in the hospital.

The search to find missing 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith, who disappeared from a friend's Los Angeles-area home May 1, is getting an extra boost with more manpower being added to assist in the investigation.

Victor Willis, the original lead singer in the six-man group the Village People, won a landmark copyright case Wednesday that will give him partial ownership of dozens of the disco band's songs.

Keith Judd, a.k.a. Inmate No. 11593-051, is currently serving a 17-year sentence at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Texas. He also won 41 percent of the votes in West Virginia's presidential primary on Tuesday, compared to 59 percent of the vote won by President Barack Obama.

Same-sex marriage advocates are confident that the nation is moving gradually towards marriage equality, but they will need to contend with a majority of states -- North Carolina among them -- that restrict marriage to a man and a woman.

Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), the world's largest entertainment company, reported Tuesday that its second-quarter profit rose 21 percent, topping analysts' forecasts as solid results from theme parks offset a disappointing performance from sci-fi film John Carter.