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The Los Angeles Dodgers fought back on Tuesday against Major League Baseball's attempt to wrest control of the bankrupt baseball team from Frank McCourt, asking a federal court to delay considering the league's requests to sell the team and throw out its lawyers.

Michael Jackson was beleaguered by the pressures of his comeback tour, which forced him to take a desperate action leading to his death, a Los Angeles court was told on the first day of his doctor's homicide trial.

President Barack Obama topped up his re-election war chest with a string of successful West Coast fundraisers that ended Monday and showed soft poll numbers had not dented his ability to raise big money.

Images of Michael Jackson lying dead in a hospital and rehearsing the day before his death, along with recollections of the singer as a troubled lost boy, made for a heart-wrenching opening on Tuesday to the manslaughter trial of the doctor hired to care for him.

Victoria's Secret launched Gorgeous, the newest fragrance and updated brassiere collection from Victoria's Secret. The collection was unveiled by VS Angel Lindsay Ellingson, a California-native on Sept. 21 at Victoria's Secret at The Grove in Los Angeles.

Pop star Michael Jackson had high hopes his 2009 This Is It concerts would be the spark to revive his flagging career, but in the days before he died his ability to perform was hanging in the balance.

As the prosecutors played an incredibly sad tape of Michael Jackson's voice, recorded just weeks before his death, coupled with a photo of his lifeless body, the spectators in the Los Angeles court room looked pained.

Richard Branson's Virgin America has teamed up with DreamWorks Pictures for the purpose of launching Hugh Jackman's new blockbuster Real Steel.

Richard Tapia, the Rice University professor of engineering, computing and applied mathematics, will receive the National Medal of Science, the highest national honor for U.S. scientists, the White House announced on Tuesday.

He was lying dead in a hospital and just one day before his death, he was rehearsing - This is what the images of Thriller singer Michael Jackson told the court on Tuesday, marking a harrowing opening to the murder trial of Conrad Murray, the doctor who was hired to care for MJ.

U.S. hijacker and convicted killer George Wright, who has managed to remain a fugitive for 40 years, was caught in Portugal, police said on Tuesday.

Sarah Palin may sue Joe McGinniss, the author of the controversial biography The Rogue, for defamation, according to a letter her lawyer sent to Crown Publishing.

Emma Coronel, the 22-year-old wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman gave birth to twins at a California hospital, according to reports.

The first day in the trial of Conrad Murray, doctor to Michael Jackson, for the King of Pop's June 2009 death, began Tuesday, showcasing a shocking photo of Jackson's dead body and a recording of his voice in a drug-induced slur.

Grim photos of Michael Jackson lying dead in a hospital bed juxtaposed with a picture of the Thriller singer rehearsing the day before his demise brought an emotional opening on Tuesday to the manslaughter trial of the doctor hired to care for him.

A photo of Michael Jackson lying dead in a hospital bed and a shocking audio recording of the singer speaking unintelligibly were presented as evidence at the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray Tuesday.

The Sacramento City Council will vote on a key measure Tuesday that could keep the Kings in Sacramento.

Obama's presidential campaign fundraising efforts met with success in Hollywood.

The physician is on trial for the June 2009 death of the late King of Pop.

The Miami Heat’s Big Three of LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh will host and play in a South Florida charity game on Oct. 8.

Millionaire Matchmaker will do more negative stereotyping tonight on The Joy Behar Show