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On opening night, producers of "3C" received a cease-and-desist letter from Kenyon & Kenyon, the law firm representing DLT Entertainment, the distribution company for the popular 1977-1984 ABC sitcom "Three's Company." Charging that playwright David Adjmi had infringed on its copyright, DLT demanded that the playwright cease further performances.

The number of fresh arbitration cases filed with the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes last year reached its highest level in four decades, the ICSID said in a report last week.

A Brooklyn couple, already reeling from the loss of their stillborn baby, had their grief compounded after the New York City Medical Examiner's office gave them the wrong infant.

Katherine Jackson has been reinstated as the guardian of Michael Jackson's three children. The arrangement made on Thursday by Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff keeps their cousin TJ Jackson as temporary co-guardian.

Catholic Church officials, Republicans and other conservatives have blasted the inclusion of artificial birth control, which is against church doctrine, in the list of services that must be covered at no cost to the insured under President Obama's health care overhaul.

Crack addiction has become a grave public health and security concern in parts of Brazil, particularly the poverty-stricken shanty-towns that ring the large cities.

A German submarine was found 70 miles south of Nantucket Island after almost 70 years of sitting on the bottom of the ocean. U-550 was sunk after it torpedoed an American tanker, which led to depth charges from the USS Joyce. The crew abandoned ship and now researchers plan to tell the families of the casualties the exact location of their loved ones' resting place.

Palaniappan Chidambaram, who as finance minister oversaw India's strongest growth surge in the past two decades, returned to the post on Tuesday but faces a sharp economic slowdown, worsening public finances and falling exports this time around.

Sarah Jones, a onetime Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader captain accused of sex with a teenager, tells ABC News it angers her to be called the "female Sandusky."

Attorneys for the estate of Michael Jackson confirm that Janet and her siblings, Randy, Rebbie and Jermaine Jackson are now barred from Michael Jackson's Calabasas, Calif. midst the family drama.

Tuesday July 31, eight and a half years after his third wife was found dead in a bathtub, the murder trial of former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson is set to begin with opening statements. Peterson, 58, is accused in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

"This is not only damaging us but the whole [Russian] judicial system. It's a disgrace," one of Pussy Riot's lawyers, Nikolai Polozov, commented at the start of the trial on Monday.

Elizabeth Berkley, best known for her role as Jessie Spano on "Saved by the Bell," became a first-time mother after announcing the birth of a baby boy Monday.

Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes was charged Monday with multiple counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder. However, his sanity is still in question, and so is whether he will escape the death penalty based on an insanity defense.

Romney praised Israel's "economic vitality" by comparing it to the Palestinian Authority, a comment that quickly elicited criticism for comparing a powerful Middle Eastern state to a population that has been living for years under a blockade.

After throwing a photographer's iPhone through a window British comedian Russell Brand was sentenced to 20 hours of community service and given a $500 fine by a New Orleans judge.

Catfights are not new to the entertainment industry and in most of the cases; the fight is for a man. This incident took place almost a year back in Miami's Dream Nightclub last year when the famous Victoria Secret Model Selita Ebanks allegedly hit the 34-year-old Telemundo model Liza Irizarry and broke her nose for kissing boyfriend Terrence J.

Gu Kailai, wife of Chinese Communist Party leader Bo, was arrested for suspected involvement in the murder of the UK businessman Neil Heywood back in April.

A US Court convicted William Balfour, who also happened to be Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law for the 2008 killing of Hudson's family members. Balfour has been found guilty of the murders and a jury in Chicago convicted him on 3 counts of first degree murder and sentenced him to life in prison.

Wal-Mart, in a bid to protect consumers, said it was not happy with the proposed $7.25 billion retailers' settlement with Visa Inc., and MasterCard Inc., over interchange and processing fees to cover credit and debit card payments.

Arlene Holmes and the rest of the family of suspected gunman James Holmes have said they will support the Colorado shooting suspect, who allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others. While Holmes's family members did not express the statement in person, when asked if they stand by the 24-year-old, lawyer and family spokeswoman Lisa Damiani said at a press conference today, Yes they do. He's their son.