AP - A judge will likely grant Madonna and Guy Ritchie an initial divorce decree on Friday, according to the schedule for London’s High Court.

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Reuters - One man has been convicted and another has pleaded guilty in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud a bankruptcy court in the bidding to take over Hawaiian Airlines four years ago, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

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Reuters - A U.S. federal jury convicted a Syrian arms dealer and a co-defendant on Thursday of conspiring to sell $1 million in weapons to Colombian rebels who intended to use them against Americans.

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AP - Making John A. Junior Gotti stand trial on racketeering charges in Tampa instead of New York would be like cutting off the supplies he needs to fight the fight, his attorney told a federal judge Thursday.

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AFP - Pop megastar Michael Jackson will testify in person at London’s High Court next week against allegations that he owes a Bahraini prince seven million dollars, his lawyer said on Thursday.

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AP - Michael Jackson has agreed to appear in person at a London court to respond to a Bahraini sheik’s $7 million lawsuit, the singer’s lawyer said Thursday.

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AP - A federal judge Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration’s strategy to capture terror suspects without charges.

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AP - President-elect Barack Obama’s likely pick for Homeland Security secretary, Janet Napolitano, is no stranger to headline-making Washington scandals and controversies.

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Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama is considering Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be U.S. Homeland Security secretary, heading a sprawling agency formed to bolster civil defense in the wake of the September 11 attacks, a senior Democrat said.

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Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama is considering Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be U.S. Homeland Security secretary, heading a sprawling agency formed to bolster civil defense in the wake of the September 11 attacks, a senior Democrat said.

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