For defense team, singer's fame may pose challenge (AP)

AP - Michael Jackson's fame could pose a challenge for Dr. Conrad Murray's defense team as his lawyers fight an involuntary manslaughter charge against the physician in the singer's death.

Darius Rucker making sequel to hit country album (Reuters)

Lil Wayne NY sentencing put off for dental surgery (AP)

AP - After rap star Lil Wayne spent months bidding farewell to his fans and his freedom, what loomed for him Tuesday was a dental chair, not a house of detention.

Jackson celebrity turns doctor case into spectacle (AP)

AP - There's no bloody glove this time, no smoking gun, no faded music icon showing up in court wearing a wig that made it look like he plugged his finger into an electrical socket.