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Houston attorney John O'Quinn is in Florida this morning to help Anna Nicole Smith's mom fight for custody of Smith's body, which is being held pending the outcome of a custody hearing. Smith's mother, Virgie Arthur, wants Smith's body to be buried in Houston, but she's up against Howard K. Stern, who claims he's the father of Smith's infant daughter, Danielynn. Stern says he wants to take the body to the Bahamas so Smith can be buried next to her son, Daniel. But Arthur says she wants to bury Smith's body in Houston and wants Daniel's body exhumed and brought here as well. And at this point, it looks like who will end up with the body is anyone's guess. more ›

So here we are in the first full day of a World Without Anna Nicole — and though she's gone, the news isn't likely to stop anytime soon. Today, the medical examiner's office in Broward County, Fla., will conduct an autopsy on Smith to see if it can determine how she died, and closer to home, experts say her legal battles will probably stay in the courts for quite some time. First, what we know... more ›

FoxNews has confirmed that one of Houston's own, Anna Nicole Smith has passed away. Born Vickie Lynn Hogan on November 28, 1967 in Houston, Texas the "Reality TV Star" and former TrimSpa spokeswoman (who was just included in a class-action suit against the company) has passed away in Hollywood, Florida. She was found unresponsive in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel - where she had been photographed at a boxing match earlier... more ›

KTRK is reporting on the latest in an odd story out of Baytown involving a possibly loveless marriage, a family feud, millions of dollars and a lengthy court case. Wow, sounds a little like someone else we know, eh? But in its own way, the story of Perry "Bit" Whatley is even stranger. First, some background: Whatley, 83, spent his career working at Exxon's Baytown refinery. He and his first wife, Florence, built up a... more ›

So all the trouble E. Pierce Marshall went to trying to keep his stepmom, Anna Nicole Smith, from inheriting his oil tycoon father's fortune ended up being, well, a bit of a waste: Marshall died last week after what the family called a "brief and extremely aggressive infection." He was 67. more ›

Now that Anna Nicole Smith has got a Supreme Court win under her belt, she might be making room for something else: Several media outlets have been reporting the former Playboy playmate and widow of J. Howard Marshall II to be pregnant. In an e-mail statement to the Associated Press, Smith's lawyer Howard K. Stern said, "If Anna Nicole is pregnant, she obviously doesn't want anybody to know yet," and that "If she's not pregnant, she's not denying the rumor because she thinks it's funny how much of a stir it's causing. She'll leave it up to you to guess which one it is." more ›

The Supreme Court gave Anna Nicole Smith the green light to keep fighting for her beloved husband's fortune today, saying an appeals court was wrong when it ruled that a Texas probate court had total jurisdiction over the estate of oilman J. Howard Marshall III. more ›

As we discussed yesterday, the Supreme Court got a little more fun today when Anna Nicole Smith made the scene to try to convince justices that she really did marry for money love. Several justices said they were concerned that the one-time Playboy Playmate was kept from pursuing a piece of her late husband's fortune. "It's quite a story," said Justice Stephen Breyer. Smith married oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II in 1994 when he... more ›

City Councilwoman and Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado, who has found herself at the center of a city employee spending scandal, got a little more defensive Monday, hiring high-profile lawyer Rusty Hardin and a PR firm to help her cope. Though Alvarado has maintained that she didn't have anything to do with the employees in the mayor pro tem office taking extravagant payraises and more than $140,000 in unauthorized bonuses, the question remains how all... more ›

Tomorrow, former Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith goes to the Supreme Court. Smith is fighting for the millions she claims her former husband, the late Houston billionaire J. Howard Marshall II, promised her before his death in 1995. Smith was Marshall's third wife; she met him while she was an exotic dancer in 1991. The couple courted for three years before tying the knot in June 1994. But there's one bump in the road preventing... more ›