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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 ›

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 ›