Spears wins modified visitation rules
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Britney Spears won modified visitation rules Thursday that allow her two boys to spend one overnight a week with her, and the pop star's attorney requested her mother become the required court-appointed monitor....

Snoop Dogg to pick up trash in sentence
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Snoop Dogg will spend 160 hours picking up trash at an Orange County park as part of his sentence for carrying an illegal weapon in an airport last year, authorities said Thursday....

Judge delays Snipes' tax evasion trial
OCALA, Fla. (AP) -- A judge postponed Wesley Snipes' tax evasion trial until early next year after the actor fired his legal team. U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges on Wednesday called it a "ploy" for Snipes to delay trial, but said the motion was in the public interest....

McCartney, Mills in court for hearing
LONDON (AP) -- Paul McCartney and Heather Mills appeared in court Thursday as British media reported they may be nearing a settlement in their divorce. But after about seven hours at London's Royal Courts of Justice, both left the building in separate cars without making any comment, and it was not immediately known if they had reached an agreement....

Doris Lessing wins Nobel for literature
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Doris Lessing, author of dozens of works from short stories to science fiction, including the classic "The Golden Notebook," won the Nobel Prize for literature Thursday. She was praised by the judges for her "skepticism, fire and visionary power."...

Delon auctions part of art collection
PARIS (AP) -- Forty paintings belonging to Alain Delon were to hit the auction blocks on Monday....

Joni Mitchell's muse returns on 'Shine'
NEW YORK (AP) -- A few years ago, Joni Mitchell had rejected her musical muse, refusing to write or even play music as she devoted her life to painting, watching old movies on TV and reconnecting to the daughter she had given up for adoption in 1965....

NBC leaving Burbank for Universal
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- NBC Universal plans to sell part of its site in "beautiful downtown Burbank," home to the studio housing "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," and move to a new broadcast facility across the street from Universal Studios....

Bobby Brown denies having heart attack
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Bobby Brown denied Wednesday that he had a mild heart attack, something his attorney said earlier he had suffered this week in Los Angeles. The 38-year-old singer told Associated Press Radio that he is feeling fine and went to the hospital just for a checkup....

Ex-'Lost' star Rodriguez gets 6 months
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Former "Lost" star Michelle Rodriguez was sentenced Wednesday to six months in jail for failing to complete community service and alcohol monitoring as part of her probation from a previous drunk driving incident....