NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man accused of killing a pedestrian while driving and text messaging has been ordered to stand trial for gross vehicular manslaughter. ...more

September 28, 2009

Britney Spears' father will retain control of the pop singer's finances and personal affairs through the end of the year. ...more

August 1, 2008

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday. ...more

July 19, 2008

Heidi Klum wants to help Britney Spears. ...more

February 18, 2008

A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner gave Britney Spears' father the power to fire the singer's business manager, according to documents released Friday. ...more

February 9, 2008

Britney Spears went to a courthouse Monday but abruptly left amid a swarm of paparazzi without attending a hearing in her child-custody battle with her ex-husband, missing a chance to try to persuade a commissioner to restore her visitation rights to her two little boys. ...more

January 15, 2008

Britney Spears' family says "Dr. Phil" McGraw crossed the line by not keeping his mouth shut after making a house call on the singer last week. ...more

January 10, 2008

Television's "Dr. Phil" McGraw has pulled the plug on plans for a one-hour show that was to examine Britney Spears' latest public meltdown. ...more

January 8, 2008

Britney Spears was derailed yet again in her struggle to get her life back on track, losing custody of her two sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline. A Los Angeles court commissioner Friday gave sole physical and legal custody of the former couple's two boys to Federline and suspended the troubled pop star's visitation rights. ...more

January 5, 2008

A bid by Britney Spears for custody of her two young sons with Kevin Federline was put on hold Friday by a court commissioner after a three-hour closed hearing, an attorney for Federline said. ...more

October 27, 2007