Los Angeles (CNN) -- After weeks of headlines about the outage of its hacker-compromised online gaming system, Sony on Monday looked to change the conversation with Playstation Vita, a machine they say will "revolutionize" handheld game play.

The gaming system, which will be available by this year's holiday season, marries advances in portable gaming with the Playstation's longstanding gaming pedigree, said Sony president of consumer products Kazuo Hirai.

"Playstation Vita will revolutionize the portable entertainment experience," he said. "It is an experience you really need to see and feel to believe."

The Vita was unveiled as part of Sony's presentation on the eve of the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, which officially begins Tuesday.

The device will have a 5-inch touch screen and feature front and back-mounted cameras and touch pads in addition to a pair of mounted joysticks. The system will let players use any, or all, of those controls during a game.

With more than 80 titles already in development, according to Sony, the Vita will offer cross-platform play, letting players continue some games between the Vita and the Playstation or, in some cases, even play multiplayer games against others using either a Vita or Playstation.

The Wi-Fi only version will sell for $249 and a 3G model, with exclusive AT&T service, will be $299.

The Vita, which Sony had been calling the NGP (next-generation portable) before its official unveiling, marks the company's biggest advance in the handheld gaming space since it introduced the Sony PSP in 2006.

It doesn't feature 3D gaming, like rival Nintendo's 3DS, which was rolled out at last year's E3. But Hirai teased that the dual cameras will be used in another emerging video-game space -- augmented reality.

"With Playstation Vita, the whole world really is in play," he said.

John Davidson, of gaming website GameSpot, liked what he saw of the Vita after an early look, calling its visual fidelity "remarkable."

"Definitely closer to handheld 'HD' experience than previous handhelds," he said in an email to CNN.

Jack Tretton, president of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, didn't waste time Monday addressing the hacker-caused outage that had the Playstation Network down for the better part of a month for most players.

He called it the "elephant in the room" and thanked gamers for staying loyal during the down time.

"You are the lifeblood of this company. Without you there is no Playstation," Tretton said. "I want to apologize, both personally and on behalf of the company, for any anxiety we caused you.

"I know we took you away from what you enjoy most ... and it is you that causes us both to be humble and amazed at the amount of dedication and support you continue to give to the Playstation brand."

Noting the weeks of negative headlines, he jokingly said "you're welcome" to members of the media. He said that more than 90 percent of users have returned to the online network, which saw its online store returned last week.

Sony also kept up the push for 3-D gaming Monday by taking on what's been considered one of the key stumbling blocks to its success: Price.

Acknowledging that the cost of 3-D television remains prohibitive for many gamers, Tretton announced that Sony will be making a Playstation-branded 3-D console that will sell, along with a set of 3-D glasses and the upcoming 3-D game "Resistance 3," for $499.

The 24-inch console, which can also be used to watch 3-D movies and television, offers a split-screen mode for multi-player gaming.

"We know that gaming is going to drive 3-D adoption," Tretton said.

Among the upcoming games Sony featured, the two that got the most attention were "Uncharted: Drake's Deception" and "Bioshock: Infinite."

Both will be available for the Playstation and Vita.

Question: What size screen will the device have?

Question: When was the PSP launched?

Question: Who called the recent outage of the Playstation Network an "elephant in the room"?

Question: What did he say about the outage?

Question: What does the Launch mark?

Question: What did Sony's U.S. president call recent outage?

Question: The launch marks Sony's biggest advance in handheld gaming since when?

Question: What will the device  have?

Answer: 5-inch

Answer: 2006.

Answer: Jack Tretton,

Answer: "elephant in the room"

Answer: the company's biggest advance in the handheld gaming space since it introduced the Sony PSP in 2006.

Answer: the "elephant in the room"

Answer: PSP in 2006.

Answer: a 5-inch touch screen and feature front and back-mounted cameras and touch pads in addition to a pair of mounted joysticks.

Summary:
Device will have 5-inch touch screen, cameras, touch pads and a pair of mounted joysticks .
Launch marks Sony's biggest advance in the handheld gaming space since Sony PSP in 2006 .
Sony's U.S. president called recent outage of Playstation Network "elephant in the room"


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Authorities on Saturday identified a gunman killed by police after he opened fire at passing vehicles along a downtown street in Hollywood.

But they said they don't know why Tyler Brehm, 26, went on a surreal shooting rampage captured on amateur video Friday.

The video shows Brehm walking down Sunset Boulevard, wielding a handgun and firing at vehicles, seemingly at random. Brehm fired a "significant number" of rounds, wounding three, police said.

He then returned to an intersection, where he was confronted by a plainclothes police detective and an off-duty police officer working on a nearby movie set, officials said.

"At that point the police ordered him to drop his weapon and he pointed his gun at the police and an officer-involved shooting occurred," police spokeswoman Sgt. Mitzi Fierro said on CNN.

Brehm died at a nearby hospital, a police statement said.

Christopher Johns filmed much of the five-minute scene from his apartment window and can be heard shouting at Brehm throughout.

"Why don't you come up here?" he yelled, later describing that he intended to distract the gunman.

"If people down there at point-blank range to the shooter were going to get shot, they were helpless to avoid being killed," Johns told CNN. "Me, I'm four stories up. If I can take any of his attention and divert it towards me ... I would have an opportunity to get out of the way."

"I'm screaming anything I can" in an effort to disrupt the shooting, Johns said.

At one point, Brehm spoke with Johns, asking him for ammunition and to call an ambulance.

Fierro said it appeared Johns could interact with the suspect without jeopardizing his safety.

"It appears from the video that he was able to distract the suspect and keep him from shooting at additional people before the police arrived," she said.

Police have contacted Brehm's family back east and are talking to acquaintances.

"So far we haven't been able to piece together really why he did it," Fierro told CNN Saturday evening.

Three people were injured during Friday's incident, including one man in silver Mercedes-Benz sedan who was shot multiple times in the face and upper torso, Fierro said. Two others suffered minor injuries.

The current status of the man in the car was unknown Saturday.

"We're very fortunate that more people weren't injured during this incident," Fierro said.

Witnesses were stunned by the shooting rampage.

"A car drove by and he just shot right into the car," Amy Torgeson told CNN affiliate KABC. "He was just shooting everywhere."

Torgeson said vehicles began "swerving and braking," and she sought cover at a nearby bank.

Question:
what did the yelling prevent
what was the gunmans name
What is the age of the gunman?
What age was the gunman
Where did John film the scene from?
What did the man who filmed do
Where did the man fire from
Who was the gunman?
Where did Christopher Johns film from

Answer: keep him from shooting at additional people

Answer: Tyler Brehm,

Answer: 26,

Answer: 26,

Answer: his apartment window

Answer: went on a surreal shooting rampage

Answer: Sunset Boulevard,

Answer: Tyler Brehm,

Answer: his apartment window

Summary:
NEW: Police don't know why man fired from street .
NEW: Man who filmed, yelled at suspect may have prevented more injuries, police say .
Police killed the gunman, Tyler Brehm, 26 .
Christopher Johns filmed the scene from his apartment window .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Brooke Mueller has reconsidered her decision to undergo at-home drug rehab. Instead, Charlie Sheen's ex-wife has checked into an in-patient treatment center, her spokesman said Tuesday.

Mueller was arrested in Aspen, Colorado, on December 3 and charged with assault and cocaine possession, police said.

Mueller's publicist told CNN Monday that she would "take a different approach to deal with her addiction" with a daytime rehab program and around-the-clock supervision at home.

"After further reflection and consideration, Brooke has decided to remove herself from the media spotlight and has entered a long-term in-patient treatment center where she can focus on her recovery without distraction," spokesman Steve Honig said Tuesday.

Mueller, 34, checked into the rehab facility before the announcement was made, he said.

"Brooke's goal is to maintain her sobriety and she believes this is the best option to reach that goal," Honig said.

The 2-year-old twin sons she shares with Sheen "will remain in their home and familiar surroundings and be under the care of their longtime nanny," he said.

"Charlie and Brooke's parents fully support her decision and everyone recognizes the importance of maintaining the children's normal routine," he said.

The incidents in Aspen began when a woman at the Belly Up -- a bar and performance venue there -- complained that Mueller had been "the aggressor" in an assault, Aspen police said.

Mueller was found and arrested after midnight at another bar, Escobar, police said. She was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, which is a felony, and third-degree assault, which is a misdemeanor.

She was released after posting an $11,000 bond, Aspen police said. A court date is scheduled for Monday.

Mueller has appeared as an actress in several movies, including 2004's "A Love Song for Bobby Long," according to IMDb. But she is more widely known as the ex-wife of Sheen.

The twin sons and Mueller were part of Sheen's volatile public fall-out with CBS earlier this year as he left his starring role on the network's "Two and Half Men."

She claimed in March that he'd threatened to kill her, saying, "I will cut your head off, put it in a box and send it to your mom," according to a declaration made in a restraining order against Sheen. The revelations led to a court order removing the 2-year-old boys from Sheen's home.

The actor called the allegation "colorful" and described the quote attributed to him as fabricated in an interview with NBC's "Today Show."

Mueller has sought help for substance abuse and stress-related issues in the past.

Last December, her attorney, Yale Galanter, said that she entered a sober living facility. Earlier, in April 2010, Mueller had checked into a treatment facility for help with stress management to prevent a "return to old problems," her representative said.

She was in substance abuse rehab earlier in 2010 "to get her health in order," Galanter said at the time.

The couple was involved in an alleged domestic dispute in Aspen on Christmas Day 2009 that resulted in felony charges against Sheen.

CNN's Jack Hannah contributed to this report.

Question:
Where did Mueller face drug charges?
What does the ex-wife decide?
Where will Mueller's twin sons stay?
what is charlie's involvment?
What did mueller say?
where will she go to rehab?

Answer: Aspen, Colorado,

Answer: checked into an in-patient treatment center,

Answer: "will remain in their home and familiar surroundings and be under the care of their longtime nanny,"

Answer: he'd threatened to kill her,

Answer: "take a different approach to deal with her addiction"

Answer: in-patient treatment center,

Summary:
Mueller can "focus on her recovery without distraction" in rehab, a spokesman says .
Charlie Sheen's ex-wife decides at-home care for her addiction is not the best .
Mueller faces drug charges in Aspen, Colorado, after a December 3 arrest .
Her twin sons will stay at home with their nanny .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Face-to-face questioning of potential jurors to hear the case against Michael Jackson's doctor began in a packed Los Angeles courtroom Friday morning, four days ahead of the opening statements and testimony.

The pool of 84 potential jurors in court appeared diverse, although only six were African-American.

Each side will be allowed 10 "peremptory challenges," allowing them to get rid of jurors without stating a reason.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers mutually agreed in closed-door sessions Wednesday and Thursday on which potential jurors in a pool of 145 were too biased to put their prejudices aside to decide if Dr. Conrad Murray is criminally responsible for the pop icon's death, according to Murray defense lawyer Michael Flanagan.

"Both sides just want to get a fair jury that hasn't made up their mind and is willing to make a decision based upon the facts," Flanagan said after Thursday's jury selection session.

Lead defense lawyer Ed Chernoff said there were no surprising reasons for striking jurors "for cause," and the pool was filled with people who could be open-minded. "Time ameliorates things," Chernoff said.

Flanagan predicted Thursday afternoon that Friday's jury selection would "go very fast."

While most judges allow defense lawyers an hour to question potential jurors, Pastor is allowing just 20 minutes for each side, Flanagan said.

"Twenty minutes is a pretty short period of time," Flanagan said. "You can't say 'hi' to everybody in 20 minutes."

It is expected 12 jurors and six alternates will be chosen by the end of court Friday.

Murray, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death, would face up to four years in prison if the jury finds him guilty.

The "for cause" strikes were based mostly on written answers potential jurors gave to 113 questions earlier this month.

Lawyers had a week to study the questionnaire responses, a process they went through once before in April before the trial was delayed for several months.

"One of the things that we learned in the case the last go-around in the jury selection, it's absolutely shocking how many jurors think already they know everything about this case," Chernoff said in an interview last week with Jean Casarez, a reporter with CNN sister network In Session.

Opening statements for the trial, which will be televised, are scheduled for September 27. The judge told members of the jury pool he expects their service will be over on or about October 28.

The Los Angeles coroner has ruled that Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, was caused by an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol combined with other drugs.

Prosecutors have accused Murray, who served as Jackson's personal and full-time physician at the time, of having a role in the overdose.

They contend Murray used a makeshift intravenous drip to administer propofol intended to help Jackson sleep, a practice they argue violated the standard of care and led to the pop music icon's death.

Question: What did michael flanagan say?

Question: What is the name of the defense lawyer?

Question: When will jury selection be wrapped up?

Question: what is expected to be wrapped up Friday?

Question: what is 84 potential jurors?

Question: How many remain in the jury pool?

Question: What day are opening statements set for?

Question: what is going to go very fast?

Question: How many potential jurors remain?

Answer: "Both sides just want to get a fair jury that hasn't made up their mind and is willing to make a decision based upon the facts,"

Answer: Michael Flanagan.

Answer: by the end of court Friday.

Answer: the case against Michael Jackson's

Answer: diverse,

Answer: 84

Answer: September 27.

Answer: Friday's jury selection

Answer: 84

Summary:
NEW: 84 potential jurors, including six African-Americans, remain in the jury pool .
Jury selection "is going to go very fast," defense lawyer Michael Flanagan says .
Jury selection is expected to be wrapped up Friday .
Opening statements in the trial of Michael Jackson's lawyer are set for Tuesday .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- For the first time in U.S. history, the largest single group of poor children in any racial or ethnic category is Hispanic, according to a new survey.

Calling it "a negative milestone" in Hispanics' explosive growth in the United States, the Pew Hispanic Center study said in 2010, 37.3% of poor children in the U.S. were Hispanic, compared with 30.5% white and 26.6% black.

The Pew analysis of new census data put the number of Hispanic children in poverty at 6.1 million in 2010.

This negative trend has emerged as the 2010 census confirmed for the first time that Hispanics are the nation's No. 2 group, surpassing African-Americans.

Hispanics now make up 16.3% of the total American population -- but in the youth demographic, Hispanic kids comprise an even bigger share -- 23.1% of U.S. children are Latino, the study said.

See how Hispanics drove the growth of the white population

The study found there are 6.1 million Latino children living in poverty, and more than two-thirds of them -- 4.1 million -- are children of immigrant parents. Of those 4.1 million, 86% were born in America, the study said.

The remaining 2 million poor Latino children have U.S.-born parents, the study said.

Prior to the recession, more white children lived in poverty than Latino kids, but since the recession began in 2007, those positions reversed, and the number of poor Hispanic children grew by 36.3% between 2007 and 2010, or 1.6 million, the study said.

The number of white and black children in poverty also grew, but not as big, the study found.

See how the white population changed in relation to minorities

The recession hit Latino families hard: the unemployment rate among Hispanic workers is 11.1%, compared with a national rate of 9.1%, and the household wealth for Latinos fell more sharply than for white or black families between 2005 and 2009, the study said.

Food insecurity also grew among Latinos, with one-third of households facing the problem in 2008, up from 23.8% the prior year, the study said.

Leaders of programs serving the poor said Thursday their experiences match the study's findings, which was released Wednesday.

In his twice-a-month acts of charity, Reverend Carlos Paiva has noticed the increasing number of Latino youngsters who arrive with their families at his Angelica Lutheran Church near downtown Los Angeles.

The church gives free rice, beans, potatoes, onions and fruits to needy families, he said.

"The numbers are growing," Paiva said about Latino kids who show up at the church with their families. "The average age of the people who come here for food is 10 years old."

Michael Flood, CEO of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, said his group's recent summer lunch program for poor children saw "a lot more kids from the Latino community."

"It worries us," Flood said. "Given the fact that the economy hasn't turned around, it's a more desperate deal."

Victor Martinez, director of programming at Bienestar, a nonprofit that runs nine health community centers in southern California for Latinos, said he was "sad and disappointed to see that my community is facing these problems."

"Especially for the more recent immigrants, they have more limited resources to work. We have more requests to go to the food bank and housing," Martinez said.

Question: Who is in poverty?

Question: What is the number of Latinos children who live in poverty in 2010?

Question: Who were living in poverty?

Question: Who lived in poverty?

Question: What does the report reflect?

Question: Who confirmed the report?

Question: Who lives in more poverty?

Answer: Hispanic children

Answer: 6.1 million

Answer: Hispanic children

Answer: Hispanic children

Answer: Prior to the recession, more white children lived in poverty than Latino kids, but since the recession began in 2007, those positions reversed, and the number of poor Hispanic children grew by 36.3% between 2007 and 2010, or 1.6 million, the study said.

Answer: 2010 census

Answer: 6.1 million Latino children

Summary:
NEW: More than 6 million Latino kids were living in poverty in 2010, according to study .
NEW: Pew Hispanic Center study: 4.1 million of those are children of immigrants .
NEW: Prior to 2007, more white children lived in poverty than Latino kids, study reports .
NEW: Providers of services to poor say the report reflects what they're seeing .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Four southern California teenagers have been charged following the apparent drug overdose death of an 18-year-old high school quarterback whose father is a retired NFL player, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Saturday.

Three of the teens have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Griffen Kramer, son of former pro quarterback Erik Kramer, who played for several NFL teams including the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, officials said.

Griffen Kramer played quarterback at Thousand Oaks High School, which lists him as a 6-foot 210-pound senior.

Kramer was found dead October 30 in a friend's bedroom in Agoura Hills, the sheriff's office said in a statement.

That friend, David Nemberg, 19, of Agoura Hills, is charged with involuntary manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance, authorities said.

After investigating several of Kramer's acquaintances who were involved in narcotics-related activities, police also charged Corey Baumann, 19, also of Agoura Hills, with involuntary manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance for sales, the sheriff's office said.

Baumann and Nemberg were each released in lieu of a $125,000 bail, authorities said.

The two other accused teenagers are minors, whose names weren't released, the sheriff's office said.

A 17-year-old boy from Oak Park, California, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance, the sheriff's office said. He is being held at Sylmar Juvenile Hall without bail, authorities said.

Investigators found "deplorable" living conditions during the search of the boy's home and took five children from the residence into protective custody, said authorities.

The fourth teen, also a 17-year-old boy, of Agoura Hills, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, the sheriff's office said. He was released to his parents' custody, according to police.

Police allege Griffen, Nemberg and a juvenile met at Sumac Park in Agoura Hills on October 29 and drove to a nearby cul-de-sac, where Griffen injected narcotics, causing him to instantly become ill and unconscious, authorities said.

Nemberg allegedly dragged the unconscious Griffen into his car and then drove him around the area, police said.

Nemberg called acquaintances and asked them if he could drive to their residences, but they told him no because their parents were home, police said.

Nemberg allegedly took a still unconscious Griffen to Nemberg's home, authorities said.

He didn't seek medical attention for Griffen until the next morning, when Nemberg woke up and saw Griffen was still unconscious, authorities alleged.

"He woke up the following morning and called 911 because Griffen was unresponsive," Sheriff's Sgt. Barry Hall said in a statement.

Griffen was believed to have been dead for several hours before Nemberg made the call, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Investigators believe Griffen had likely died from an overdose, but "we're still waiting for a toxicology results to determine the ultimate cause of death," Hall said.

CNN's Michael Martinez contributed to this report.

Question: What did police say?

Question: For how long was Kramer dead?

Question: whats One allegedly keeps an unconscious Kramer overnight before calling police?

Question: What is Griffen Kramer's age?

Answer: Nemberg allegedly dragged the unconscious Griffen into his car and then drove him around the area,

Answer: several hours

Answer: David Nemberg,

Answer: 18-year-old

Summary:
Griffen Kramer, 18, son of a retired NFL quarterback, dies of apparent overdose .
Two 19-year-old boys and two 17-year-old boys face various charges .
One allegedly keeps an unconscious Kramer overnight before calling police .
Kramer was dead for hours before the call was made, police say .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen was murdered as she was driving through Beverly Hills, California, in a random "robbery gone bad," by a man who killed himself last week, according to preliminary findings in the Beverly Hills police investigation.

Speculation that Chasen was targeted by a professional hit was shot down Wednesday by investigators who said much of what has been reported by the media since her killing three weeks was untrue.

Harold Martin Smith, 43, was apparently riding his bicycle when he shot Chasen several times as she was on her way home from a Hollywood movie premiere party, police said.

Smith later committed suicide with the same gun that was used in the Chasen killing, Beverly Hills Police Chief David Snowden said Wednesday. Smith shot himself in the head last week as police approached him for questioning as "a person of interest" while he was at his Hollywood apartment building.

A preliminary ballistics test showed that Smith's gun was used in the slaying of Chasen, 64, said Beverly Hills Detective Sgt. Mike Publicker.

"With Mr. Smith's background, we believe most likely it was a robbery gone bad," Publicker said. "We believe it was a random act."

Publicker said it appeared no connection existed between Chasen and Smith prior to slaying.

"The detectives were able to do numerous interviews and through the information obtained in the interviews, it appears that he did act alone," Publicker said. "We believe his mode of transportation was by bicycle."

Authorities said the investigation, which is 60% to 70% complete, remains ongoing.

"There are additional interviews to be conducted, but this is our belief at this time," Publicker said.

"Carjackings are not unusual in Los Angeles, but "in our city it's more than exceedingly rare," said Chief Snowden of Beverly Hills. "It's non-existent."

"We don't believe it was a professional hit, and this is an open and ongoing investigation," Snowden said.

Smith, an ex-convict, pulled a handgun and shot himself as Beverly Hills detectives approached him at Hollywood's Harvey Apartments last Wednesday.

The television show "America's Most Wanted" put police in touch with a tipster who will likely received a $125,000 reward, Publicker said.

Question:
who is harold martin smith
What do preliminary tests show?
Where was Chasen driving her car?
Who did Smith try to rob?
Who was the suicide victim?
What did preliminary tests show?
where is beverly hills

Answer: an ex-convict,

Answer: Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen was murdered as she was driving through Beverly

Answer: Hills, California,

Answer: Ronni Chasen

Answer: Harold Martin Smith,

Answer: "robbery gone bad,"

Answer: California,

Summary:
Police: preliminary tests show a suicide victim used the same gun that killed a publicist .
Police say the suicide victim, Harold Martin Smith, had tried to rob publicist Ronni Chasen .
Chasen was driving her car through Beverly Hills while Smith was on his bicycle, police say .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan must start serving a 30-day jail term next week after admitting that she violated her probation on a necklace theft conviction, a Los Angeles County judge ordered Wednesday.

"It's possible she could be booked in and booked out" the same day, Los Angeles County Sheriff spokesman Steve Whitmore said Wednesday afternoon.

"It depends on the fluctuations of the day, what's going on in the jail," Whitmore said.

After that, the actress must work at least 12 days a month at the county morgue until she completes the 53 remaining days on her court-ordered community service and she must attend 18 psychotherapy sessions, Judge Stephanie Sautner told her.

If Lohan misses any of those goals, she will be returned to jail for another 270 days, the judge ruled.

"This is what we really call putting the keys to the jail in the defendant's hands," Sautner told Lohan.

The actress, who admitted violating her probation during a hearing Wednesday, must report to the Los Angeles County jail by November 9, the judge said.

"You are not to get house arrest or early release, except for that required by the law," Sautner said.

Whitmore said that the early release program is part of the law, meaning Lohan would likely get out quickly due to overcrowding.

When Sautner sentenced Lohan to 120 days in jail last May, she ended up serving 35 days of home confinement instead, due to jail overcrowding and state rules that give prisoners credit for good behavior.

It was not immediately clear how many days Lohan will actually serve this month, if she ends up getting credit for good behavior.

Prosecutors said Lohan missed 12 of 20 scheduled workdays at a downtown Los Angeles women's center, part of the court-ordered community service imposed in May when she pleaded guilty to stealing a necklace from a Venice, California, jewelry store.

Lohan, 25, was already on probation for two drunken driving convictions from 2007.

She also canceled 14 of 19 scheduled appointments for court-ordered psychotherapy, they said.

"From what I see of you, you need a structure," Sautner told Lohan Wednesday, instructing her to return to court each month, starting December 14, to show she is complying with the schedule.

If the actress stays on track, her probation would be eased on March 29, 2012, Sautner said. If she doesn't keep up with the requirements, she will serve the additional 270 days behind bars, the judge said.

The full sentence imposed Wednesday was 150 days for the necklace theft probation violation and 150 days for violating probation on the 2007 drunk driving conviction in Beverly Hills.

While the original sentence included 360 hours of community service at a downtown Los Angeles women's center, the judge said she did not want to put the Skid Row charity through the pain of Lohan again.

When the judge called The Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women, the charity refused to take Lohan on as a worker "saying you were a bad example," Sautner said.

But Lohan seemed to find a good fit with her work at the Los Angeles County morgue, where Deputy Chief Coroner Ed Winter said she worked four days in the past two weeks cleaning up.

Lohan reports for morgue duty

"So, the morgue is willing to keep you," the judge said.

All of her community service work has been transferred there, she said.

Two weeks ago, the actress' father, Michael Lohan, told HLN's "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell" program that his daughter shouldn't be in jail, but in rehab.

Last week, Michael Lohan was arrested twice in two days for violating a court order to stay away from his former girlfriend. CNN learned Wednesday that he is now in an "administrative confinement" cell in the infirmary section of Orient Road jail in Tampa, Florida, where he's awaiting trial.

Michael Lohan arrested

Lindsay Lohan's legal woes, which began four years ago with two drunk driving arrests,

Question: Who could be booked in and out the same day?

Question: When will she be booked?

Question: What timeframe will she be booked?

Question: What did the judge tell her?

Question: Who would keep her?

Question: Who said she cannot be released on home confinement?

Question: How long will she serve if she voilates again?

Question: What might she serve?

Answer: Lindsay Lohan

Answer: the same day,

Answer: the same day,

Answer: the actress must work at least 12 days a month at the county morgue until she completes the 53 remaining days on

Answer: the morgue

Answer: Whitmore

Answer: 270 days,

Answer: 30-day jail term

Summary:
NEW: Lohan could be booked in and out the same day, sheriff's spokesman says .
If she violates probation again, she must serve another 270 days in jail .
The judge said she cannot be released on home confinement .
"The morgue is willing to keep you," the judge says .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan's judge apparently is so pleased with how well the actress is complying with her probation requirements in the past six weeks that she's giving her more freedom to travel.

"Ms. Lohan, you've actually done well and done it not only on time but early," Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner said during a five-minute-long hearing Wednesday.

Lohan worked 12 days at the county morgue and took part in five psychotherapy sessions over the past month as ordered, Sautner said.

"The morgue seems to be pleased, as pleased as a morgue can be," Sautner said.

The judge offered an incentive for Lohan to finish her monthly community service work early: She can travel freely around the United States after she completes her required 12 morgue shifts between court dates.

If Lohan keeps up her compliance and completes 41 more days at the morgue -- 12 shifts each month -- and four sessions with a psychologist per month, the actress will have her supervised probation eased at the end of March.

If she fails, she will serve an additional 270 days behind bars, the judge warned her last month.

"This is what we really call putting the keys to the jail in the defendant's hands," Sautner told Lohan.

Lohan was found in violation of her probation last month when she admitted that she failed to comply with Sautner's earlier order that she work at a women's shelter. Her punishment -- a 30-day jail sentence -- translated into just a few hours behind bars because of measures to reduce overcrowding in Los Angeles County jails.

The atmosphere at Wednesday's status hearing was much lighter than in any previous appearances before Sautner.

When Lohan's attorney, Shawn Holley, asked the judge if Lohan was required to be in court January 17 for the next status hearing, Sautner said, "If I say no, she won't complete everything. I'm just saying."

The judge's next comment made Lohan lower her face into her hands, laughing.

"I think she likes to come here and see me," Sautner said. "I think that's a motivation for her."

The judge said Lohan's trip to Hawaii over the past week was approved by her probation officer because of "some confusion" about her travel restrictions.

She is permitted to travel outside California only for holidays and work, she said.

"She thought your sister's birthday was a holiday and said she could go to Hawaii," Sautner said. "I don't have a problem with it."

Lohan missed her flight back home from her Hawaiian vacation Monday, causing her to miss Tuesday's taping of an appearance on "Ellen." The chat with talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres was the only planned interview to promote Lohan's nude photo spread published this week in Playboy magazine.

The court-ordered community service is part of Lohan's sentence imposed in May when she pleaded guilty to stealing a necklace from a Venice, California, jewelry store.

Lohan was already on probation for two drunken driving convictions from 2007.

"From what I see of you, you need a structure," Sautner told Lohan last month, instructing her to return to court each month to show she is complying with the schedule.

Lohan's legal woes, which began four years ago with two drunken driving arrests, have been compounded by her failure to attend counseling classes and alcohol and drug test failures.

Her probation is scheduled to end within a year unless Lohan breaks any laws before then. It has been extended several times because of violations, including the failed alcohol and drug tests.

CNN's Jack Hannah contributed to this report.

Question:
who is  Lindsay Lohan?
Who has done well on probation?
What is pleased with Lohan?
What does Lohan do 12 shifts at?
What did the judge do?
When will Lohan be eased?

Answer: actress

Answer: Lindsay Lohan's

Answer: judge

Answer: county morgue

Answer: offered an incentive for Lohan

Answer: end of March.

Summary:
NEW: Lindsay Lohan has "done well" on probation the past month, the judge says .
NEW: The judge eased Lohan's travel limit once she does 12 shifts at the morgue each month .
NEW: Judge: "The morgue seems to be pleased, as pleased as a morgue can be"
If she stays on track, Lohan's probation will be eased in March, judge says .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan's need for a better toothpaste should not outshine more important issues "such as homelessness, lack of funding for public education and relations between America and its allies," the actress's rep said Friday.

Steve Honig was responding to online buzz about a close up photo of Lohan's teeth that appear to show stains that bloggers blame on her love of red wine and cigarettes.

"Lindsay is widely recognized as one of the most beautiful women on the planet, and is regularly sought-after by some of the top photographers in the world to appear on covers of magazines around the globe," Honig said in a statement to CNN.

Not to mention the many paparazzi that hound Lohan through the streets of Los Angeles.

"There are so many more important issues the media should be focusing on, such as homelessness, lack of funding for public education and relations between America and its allies," Honig said.

Stained teeth, however, is not Lohan's biggest concern now. She is due back in court Wednesday morning for a status hearing before Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Saunter.

Judge Saunter will check on her progress in meeting the community service and psychological counseling requirements she imposed last summer when she sentenced Lohan to probation for stealing a necklace from a Venice, California, jewelry store.

As with Lohan's smile, there are online reports that her record of probation compliance is stained and that Lohan again faces jail time.

But Frank Mateljan, spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney, said that while he has seen the reports the matter "not risen to the level of having our office involved yet."

The probation office and the court have not contacted the prosecutor on the case about it, Mateljan said.

Lohan lawyer Shawn Holley would not comment on the reports.

Question:
What did the tabloid photo show?
What did Lohan's rep say?
What did the rep say?
what did lohan's rep say about her
When does she return to court?
What did the photo show?
when will she return to court

Answer: Lohan's teeth

Answer: "There are so many more important issues the media should be focusing on, such as homelessness, lack of funding for public education and relations between America and its allies,"

Answer: Lindsay Lohan's need for a better toothpaste should not outshine more important

Answer: Lindsay

Answer: Wednesday morning

Answer: Lohan's teeth

Answer: Wednesday morning

Summary:
Tabloid photo shows Lohan stained teeth .
Lohan rep: Lindsay's "one of the most beautiful women on the planet"
Lohan prosecutor is unaware of any probation problems .
The actress returns to court Wednesday to report on probation .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan's nude photo spread for Playboy is helping the men's magazine break sales records, according to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.

CNN calls to a dozen newsstands in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Atlanta Sunday found just one that is sold out of the issue, and that store expected more to arrive Monday.

Lohan, 25, was reportedly paid close to $1 million to pose for the photos taken in a style reminiscent of the nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe that graced the debut issue of Playboy in 1953.

Unlike Lohan, Monroe was reportedly paid just $50 for the 1949 photo shoot that produced the image that was bought by Hefner after she became a star.

"The Lindsay Lohan January-February Double Issue is breaking sales records," Hefner said in a message posted on his Twitter account Sunday.

A Playboy spokesman would not give sales numbers, but the official did say it was selling "very well."

The Playboy gig was a rare moneymaking opportunity for Lohan, whose acting career has been hampered in the past two years by frequent trips to court, probation restrictions, extended drug rehab stints and several visits to jail.

Her legal woes stem from two drunken-driving convictions in 2007, a necklace theft conviction in 2011 and several probation violations.

CNN's JD Cargill and David Daniel contributed to this report.

Question: how much does lohan earn?

Question: How many newsstands?

Question: How much did she earn?

Question: what keeps the actress off the big screen?

Question: What keeps her off the big screen?

Question: What did the Playboy official say?

Answer: $1 million

Answer: dozen

Answer: close to $1 million

Answer: frequent trips to court, probation restrictions, extended drug rehab stints and several visits to jail.

Answer: frequent trips to court, probation restrictions, extended drug rehab stints and several visits to jail.

Answer: it was selling "very well."

Summary:
Just 1 of 12 newsstands in 4 U.S. cities surveyed report selling out of the issue .
A Playboy official tells CNN sales are going "very well"
Lohan earns nearly $1 million for posing nude for Playboy .
Legal troubles keep the actress off the big screen .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's fear that promoters would "pull the plug" on his comeback concerts if he missed more rehearsals was unfounded, the head of the promotion company testified Tuesday in Dr. Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial.

"No one on our end was ever contemplating pulling the plug," said Randy Phillips, the head of AEG Live.

Murray's defense lawyers contend Jackson self-administered the overdose of drugs that killed him in a "desperate desire to get to sleep," because he feared without rest he would miss his next rehearsal and trigger the cancellation of his "This Is It" tour.

Jackson's mother, Katherine, sisters Janet and La Toya, and brother Randy Jackson were in court to watch Tuesday's testimony.

Earlier Tuesday, a nurse who tried to treat Jackson's insomnia with natural remedies testified that Jackson told her that doctors assured him using the surgical anesthetic propofol at home to induce sleep was safe as long as he was monitored.

Jackson died two months after that conversation with nurse Cherilyn Lee, from what the coroner ruled was an overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol, combined with sedatives.

Prosecutors contend Dr. Murray's use of propofol to treat Jackson's insomnia in his home was reckless, in part because he did not have proper equipment to monitor his patient and he abandoned him to make phone calls.

Phillips was the eighth witness called by the defense since the prosecution rested its case against Murray Monday morning.

If the tour was canceled, Jackson would have to pay for all of the production and rehearsal costs, Phillips said, although the judge would not let him tell jurors how much that might have been.

Defense lawyer Ed Chernoff estimated the cost to be about $40 million, leaving him "a very, very poor man," but it was not while the jury was present.

Concert director Kenny Ortega sent Phillips an e-mail five days before Jackson's death referring to Jackson's fear the company would "pull the plug" on the tour. The e-mail triggered a meeting with Jackson and Dr. Murray to address Ortega's concerns about Jackson's "lack of focus" and missed rehearsals, with the debut of his London shows just three weeks away.

He and Ortega were satisfied when Jackson told them "You build the house and I will put on the door and paint it," suggesting he would be ready, Phillips testified.

Also at the meeting, Phillips told Dr. Murray that he wanted to make sure he knew about Jackson's visits to another doctor, dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein. "Because he's his principal physician, I thought he should know," he said.

Phillips said he was concerned because Jackson "seemed a little distracted and not focused" in a meeting after a visit to Klein's Beverly Hills clinic.

The defense contends Jackson became addicted to the painkiller Demerol in his frequent visits to Klein in the three months before his death. His withdrawal from the Demerol, which Murray was unaware of, would explain why Jackson could not sleep the day he died, the defense contends.

Testimony from nurse Cherilyn Lee's was interrupted for 25 minutes Tuesday as she was overcome with emotion. "I'm feeling really, really dizzy," Lee said. "This is just very sensitive to me."

Lee and a Los Angeles doctor, both called as defense witnesses, testified that Jackson asked them for drugs to help him sleep in April 2009. This was after Dr. Murray had already agreed to work as his personal physician and placed his first orders for propofol.

Lee, who used IV drips loaded with vitamins, "sophisticated" vitamin smoothies and bedtime teas, to treat Jackson's insomnia, said Jackson became frustrated with her natural remedies.

"He said 'I'm telling you the only thing that's going to help me sleep right away is the Diprivan and can you find someone to help me to sleep?'" Lee said. Diprivan is a brand name for propofol.

After some quick research, the nurse warned Jackson that it was dangerous to use

Question: What are the names of Jackson's sisters?

Question: Which item did the doctors say was safe in the home?

Question: what did jackson tell the nurse

Question: Who attended court?

Question: what would jackson have had to pay

Question: What costs would Jackson have incurred if the tour was cancelled?

Question: who attended court on tuesday

Question: Who assured Jackson that propofol was safe?

Answer: Janet and La Toya,

Answer: the surgical anesthetic propofol

Answer: doctors assured him using the surgical anesthetic propofol at home to induce sleep was safe as long as he was monitored.

Answer: Jackson's mother, Katherine, sisters Janet and La Toya, and brother Randy Jackson

Answer: all of the production and rehearsal costs,

Answer: production and rehearsal

Answer: Jackson's mother, Katherine, sisters Janet

Answer: doctors

Summary:
NEW: Jackson would've had to pay production, rehearsal costs if tour was canceled, promoter says .
Jackson told nurse that doctors assured him propofol in the home was safe, witness says .
"I only need someone to monitor me with the equipment while I sleep" Jackson told nurse .
Jackson mom Katherine, sisters Janet and La Toya, and brother Randy Jackson attend court Tuesday .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's mother says she's hoping Dr. Conrad Murray will get the harshest sentence possible, four years in a state prison, in the death of her son.

"I don't believe that he intended for Michael to die," Katherine Jackson told CNN Monday. "He was just taking a chance."

A jury found Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter three weeks ago, and Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor set Tuesday for his sentencing.

Pastor, who sent Murray directly to jail after he was convicted this month, has a choice ranging between probation and up to four years in a state prison. But measures to relieve California prison and jail crowding could significantly shorten his time locked up.

Prosecutors successfully argued that Murray's reckless use of the surgical anesthetic propofol to help Jackson sleep, without proper monitoring equipment, led to the pop icon's death.

Testimony during his trial revealed that Murray gave propofol nearly every night in the two months before the singer's death on June 25, 2009, as Jackson prepared for his comeback concerts set for London the next month.

Katherine Jackson and several of her children will be in court for the sentencing Tuesday, but her grandchildren Prince, Paris and Blanket will not. They'll be at school, she said.

She was uncertain whether anyone from the family would speak in court, but she was interviewed by a probation officer who will include her thoughts in the report to the judge, Jackson said.

Murray's elderly mother, Milta Rush, wrote a letter to the judge asking for mercy, saying "his compassion and his soft heartedness for others led to this dilemma."

Prosecutors are asking for the maximum four years behind bars, and they want Murray to pay Jackson's children more than $100 million in restitution. Defense lawyers want probation, not prison time.

Each side will have a chance to present oral arguments Tuesday, but their positions were detailed in sentencing memos filed with the judge last week.

Murray has "displayed a complete lack of remorse" about Jackson's death, and is, "even worse, failing to accept even the slightest level of responsibility," deputy district attorneys David Walgren and Deborah Brazil wrote.

The prosecutors cited Murray's decision not to testify in his own defense, even while he was giving interviews for a documentary that aired days after the verdict.

"In each of these interviews, the defendant has very clearly stated that he bears no responsibility for Michael Jackson's death," the prosecutors said. "Moreover, the defendant has continued to express concern only for his individual plight and portrays himself, not the decedent, as the victim."

"I don't feel guilty because I did not do anything wrong," Murray said in the documentary quoted by the prosecution.

"Finally, the defendant consistently blames the victim for his own death, even going so far as to characterize himself as being 'entrapped' by the victim and as someone who suffered a 'betrayal' at the hands of the victim," the prosecutors said.

Jackson's death came as he was preparing for a series of comeback concerts in London, which the defense argued pressured the singer to seek sleep or risk having the concerts canceled.

The prosecutors contend in their sentencing memo that Murray should be ordered to pay Jackson's three children restitution for the subsequent "wage and profits lost," as provided under California's "victim's bill of rights" law.

The singer's "estate estimates Michael Jackson's projected earnings for the 50-show O2 concert series to be $100,000,000," the prosecutors said.

With nearly $2 million in funeral expenses and 10% interest added each year, the prosecution is asking Pastor to order Murray to pay Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson more than $120 million in restitution.

While it is doubtful that Murray, who is unlikely to ever practice medicine again, could pay much of that sum, it could prevent him from reaping financial benefits from any books, interviews or film projects in the future.

Defense lawyers,

Question: What is in a report prepared for the judge?

Question: What sentence could Murray get?

Question: What term in prison could he get?

Question: What did Murray's mother say?

Answer: her thoughts

Answer: possible, four years in a state prison,

Answer: up to four years

Answer: "his compassion and his soft heartedness for others led to this dilemma."

Summary:
Katherine Jackson's thoughts on Dr. Conrad Murray are in a report prepared for the judge .
Murray's "compassion and his soft heartedness" led to his troubles, the doctor's mother says .
Murray could get anything from probation to four years in prison Tuesday .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's three children will use their father's shoes and sequined glove to make handprint and footprint impressions in the concrete in front of Hollywood's renowned Grauman's Chinese Theatre this month, Jackson's estate announced Thursday.

The January 26 ceremony is part of the promotion for the Los Angeles debut of Cirque du Soleil's "Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour."

Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson have been more public in recent months, a contrast to their lives before their father's 2009 death when they were shielded from public view.

The children attended the premiere of the traveling Cirque du Soleil show with their grandmother, Katherine Jackson, in October.

The "Immortal" show is touring the United States and Canada through this year before taking up residency in Las Vegas.

Show biz legends who left their handprints and footprints in Grauman's concrete courtyard on Hollywood Boulevard include Fred Astaire, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Sidney Poitier, Clark Gable and Mary Pickford. The tradition started in 1928, just a year after the historic theater opened.

Michael Jackson's Hollywood Walk of Fame star is on the sidewalk in front of the theater.

Question: What was the January 26 ceremony?

Question: Where is Michael Jackson's Walk of Fame star?

Question: Fred Astaire, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland also immortalized where?

Question: Where is Michael Jackson's Hollywood Walk of Fame star?

Question: Whose is THE IMMORTAL World Tour?

Question: Who was immortalized at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre?

Question: Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson to take part in the ceremony on what date?

Answer: part of the promotion for the Los Angeles debut of Cirque du Soleil's "Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour."

Answer: on the sidewalk in front of the theater.

Answer: Grauman's concrete courtyard on Hollywood Boulevard

Answer: in front of

Answer: Cirque du Soleil's

Answer: Michael Jackson's

Answer: January 26

Summary:
Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson to take part in January 26 ceremony .
It promotes Cirque du Soleil's "Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour"
Fred Astaire, Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland also immortalized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre .
Michael Jackson's Hollywood Walk of Fame star is in front of Grauman's .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Nick Cannon checked out of a Los Angeles hospital over the weekend after being treated for "mild kidney failure" suffered in Aspen, Colorado, over the holidays, his rep said.

"He is resting and recovering at home and would like to thank everyone who has expressed concern, well wishes and prayers," Tracy Nguyen said Monday.

Cannon will be back on the air with his New York morning radio show next week, Nguyen said.

The 31-year-old actor and "America's Got Talent" host tweeted last Wednesday that he was leaving an Aspen hospital for one in Los Angeles.

"Thank you all for all your love, prayers and concern. You know me ... I will be a'ight," Cannon said in his tweet.

Cannon and Mariah Carey were vacationing in Aspen with their twins, Monroe and Moroccan, when he fell ill last month.

CNN's Anisa Husain contributed to this report.

Question: What did the rep say

Question: What was interrupted

Question: who would be  returning  to his New York radio show next week

Question: where will he return next week

Question: When does he return

Question: what interrupted  Cannon's Colorado holiday

Question: who is resting at home

Answer: "He is resting and recovering at home and would like to thank everyone who has expressed concern, well wishes and prayers,"

Answer: vacationing in Aspen

Answer: Nick Cannon

Answer: back on the air with his New York morning radio show

Answer: next week,

Answer: "mild kidney failure"

Answer: Nick Cannon

Summary:
Cannon's "resting and recovering at home" after a "mild kidney failure," his rep says .
The actor returns to his New York radio show next week .
The illness interrupts Cannon's Colorado holiday .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a 41-year-old Southern California man charged Friday with murder in this week's mass shooting at a hair salon, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said.

Scott Evans Dekraai of Huntington Beach, California, allegedly shot his ex-wife and seven other people to death at the Salon Meritage in the small coastal community of Seal Beach, Rackauckas said Friday. A ninth person was wounded.

Prosecutors formally filed eight counts of first-degree murder and a felony count of attempted murder against Dekraai on Friday. The first-degree murder charges carry the special circumstance of multiple murder, the prosecutor said.

Dekraai and his ex-wife, Michelle Fournier, 48, were in a custody battle over their 8-year-old son, and the dispute was the motive in the shooting, Rackauckas said. The prosecutor called Dekraai "a methodical and merciless killer."

On Friday afternoon, Dekraai appeared before Orange County Judge Erick L. Larsh, who, at the request of attorneys, rescheduled Dekraai's arraignment to November 29.

Dekraai is not taking his antipsychotic medication, and his attorney asked the court to make the drugs available to Dekraai while he is being held in jail without bail.

The judge said he would order a medical team to evaluate Dekraai and, in a response to another defense request, would see if Dekraai's current wife could deliver his spinal cord implant stimulator, which is needed because of a 2007 accident Dekraai experienced.

Balding and with a salt-and-pepper goatee, Dekraai appeared calm inside the courtroom's detainee cage. One person in the gallery shouted "You coward!" Then, as he exited the courtroom, a sobbing woman uttered "I hate you! I hate you!"

Dekraai's attorney, Robert Curtis of Long Beach, told the court that he's considering a change of venue.

Earlier Friday, authorities held a press conference and recounted how Dekraai's ex-wife, a hair stylist at the salon, was working near the entrance and was among the first two people shot.

On the morning of the shooting, which occurred Wednesday, Dekraai and Fournier got into an argument about child custody, authorities said.

"We're sort of guessing. We believe that the custody battle wasn't going well for him. We don't know the contents of their conversation or anything," Rackauckas said.

Hours later, the gunfire rampage at the salon, just blocks from the ocean, unfolded around 1:20 p.m., authorities said.

"He also considered the people who were friends and who worked with his ex-wife were enablers, and he didn't have much use for them either," Rackauckas said.

He was armed with three guns -- a 9 mm Springfield, a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum, and a Heckler & Koch .45 -- and was wearing body armor during the shooting rampage, Rackauckas said. He used at least two of those guns, the prosecutor said.

Rackauckas summarized the mass shooting, saying Dekraai "walked through the salon shooting anyone close enough to hit. He stopped to reload during this spree, and he continued gunning people down. He was not satisfied with murdering his intended target, his ex-wife. For almost two minutes, Dekraai shot victim after victim, executing people by shooting them in the head and chest.

"He shot eight people inside the salon. But he was not done. He then walked out of the salon and shot a ninth victim, a male, who was sitting nearby in a parked Range Rover. The reason for this rampage: revenge," he said.

"We believe that the defendant committed this unimaginable act of violence because he wanted to kill his ex-wife over a custody dispute concerning their 8-year-old son. He was willing to end any life in his path, and he did. Clearly this two-minute murder spree could not have been about loving his son," the prosecutor said.

While Dekraai allegedly carried out the mass murder, his son was sitting alone in the principal's

Question: What does Dekraai's attorney consider?

Question: Who was killed?

Question: How many first-degree murder charges were filed?

Question: How many first-degree murders were filed?

Question: What does Scott Dekraai's attorney say he is considering?

Question: What charges did prosecutors file?

Question: What is Scott Dekraai's attorney considering?

Answer: a change of venue.

Answer: ex-wife and seven other people

Answer: eight

Answer: eight

Answer: a change of venue.

Answer: eight counts of first-degree murder and a felony count of attempted murder

Answer: change of venue.

Summary:
Scott Dekraai's attorney says he is considering a change of venue request .
Prosecutors file eight first-degree murder charges and one attempted murder count .
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Dekraai, of Huntington Beach .
Authorities say Dekraai and his ex-wife, among the killed, were fighting over custody of a son .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Rapper Heavy D collapsed in his Beverly Hills home Tuesday morning and died a short time later at a Los Angeles hospital, according to police and the coroner. He was 44.

Heavy D, whose real name is Dwight Arrington Myers, was found conscious with difficulty breathing at his home after police were called there at 11:25 a.m., the Beverly Hills police said in a news release.

He was pronounced dead in the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon, according to Los Angeles County coroner's operations chief Craig Harvey. The cause of death has not been determined, Harvey said.

His hip-hop recording career began in 1987 with his group Heavy D & the Boyz and on his first album he released the hit single "The Overweight Lover's in the House." Another one of his breakthrough hits came in 1991 with a remake of the O'Jays' "Now That We Found Love."

Heavy D's rapping was featured on Janet Jackson's 1990 hit "Alright."

He rapped on Michael Jackson's 1991 hit "Jam," which he performed at last month's Michael Jackson tribute show in Cardiff, Wales.

He also composed and performed the theme songs several television shows, including "In Living Color," "MADtv" and "The Tracy Morgan Show."

His last CD, "Love Opus," was released this year.

Heavy D also pursued an acting career, which included mostly roles on TV shows and movies.

He played a courthouse guard in the Eddie Murphy film "Tower Heist," released last weekend.

iReporter: "Rest in peace to Heavy D"

He used his Twitter account Monday night to express sadness about the death of boxer Joe Frazier:

"SMOKIN JOE FRAZIER..RIP.. truly one of the best heavyweight champs that ever lived.. GODS SPEED,MR FRAZIER!"

Heavy D's last Twitter message, posted late Monday, was: "BE INSPIRED!"

CNN's Jack Hannah contributed to this report.

Question:
When were police called to his home?
When did Heavy D die?
What was the rapper's real name?
Who found him?
What was his real name?
What did he die from?
What age was he?
Where did Heavy D die?
Who died in the ER at Cedars-Sinai?

Answer: Tuesday morning

Answer: Tuesday afternoon,

Answer: Dwight Arrington Myers,

Answer: police

Answer: Dwight Arrington Myers,

Answer: The cause of death has not been determined,

Answer: 44.

Answer: Los Angeles hospital,

Answer: Rapper Heavy D

Summary:
Heavy D died in the ER at Cedars-Sinai, the coroner's office says .
Beverly Hills police were called to his home at 11:25 a.m. Tuesday, police say .
He performed last month at the Michael Jackson tribute in Wales .
The rapper's real name was Dwight Arrington Myers .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Tears flowed from Dr. Conrad Murray's eyes Wednesday as he listened to an elderly patient tell jurors that Murray had opened a clinic in the Acres Homes community of Houston in honor of his father, who had practiced there.

After 17 days of hearing about how pop star Michael Jackson died under Murray's care, jurors began hearing Wednesday from people who say the doctor saved lives.

Ruby Mosley was one of five character witnesses called by Murray's defense lawyers Wednesday morning as his involuntary manslaughter trial nears an end.

"If this man had been greedy, he never would have come to an area, a community of Acres Homes, 75% of them poor, on welfare and Social Security," Mosley said.

Murray continued to dab tears from his eyes even after Mosley left the stand.

"He's the best doctor I've ever been to," said Gerry Causey, a 68-year-old former patient of the man accused of causing Jackson's death."And I just don't think he did what he's being accused of," Causey added, under cross-examination by the prosecution.

Much of the prosecution's case has been spent trying to demonstrate that Murray gave reckless and incompetent medical treatment as Jackson's personal doctor in the last months of his life.

Causey met Murray 11 years ago when he was rushed to a Las Vegas hospital with a heart attack, but they became friends since then, he testified.

"It's because of Dr. Murray, the way he cares for you, the way he makes you feel," Causey said.

Prosecutors contend that Murray abandoned his patients in Las Vegas and Houston for the $150,000 a month Jackson had promised him.

"There's no way, he's not greedy," Causey said. "He doesn't charge me my deductable, never has."

Las Vegas heart patient Andrew Guest, who followed Causey on the witness stand Wednesday, said Murray "makes sure you're ok during the procedure."

"That man sitting there is the best doctor I've ever seen," Guest testified.

Murray treated Dennis Hix by putting 14 stints into arteries around his heart 11 years ago, Hix testified.

"I'm 66, I've gone to a lot of doctors, a lot of doctors and I've never had one that gave me the care that he did," Hix said.

Murray never charged Hix beyond what his insurance would pay, he said. "I had a type of insurance that don't hardly pay for nothing," he said. "So he did it for me free."

Two medical experts for the defense, including anesthesiologist Dr. Paul White, are expected to follow Thursday and possibly Friday. This would set the stage for closing arguments and jury deliberations early next week, although it's possible that could come Friday.

Jackson's sisters Janet and La Toya, as well as his brother Randy, were in court for Wednesday's testimony.

The promoter of Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" tour testified Tuesday that Jackson's fear that producers would "pull the plug" on the shows if the singer missed more rehearsals was unfounded.

"No one on our end was ever contemplating pulling the plug," said Randy Phillips, the head of AEG Live.

Murray's lawyers contend Jackson self-administered the overdose of drugs that killed him in a "desperate desire to get to sleep," because he feared without rest he would miss his next rehearsal and trigger the cancellation of his comeback concerts.

If the tour was canceled, Jackson would have to pay for all of the production and rehearsal costs, Phillips said, although the judge would not let him tell jurors how much that might have been. Defense lawyer Ed Chernoff estimated the cost to be about $40 million, leaving him "a very, very poor man," but it was not while the jury was present.

Concert director Kenny Ortega sent Phillips an e-mail five days before Jackson's death, referring to Jackson's fear the

Question:
What kind of doctor is Dr. Murray?
Who testified for the defense?
What do people think about Dr. Murray?
Who testified?
How many experts will the defense call?
Who is the best doctor?
When will defense rest?

Answer: personal

Answer: Ruby Mosley

Answer: the doctor saved lives.

Answer: Causey

Answer: Two

Answer: Dr. Conrad Murray's

Answer: early next week,

Summary:
NEW: Dr. Murray sheds tears as heart patient testifies .
Murray "is the best doctor I've ever seen," a former heart patient says .
Character witnesses testify for Dr. Murray's defense Wednesday .
The defense will call two medical experts before resting Thursday or Friday .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- The defense anesthesiology expert in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor was found in contempt of court Wednesday for referring to his private talks with Dr. Conrad Murray during his testimony.

Dr. Murray did not testify in his own defense in his involuntary manslaughter trial and the judge refused to allow Dr. Paul White to base any of his testimony on anything other than what Murray told police.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor gave Dr. White 30 days to pay a $250 fine, but he also dropped a second contempt citation for derogatory comments he allegedly made about a rival witness.

Wednesday's contempt hearing was part of the aftermath of Dr. Murray's involuntary manslaughter that ended with a guilty verdict last week.

Another contempt hearing is set for November 29, the day Murray is set to be sentenced, for one of the defense lawyers who allegedly violated the judge's gag order by speaking to NBC's "Today Show" during the trial.

Murray defense lawyer Michael Flanagan, who was in court to defend Dr. White Wednesday, said after the hearing that he believed Murray should be eligible for early release if he is given prison time.

A California law that took effect last month provides for non-violent state inmates to be assigned to county jails to relieve state prison overcrowding. The Los Angeles County jail has a court-ordered early release program to relieve overcrowding, which allows non-violent offenders to serve much of their sentences at home with electronic monitoring.

Flanagan said Murray is not a safety threat to the public and should be included in the early release program.

Dr. White told reporters after the hearing that he still believed Jackson gave himself the overdose of the surgical anesthetic propofol and a sedative the coroner ruled killed the pop icon.

"I was aware that Michael Jackson had self-administered drugs in the past, propofol specifically, and so what's to say that he wouldn't do it again," White said. "He was desperate. Murray was withholding from him the drug that he desperately desired."

White, while under cross-examination by Deputy District Attorney David Walgren, referred several times to his private discussions with Dr. Murray about what happened the day Jackson died. Judge Pastor repeatedly warned him not to do so.

Finally, the judge cited White for contempt and set Wednesday's hearing to decide if he would be fined.

"There wasn't any intentional deception here or violation of the court order," defense lawyer Michael Flanagan told Pastor Wednesday. "He was explaining to Mr. Walgren 'Hey, I can't answer that.'"

Prosecutor Walgren, who has grown a beard since the televised trial ended, told the judge that this was one of "multiple instances" where Dr. White was "trying to sabotage the trial."

"It was intentional and deliberate," Walgren said. "It was an attempt to deny the people a fair trial."

White told the judge he "did my best as I was admonished by you to answer question truthfully and as completely as I could."

"I apologize profusely if I disrespected you," White said. "I learned a lot from this experience."

Pastor ruled that White was guilty of violating his order by giving "a non-responsive answer" that dealt with "no-go territory."

While he could have fined him $1,000, he only imposed a $250 fine. Judge Pastor also dropped the other contempt charge which stemmed from an online report that quoted White allegedly calling prosecution anesthesiology expert Dr. Steven Shafer "a scumbag."

Question: what did the lawyer say

Question: Whay charge was dropped?

Question: what did the prosecutor argue

Question: what is the number of days he has

Question: What did the prosecutor argue that the expert tried to do?

Question: Who should get an early release?

Question: How much was the contempt fine?

Question: How many days does paul white have to pay the fine?

Answer: he believed Murray should be eligible for early release if he is given prison time.

Answer: a second contempt citation for derogatory comments he allegedly made about a rival witness.

Answer: not a safety threat to the public

Answer: 30

Answer: "trying to sabotage the trial."

Answer: Dr. Conrad Murray

Answer: $250

Answer: 30

Summary:
NEW: Defense lawyer: Dr. Murray should get early release if sentenced to prison .
Dr. Paul White has 30 days to pay a $250 contempt fine .
The prosecutor argues the defense anesthesiology expert tried to 'sabotage' the trial .
A contempt charge relating to White calling another witness a "scumbag" is dropped .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- The man accused of shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier at a homecoming party in the soldier's honor faces one count of attempted murder, the spokesman for the San Bernardino, California, district attorney said Tuesday.

District Attorney Michael Ramos filed the charge Tuesday against 19-year-old Ruben Jurado, spokesman Christopher Lee said. He also filed "four special allegations involving premeditation and the use and discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury," the DA's office said in a statement.

Jurado was being held at the West Valley Detention Center and was expected to be arraigned Wednesday or Thursday.

Jurado is accused of shooting Army Spc. Christopher Sullivan on Friday night at a homecoming party in Sullivan's native San Bernardino. Sullivan was there celebrating his recent return to California from Kentucky, where he was stationed while recovering from wounds sustained in a suicide bombing a year ago in Afghanistan.

Sullivan narrowly survived the attack, which killed five members of his unit and left him with a cracked collar bone and brain damage, according to the San Bernardino County Sun. Sullivan was awarded the Purple Heart after the incident.

He was shot at the party after an "argument and physical confrontation" with Jurado, San Bernardino Police Department Sgt. Pete Higgins told CNN.

Accompanied by an attorney, Jurado turned himself in to authorities in Chino Hills early Monday afternoon, said Lt. Gwendolyn Waters.

The fight at the party broke out after Jurado and Sullivan's younger brother began arguing about football, the brothers' mother, Suzanne Sullivan, told CNN.

Jurado "pulled out a gun and shot him twice," she said.

Higgins said Jurado fled the scene after the shooting.

Sullivan was rushed to a hospital, where he was being treated, officials said.

"Right now, my son is hanging in physically," Suzanne Sullivan told CNN. "He's on 100% life support. He can move his head and he responds through nodding and blinking to us. His eyes aren't always open, but we try to encourage him to do so as often as possible."

She said her son tried to ask what happened to him at the hospital and when they told him he wanted to know, "Why?"

"We told him what it was about and he just closed his eyes," Suzanne Sullivan told CNN.

She said she was told that the suspect and her son might have gone to school and played football together. She also said she couldn't believe what had happened to her son, who she said joined the Army to try and help her out.

"He's a wonderful son. ... the best person you could meet on this Earth," she said. "He's a giver, not a taker, and just wants to be there for and help people. He was so happy when he joined the Army, because he really wanted to defend his country."

The mother and her family have been at her son's hospital bedside. A fellow soldier from Christopher Sullivan's 101st Airborne Division brought the infantry's flag to the hospital, Suzanne Sullivan told CNN.

"He loved his platoon. He loved his fellow soldiers," she said as she began to sob. "He was so proud to serve our country."

Tears rolled down Christopher Sullivan's face when he saw the flag of the Screaming Eagles, the nickname for the division, his mother said.

"I asked Chris if he wanted to me to hang it on the wall or cover him in it," Suzanne Sullivan said. "He nodded that he wanted me to cover him with it. Once I did that he started to cry, which made me start to cry. It's been really hard on all of us."

She said she was distraught over the news that her son, who was already recovering from injuries sustained during his tour abroad, had returned to the United States only to be paralyzed during a party.

"He once told me that if defending this country takes his life, so

Question: What is he accused of doing?

Question: What did the DA file?

Question: What is Ruben accused of doing?

Question: When is Ruben Jurado expected to be arraigned?

Question: What age is Ruben Jurado?

Question: who will be arraigned?

Question: What are they accused of?

Question: The DA also filed special allegations including what?

Question: Who filed special allegations?

Answer: shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier

Answer: the charge Tuesday against 19-year-old Ruben Jurado,

Answer: of shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier

Answer: Wednesday or Thursday.

Answer: 19-year-old

Answer: Ruben Jurado,

Answer: shooting and paralyzing a U.S. Army soldier

Answer: involving premeditation and the use and discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury,"

Answer: Michael Ramos

Summary:
NEW: The DA also filed special allegations including premeditation .
19-year-old Ruben Jurado is expected to be arraigned Wednesday or Thursday .
He is accused of shooting an Army soldier at his homecoming .
The soldier was already recovering from wounds suffered in Afghanistan .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- The mother of a German national suspected of one of the worst arson sprees in Los Angeles history appeared before a U.S. magistrate judge Tuesday in the German government's effort to extradite her on fraud charges.

Harry Burkhart, 24, may have been motivated to set the fires by his mother's arrest, according to officials and CNN affiliates.

His mother, 53-year-old Dorothee Burkhart, was arrested by Los Angeles police during a traffic stop on December 28, a day before the first of 52 fires, mostly in parked cars, that investigators suspect were part of a series of arsons.

The son, who was arrested Monday, was charged with one count of arson of an inhabited dwelling. He is likely to face additional charges as the investigation moves forward, said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Harry Burkhart remains jailed without bail and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

"What did you do to my son," Dorothee Burkhart, yelled at the judge during her hearing Tuesday. "My son is disappeared since yesterday. Perhaps the German Nazis know of our address."

It did not appear that she knew her son had been arrested a day earlier on the arson charge.

She turned down an offer of a court-appointed lawyer and was given until her next hearing Friday to hire a defense attorney.

A federal extradition complaint said she is wanted in Germany on 19 counts of fraud, including an allegation that she defrauded the doctor who performed breast augmentation surgery on her in 2004. The other fraud charges center on rent and security deposits for apartments in Frankfurt, Germany, the complaint said.

A website advertising "sensual tantra massage" and offering "full body hot oil body to body sliding massage" is registered to Dorothee Burkhart using a Hollywood address, according to a domain registry database. She lived with her son in a Hollywood apartment, according to the complaint.

Investigators seized press clippings of arson attacks in Germany from the apartment, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Dorothee Burkhart last entered the United States lawfully in January 2007 and left the country four months later, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She currently has no lawful immigration status and ICE has lodged an immigration detainer against her, it said.

A court document released earlier on Tuesday incorrectly stated that Dorothee Burkhart had most recently entered the United States in October, according to ICE.

Harry Burkhart was in the United States lawfully at the time of his arrest on a non-immigrant visa, which expires on January 18, ICE said. The agency has similarly lodged an immigration detainer against him.

Arson investigators counted 52 fires, most starting in parked cars, since Friday morning, but none since the suspect was detained at 3 a.m. Monday, according to officials.

No one was hurt in the fires, but property damage is likely to reach $3 million, said Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Cummings.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Tuesday that after Los Angeles police released a surveillance video of a man seen near the scene of one fire, agents in the department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security field office recognized Burkhart.

Multiple CNN affiliates reported the alleged arson spree could have stemmed from a deportation battle between the suspect and immigration officials involving Burkhart's mother.

After his arrest, Burkhart told investigators, "I hate America," according to CNN affiliate KABC.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said officials believe -- and hope -- the fires were set by one person. But they will proceed as though others may be involved until they know for sure, Beck said.

"I feel very good that we've got the right guy. (The suspect) had the right stuff in his van, and we are confident in the arrest," Beck said.

Neighbor Galina Larimoda told KABC-TV through a Russian translator that Harry Burkhart knocked on her door Sunday and seemed angry and not "completely normal."

Los Angeles County Reserve Sheriff's Deputy Shervin Lalezary, who draws a salary of $1 a year

Question: who arrests her during a traffic stop?

Question: who is wanted in Germany on 19 fraud counts?

Question: how many fires cause $3 million damage?

Question: What has ICE said?

Question: Who is wanted in Germany?

Question: What has caused $3 million damage?

Answer: Los Angeles police

Answer: Dorothee Burkhart,

Answer: 52

Answer: Harry Burkhart was in the United States lawfully at the time of his arrest on a non-immigrant visa, which expires on January 18,

Answer: Harry Burkhart,

Answer: 52 fires,

Summary:
NEW: Harry Burkhart's mother has no lawful immigration status, ICE says .
Dorothee Burkhart is wanted in Germany on 19 fraud counts .
LAPD arrests her during a traffic stop on an extradition warrant a day before the first Hollywood fires .
52 fires cause $3 million damage in the Los Angeles area .


Los Angeles (CNN) -- They came seeking justice as the sun rose Tuesday over a courthouse in the heart of downtown Los Angeles made famous by its celebrity trials -- O.J. Simpson, Snoop Dogg, Phil Spector.

But there were almost as many definitions of justice as there were justice seekers. Some shouted "Murderer!" as the defendant, Conrad Murray, arrived at the Clara Foltz Justice Center for the start of his involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of pop superstar Michael Jackson.

"Dr. Murray," corrected Beatrice Fakhrian, a supporter of the defendant. "He has earned that title."

So began the long-anticipated trial of the personal physician accused of causing the death of one of the most famous people in the world. More than 100 people from France, Spain and Australia, as well as the far-flung suburbs of Los Angeles, crowded into the dingy courthouse plaza, jockeying for a chance at one of just six courtroom seats, or to say their piece in front of television cameras.

Some read psalms, some handed out sunflowers, some chanted "Justice for Michael," and many of them carried signs, transforming a wall outside the courthouse into an international billboard.

"Bulgaria Loves MJ," one sign said. So do the Netherlands, Romania and Malaysia, according to the signed posters taped to the wall.

A doctor in a while coat preached about safe ways to administer anesthesia.

A Michael Jackson impersonator preened for the cameras.

"Even in death, Michael Jackson can draw a crowd," said Najee Ali, a Los Angeles civil rights activist who grew up in Jackson's hometown, Gary, Indiana. Ali was the force behind the "Caravan of Love" to support Jackson when he was acquitted in Santa Barbara of child molestation charges in 2005.

Julie Jenkins, 31, came from Australia and was rewarded by winning the lottery for one of the courtroom seats available to the public. She has been a Michael Jackson fan since she was 7 and wore black jeans, a red shirt, a black armband and aviator sunglasses in honor of her idol.

"For me, it represents the first time I saw him in person," she said, explaining her get-up, which was vaguely reminiscent of JacksonÂ¹s look during his "History" tour. "It also represents blood, because we think he was murdered."

She pounded a closed fist over her chest.

That sentiment is shared by many of Jackson's fans, although Murray is charged with the less serious offense of involuntary manslaughter. He is accused of giving Jackson a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol to help him sleep as the pop star prepared for his comeback "This is It" concerts in June 2009.

Defense: Michael Jackson caused his own death

Murder also is a major theme for the group "Justice4MJ," which was out in force on Tuesday, leading the crowd in chants of "Justice for Michael" as Jackson's family walked into the courthouse.

Erin Jacobs, one of the group's outspoken leaders, also won a seat for the trial's first day. She has attended every pretrial hearing, and was tossed out of court last week during jury selection after getting into a staring contest with Murray.

She said she hadn't slept. Like her idol, "I experienced insomnia last night," she said. "I have been a fan my whole life. This is my passion, to work for Michael."

Court officials warned Jacobs she would have to cover up her T-shirt in court. If she flashed her "Justice4MJ" logo, she'd lose her seat and be banned for the rest of the trial.

Karlene Taylor, 49, wanted a seat so badly she couldn't sleep. She has been a Jackson fan since she was 8. "I remember 'ABC' Michael," she said. Alas, the lottery gods did not smile on her Tuesday.

Robyn Starkand and Betty Byrnes of the fan group "Call for Love" handed out sunflowers, hoping to lead a respectful

Question: What is the name of the doctor?

Question: What did the fans chant?

Question: Conrar Murray was charged of what?

Question: What charges brought upon Conrad Murray?

Question: Who was on trial?

Question: Where attended fans came from?

Answer: Conrad Murray,

Answer: "Justice for Michael"

Answer: involuntary manslaughter

Answer: involuntary manslaughter

Answer: Conrad Murray,

Answer: France, Spain and Australia, as well as the far-flung suburbs of Los Angeles,

Summary:
Fans throng courthouse for trial of Michael Jackson's doctor .
Conrad Murray charged with manslaughter, not murder, in death of pop star .
People from France, Spain and Australia vie for precious few seats inside .
Some dress in MJ's honor, read psalms and chant "Justice for Michael"


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Tipsters are coming forward with additional information regarding actress Natalie Wood's 1981 drowning death, after authorities announced two months ago they were reopening the case, a Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman said Wednesday.

"After the presser, we got a number of calls, and those calls were intriguing, and we're chasing those down now," said spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Meanwhile, investigators have yet to re-interview a key witness -- Dennis Davern, the captain of yacht owned by Wood and her then-husband, actor Robert Wagner. Davern offered a new account in November about how Wood's death was reported, saying that Wagner waited hours to call the Coast Guard after Wood went missing off Catalina Island, near the California coast, following an argument the couple had.

Whitmore declined to reveal whether detectives plan to talk with Davern, saying he would "not get into the specifics" of the investigation.

Investigators haven't re-interviewed Wagner either. Authorities have no plans to question the actor at this time, but "who knows where things may go from here tomorrow," Whitmore said.

"The investigation is not closed. It's possible we could yield new information that changes this case," the sheriff's spokesman said. "There are leads we're following up on and have to close them out before we say anything definitive. Sure, there is possible new information that could come out that really changes everything."

In November, homicide investigators decided to take a new look at one of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries after they were contacted by people who claimed they had additional information about the actress' drowning, the sheriff's department said.

"This new information is substantial enough to make us want to take a new look at the case," Lt. John Corina said at the time.

Corina declined to comment directly on statements made by Davern to some media outlets.

When asked if the captain could face charges for possibly lying to authorities during the 1981 investigation, Corina responded: "That, I can't say. We'll probably end up talking to the captain sooner or later, and we'll assess what he has to say then and now."

Authorities haven't gone into specifics about who they've interviewed, but did say when they reopened the case that Wagner wasn't a suspect.

Wood drowned in the Pacific Ocean on November 29, 1981, off the isthmus of Catalina Island. She once said in a televised interview that her greatest fear was of dark seawater.

Her body was found floating in the water about a mile away from the yacht, wearing a long nightgown, socks, and a down jacket, according to police reports.

The autopsy report showed the actress had two dozen bruises on her body, including a facial abrasion on her left cheek and bruises on her arms.

"My sister was not a swimmer and did not know how to swim, and she would never go to another boat or to shore dressed in a nightgown and socks," said Lana Wood, refering to theories that the actress voluntarily jumped from the boat.

Although the county coroner's office ruled that Wood's death was an accident, others say the case hasn't made sense.

In 2010, Lana Wood told CNN she believes a highly charged argument between her sister and Wagner on the yacht's back deck preceded Wood's drowning. She told CNN last year she does not suspect foul play.

"I just want the truth to come out, the real story," she said.

Davern, the former captain of the yacht Splendour, broke his long silence with a detailed account of that day in "Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour," a book he wrote with his friend Marti Rulli. It was published in September 2009.

Davern has said he believes Wood's death was a direct result of a fight with Wagner.

In a lengthy interview with CNN in 2010, Davern said he now believes the investigation of Wood's death was incompetent and suggested there was a cover-up. He said

Question: when did Wagner waited 4 hours to call the Coast Guard?

Question: What happened to Natalie Wood?

Question: Who has not yet been interviewed by police?

Question: Who drowned off Catalina Island in 1981?

Question: What did police receive?

Question: Whom have detectives yet to interview?

Question: What do police receive after a recent press conference?

Answer: 1981

Answer: drowned in the Pacific Ocean

Answer: Dennis Davern,

Answer: Natalie

Answer: additional information

Answer: Dennis Davern,

Answer: a number of calls,

Summary:
NEW: Police receive "intriguing" information after recent press conference .
NEW: Detectives have yet to interview the yacht captain .
Wagner waited 4 hours to call the Coast Guard, yacht captain says .
Natalie Wood drowned off Catalina Island near Los Angeles in 1981 .


Los Angeles Film Festival (June 18 -- 28) Since the Oscars are a closed shop to the general public, turning up in L.A. for the biggest night in the movie calendar -- unless you happen to be on the guest list -- is pretty much a non-starter.

Don't miss the Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach competition on Venice Beach

If you're a film buff much better instead to hit town for the annual film festival, where you can delight at over 100 features, as well as star-studded premieres, seminars with industry bigwigs and outdoor screenings.

Mr and Mrs Muscle Beach Competition (July 4) It may not seem the obvious way to celebrate America's emancipation from British colonial rule, but the annual Independence Day competition on Venice Beach is definitely a spectacle, and a unique slice of Americana to boot. Now in its 75th year, the event features bikini-clad women contestants as well as a plethora of Arnie Schwarzenegger wannabes all hoping to be crowned the golden couple of muscle.

The Long Beach Jazz Festival (August 7 -- 9) What nicer way to enjoy a warm summer evening in the city than with the crash of the Pacific sounding on one side and melodious jazz on the other. The only jazz festival in Southern California, the Long Beach event is beautifully located on a grassy knoll overlooking a long sweep of lagoon. The festival begins at 5pm on the Friday and runs all weekend and features some of the top jazz artists of the year.

New Year's Eve Partying If it's a New Year burnout you're after, they don't come any bigger than Giant Maximus, which claims to be the biggest end of year party in the world aimed at over-21s (the age limit for drinking alcohol in the U.S., obviously). Spread over a seven-acre site in the downtown, the event includes top DJs, acrobats, a psychedelic circus and a giant ferris wheel. In all 10,000 revelers gather under three air-conditioned big tops to usher in the next year surrounded by skyscrapers.

Question: What can you check out at the Muscle Beach competition?

Question: Where can you see lots of buffed bodies?

Question: The L.A. film festival offers what?

Answer: bikini-clad women contestants as well as a plethora of Arnie Schwarzenegger wannabes all hoping to be crowned the golden couple of

Answer: Venice Beach

Answer: delight at over 100 features, as well as star-studded premieres, seminars with industry bigwigs and outdoor screenings.

Summary:
The L.A. film festival offers a chance to enjoy cinema in its spiritual home .
Check out the ridiculously buffs bodies at the Muscle Beach competition .
Join thousands of party people for New Year's Eve at Giant Maximus .


Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA (CNN) -- Whitney Houston swept into the room in full diva mode -- hair, makeup and entourage. She looked the part. Whitney Houston has credited mentor Clive Davis, right, for her comeback after a seven-year absence. She smiled and cooed over mentor Clive Davis, calling him "Big Papa" and "Daddy" while the music mogul patted her arm like a proud parent. The pair was in a side room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel just before the Los Angeles, California, listening session for "I Look to You," Houston's first album in seven years, scheduled to be released Sept. 1. "I just took a break, which sometimes you have to," said Houston, 45, looking elegant in diamonds and a black Prada dress. "You have to know when to slow that train down and kind of just sit back and relax for a minute."  Watch an interview with Whitney Houston » This was definitely the old Whitney -- pre-troubled marriage to Bobby Brown and pre-comment to Diane Sawyer that "crack is wack." Next door, several hundred industry folks, journalists and friends gathered in a ballroom surrounded by large screens emblazoned with the words, "The Wait is Over." Jane Fonda, Halle Berry, Magic Johnson, Penny Marshall and Jackie Collins sat in the front while Barry Manilow, Brian McKnight and producer David Foster found seats in the back of the room. Davis, who has steered Houston's career for more than 25 years, introduced each of the album tracks, mostly slick, upbeat, radio-friendly tunes penned by proven hit makers such as R. Kelly, Alicia Keys, Akon and Johnta Austin. Heads bobbed while the songs thumped over the loudspeakers, with applause and cheers erupting after each cut. To the amusement of those seated in the audience, even Davis shook his shoulders behind his podium and pumped his fist to the beat from time-to-time. A ballad on the new disc, "I Didn't Know My Own Strength," alludes to Houston's personal troubles in recent years. The song, written especially for Houston by Diane Warren, includes the lyrics: I didn't know my own strength And I crashed down and I tumbled But I did not crumble. Houston deftly steered the focus away from herself, saying she identified with the lyrics because everyone has been through ups and downs in life. At the end of the session, Houston stepped from the wings to a standing ovation. "I'm humbled," she said, her hand on her heart. "There's so much love in the room." Then she joked, "Jane Fonda's at my listening party? How cool am I?" AEG chairman and CEO Randy Phillips also was hanging around, no doubt ready to pounce on a chance to promote her next tour. "I think it's the biggest hit she's had," Barry Manilow said. "It was really, really good," Stevie Wonder said. "God takes care of his children."

Question: After how many years Whitney Houston held listening party?

Question: Who where in audience at Houston party?

Question: waht said steve wonder?

Question: Who attended the party?

Question: Who was writing the songs for her new album?

Question: What did Stevie Wonder say?

Answer: seven-year

Answer: David Foster

Answer: "God takes care of his children."

Answer: Whitney Houston

Answer: proven hit makers such as R. Kelly, Alicia Keys, Akon and Johnta Austin.

Answer: "God takes care of his children."

Summary:
Whitney Houston held L.A. listening party for first album in seven years .
Jane Fonda, Barry Manilow and Halle Berry were among the stars in attendance .
The nine-track album contains songs written by R. Kelly, Alicia Keys and Akon .
Stevie Wonder said the album was "really, really good."