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(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against the estate of Anna Nicole Smith in its fight to capture some of the $1.6 billion estate left behind by her late Texas billionaire husband. The high court on Thursday ruled that a bankruptcy court’s decision to give the now-deceased actress, model and 사다리 토토 사이트 Playboy Playmate $475 million from the estate of oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall was decided incorrectly. Pictures: Anna Nicole SmithPictures: Anna Nicole Smith’s funeral Smith and Marshall were wed in 1994, when she was 26 and he was 89. He died the next year. His will left his estate to his son, E. Pierce Marshall, and nothing to Smith. A California bankruptcy court awarded Smith part of the estate, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a bankruptcy court could not make a decision on an issue outside of bankruptcy law. The high court agreed, with a vote of 5-4. Smith died on Feb. 8, 2007, of what was ruled an accidental overdose. She was...

(AP) CAIRO – On the eve of Egypt’s presidential run-off election, the Muslim Brotherhood tried Friday to salvage its hopes for leadership, urging voters to back its candidate after it lost its political stronghold with the dissolving of parliament. Instead of calling for mass protests, the Brotherhood urged action through voting. In the runoff set for Saturday and Sunday, the Brotherhood candidate, Mohammed Morsi, faces Ahmed Shafiq, who was the last prime minister for ousted President Hosni Mubarak. “Isolate the representative of the former regime through the ballot box,” a Brotherhood statement said on Friday, referring to Shafiq. With the Brotherhood eyeing the election as a final hope for retaining leadership, Morsi gave assurances that he would work closely with the country’s military rulers and keep the interests of the military at heart. “As president, they will be in my heart and will get my attention. … they will never do anything to harm the nation,” he said. Egypt’s democratic renaissance erased in a day”Legal coup” derails Egypt’s democracy bid This week’s court decisions dissolving the Islamist-dominated parliament and allowing Shafiq to stay in the race are seen as boosting the military’s hold on the reins. The military took over after Mubarak stepped down in February 2011 but has pledged to hand over its powers after a new president is chosen. An unnamed judicial official quoted on the state-run...