LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A California appeals court has scheduled a hearing for Michael Jackson's father to argue he deserves a role in his son's estate.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Ben Roethlisberger's six-game suspension likely will be shortened to four games by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after the two meet in New York on Friday.

VENICE, Italy - Before the Israeli and Palestinian leaders sit down in the White House for the first direct negotiations in years, film producer Tarak Ben Ammar wishes they would have had a chance to see the movie "Miral," premiering Thursday at the Venice Film Festival.