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LOS ANGELES – The sister of Britney Spears’ former manager testified Wednesday that the pop singer said in recent months that she was afraid of her father and wanted help hiring her own lawyer. Attorneys for Spears’ father and conservatorship are seeking a long-standing restraining order against Osama “Sam” Lutfi, …

WASHINGTON – Art and fatherhood became intertwined when John R. Phelps volunteered to paint a portrait that would be included in a tribute to soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. His subject was his son. Phelps’ painting of Marine Pfc. Clarence Phelps (search) is among 1,327 images of soldiers in …

NEW YORK – If Terri Schiavo (search) dies from the removal of her feeding tube, her passing should be peaceful, experts say. After all, she is in a persistent vegetative state without conscious awareness, they noted. But studies show that even patients who can speak and who have chosen to …