Snipes released from Pa. prison
LEWIS RUN - Wesley Snipes has been released from a federal prison in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Snipes was convicted in 2008 on tax charges. He was placed under home confinement. A Bureau of Corrections spokeswoman said Friday he'll be overseen by the New York Community Corrections Office until July 19.
Mr. Snipes has appeared in dozens of films, from "White Men Can't Jump" and "Demolition Man" in the early 1990s to the "Blade" trilogy. He entered the McKean prison in December 2010 to begin a three-year sentence for failure to file income tax returns.
Mr. Snipes belonged to a group that challenged the government's right to collect taxes. Prosecutors say he failed to file returns for at least a decade and owed millions of dollars in back taxes.
Mr. Snipes had appealed in an Atlanta court, saying he didn't get a fair trial.
Jackson civil trial jury pool at 60
LOS ANGELES - A court has ended the first week of jury selection in a civil case over Michael Jackson's death with 60 potential jurors selected.
Jury selection will resume Monday and is expected to stretch into the following week in an effort to find enough people to hear a case filed by Mr. Jackson's mother against concert giant AEG Live.
Katherine Jackson claims the company failed to properly investigate and supervise the doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Mr. Jackson's June 2009 death.