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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Simpson has always been known as someone who fed off public attention, first as a football star, then TV commentator and even in the aftermath of his murder acquittal in 1995. But his immediate future will see him isolated from most other people, now that he has been convicted on armed robbery and kidnapping charges in Las Vegas. His attorney says Simpson is being isolated from other prisoners for his own safety. He has also been advised to do no media interviews and will be allowed to see only family members and a few friends who are on a special list. Lead attorney Yale Galanter says Simpson is "disappointed and a bit melancholy" after the verdict. Meanwhile, Galanter is following up on a request for Simpson to be released on bond, while awaiting his appeal. However, because all but one of the charges are felonies there is a pretty good chance that Simpson would remain in custody during the appeals process.

Simpson was convicted Friday on all charges against him in the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas casino hotel room a little over a year ago. He faces a prison sentence of 5 years to life when sentenced in December. The verdict came 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of killing ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend in Los Angeles.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Simpson's lawyer says he believes the former football star has a strong chance of getting his conviction reversed on appeal. Yale Galanter says some of the legal errors made in the case came early on -- during jury selection, in fact. He says one issue to be raised on appeal will include the elimination of all African-Americans from the jury and the inclusion of jurors who believed Simpson should have been convicted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles. One juror told the Los Angeles Times he thought Simpson was guilty of the murders, but says he and his fellow jurors were able to put that aside. He says the L.A. trial "was never, never in our thoughts." Meanwhile, Simpson's co-defendant, Clarence "C.J." Stewart, also plans to appeal. His attorney says that appeal will focus on the claim that Stewart was at a legal disadvantage because he had to stand trial with Simpson.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- An attorney for the family of Ronald Goldman says the family's efforts to go after O.J. Simpson led to his being convicted on armed robbery and kidnapping charges. Goldman was the man killed along with Simpson's ex-wife in Los Angeles in 1994. The family filed a wrongful death lawsuit that led to a 33.5 million-dollar judgment against Simpson. And family Goldman attorney David Cook says the hounding of Simpson to pay off the judgment pushed Simpson to seize the items in the Las Vegas case. Cook says while the verdict in Vegas doesn't amount to closure for the Goldman family, it does represent "closure for America."

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The jurors who convicted O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping say they don't like the fact that they are being portrayed as a group of whites who had it in for the former football star. Dora Petit says none of the jurors was trying to punish Simpson for any past wrongs. In fact, Petit says she prayed for Simpson both before and after the case. The jurors also said they didn't really trust the witness testimony in the case. They say they relied mostly on the audio and video recordings and other documented evidence to put Simpson behind bars.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- We are also getting some insight into the Simpson jury's thinking from the questionnaires jurors filled out before the trial. Five of the 12 jurors said they disagreed with Simpson's 1995 acquittal on murder charges. Most of the others claimed to be uncertain about the verdict, or didn't answer the question. All of those who ended up on the jury told attorneys for both sides that they could set aside any feelings they might have on the Los Angeles case. Redacted versions of the questionnaires were made public by the trial judge after The Associated Press and the owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal petitioned for their release.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- We don't know what Janet Jackson has. But apparently she has it bad. She has had to put off three more shows because of her illness. She canceled a show that was set for Saturday night in Greensboro, North Carolina, one last night in Atlanta and another set for tomorrow night in Fort Lauderdale. That means she will have been laid up for more than a week as a result of the illness, which hasn't been disclosed. In a statement, Jackson's people say the singer did travel to North Carolina in hopes of performing Saturday, it was "evident" she wasn't fully recovered and a local doctor advised her to sit out that show. Now, her publicist says Jackson will return home for further treatment. No official tour on when her tour will resume. The publicist says those holding tickets for the postponed shows should hold on to them since the promoter is trying to reschedule dates that have been missed.

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Natalie Cole is now out of the hospital. Her people say she has been released and is now resting at her home in Los Angeles. Publicist Maureen O'Connor says Cole left the hospital last week and is "feeling a lot better." Cole announced this summer that she had hepatitis C, likely caused by her drug abuse years ago. The publicist also says that Cole has been receiving kidney dialysis that is unrelated to her battle with hepatitis. Cole is 58 and is the daughter of legendary jazz singer Nat King Cole. When she was first hospitalized, her publicist said Cole was having some kind of reaction to medicine she was taking and was tired from a publicity tour for her new album, "Still Unforgettable."

NEW YORK (AP) -- Did you catch Queen Latifah doing Gwen Ifill on "Saturday Night Live"? As much as people say Tina Fey has nailed GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Latifah seemed to "get" Ifill in her role as moderator for last week's VP debate. Her facial expressions were priceless, especially when Palin would wink, gesture and give answers to questions other than the ones that were asked. As was the case with the shows the past couple of weeks, the latest spoof will likely be a hot topic of debate this week.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It's an easy pun, but we'll say it anyway: "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" is the top dog at the box office. The Disney comedy took in 29 million dollars in its debut weekend. Number two on the current list was last weekend's top film, "Eagle Eye," which took in 17.7 million dollars in its second weekend in theaters. Checking in at number three on the list is "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist: with 12 million, followed by "Nights in Rodanthe" and "Appaloosa."

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Paris Bennett will be dropping an album and a baby soon. And the releases are likely to come within days of each other this month. The former "American Idol" singer with the small body and the big voice is due to release her first Christmas CD, titled "A Royal Christmas." We don't know what the baby will be named -- but it will be a girl. Bennett is 20 and she says she plans to take her baby on the road with her next month.

INDIANOLA, Miss. (AP) -- B.B. King is happy that there is a museum dedicated and named for him in his hometown. But he says he is just one of the people who helped bring the blues along. As he put it: "I'm just one who carried the baton because it was started long before me." The 15 million-dollar museum in Indianola, Mississippi is officially titled the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretative Center. The 20,000-square-foot museum carved out of an old cotton gin features exhibits both new and old. There are decades-old contracts and vinyl records along with interactive computer displays that teach people how to play guitar chords.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) -- He was once the highest-paid player in the National Football League. Now, Michael Vick is seeking help to get creditors off his back. The former Atlanta Falcons star has asked a federal bankruptcy judge to appoint a mediator to help settle his debts. Vick is currently serving a 23-month sentence for a conviction on dogfighting charges. He listened in silently by telephone from his current home, the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. Vick, though his lawyers, feels having a third party might speed up a resolution in the case.

ATLANTA (AP) -- A lawsuit involving the three surviving children of Martin Luther King is getting a little sticky. The suit is threatening to scuttle a deal for a book about their mother, Coretta Scott King. Publishing company Penguin Group has agreed to pay 1.2 million dollars plus royalties to the corporation which controls King's intellectual property. The book deal would pay another $200,000 to the woman who taped conversations with Mrs. King before she died in January, 2006. Now, Penguin says the deal is off if it doesn't get photos, personal writings and letters within seven business days. The publisher will also seek a return of the $300,000 advance that was paid. The lawsuit over the book deal is the third filed among the three siblings in three months. At issue is who, if anyone, has the authority to enter into a deal on the book project. One child, Bernice is listed as administrator of her mother's estate while Dexter King controls his father's estate.

UNDATED (AP) -- On this date in 1978, Jesse Jackson won a partial victory in a battle with Mick Jagger over the lyrics to the Rolling Stones' album "Some Girls." Jackson got the Stones' lead singer to apologize for the title track. But Jagger rejected Jackson's request that the song's lyrics be changed to leave out a line about the alleged sexual appetites of black women.

UNDATED (AP) -- Singer Millie Small turns 62 today. The Jamaican-born artist had her only major hit with the tune "My Boy Lollipop," which went as high as number-two in both the U-S and in Britain back in 1964. The tune was one of the first records featuring ska rhythms to become a pop hit outside of Jamaica. Ska was a forerunner to today's reggae music.