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Lou Rawls Is Suing Marvin Gaye -- Seriously

By TMZ Staff

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Celebrity Feuds TMZ.com: It's like Motown went to heaven and had a fight. Well, sort of. Lou Rawls, Jr. is suing Marvin Gaye, III over a pretty gruesome attack. Both plaintiff and defendant are sons of the legendary singers.TMZ obtained a copy of the lawsuit filed in Los... Read more Seven New Orleans officers indicted in post-Katrina killings A deadly gunfight on a bridge in the anarchy-filled days following Hurricane Katrina became a symbol of the city's loss of control. ... Rough seas swept 2 U.S. sailors to their deaths Read full story for latest details. Buffalo Gores Wedding Guests in Rampage Six persons were injured when a rampaging bull buffalo gored guests at a wedding ceremony and passers-by, police said Friday. The buffalo charged from a nearby field into some 100 guests who were attending a wedding Thursday of the daughter of a Cambodian... Key Questions: Cloned Food at the Supermarket In the wake of an FDA report, the U.S. is one step closer to becoming the first nation to sell cloned meat and milk products. Here's what you need to know John Edwards addresses gay marriage Pam's House Blend | Dec. 29 at 8:51 PM ... AC Transit bus crash injures 5 By Marisa Lagos Five people were injured this morning, one critically, after a teenage driver allegedly ran a red light and hit an Alameda-Contra Costa Transit bus in Oakland, causing the bus to crash into three cars and slam into a building, officials said. The 17-... Espn Scores Top Cable Ratings Of All Time The 17 most-watched television shows on cable in 2006 were the 17 Monday Night Football games televised by ESPN, the cable sports network said Thurs Should Homophobic Churches Receive HIV/AIDS Funding? By Rod Better question: Should the Rev. Willie Wilson, Washington DC's notoriously homophobic pastor, receive local and/or federal funding to fight HIV/AIDS in the community? He already is. Fight HIV in DC, a newish blog that chronicles HIV-related developments in the nation's... Men Served Fries Doused in Oven Cleaner By By DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press Writer French fries doused with oven cleaner were served to two patrons at a Hagerstown Suns game, the former owner of the minor-league baseball team has acknowledged. Still to be determined in a lawsuit against the company is whether the ballpark visitors... December "Mate" By Rod The December edition of Mate—the German gay lifestyle magazine, previously mentioned here and here—features a beautiful editorial entitled Gigolo. Two stunning black British models—Kalvin and Tony Jones—are styled in the 12-page editorial. They're both quite popular on the continent and... Tiger to skip PGA Tour's Mercedes-Benz Championship By Associated Press Tiger Woods decided Friday to skip the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship, meaning the PGA Tour's "new era in golf" will begin next week amid old questions about the absence of its biggest star. Honor guard carries Ford The wooden casket bearing former President Gerald Ford arrived Friday under military escort at the California church where he and his wife, Betty, worshipped. As his wife and other relatives looked on, pallbearers carried his flag-draped casket into the church. Nearby, a military band played.