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Former Three 6 Mafia member, Crunchy Black (real name Darnell Carlton) has been shot and hospitalized to treat the injuries sustained in the shooting.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to disclose important safety information on a third in the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history, the Justice Department said Monday.

The $3 billion fine also will be the largest penalty ever paid by a drug company, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole said. The corporation also agreed to be monitored by government officials for five years to attempt to ensure the company's compliance, Cole said.

The Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders will join family and friends in Los Angeles at a public funeral service for Rodney King

Sharpton, who says in a statement that King was "a symbol of civil rights" who "represented the anti-police brutality and anti-racial profiling movement of our time," will deliver the eulogy Saturday at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills.

The funeral comes nearly two weeks after King was found dead at the bottom of the swimming pool at his Rialto, Calif. home on June 17. He was 47.

A landmark Supreme Court ruling upheld President Obama’s historic health care law, a stunning decision that will define the 2012 White House race.

The 5-4 decision made Thursday was unexpected from a court led by conservatives, was a dramatic victory for Obama, who staked much of his term  and his promise to bring change — on passing a complex legislative solution to the nation’s staggering health care woes.