TAMPA, Fla. — Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton was an established drug trafficker before the singer allegedly tried to buy cocaine from an undercover officer in Florida last year, attorneys for the U.S. government said Monday at the beginning of Banton’s drug trial.

Nanny says key testimony in Anna Nicole Smith case was based on TV movie.

Nanny: TV movie inspired her claim in Smith case

Nanny witness in Anna Nicole Smith case testifies she made melted-drug claim based on TV movie

Anna Nicole Smith nanny says movie inspired claim

Calif attorney general’s office sues former, current leaders in city hit by pay scandal

Matrix Service Co. reschedules earnings, delays annual report due to fraud probe

Fraud probe delays Matrix Service earnings release

APNewsBreak: NY to start requiring companies to reveal contents of household cleaning products

APNewsBreak: NY to seek info on cleanser contents

PETA says undercover video shows abuse of cats, dogs, rabbits at NC research lab

PETA says video shows cat, dog abuse at NC lab

AP Exclusive: Owner of peanut company linked to 9 salmonella deaths is back in business

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Conn. AG Blumenthal, anti-child trafficking groups want Craigslist to remove adult services

Craigslist urged to drop adult services worldwide

UK police may reopen probe of alleged phone hacking by tabloid if new evidence emerges

UK police may probe alleged tabloid phone hacking

Ex-airline pilot from Fla. sentenced to prison by Pa. judge over drug-masking powder sales

Commercial pilot sentenced for drug-masking powder

Allergan to pay $600 million to settle Department of Justice probe into Botox marketing

Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation

Federal agents descend on egg farms at center of recall for second time

Federal agents descend on egg farms for 2nd time

Johnson & Johnson CEO: Company let down consumers, is fixing problems and will rebuild trust

CEO: J&J let down public, must work to build trust

Defense presents video in which Anna Nicole Smith denies drug use at awards show

Video shows Smith denying drug use at awards show

Hamburg: Massive egg recall dramatizes need for agency to have greater regulatory authority

FDA commissioner says agency needs more authority

Iowa farms recalling eggs share suppliers and ties to businessman often cited for violations

FDA looking for source of tainted eggs

WASHINGTON — Investigators from the Food and Drug Administration are working to find the cause of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened as many as 1,300 people and forced the recall of more than a half-billion eggs.