Serge Kovaleski

A doctor who specializes in helping people addicted to pain medication was preparing to attempt to treat Prince when the music star was found dead in an elevator on the first floor of his sprawling estate here last month, according to a lawyer representing the doctor.

Legal marijuana merchants are grappling with a pressing predicament: Their businesses are conducted almost entirely in cash, because it is exceedingly difficult for them to open and maintain bank accounts, and thus accept credit cards. Banks, including state-chartered ones, are reluctant to provide traditional services to marijuana businesses, fearing that federal regulators and law enforcement authorities might punish them

In the past seven years, the Hells Angels have brought more than a dozen cases in federal court, alleging infringement on apparel, jewelry, posters and yo-yos. The group has also challenged Internet domain names and a Hollywood movie -- all for borrowing the motorcycle club's name and insignias.