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A former attorney for Heath Ledger is suing over a $10 million life insurance policy he claims has gone unpaid since the actor's death. John S. LaViolette sued Minnesota-based ReliaStar Life Insurance Co., claiming the company is trying to avoid paying the claim to Ledger's 2-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose. The lawsuit doesn't mention Ledger or his daughter but states that it is on behalf of a man who died of "accidental causes on January 22, 2008." That is the date the 28-year-old actor was found dead of an apparent accidental prescription drug overdose in New York. (AP)

Country singer Mindy McCready will surrender to authorities in Franklin, Tenn., today to begin serving a 60-day sentence for violating her probation on a 2004 drug charge. McCready's deal with prosecutors was announced by her attorney. The 32-year-old was charged in June with violating her probation by falsifying her community service records. (AP)

Former blink-182 drummer Travis Barker was released yesterday from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a plane crash on Sept. 19. Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM were the only survivors of the crash in Columbia, S.C. (AP)