UPI VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT NEWS 01.24.08

Police still investigating Heath Ledger's death.

Officials are still looking for answers to the cause of Heath Ledger's death. Police say a rolled up twenty-dollar bill was found near his body and will be tested for narcotics. But authorities added that there were no illegal drugs found in the actor's apartment. This comes after autopsy results came back inconclusive yesterday. Apparently more extensive tests need to be done now. Meanwhile, friends and fans are continuing to pay tribute to Ledger outside his New York apartment. The young actor was found dead in his Manhattan apartment earlier this week. He was only 28.

Britney Spears is still being barred from seeing her children following yesterday's custody hearing. The pop star showed up at the courtroom but then left before it even began. Spears was apparently the one to request the emergency hearing, asking for time with her kids. A court representative says custody orders will remain as is and Spears will continue to have no visitation rights.

A New York judge is sentencing Busta Rhymes to three years probation for several charges. The rapper pleaded guilty to two counts of assault, driving under the influence, and driving with a suspended license. In addition, he's been ordered to pay a fine of more than 1200 dollars, perform community service and attend a Driving While Intoxicated treatment program.

Alicia Keys is topping the charts. Her album "As I am" grabbed the number one spot of the Billboard 200 list. It's her third non-consecutive time at the top. In second is the soundtrack for the film "Juno," starring Ellen Page and Michael Cera. Coming in at third is Mary J. Blige's CD "Growing Pains."

Former "Dancing with the Stars" contestants are putting their dancing shoes on again...this time for a nationwide tour. Several of the show's contestants made a stop in Sunrise, Florida for the 2008 "Dancing With the Stars Tour." Joey Lawrence took the stage alongside Edyta Silwinski. Former champ Drew Lachey also impressed fans dancing with partner Cheryl Burke. Last season's winners, racecar driver Helio Castroneves and Julianne Hough are on the tour as well. The tour started a few days ago and will go on through next month.

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Colorado police investigating links between shooting sprees.

Police are searching for clues in two deadly shooting sprees at Christian religious centers in Colorado yesterday. Five people, including a gunman, are dead. The violence began early Sunday morning when a man opened fire at the Youth with a Mission office in a Denver suburb after being denied a request to spend the night there. More than 12 hours later, a gunman entered the New Life Church in Colorado Springs and opened fire. Investigators reportedly believe the incidents are related, but have no evidence yet to back that up.

The party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will participate in Pakistan's parliamentary elections next month. The party made the announcement yesterday after it failed to convince rival Benazir Bhutto to join a boycott. These had been talk of general opposition boycott after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule on the country last month and dismissed independent judges. But the prospect of that has collapsed since the two largest opposition groups will now field candidates. Greater participation will make the balloting look more open, but having the opposition in the field will take away votes and seats from Musharraf's party. Musharraf has promised the elections will be "free and fair."

Nobel peace prize winner Al Gore says the U.S. presidential election campaign isn't paying attention to climate change and the environment. The former vice president made the comment when he accepted his prize earlier today. He added that if he had been president, he would have pushed climate change to the top of the agenda. Gore also called on China, who stands with the U.S. as the world's biggest carbon emitters, to make changes or stand accountable before history for failure to act.

Republican Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has jumped from fifth place to the front of the pack in South Carolina. He comes in at 20 percent, which puts him slightly ahead of former New York Rudy Giuliani, who's at 17 percent. At a jam-packed rally in the state this weekend, Huckabee urged his audience to vote in the January 19 GOP primary, saying they need to nail something down after coming out of Iowa and New Hampshire.