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A judge approved the embalming of Anna Nicole Smith's remains Friday as he tried to broker an agreement among the three people fighting over the former Playboy Playmate's body.Lengthy legal fights still loomed over where she will be buried and who will get custody of her infant daughter. The hearing over Smith's final resting place was already in its third day."We're beginning to give her peace," Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin said.Smith's will was presented to the court as evidence, and Seidlin refused requests by both sides to keep it private. It was to be released Friday afternoon."I don't want any secrets here," the judge said.The proceedings moved out of Seidlin's chambers and into a courtroom to accommodate the horde of media and attorneys. The hearing stopped around noon for the holiday weekend and was set to resume Tuesday.Seidlin warned attorneys he would schedule as many sessions as it takes to resolve the issue. He ordered Smith...

Anna Nicole Smith A decision will be made today on whether Anna Nicole Smith's body can be embalmed. A Florida medical examiner warned the 39-year-old's remains were decomposing and should be released immediately for burial, prompting Judge Larry Seidlin to order another hearing.Seidlin said: "We are going to figure out whether we're going to embalm her or not."The judge is presiding over a legal row between Anna Nicole's lover and lawyer Howard K. Stern, her mother Virgie Arthur and her former lover Larry Birkhead. Seidlin is yet to decide if Stern or Arthur has the right to bury her. Stern wants to bury the model in the Bahamas, while Arthur wants her buried in her home state of Texas. Birkhead is determined to ensure her DNA is preserved for his paternity battle against Stern for Anna Nicole's five-month-old daughter Dannielynn. Seidlin ordered new DNA samples to be taken from the former Playboy Playmate's body yesterday, and wants all samples...