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Oct 03, 05:02 PM

Current Headlines: Britney Spears has lost custody of her two sons after a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles ruled that her ex-husband, Kevin Federline , would take custody beginning Wednesday until further notice. Spears, the 25-year-old pop star, and Federline, 29, had joint custody of their sons Sean Preston , 2, and Jayden James , 1, after their divorce in July. The same judge, Scott Gordon , ordered Spears last month to undergo random drug and alcohol testing twice a week, having found that she had engaged in "habitual, frequent and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol." The ruling was the culmination of a rash of bad news for Spears, whose erratic behavior on and off the stage, including shaving her head and diving into the ocean from a public beach in her underwear, had cast doubt on her fitness as a mother.

Originally published by The New York Times Media Group.

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