The authors present measurements of the branching fraction and time-dependent CP asymmetries in B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi} {pi}{sup 0} decays based on (231.8 {+-} 2.6) x 10{sup 6} {Upsilon}(4S) {yields} B{bar B} decays collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy B factory at SLAC during the years 1999-2004. We obtain a branching fraction {Beta}(B{sup 0} {yields} J/{psi}{pi}{sup 0}) = (1.94 {+-} 0.22 (stat) {+-} 0.17 (syst)) x 10{sup -5}. They also measure the CP asymmetry parameters C = -0.21 {+-} 0.26 (stat) {+-} 0.09 (syst) and S = -0.68 {+-} 0.30 (stat) {+-} 0.04 (syst). All results presented in this paper are preliminary.

The authors study the decay B° 2!D*D*− K{sub S}° using (230 ± 2) x 106 B{bar B} pairs collected by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II B factory. They measure a branching fraction [Beta](B° 2!D*D*− K{sub S}°) = (4.4 ± 0.4 ± 0.7) x 10−3 and find evidence for the decay B° 2!D*− D{sub s1}+(2536) with a statistical significance of 4.6 [sigma]. A time-dependent CP asymmetry analysis is also performed to study the possible resonant contributions to B° 2!D*+D*− K{sub S}° and the sign of cos2[beta]. Their measurement indicates that there is a sizable resonant contribution to the decay B° 2!D*+ D*− K{sub S}° from a unknown D{sub s1}+ state with large width, and that cos2[beta] is positive at the 94% confidence level under certain theoretical assumptions.