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Rapper T.I. gets year in jail
Los Angeles - Rapper T.I. was sentenced to a year in jail Friday for violating federal weapons...
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Akon Admits Throwing Fan off Stage
Hip-hop star Akon pleaded guilty on Wednesday to harassment for tossing a fan off stage at an...
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Jury Finds Boy George Guilty of Falsely Imprisoning Male Escort
Singer Boy George has been found guilty of falsely
imprisoning a male escort last year in his east...
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Busta Busted Then Released by UK Officials
The famous American rapper Busta Rhymes finds that he’s considered more infamous than famous by the...
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Da Brat Will Be Spending The Next Three Years In Prison
Hip-hop artist Da Brat was sentenced on August 22 to three
years in prison for hitting a woman...
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Snoop Dogg’s Tour Bus Stopped by Dallas Police, 2 Arrested
Snoop Dogg attracted police attention once more this week
but this time around, it appears that he...
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Mindy McCready Suffers Nervous Breakdown, Enters Rehab
Country singer Mindy McCready has reportedly entered rehab
after visiting an emergency room in...
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Boy George Thanks Street Workers With Special Concert
It seems not all stars are so vain and full of themselves,
some are actually not afraid to show...
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50 Cent Sued for Promoting "Gangsta Lifestyle"
A 14-year-old boy and his mother sued 50 Cent, Universal Music Group and several of its record...
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UK Agency to Appeal Snoop Dogg’s Visa Ruling
The British are giving Snoop Dogg a hard time. The UK government challenged a court ruling to...
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Naomi Campbell Bailed Out After Heathrow's Incident
Naomi Campbell is
learning to deal with her anger – while on London’s
Heathrow Airport,...
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Rapper TI Pleaded Guilty and Now Faces Jail
U.S. rapper TI has pleaded guilty to all three charges of
possessing illegal firearms, at a court...
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Rapper T. I. Expected to Enter Guilty Plea, Faces Jail Time
Rapper T. I. is expected to plead guilty Thursday to federal weapons charges stemming from an...
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Probation and Community Service for Busta Rhymes
The cases against rapper Busta Rhyme for assaulting two persons in 2006 ended Tuesday with a...
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Rapper The Game Already Behind Bars
Convicted in February of pulling a gun during a schoolyard basketball game last year, rapper The...
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Rapper The Game Starts His Jail Sentence
U.S. rapper known as The Game, who was ordered to serve 60 days in jail after pleading no contest...
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Rapper The Game Ordered To 60 Days In Jail
After pleading no contest to a felony firearm charge, US rapper known as the Game, got sentenced to...
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Coroner Says Cough Syrup And Sleep Apnea Killed Pimp C
On Monday, Captain Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County coroner's office said that the
death of...
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Busta Rhymes Gets Probation on Assault Charges
Busta Rhymes, on his real name Trevor Smith, was ordered by
a New York
courtroom on Wednesday to...
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Ike Turner’s Funeral Rock Concert
Ike Turner died on December 13,
but his memorial service was held only on Friday, December 21,...
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The Rapper Pimp C Found Dead In A Hotel Room
One of the components of the Southern rap duo UGK
(Underground Kingz), Pimp C, was found dead in a...
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British Singer George Michael Will Do Community Service
The “Father Figure” pop star has to hire a private driver,
because he was banned from driving for...
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Business
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One Million Xbox Members Have Used Netflix’s Movie Service
Thursday, online DVD company Netflix announced that one million Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming...
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Facebook Just Turned Five Years Old
Social networking Web site Facebook is celebrating its fifth birthday today.
The company used the...
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Wikipedia Reached Its Fundraising Goal With The Contribution Of Its Users
With the help of over 125,000 donors, Wikipedia managed to reach its fundraising goal for fiscal...
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Google Pulls The Plug On Its Lively Service
Back in July, Google released its 3D interactive chat
environment called Lively, looking to...
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Salesforce.com Redefines Cloud Computing With Force.com
Salesforce.com, the company that offers Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service...
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Update: Google Puts Full-length TV Episodes On YouTube
Google is seeking new ways of attracting people to its
popular video-sharing Web site YouTube and...
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Major Movie Studios Sue to Ban DVD Copying Software
Tuesday, six Hollywood movie studios have sued RealNetworks over
the latter’s software program...
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Yahoo's Mash Gets Smashed
Yahoo decided to put an end to its social-networking experiment,
Yahoo Mash, after only one year...
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Yahoo Fires Up Its Eagle Platform
Yahoo announced the official release of its geolocation
platform, Fire Eagle, which up until now...
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Google Presents The New Lively Service
Yesterday, Google launched its highly anticipated service
called Lively, a virtual world platform...
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Xandros Acquires Linspire
Linspire, a Linux distribution company, has confirmed its acquisition by Xandros, another company...
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Specials
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After TV suicide, actor finds new life in White House
Los Angeles - After a sudden suicide in the hit US TV medical drama House MD, actor Kal Penn found...
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Jaiku Is Morphing, Not Dying
Google purchased Jaiku, a microblogging platform, in 2007 hoping to make the service more reliable...
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Google Abandons Jaiku
Google purchased Jaiku, a microblogging platform, in 2007 hoping to make the service more reliable...
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John Travolta's Son Gets Private Scientology Memorial
Final arrangements were made for Jett Travolta's private funeral service, which will be held in...
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Akon Pleads Guilty to Throwing Fan off Stage
Hip-hop and R&B performer Akon pleaded guilty on Wednesday (December 17) to a harassment charge...
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YouTube Launches New Online Musical Contest
YouTube, the Web’s biggest video-sharing service, announced
a new initiative called YouTube...
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With $63.5 Million, Madagascar Sequel Roars Atop Box Office
“Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” single-handedly elevated the weekend’s
box office 29 percent...
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Funerals Held for “Air Angels” and Chopper Crash Victim
Steve Ogletree, Kirstin’s grandfather thanked the crew that tried to save the life of Kirstin Reann...
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Thousands Of Walkers At American Cancer Society Event
An estimated 18,000 walkers participated in a 5-km trek, as part of the American Cancer Society's...
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Mindy McCready Behind Bars!
The American country music artist, Mindy McCready, begins her sixty day sentence on Tuesday. She...
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Jerry Lewis Raises More Than Expected In This Year’s Telethon
Artiste Jerry Lewis helped raise a record $65 million for
the Muscular Dystrophy Association in...
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Miley Cyrus Sells Tickets To Her Sweet 16 Bash For $250 A Piece
Miley Cyrus will celebrate her sweet sixteen in style by throwing a giant party at Disneyland for...
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Australians Wail over Orphaned Whale
Sydney - There are Australians alive today who went on school trips to whaling stations and ate...
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Yahoo Launches Fire Eagle Location Services Platform
Yahoo unveiled Tuesday its Fire Eagle location services
platform. Most experts think that the...
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Khloe Kardashian Goes In And Out Of Jail
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Khloe
Kardashian was released from jail...
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Father Of Modern Cardiovascular Surgery Dr. DeBakey Dies
The medical world has lost a great man on Friday night in the person of Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, a...
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Meredith Smith’s Cremated Remains Part of Fireworks Show
Thursday night, with all those fireworks in the sky there
will be also a bit of the cremated...
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200 Hours of Community Service for Naomi Campbell
Naomi Campbell, the renowned British model, was sentenced to 200 hours of community service and has...
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Teenagers Apologize On YouTube For Prank
Two teenage boys were forced by a Florida court to apologize
on the YouTube Web site for a prank...
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Hulk Hogan’s Son Has a Hard Time in Jail, Wants Home
Nick Bollea, Hulk Hogan's son, who is currently serving a sentence of 8 months in prison for a...
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Hip-Hopper ‘Slick Rick’ Is Pardoned by Governor Paterson
New York Gov. David Paterson granted hip-hopper Ricky “Slick Rick” Walters, 43, who spent more than...
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Wesley Snipes Granted Bail Pending Appeal
Actor Wesley Snipes was granted bail on Thursday in Ocala, Florida, while he appeals his federal...
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Seattle Filmmakers Freed by Nigerian Authorities
Nigerian authorities have released the Seattle film crew detained over the weekend on suspicion of...
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XNA Game Studio And Xbox Live: Games By People For People
Do you want to be a famous games creator? Or just share your vision about games with a community?...
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Hollywood Symbol Johnny Grant Dies at 84
Hollywood’s honorary mayor, the endearing Johnny Grant who cheered on hundreds of actors as...
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NIU on High Alert after Anonymous Threat
Northern
Illinois University
in DeKalb has been closed on Monday, following a threat written on...
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The Whole World Mourns Pavarotti’s Death (Update)
Today, the Italian media ran special sections about
Pavarotti and his life. The newspaper La...
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European Countries Help Fire-Ravaged Greece
With Greece facing a nationwide state of emergency after the deadly fires that have killed 51...
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Video Games
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CNN Names PS3 A “Sinking Ship”, But...
Drawing on last Thursday’s NPD Group sales
results that revealed a 19 points steep decline for...
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Sony “Home” Open To The Public In Beta Form
The Playstation Home is an interesting concept, as it creates a virtual world for the user,...
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Xbox New Experience To Boost Sales Before Christmas?
Microsoft’s gaming console, the Xbox 360, is up for updates. The gamins star “made” an appearance...
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Microsoft Shows Off Xbox Live Experience at TGS
Alongside the US-based E3 and the Leipzig Games Convention,
the Tokyo Games show is one of the...
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Microsoft Encourages Users to Come Up With Their Own Xbox 360 Content
During the Gamefest 2008, Microsoft Game Technology Conference, the company announced the launch of...
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Microsoft Details XNA, Game Creators To Charge For Their Game
In a keynote delivered at the Gamefest 2008, Chris Satchell,
chief technology officer of...
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Microsoft To Cut The Price Of Xbox 360?
Microsoft is preparing a new price cut for its Xbox 360 Pro gaming
console. Currently the Xbox...
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Disney Creates Online Community for DS Users
Kids that are playing Disney games on the Nintendo DS
console will be able to take part in an...
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Xbox Live Is Five Years Old. Happy Birthday!
Tomorrow is a big day for Microsoft. Its online gaming
service, Xbox Live, will celebrate five...
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Games for Windows Live Arcade in the Works?
The Xbox Live Arcade service, which turned out to be a massive success for Microsoft since its...
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EA and Microsoft Exchange Officials
After the precipitated departure of Peter Moore from Microsoft’s games division to Electronic Arts...
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SCEA Announces Its Plans for the PlayStation 3 and PSN
Everyone was anxious to see what ace Sony had up its sleeve to win the conference smack down with...
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World
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Turkey's Religious Gardens Exude Calm
Belek, Turkey - Many people think of the Turkish Riviera only as a romping place for beach...
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Domestic Violence Clashes With "Harmonious Family" Image
Hanoi - Bui Hien Dung says she doesn't know why her husband demanded she have an abortion, why...
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Religious Online Matchmaking Sites Boom In Germany
Berlin - Nowhere in Europe do Christian, Jewish and Islamic- linked online matchmaking sites...
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Asia-Europe Leaders to Tackle Finance, Climate Change
Beijing - This week's largest ever gathering of Asian and European leaders was planned to focus on...
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Recession Retards Australia's Climate Plan
Sydney - Australians are keen on others saving the planet: in an opinion poll from the privately...
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Controversies Fade and Legends Grow as Masses Mourn Haider
Vienna - Joerg Haider was one of Austria's most divisive political figures, but his memorial...
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Obesity Rates Continue To Rise In 37 U.S. States
In spite of initiatives such as public service campaigns
warning about the risks extra weight...
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Storms, Tornadoes Pound Indiana and Ohio Injuring 5
A powerful tornado struck central Indiana, injuring five people, one of them critically,...
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Fewer Members in Veterans’ Clubs
Some of the leaders of Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) and
American Legion organizations have...
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Tornado Wreaks Havoc in Little Rock, Arkansas
Arkansas' capital city, Little Rock and its suburbs were struck by a powerful tornado on Thursday....
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Second Tornado Kills 2 in North Georgia before Heading East
A powerful tornado struck northwest Georgia killing two people, one day after a powerful storm,...
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Second Suspect Arrested in UNC killing
Authorities announced they have arrested the second suspect
wanted in the killing of University of...
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Woman Charged With Prostitution In Laurel
According to Anne Arundel County
police, a woman from Laurel
was arrested on charges of...
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A 5-Year-Old Kindergartner Chocked On School Bus
A 5-year-old boy chocked to death in Marlborough while he was riding the school
bus on Wednesday...
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Lebannon Mourns The Victims Of Beirut Blast
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora declared Saturday a national
day of mourning in Lebanon,
after a...
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Ahmadinejad Is Not Allowed to Visit Ground Zero
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wanted to visit Ground Zero next week and lay a wrath there,...
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British Troops End Operation in Northern Ireland
The British Army’s operations in Northern Ireland will end at midnight Tuesday after almost four...
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Israeli President Hands in Resignation
Israeli President Moshe Katsav resigned Friday as part of a controversial bargain exempting him...
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Israeli President Will Not Go to Jail
Suspended and soon retiring Israeli President Moshe Katsav signed a plea bargain with state...
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NYC Gay Pride Parade Led By Religious Groups
This year’s New York gay parade received unprecedented support from various Christian, Jewish...
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People
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Boy George, Sentenced To 5 Months In Jail
Boy George, born George Alan O’Dowd, is one of the most controversial artists in the United...
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Boy George Sentenced To Jail For Falsely Imprisoning Male Escort
Flamboyant singer Boy George, who was found guilty of falsely imprisoning a male escort in his east...
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Naomi Campbell And Former Housekeeper Settled Their Case
Just like every other famous public person, Naomi Campbell has had her share of negative press....
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Tom Cruise Speaks About Travolta Death, Scientology
In a taped appearance on "The View," actor Tom Cruise answered some questions from...
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The Mystery of the Missing Bulgari Jewels Haunts Winona Ryder
Following the much talked about 2001 shoplifting incident,
Winona Ryder has entered the public eye...
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Legendary Theatre Impresario Gerald Schoenfeld Passed Away
Gerald Schoenfeld, the head of the Shubert Organization which is Broadway's largest landlord died...
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Winona Ryder Feeling Well After Being Taken Ill On Flight
Wednesday
morning, actress Winona Ryder was admitted to a west London hospital after she became...
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Nick Hogan Walks Out Of Jail And Straight To Party
After serving 166 days behind bars out of an eight-month sentence, Hulk Hogan's 18-year-old son...
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Nick Bollea Leaves Jail Early
Hulk Hogan’s 18-year-old son Nick Bollea was released from Pinellas
County Jail in...
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Nick Hogan Has Been In Jail Long Enough
Hulk Hogan's teenage son Nick will be released from jail three months early thanks to his good...
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Miley Cyrus To Celebrate Sweet 16 On Gay Days
Besides Miley Cyrus' hyped, huge Sweet 16 bash on October 5th, Disneyland will also host the 11th...
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Miley Cyrus Prepares for Birthday Party, Tickets Will Be Up for Sale
Miley Cyrus will celebrate her sweet sixteen at Disneyland, the star announced and fans are...
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Drugs Found on Snoop Dogg Bus Tour, Rapper Not Charged
A tour bus transporting hip-hop performer Snoop Dogg was
pulled over by police and two people...
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Kid Rock Gets Probation For Waffle House Brawl
Rap-rocker Kid Rock has been sentenced to a year’s probation
and also fined $1,000 for a fight he...
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Good Girls Go to Heaven and Khloe Kardashian Goes to Jail
Khloe Kardashian admitted that she violated her probation
and she will have to spend about 30 days...
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Naomi Campbell Says Racist Slur Sparked Heathrow Incident
In an interview for Sky News, Naomi Campbell that the incident
in which she was involved at...
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Naomi Campbell Sentenced For Assaulting Airport Police
British supermodel Naomi Campbell will be sweeping her way out of April's Heathrow Airport...
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Naomi Campbell Pleads Guilty in Airport Assault
British supermodel Naomi Campbell appeared in London court Friday and pleaded guilty to assaulting...
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Police Investigating Threatening Calls to Hogan's House
Florida police are conducting an investigation into threatening voicemail messages left at the...
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Snoop Dogg’s Wife, Shante Broadus, Arrested For DUI
The wife of the famous rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested in California’s Orange
County on Staurday....
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Curtis Chapman’s Daughter Mourned
The death of 5-year-old Maria Sue, daughter of Christian
musician Curtis Chapman, is mourned by...
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Nick Hogan Sentenced To Jail Over Car Crash
The son of Hulk Hogan pleaded no contest to charges of felony reckless driving on Friday and was...
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Impromptu Spit Episode Could Land Naomi In Jail
The scene that British supermodel Naomi Campbell reportedly threw at Heathrow Airport Thursday,...
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Naomi Campbell Arrested For Assault At London Airport
Looks like British supermodel Naomi Campbell is still having some serious anger management issues...
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Hogans Going To Trial Over Son's Car Crash
On top of their divorce scandal, Hulk Hogan's alleged affair with one of his daughter's friends,...
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Lindsay Lohan’s Ex Denies Existence of Sex Tape
It was only a matter of time before Lindsay Lohan was
associated with a sex tape, was it not, as...
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The Game Enjoys Freedom Again After 8 Days in Jail
US
rapper The Game has reportedly been released from jail after serving only eight
days out of...
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Lindsay Shows Lots of Skin as Tribute to Marilyn
Sorry Lindsay but you don’t come even close. You may be
young and you may be fragile after...
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TV Personality Gary Collins Released from Glendale Jail
Gary Collins was released from Glendale City Jail early Friday after he served 96 hours for drunken...
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Pimp C to be Laid to Rest in Hometown
Pimp C, who was found dead last Tuesday in his room at the
Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, will...
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Technology
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What Can You Learn from Facebook’s Mistake?
Whenever you post personal information on a Web site you should think twice about the things you...
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Microsoft Offers A $250,000 Reward On Worm Details
After last year’s announcement made by Microsoft, which stated that a...
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First Look on Internet Explorer’s Add-ons
As Microsoft recently released Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1, analysts looked over...
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Intego Announces Trojan Hidden In iWork ‘09
The Internet security firm Intego has just announced that it has discovered a new Trojan horse in...
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Worm Infects 9 Million PCs So Far
Disturbing as it sounds, experts have just announced that a malicious worm which exploits a...
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Wikipedia Reached Its $6 Million Fundraising Goal
With the help of over 125,000 donors, Wikipedia managed to reach its fundraising goal for fiscal...
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CNN Says Sony PS3 Is a “Sinking Ship”
Drawing on last Thursday’s NPD Group sales
results that revealed a 19 points steep decline for...
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Sony Launches Home For PlayStation3
Even
if Nintendo’s Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360 have been dominating
game console headlines...
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PlayStation Home Takes Gamers to the Virtual Realm
Thursday,
Sony opened the doors to its virtual community to gamers, by launching the...
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PS3 Gets an Online Multiplayer Service
On
Wednesday, Sony Computer Entertainment announced the beta release of its Home
online service...
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Sony Launches PlayStation Home Service
Thursday,
the long awaited virtual community for users of Sony Corporation’s PlayStation
3 gaming...
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Google and Facebook Compete at Connecting People All Over the World
Google and Facebook simultaneously launched Google Friend Connect, and Facebook Connect. Thursday...
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Journey Is Over for the Pirates of the Amazon
The “Pirates of the Amazon” extension in Firefox browser was
removed after attorneys from...
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Microsoft is Boasting the Black Friday Sales
This last weekend's start of the holiday shopping season beat all expectations indeed, as US...
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L.A.: Jury Looking at First Testimonies in MySpace Suicide Case
It was an overwhelming day for the friends and family of
Megan Meier, as Lori Drew, the...
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Google Releases Its Newest Service: Google Flu Trends
Google Inc. announced the release of a new tool, which will
provide information about potential...
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Microsoft: While Trojans Invade U.S., China Fights Browser Exploits
Microsoft today released the fifth volume of its Security
Intelligence Report, providing insight...
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Salesforce.com Redefines Cloud Computing With Force.com Sites
Salesforce.com, the company that offers Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service...
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Microsoft Gives Fluffy Start To Windows Azure Cloud OS
Monday, at Microsoft’s Professional Developers
Conference in Los Angeles, the company introduces...
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Lala Reinventing Itself With 10-Cents-A-Song Online Music Service
Lala.com is reinventing itself, for the third time around,
and has now announced a new business...
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Microsoft Shows Off Xbox Live Experience At TGS '08
Alongside the US-based E3 and the Leipzig Games Convention,
the Tokyo Games show is one of the...
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The Computer Helper: What You Need to Know about Chrome
Washington - Google's new Chrome Web browser is being hailed as a game-changer.
It's fast, has a...
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MySpace Music Lines Up Big Sponsors Ahead Of Launch
MySpace Music lined up an impressive list of sponsors just
days before the service is expected to...
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GIPS Enables VoIP Capabilities For Apple’s iPhone 3G
Global IP Solutions announced the availability of a voice
over IP (VoIP) service for Apple’s...
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EBay May Be Sued By SIIA, Oregon Man In Jail For 4 Years
The Software & Information Industry Association threatens to sue eBay, frustrated by the lack...
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Microsoft Rolls Out New Business Tactic: Facebook Live Search Service
Microsoft revealed plans to revamp its Web search and ad
search businesses with a new search...
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Qik Goes Into Public Beta With New Features And Additional Device Support
The public beta for Qik, the mobile service that enables
users to stream videos directly from...
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Acrobat.com Closes The Gap Between Desktop And Web Tools
Acrobat.com is intended to be
more than a community site for file-sharing, word processing, and...
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Google Maps Dismissed By A Comunity From Minnesota
Google Maps Street View, Google’s popular panoramic street-viewing feature, received several...
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AOL Finalizes Bebo Deal, People Network Is Born
AOL has completed its acquisition of Bebo, the UK
social networking site. AOL agreed to pay for...
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