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California is one of the greenest states in the US. In order to preserve its reputation and cut down the energy bills at the same time, officials from Merced County have thought about powering the correctional facilities located in El Nido, California using clean, green solar power. Apart from the obvious environme... |
29 December 2011
02:40 GMT |
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Being Lindsay Lohan isn't easy and it's certainly not cheap. According to a new report, since 2007, when she started on a downwards spiral, the actress has racked up no less than $1.45 million (€1.1 million) in legal fees only. Fans know that, these days, Lindsay is more famous for what she does in her... |
23 December 2011
12:01 GMT |
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As his attorneys are preparing the appeal to the guilty sentence to the involuntary manslaughter charge, Dr. Conrad Murray, the man responsible for Michael Jackson's death, is still on suicide watch, it has emerged. Murray was taken to jail immediately after his verdict was read a few days ago and, though many p... |
16 November 2011
08:53 GMT |
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Dr. Conrad Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson just hours ago, and was taken in custody while he awaits sentencing. He's now on suicide watch, it has emerged. At the end of the 6-week trial, Murray was deemed by the judge a “danger to society.” He was e... |
8 November 2011
06:00 GMT |
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It was a clear case of blink and you miss it: Lindsay Lohan presented herself at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, CA, to start serving a 30-day sentence for parole violation, and was out in a little over 4 hours. Though everything she does these days is surrounded by drama and documented by the eve... |
8 November 2011
03:51 GMT |
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After 6 very exhausting weeks, when the final days of singer Michael Jackson were reconstructed and played out in court, his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The two videos below, embedded at the end of the article, show Murray being read the jury verdict and ... |
8 November 2011
03:19 GMT |
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Lindsay Lohan is going to jail. Just hours ago, a judge ruled that she had violated her probation by not doing community work as mandated for a previous offense, and she got 30 days in jail, plus another 270 days of probation. TMZ covered the case. Its sister website, TooFab, reports that Lohan had to choose betwee... |
3 November 2011
04:48 GMT |
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Lindsay Lohan is in a pickle again: earlier this year, she was lucky to avoid a jail sentence on a theft charge, and to get only house arrest and community work. A judge has just revoked her probation because of severe absenteeism. Reports emerged last week saying that Lindsay was no longer wanted at a woman’s ... |
20 October 2011
06:44 GMT |
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Amanda Knox is a free woman now and, as such, she plans to leave Italy as soon as possible and be reunited with her family in the US. A judge has just overturned the initial murder conviction, after Knox’s legal team filed an appeal, based on new DNA information in the case. The video below shows the moment Kno... |
4 October 2011
04:09 GMT |
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A new video of Casey Anthony in jail has been released, after being sealed by a judge in 2009 so as to not sway jurors. It sees her reaction to news that remains believed to have belonged to her daughter Caylee were discovered.
As we also informed you yesterday, a judge was asked by a media organization to allow t... |
1 October 2011
04:42 GMT |
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Casey Anthony has started psychological treatment and, as per a fresh report, she actually hopes she will live to see the day when she puts her daughter’s murder and the trial that saw her become “America’s most hated” behind her. People magazine which, no later than last week, ran a story abo... |
30 September 2011
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After her grand theft charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, Lindsay Lohan pled no contest and, as of a few hours ago, has escaped jail once more, with her attorney asking the court to allow her to do a previous jail sentence in home arrest.When she was accused of stealing a $2,500 gold necklace from an LA store by sim... |
12 May 2011
05:19 GMT |
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On Friday, Lindsay Lohan spent about 5 hours in jail after being sentenced to 120 days for parole violation. She is now free, awaiting sentencing on the theft charge, but she strongly believes she’s persecuted for being a celebrity. Friends of the actress have spoken to PopEater (and a few other media outlets),... |
26 April 2011
06:59 GMT |
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Actor Wesley Snipes has turned himself in and is now at a prison in Pennsylvania, where he’s started serving a 3-year jail sentence for several counts of tax evasion and conspiracy, People magazine reports. Just days ago, Snipes was telling Larry King that he still had hope he wouldn’t have to report... |
10 December 2010
03:13 GMT |
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Because no less than 2.3 million people tuned in to see the new TLC series, “Sister Wives,” centering on a polygamous family, the Browns are now investigated for felony bigamy. Even while saying that the risk of going to jail was well worth it when doing the show, the Browns are not just standing idle and... |
7 October 2010
10:16 GMT |
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Before Lindsay Lohan went to jail and in between court hearings and trying to stay sober, the star still managed to find some time to pose for a couple of photospreads and do a few interviews. One such example is with men’s magazine Maxim, on the cover of which Lindsay rocks a frilly striped two-piece swimsuit,... |
4 August 2010
09:34 GMT |
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Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller had reportedly been having problems long before the incident of later last year that ended with him behind bars, and with her fearing for her life as he lashed out at her. Just hours ago, Sheen pled guilty to domestic violence charges and has managed to get what TM... |
3 August 2010
10:06 GMT |
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It was supposed to be one of the biggest, most mediated events in showbiz but, it seems, Lindsay Lohan was not at all warming up to the idea of having an entire world do the “walk of shame” as she was being released from Lynwood. The star was just now sprung free from prison, ushered into a van and taken ... |
2 August 2010
06:51 GMT |
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Word in the blogosphere has it that Lindsay Lohan may be getting out of jail today, only two weeks after turning herself in to serve a 90-day sentence for parole violation in a DUI and cocaine possession case. Her attorney is certainly hoping for an early release, especially since she also has to go to rehab for 3 mo... |
30 July 2010
05:26 GMT |
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Though sentenced to 90 days behind bars, Lindsay Lohan will most likely be a free woman by the end of this week, less than two weeks after turning herself in to begin serving her sentence. However, she will still have to check in a rehab facility in California, where she’s to remain for 3 months, also as per ju... |
28 July 2010
10:35 GMT |
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With reports still making the rounds that inmates at Lynwood are growing sick and tired of Lindsay Lohan, who is getting the A-list treatment even though she’s in isolation from the rest of them, “Pretty Wild” star Alexis Neiers is dishing out on just how broken-hearted LiLo is. Speaking with E! Onl... |
27 July 2010
06:13 GMT |
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While Lindsay Lohan is reportedly considering an appeal to the 90-day jail sentence she was slapped with the other day, ongoing reports suggest that this may actually be the best thing that has happened to her career in years. For the first interview after she does the time, she could net a cool $1 million – an... |
9 July 2010
11:04 GMT |
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Lindsay Lohan is still having a hard time coming to terms with the 90-day jail sentence she was served with the other day for violating her parole. As buzz is picking up that she believes the sentence was unjust and an abuse, and she’s thinking of having it appealed, her attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley tried to ... |
9 July 2010
03:02 GMT |
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Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after the judge presiding her case ruled that she’d been in violation of her parole for not attending alcohol ed classes as ordered. While in court, the star made a point of putting her fingers to her mouth, which made it so that the message she had writt... |
8 July 2010
10:13 GMT |
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At the end of last year, Charlie Sheen was arrested after a family vacation in Aspen went terribly bad and he got intoxicated and then assaulted and, as per her claims, threatened to kill his wife. The actor is now on trial and, according to E! News, will try to cop a plea and plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge, wh... |
2 June 2010
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Lindsay Lohan got her day in court on Monday and, though she was saying only hours before that she believed she had no reason to worry, the judge was crystal clear on the conditions she must fulfill to remain out on bail. The star will be wearing an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, will subject to random drug testing and... |
25 May 2010
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The April 2010 issue of GQ Magazine brings an interview with none other than actor Wesley Snipes, who was charged with numerous counts of tax evasion and conspiracy, found guilty on three misdemeanor charges and sentenced to three years in jail. As his attorneys are working on an appeal to the sentence – the ma... |
31 March 2010
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Fans loved Nicholas Brendon as the goofy but very endearing and reliable Xander on the hit television series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Just recently, in real life, Brendon showed a less-friendly side of him as he got into an altercation with police officers, a dispute that saw him chased, tased, arreste... |
18 March 2010
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Michael Douglas’ eldest son, Cameron, has just pled guilty to charges of drug dealing and possession, stemming from an arrest of last summer, People magazine informs. Addressing the court, Cameron said he knew what he did was wrong, but that will perhaps matter very little when he’s sentenced on April 27,... |
29 January 2010
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The 1995 US skating champion Nicole Bobek has been arrested following a drug ring bust, and is currently sitting in jail on $200,000 bail. Bobek has been detained and charged with possession and intent to distribute methamphetamine, reportedly playing an important role in the drug ring, the New York Daily News inform... |
8 July 2009
10:02 GMT |
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Actor Tom Sizemore has been in trouble with the law so many times that trying to sum them up would probably be futile at this point. However, the latest allegations brought against him still managed to make the headlines, and it was so solely because, if true, they would come to prove that the actor had sunk to new l... |
20 March 2009
10:25 GMT |
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As much as people and the media hate to admit, even if rapper Kanye West’s ego can at times be more than a handful, very few are the instances when he got physical with journalists, as other celebrities make a habit of. September 11, 2008 was the exception in this case, as the rapper smashed a cameraman’s... |
19 March 2009
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On Sunday, 19-year-old singer Chris Brown was identified as the attacker in a domestic abuse case. While the victim has not been named, speculation has it that it might have been his girlfriend, Rihanna. Since then, Chris presented himself to the police headquarters and surrendered himself. His bail was set at $5... |
9 February 2009
06:50 GMT |
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Earl Simmons, best known under his stage name as DMX, has never been a stranger to legal woes, and this time is no exception either. However, for the many times he ended up in police custody and consequently on the defendants’ bench in the court of law, his defense in the lawsuit he is now involved in is unlike... |
29 January 2009
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On January 17, 2009, a judge sentenced former Culture Club member and eccentric star Boy George to 15 months in jail on assault and false imprisonment charges stemming from an April 2007 incident, in which the singer handcuffed and assaulted a paid male escort. While initially fearing of his life on the inside, ... |
26 January 2009
07:10 GMT |
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The media has rarely been kind to the daughter of iconic rocker Ozzy Osbourne and, for once, it seems that Kelly too fought back by lashing out at one journalist who dared call her boyfriend stupid. Although the incident occurred in August last year, it was just now that she was arrested – and subsequently let ... |
20 January 2009
03:55 GMT |
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Boy George was a “drug-crazed idiot,” as his own attorney said in court a couple of hours ago, when he picked up a male escort in April 2007, handcuffed him to the wall, and lashed out at him with a chain while shouting insults. However, not even this defense could save the former Culture Club star fr... |
17 January 2009
04:15 GMT |
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The MPAA anti-piracy battle continues with another pirate caught: Edgar Rubio Corazon, a 26-year-old living in Mexico, has been arrested and sentenced to six years and six months in prison for storing and selling pirated content on the Internet. The man has also received a fine of 428,400 pesos after he was found gui... |
23 May 2008
09:13 GMT |
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The fight against pirates who simply ignore the copyright laws records one more win as David M. Fish, a 26-year-old man living in Woodbury, Conn., has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after he was involved in multiple illegal activities. According to a statement signed by the Department of Justice, David Fish di... |
7 May 2008
05:53 GMT |
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Pete Doherty is currently locked up in a West London jail which has the ridiculously resounding name of "Wormwood Scrubs", and where he is said to be receiving the star treatment - that is, enjoying a series of privileges other inmates work hard to achieve. However, since this is Doherty we're talking about, no ... |
15 April 2008
05:49 GMT |
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Finally, celebrity justice has its say. After being arrested for about two million times and miraculously keeping himself out of the slammer, the planet's most infamous and scary-looking crackhead Pete Doherty is finally locked safely behind bars. Unfortunately, no one has yet realized that the best thing to be ... |
9 April 2008
05:32 GMT |
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The brief trial that sent Fouad Mourtada to jail after creating a Facebook profile and impersonating the Moroccan king's younger brother, Prince Moulay Rachid, drew a lot of attention to the African country and the "appalling" human rights conditions there. BBC and CNN both covered the story and caused quite a s... |
20 March 2008
04:06 GMT |
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Nigeria has a bad reputation for being involved in countless (really!) scams on the Internet, mostly having something to do with a grieving widow of a general killed in a fight for freedom, and the woman not being able to receive the money he had saved in a bank, several million dollars. I'm sure everybody recei... |
11 March 2008
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I was wondering how long this would take to happen - but luckily, I didn't place any bets with anyone, because I would have lost. Big time. I was rooting for Amy ditching her loser husband Blake in about five to six months, but it seems that things are happening a lot faster than I expected. Why am I saying this... |
29 February 2008
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Earlier this month, I covered the joke that Fouad Mourtada had played by creating a Facebook profile and claiming he was King Mohammed VI's brother, Prince Moulay Rachid. He was swiftly arrested and the jury didn't take its time before coming up with a sentence. And it was a harsh one at that: 3 years in j... |
26 February 2008
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The history of humankind has seen many audacious acts and even more that can be simply named with one word: manslaughter. It was often endorsed by the ruling body and because of that it was all of a sudden a good thing to behead or stone the alleged culprit to death. That being said, political violence, as it is the ... |
23 January 2008
16:31 GMT |
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I have a feeling 2008 will be the year of major-league celebrity trainwrecks. Britney kick-started it in style with her police standoff and taking one of her kids hostage, now there's talk of rapper Eminem spiraling out of control, Amy Winehouse has been stirring things up in Britain and now another British hott... |
11 January 2008
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I know, I know, the Amy Wino drama is definitely no match for Britney, but the British trainwreck sure knows how to hold her ground and make the headlines often enough to preserve her whacky reputation. The fact is, we can all agree on the fact that while Wino's addictions are much more public and severe than Br... |
9 January 2008
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Wikipedia is the site where you go for information when you have something that is unclear for you. However, it is not the company to look up to for management hiring examples, they have made a bad choice that is the equivalent of General Custer recruiting Indians or the Templar Knights welcoming Saladin as second in... |
18 December 2007
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As if former American Idol finalist and trainwreck in the making Jessica Sierra didn't have enough trouble to deal with (what with her parole violation and her latest arrest for disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest without violence), news has come out that Jess really has been a very bad girl. As in very... |
7 December 2007
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