Sean Levert’s Widow Files Lawsuit

The widow of singer Sean Levert, named Angela Lowe, has decided to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the county officials who were holding him in jail when he had gotten sick soon before he died. She filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court that accuses his jailers of showing disregard for his medical needs. Lowe and Levert’s estate are seeking to receive an unspecified amount in damages.

Sean Levert died on March 30^th soon after he was removed from jail and taken to a hospital. A coroner ruled that he died of natural causes. He was in jail serving a 22 month sentence for failure to pay child support.

Mariah Carey Surpasses Elvis in Most No. 1 Songs

Mariah Carey has now surpassed Elvis in most No. 1 singles on the Billboard singles chart with her 18^th chart-topping single “Touch My Body.” She is now in second place to the Beatles in the most chart-topping singles ever.

Jay-Z Takes Over Sirius Radio’s Hip-Hop Channel

The rapper Jay-Z is taking over Sirius Satellite Radio’s hip-hop channel for a week. He will be the host of Jay-Z Nation starting Monday. Jay-Z Nation will have music from his albums and songs from his favorite hip-hop artists.

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Woman Loses Thousands of Dollars in Lawsuit for Downloading Music

A woman in Minnesota, named Jammie Thomas, was court ordered to pay $222,000 for downloading and sharing copyrighted music online. The record industry wants to make an example out of her and send the message that downloading and sharing music is not okay or legal.

Thomas is ordered to pay the six record companies that sued her for $9,250 for each of the 24 songs that they are focusing on in this case. They say she shared a total of 1,702 songs. This is the first time that one of the music industry's lawsuits went to trial. Most people settle and pay the companies a few thousand dollars. Thomas thought that she didn't do anything wrong and proceeded with the lawsuit against her. Thomas claimed she didn't own a file sharing account with Kazaa but evidence showed that the Internet address belonged to her.

Jammie Thomas is 30 years old and lives paycheck to paycheck and now she could get a fourth of her paycheck garnished for the rest of her life. Including the attorney fees, she could owe nearly half a million dollars.