Actor Charlie Sheen to Serve Jail Time

Next Monday, the actor Charlie Sheen is set to go to Aspen and plead no contest to 3rd degree assault. He will then begin his sentence of 30 days in jail. He had the choice of serving jail time or getting probation. With good time credit his jail sentence could be shortened to 17 days. After jail, he will not have to be on probation.

Actress Lindsay Lohan Headed for Jail

The actress Lindsay Lohan recently violated the terms of her probation, which will very possibly will mean that she will have to serve jail time after she goes to court next month on May 20th. She is on probation for DUI and has not finished the alcohol education requirement that the judge ordered for her. The judge told her that if she did not comply with the terms of probation that she would go to jail.

Rapper Lil Wayne Goes to Jail Soon

The rapper Lil Wayne was suppose to officially start his sentence of serving one year in jail. That has been temporarily delayed because the rapper has to go to the dentist on February 12th to have oral surgery. Lil Wayne is set to start serving jail time on March 2nd.

O.J. Simpson Sentenced to Serve Prison Time

O.J. Simpson was sentenced to serve at least 15 years in prison for a armed robbery at a hotel in Las Vegas. The judge said that the sentence had nothing to do with his 1994 acquittal in the murder of his ex-wife and her male friend. Simpson was taken away to prison after the judge refused to allow him to go free on bail while he appeals the sentence.

Hulk Hogan’s Son Sentenced to Jail Time

The wrestler Hulk Hogan’s son, Nick Bollea, was sentenced to serve eight months in jail on Friday after he pleaded no contest to causing a car crash that seriously injured his friend. He was also ordered to serve five years of probation and surrender his driving privileges for three years. The family of the friend that was injured asked the judge to impose a sentence of up to a year in jail, which is less than the five years he could have received.

Nick Bollea was arrested last November and charged with felony reckless driving that caused a serious bodily injury after he was speed racing is father’s 1998 Toyota Supra and hit a curb. He then spun into traffic and hit a palm tree. His friend was in the car at that time and was seriously hurt. He wasn’t wearing a seat belt and suffered a broken skull and other severe injuries. Bollea was not seriously hurt, but he had alcohol in his system at the time of the accident. He was cited for being a driver under the age of 21, operating a vehicle with blood-alcohol level of 0.02 percent or higher, and having illegal window tinting. He will have to attend DUI classes and he can’t drink alcohol as terms of his probation.

Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Bid

Microsoft Corp. has decided to withdraw its $42.3 billion bid on Saturday to buy Yahoo Inc. This came after an unsuccessful last try to negotiate a mutually acceptable sale price.

Microsoft was willing to pay as much as $47.5 billion, or $33 per share, but Yahoo’s board wanted at least $53 billion, or $37 per share. Microsoft could make a new bid later this year if Yahoo doesn’t recover after having more than two years of financial problems. Analysts feel that if things don’t change for Yahoo Inc. soon, their stock would decrease into the mid-teens and that would make it difficult for the company to turn down any future offers. Yahoo Inc. is considering an advertising partnership with Google and a merger with the Internet operations of Time Warner Inc.

Time Warner Basing Internet Prices on Web Usage

This year, Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for their high-speed Internet service that will charge customers based on how much data they download each month.. A trial will start in Beaumont, Texas, where they will sell new Internet customers service based on how much data they download each month instead of having a fixed price with unlimited downloads. They want to make it more expensive for people that download a lot of content, especially videos.

Marion Jones Sentenced to Prison Time

Marion Jones, the former Olympic Champion, was sentenced to six months in prison for lying about using steroids and for her involvement in a check-fraud scam. She is also given two years of probation and supervised release. She has to do 800 hours of community service. She was ordered to surrender on March 11^th to begin doing her time.

The U.S. District Judge, Kenneth Karas, gave her the maximum sentence under the plea deal to send a message to the athletes that have abused drugs and overlooked the values of hard work, dedication, teamwork, and sportsmanship.