Oprah Winfrey’s Network Sued for Discrimination

A woman, named Catherine Dunn who was an assistant at OWN, is suing Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network because she claims that she was subjected to a hostile work environment due to her suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. She claims that during her employment there she was forced to take a stress leave and a leave of absence because of her MS symptoms were exacerbated because of stress in the workplace. She says that when she was out on leave, she was replaced with a non-disabled and younger worker. Dunn is suing for wrongful termination and asking for unspecified damages.

Michael Jackson's Doctor Returns to Work

On Monday, Michael Jackson's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, returned to work at his medical clinic in Houston, TX for the first time since Jackson's death. He was greeted by several patients and the pastor of his church when he arrived at the clinic. Even though Jackson's death was ruled as a homicide caused by the propofol and another sedative administered by Dr. Murray, he has not been charged with a crime. Dr. Murray recently had been living in Las Vegas, where he has another clinic.

Oprah Winfrey Sued for $1 Trillion

Oprah Winfrey is being sued for $1 trillion by author Damon Lloyd Goffe who claims that she plagiarized his book "A Tome of Poetry" in her Internet-published work called "Pieces of my Soul." He has reported in legal papers that she admitted to using his original works in 2008. Goffe claims that Winfrey sold approximately 650 million copies of her work online for $20, so he is owed $1.2 trillion even though the website that sold Winfrey's work is no longer available.

Singer Chris Brown Pleads Guilty

The singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to one count of felony assault against his ex-girlfriend Rihanna. The judge issued a stay-away order that requires Brown to stay at least 50 yards away from Rihanna, except when it comes to industry events. At industry events he must stay at least 10 yards away from her. Rihanna must also keep the same distances away from him. The plea deal includes five years of supervised probation and six months of community labor.

Actress Queen Latifah Gets Sued

The actress Queen Latifah is being sued by a makeup artist and a fashion stylist who claim that she owes them $1 million collectively. The makeup artist, named Roxanna Floyd, says that she didn't pay her for $700,000 worth of work done between July 2005 and February 2008. A fashion stylist, named Susan Moses, has a separate lawsuit that claims that she is owed $300,000 from the actress.

Busboy Sues Justin Timberlake

A busboy in New York is suing the singer Justin Timberlake claiming that Timberlake's restaurant, named Timberlake's Southern Comfort, didn't pay him a legal wage. The busboy states that he and the other staff didn't get the right amount of gratuity charge that the restaurant automatically collects from parties of six or more customers. He also states that he worked more than 40 hours per work without getting paid overtime. A manager at the restaurant says that the staff members received all of their tips and the busboys were paid more than minimum wage.

Rapper Busta Rhymes allowed to Enter Britain

The rapper Busta Rhymes has won the right to enter Britain to perform at a charity concert. A High Court judge ruled that he could play at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Friday, even though he is challenging the British government’s decision to keep him out of the country. The concert is for charity, where people who completed four hours of volunteer work were rewarded with a concert ticket.

Rapper Snoop Dogg Granted Visa for Australia

The rapper Snoop Dogg has been granted a visa to enter Australia after finishing a full character assessment. He has a concert tour scheduled for the near future in Australia. The immigration department had originally had concerns about his criminal record but considered the fact that he had traveled there three times before without any problems. In the assessment they weighed his previous convictions against his more recent charity work and they considered if he would be any risk to the Australian community. Snoop Dogg is also suppose to do charity work with at-risk youth during his visit.

China Targeting the Internet to Stop Juvenile Crime

China is targeting illegal Web sites, computer markets, and Internet cafes to attack online games that are considered too violent and unhealthy to try to stop juvenile crime. The crackdown is being called “Operation for Tomorrow” and is also aimed at Web sites that offer unregistered playing platforms or services that can be downloaded. They hope that this plan will improve the environment, prevent, and reduce juvenile crime and illegal activities.

China already monitors the Internet for anti-government speech and uncensored news reports. The new plan mainly targets school dropouts, runaways, children of inmates, and children that have been left behind by parents that migrated to different areas for work. Unlicensed Internet cafes would be closed down and there would be tighter supervision over legal cafes. The China government is blaming Internet cafes for promoting juvenile crime and school truancy. Online pornography will also be attacked in the crackdown.

The crackdown is meant to increase government supervision and control the services of groups of people that they feel are vulnerable and easily impressionable. They also plan to increase the supervision over domestic and foreign charity groups and other non-government organizations.

Yahoo Lays Off 1,000 Workers

Yahoo Inc. is planning to lay off 1,000 of their 14,300 workers due to their 23 percent decrease in fourth-quarter profits and not being sure about their financial outlook for 2008. After the news was released, Yahoo shares hit their lowest levels in more than four years. Their market value has decreased more than 50 percent since the end of 2005.

Yahoo didn’t say which areas of its operations would be cut but some of the employees whose jobs are being eliminated might be offered new jobs in other parts of the company. Yahoo expects to pay between $20 million to $25 million for severance and other costs in the lay off. With the lay offs and cost cuttings, Yahoo could save more than$100 million dollars in costs and offset some of the financial loss that they expect from a re-negotiated partnership with AT&T Inc to provide high-speed Internet service. Yahoo and AT&T will share the revenue made through online advertising.

Yahoo hasn’t stopped making money but their profits fell by 12 percent in 2007 even though advertisers spent a lot of money on the Internet. The company is also working hard to try to attract more teenagers and young adults to the site.

Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to Work In Morgue

The actress Lindsay Lohan was court-ordered to spend two four-hour days working in a morgue for part of her punishment for misdemeanor drunken driving. She also has to spend two days working in a hospital emergency room. She has already spent two months in rehab, has done some community service, and spent 84 minutes in jail after she was arrested and pleaded guilty last August to drunken driving and possession of cocaine.

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Woman Arrested After Using Internet to Harass Ex-Boyfriend

In Waterford, Connecticut, a 34 year old woman named Pilar Stofega is being charged with second-degree harassment and breach of peace after she used the internet to trying to break up the marriage of her ex-boyfriend that she had dated eight years ago. She made fake profiles of his wife on adult websites that included the wife’s home and work phone numbers and high school yearbook picture. The scheme worked because strange men started calling the wife saying that they had seen her profile on the websites.

Stofega’s ex-boyfriend found out it was her after he went online and did some investigating. He then called police and gave them the information. The police got a court order to get Stofega’s internet records and search her house. Stofega was released on a $2,500 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

Gap Clothing Store Uses Child Labor

A British newspaper reported that they found children making clothes in a sweatshop in New Delhi, India that the Gap clothing store is running to make clothing. Some of the children were as young as 10 years old and had been sold to the sweatshop by their parents. The children work up to 16 hours per day sewing clothing by hand and some of the children say that they are not being paid. One child said that if a child cried or didn’t work hard enough were hit with rubber pipes or had oily clothes stuffed into their mouths.

Representatives of the Gap clothing store say that they will stop the clothing being made by the children from being sold in their stores and that they will take action to stop the child labor.

Study Says Video Games Cause Lower Grades

A recent study has show that video-game systems in dorms cause students to study less and have lower grade-point averages. A study done at the University of Western Ontario found that video-game systems in the dorms led to 40 minutes less time of studying and GPAs 0.241 points lower than average. The students participating in the study tracked their studying, sleeping, partying, working, gaming, and other activities. In the end they found that more studying equals higher grades.

Beyonce Has A Stalker

It is reported that the singer Beyonce has been receiving threats from a person to kidnap her. The same person threatened to kidnap her in the past but this time she is taking it more seriously because the person mentioned a couple of personal detail about her that got her camp nervous and they don’t want to take any chances. So far, they are working with the FBI to ensure her safety.