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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Singer Lyfe Jennings Going to Prison

The R&B singer Lyfe Jennings has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison due to a fight with his ex-girlfriend that happened in 2008. During the 2008 incident, he had a confrontation with his ex-girlfriend Joy Pound and kicked the door of a house belonging to Jeff kendrick. He then fired rounds from a gun in the street before leaving the scene in his 2005 Corvette. He was charged for criminal trespassing, discharging a weapon near a street, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Charged with Harassment

The boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been charged with felony counts of coercion, robbery, grand larceny, misdemeanor battery, and three counts of harassment after an incident with his child’s mother in Las Vegas. The woman, named Josie Harris, claims that Mayweather beat her, threatened to kill her, and stole her cell phone during an incident that happened on September 9th. If Mayweather is convicted of all charges, he could face 28 years imprisoned.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Singer D'Angelo Arrested

The R&B singer D'Angelo, whose real name is Michael Archer, was arrested on Saturday while behind the wheel of his Range Rover after he was caught trying to pay $40 for sex from an undercover cop posing as a prostitute in New York City. He pleaded not guilty in court and plans to fight the charge.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Actor Jamie Foxx Fights Off Stalker

On March 22nd, the actor and singer Jamie Foxx had to defend himself against an intruder at his hotel room in Philadelphia. Foxx had to push the man out of his room after he tried to trick him into thinking that he was Beyonce's producer. When Foxx opened the door, the man tried to push his way into the room but Foxx was able to push him out of the room and slammed the door in his face. The intruder, named Willie Brown, left the scene but Foxx ended up calling the police after he saw the man nine days later a few blocks away from the hotel. The man was arrested for burglary, criminal threats, stalking, false imprisonment, and harassment.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Singer Chris Brown Makes Court Appearance

On Thursday, the singer Chris Brown made a short court appearance after being charged with two felonies that come from a physical altercation with his girlfriend, Rihanna. His arraignment has been postponed until April 6th on charges of assault that was capable of causing great bodily injury and making criminal threats. Brown is still free on $50,000 bail and was ordered by a court commissioner not to harass, threaten, or harm anyone. The commissioner did not order him to stay away from Rihanna due to the request of her attorney.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Rap Producer Suge Knight Hospitalized

Marion "Suge" Knight, a rap producer and co-founder of Death Row Records, has been hospitalized in Arizona after being punched in the face during a hotel fight. It happed on Monday at a private party at a hotel in Scottsdale. Two men were arrested in the incident on the suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct, including one who said that he is the business manager of the singer Akon.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Singer Chris Brown Arrested For Assault

On Sunday, the singer Chris Brown was arrested on accusations of assault after he was accused of physically assaulting the singer Rihanna. They supposedly had an argument in a Los Angeles neighborhood that evolved into a fight. Both Rihanna and Brown pulled out of the Grammys hours before it was telecasted this past Sunday. Brown has also dropped a planned appearance at the upcoming NBA All-Star Game that is scheduled for this weekend in Phoenix. The company Wrigley has decided to suspend all of the ad and marketing campaigns that he is involved with.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Don Cornelius Fights Battery Charges

Don Cornelius, the former host of the show "Soul Train", has pleaded not guilty in court to the charges against him that come from a domestic dispute case against his wife in October. He is currently facing three counts of spousal battery, one count of dissuading a witness from making a police report, and one count of assault with a deadly weapon. His wife has filed two restraining orders against him since the incident.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Actor Gary Coleman Being Sued Over Bowling Alley Incident

The actor Gary Coleman is being sued by a man who says that Coleman punched him and ran into him with his truck at a Payson bowling alley parking lot. The man received knee, back and neck injuries. On September 6th, he and Coleman got into an argument after he took a picture of the actor with a cell phone. Coleman was charged with misdemeanor reckless driving and disorderly conduct in Payson City Justice Court.

Friday, August 22, 2008

Rapper Da Brat Sentenced to Three Years in Prison

The rapper Da Brat was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a bottle of rum during an altercation at an Atlanta nightclub last fall. She pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in DeKalb County. She was also sentenced to serve seven years on probation and 200 hours of community service and have substance abuse treatment, mental evaluation, and anger management classes.

The altercation started at a private Halloween party at Studio 72 last fall when Da Brat got into an argument with the hostess named Shayla Stevens, who was also an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader, after the two bumped into each other. Stevens walked away after the argument and soon after was hit in the face with the rum bottle. She had gotten a deep cut in her cheek, some swelling on her forehead, and a permanent scar on her face.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Rappers Foxy Brown and Lil Kim Gets Sued

The rappers Foxy Brown and Lil Kim are being used by a New York publisher, named Simon &Schuster Inc., which stated that they paid advances for books that were never delivered. Foxy Brown was paid $75,000 in 2005 for an autobiography called “Broken Silence” that was suppose to be delivered by February of 2006. Lil Kim was paid $40,000 for a book to be delivered by June of 2004.

The publisher wants its money back through the two separate lawsuits that were filed on Thursday. After signing the deals, both women spent time imprisoned. Lil Kim went to prison for lying in court about a shooting in 2005 and Foxy Brown was imprisoned for violating her probation by starting a fight with two manicurists in 2007.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Kid Rock Sentenced to Probation

On Monday, Kid Rock was sentence to serving a year of probation and was fined $1,000 for his part in a fight at an Atlanta Waffle House this past fall. He was also sentenced to six hours of anger management counseling and 80 hours of community service. He pleaded no contest to one count of simple battery and four counts of battery were dropped.

Five members of his entourage were also arrested because of the fight. Two of them pleaded no contest and also received probation and community service. Charges were dropped against the other three people since the court decided that they weren't involved in the altercation after viewing the videotape.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Amy Winehouses’s Husband Receives Jail Sentence

On Monday, a judge sentenced Amy Winehouse’s husband to 27 months in jail for assault and obstruction of justice. Her husband, named Blake Fielder-Civil, admitted to beating up a pub manager, named James King, in a barroom fight in 2006 and offering him $400,000 to be quiet about it. The judge told Fielder-Civil that he had behaved in a gratuitous, cowardly, and disgraceful manner. Amy Winehouse wasn’t present in the courtroom.

Rapper Lil Scrappy Free After Arrest

The rapper Lil Scrappy is free from jail on bond after being arrested for getting into a fight with his sister’s boyfriend. He was released on a $1,500 bond from the Dekalb County jail in Georgia on Sunday.

Lil Scrappy had gotten into the fight with his sister’s boyfriend after the couple had an argument. The rapper was stabbed during the fight, but the injuries were minor. The police arrested him and charged him with felony marijuana possession, felony use of a weapon during a crime, misdemeanor obstruction of police officers, and misdemeanor battery. The boyfriend wasn’t charged with anything.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Video Game Tax to Fight Obesity

A New Mexico legislator has proposed a new tax on video games and televisions to try to fund a fight against childhood obesity. The bill, called “Leave No Child Inside,” would levy a 1 percent tax on some home-recreation devices and use the money to fund outdoor programs for children. It is estimated that twenty five percent of New Mexico’s children are overweight or obese.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

UK Challenging Decision to Let Snoop Dogg into Country

Britain is appealing a court decision to let the rapper Snoop Dogg into their country. He was barred from Britain in 2000 after an altercation where he and five other people were arrested on charges of violent disorder and starting a fight at Heathrow Airport. Seven officers were injured in the incident. There was more trouble when some of the people Snoop was with weren’t allowed into British Airways’ first class lounge at the airport.

Snoop appealed the ban and received entry clearance from and asylum and immigration tribunal in January. The Border Agency plans to challenge the ruling at a hearing next week.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Dog Barks Translated By Computer

There are scientists at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary that has recorded more than 6,000 dog barks, which were by 14 different Hungarian sheepdogs, and fed the sounds to a computer program which was able to categorized the barks into categories that included “stranger,” “fight,” “alone,” “ball,” “walk,” and “play.” The computer also was able to pick out different dogs by their bark.

Read More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/01/16/scidog116.xml

Monday, December 10, 2007

Fight World Hunger For Free Online

Free Rice is a website that fights world hunger by asking you vocabulary questions. For each question that you get correct the site donates 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. The rice is paid for by advertisers and other supporters. The more questions you answer the more is donated to poor and hungry people.

Visit This Link: http://www.freerice.com/

Friday, November 9, 2007

Knowing Your BMI Could Decrease Cancer Risk

A study says that knowing and keeping track of your BMI could help fight off colon cancer. The National Cancer Institute studied the health history of more than 200,000 women and found that 50 to 71 year old women who were a little overweight increased their chances of getting cancer by 29% as compared to lean women. Being moderately overweight increased risks by 31% and being obese increased risks by 49%. Fat cells produce and release hormones that could cause cancer cell growth.

Monday, November 5, 2007

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