January 2010
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Lindsay Lohan's estranged father Michael Lohan...
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say Lindsay Lohan’s father has been arrested again.
Police on New York’s Long Island say Michael Lohan was arrested Thursday morning and charged with criminal contempt. Police did not provide further details.
Bryan Konoski, an attorney for Lohan’s ex-girlfriend Erin Muller, has told the New York Post that Lohan allegedly phoned Muller at...
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Travolta says faith helped him through son's death
NEW YORK (AP) — John Travolta said Thursday that faith has helped him survive the tragic death of his 16-year-old son, Jett.
The actor, a noted Scientologist, walked the red carpet in New York with wife Kelly Preston to promote his new film, “From Paris With Love.” The movie was filmed in late 2008, and shooting wrapped just days before Jett Travolta died on Jan. 2, 2009.
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Stephanopoulos learns of genetic link to a Clinton
NEW YORK (AP) — George Stephanopoulos (stehf-uh-NAHP’-uh-luhs) has learned that he may have a genetic link to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Stephanopoulos, co-anchor of ABC News’ “Good Morning America,” underwent DNA testing to promote “Faces of America With Henry Louis Gates Jr.,” a four-part series on family histories premiering Feb....
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Body found during search for missing lotto winner
This undated file photo provided by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office shows Abraham Shakespeare, 43, a truck driver’s assistant who lived with his mother and who was reported missing Nov. 9, 2009. Shakespeare, a resident of Lakeland, Fla., won a $30 million Florida Lottery jackpot in 2006. Hillsborough County, Fla., Sheriff David Gee said at a news conference Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010...
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Singer Etta James hospitalized with infection
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Etta James’ son says the 72-year-old R&B singer is hospitalized in Southern California with a serious infection but he expects her to be released soon.
Donto James says his mother has been at Riverside Community Hospital for about a week and is recovering from sepsis caused by a urinary tract infection.
He says James, who lives in Woodcrest, entered a...
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Bengals' Rey Maualuga (mow-uh-LOO'-guh) arrested...
Arrest or not…he is super fine to me… so sexy! Yum Yum get ya some!
CINCINNATI (AP) — Police in northern Kentucky have arrested Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga (mow-uh-LOO’-guh) on charges of drunken and careless driving.
Covington police spokesman Spike Jones says Maualuga hit a parking meter and two parked cars early Friday with his 2003 Pontiac. There was...
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Man arrested on Amtrack train after alleged threat...
LA JUNTA, Colo. (AP) — An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow passengers by talking about terrorist threats on a cell phone was pulled from the train and is being held in Colorado.
Ojore Nuru Lutalo, 64, was arrested Tuesday on an Amtrak passage from Los Angeles to Chicago. Passengers on the train alerted authorities after hearing the man from Elizabeth, N.J., mention al-Qaida and make...
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Pete Townshend's Sex Offender Past Threatens Super...
The Who are scheduled to play during the half-time show at the Super Bowl in Miami, but child abuse advocacy groups are urging the NFL to drop the act because of an incident in guitarist Pete Townshend’s past.
Townshend was arrested in 2003 for accessing child pornography online several years before. He pled guilty, claiming he was doing research for his autobiography and revisiting...
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WatchSo, this guys butt is ruined… So painful! This is why I don’t let anyone touch my bootay with hot shit! Ekkk! 2nd & 3rd degree burns.
Investigation pending… The News Reports:
…fraternity brothers, Carter said, took things too far. Not only did they complete the brand, they also branded large triangles — the Greek symbol for Tri Delta Sorority — on his...
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WatchiPad - It has wings!
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~New Music~ SADE ~ Bring Me Home
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Subway defends itself against ambush marketing...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Subway restaurant chain defended its advertising campaign with swimmer Michael Phelps against the U.S. Olympic Committee’s attack on ‘ambush marketing.’
The USOC issued a statement Wednesday attacking nonofficial advertising tied to next month’s Vancouver Olympics.
“Subway has a successful history of partnering with elite athletes,”...
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Toyota recalls at a glance
Here is a list of recent recalls issued by Toyota Motor Corp. and the vehicles involved.
Sept. 30, 2009: Toyota warns owners to remove floor mats from their vehicles because of the potential for them to trap the accelerator, causing sudden acceleration.
Oct. 5: Toyota recalls 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles in the U.S. because floor mats could trap the gas pedal. It’s Toyota’s...
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Man buys car, finds $200K in counterfeit cash
This photo released Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department shows some of the $200,000 of counterfeit bills a Ball Ground, Ga., man found in a car he recently purchased. The man bought the car from an impound lot. (AP Photo/Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department)
BALL GROUND, Ga. (AP) — One north Georgia man got more than he bargained for when he...
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Mother of rescued Haiti quake girl never gave up...
This photo provided Thursday Jan.28 2010 shows French medical staff Col. Lambert, tending Haitian girl Darlene Etienne aboard the French medical ship Siroco, off Port au Prince, Wednesday night. Etienne, 17, was pulled from the rubble in a stunning rescue 15 days after the earthquake was in stable condition Thursday, able to eat yogurt and mashed vegetables to the surprise of doctors, who...
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LeBron fined $25,000 for kicking water bottle
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) grimaces as he walks off the court after colliding with Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, not seen, in the fourth quarter during an NBA basketball game in Miami, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. The Cavaliers won 92-91. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for kicking a water bottle during Cleveland’s...
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Nancy Kerrigan's father remembered as family man
Former Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan mourns with her mother, Brenda, outside St. Patrick Church in Stoneham, Mass. Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 at the funeral for her father Daniel Kerrigan, 70, who died Sunday after what authorities say was a violent struggle with his 45-year-old son Mark Kerrigan. Family members have said he died of an unrelated heart attack. (AP Photo/Elise...
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Boy arrested in photo text of naked 13-year-old ex...
LACEY, Wash. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy in Washington state has been arrested after police say he sent a photo of his naked 13-year-old ex-girlfriend by cell phone to other students.
Police in Lacey, Wash., say the image was forwarded to dozens of students in at least three different schools.
A Thurston County prosecutor told KIRO-TV that the Chinook Middle School student and two other teens...
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Beyonce? Taylor? Lady Gaga? Grammy Picks Anyone?
This year’s Grammy Awards seem to be shaping up as the battle of the blond divas.
In one corner - Beyonce, the fierce veteran who’s already won a dozen Grammys but has yet to grasp the most prestigious Grammy honors - album and record of the year. She’s up for those trophies and more, with a leading 10 nominations.
In the other corner - Taylor Swift, the relative newbie whose...
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Man charged with posing as twin after DUI
AVON PARK, Fla. (AP) — A man faces fraud charges after reportedly pretending to be his twin brother after he was pulled over for driving under the influence. The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office reported that 43-year-old man was pulled over Jan. 20 and charged with DUI. But deputies said the man initially identified himself as his brother and signed that name on his citation and...
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Man accused of bilking women he met online
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man is accused of wheedling more than $150,000 from women he met through online dating sites.
The Westchester district attorney says Solomon Jesus Nasser of Ardsley was arraigned Thursday on charges of larceny, fraud, and tax crimes.
He is alleged to have targeted professional women on dating sites and lied about being wealthy and important.
The...
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Ochocinco wants to kick in Pro Bowl
Cincinnati Bengals’ Chad Ochocinco, left, interviews Dallas Cowboys’ Miles Austin (19) during NFC NFL football practice at the Pro Bowl on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.(AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
CINCINNATI (AP) — Chad Ochocinco hopes to show a Pro Bowl audience that he can kick it as well as catch it. The Bengals receiver made some kickoffs Thursday during...
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Man charged with abusing more boys at Haiti school...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Colorado man charged with sexually abusing boys at a school he founded for street children in Haiti faces new charges that raise the number of alleged victims to 18.
Authorities accuse Douglas Perlitz of enticing children at the Project Pierre Toussaint school in Cap-Haitien into sex acts by promising them food, shelter, cash, cell phones, electronics and shoes....
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Brown says he can beat Obama at hoops
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Barely a week after his knockout win in the Massachusetts Senate race, Scott Brown is boasting that he can beat President Barack Obama.
At basketball.
In an appearance on “The Jay Leno Show” Thursday, the Republican says he challenged the Democratic president to a two-on-two showdown when they talked on election night.
Brown says he’d team up...
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Police: Dad ordered kids to bite officers faces...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police in Colorado arrested a 28-year-old man accused of passing out in a McDonald’s play area and telling his two children to bite the officers who were trying to arrest him. Colorado Springs police said officers had to use a Taser on Joshua Alger to subdue him Wednesday after he allegedly passed out drunk at the fast-food restaurant.
Police said Alger...
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New Music ~ Rihanna ~ “Redemption...
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What Internet? China region cut off 6 months now,...
In this photo taken on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, people surf Internet inside an Internet cafe in Dunhuang, in northwest China’s Gansu province. For six months now, the 20 million people in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have been without the Internet. Every weekend, a few dozen determined commuters pile off the train in Liuyuan, a lonely, sandswept stretch along the ancient Silk...
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ALERT! Haitians are dying at hospitals due to lack...
In this image made from video, Richardson Lagredelle, 28, grimaces in pain Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 at the United Nations hospital near the airport in Port-Au-Prince, where victims of last week’s earthquake are being treated. Lagredelle died shortly after this image was taken due to the lack of sufficient medical equipment. (AP Photo/Rich Matthews)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) —...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton's daughter and ex-wife are...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton’s daughter and ex-wife are going to trial on charges that they resisted arrest during a profanity-laden traffic stop in New York.
A Manhattan judge has ordered a March 23 trial for Dominique Sharpton and her mother, Kathy Jordan. The judge refused to toss out their case on Tuesday.
Their lawyer, Michael Hardy, says no crime was committed.
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Jackson wants 'American Idol' to focus on talent,...
NEW YORK (AP) — It seems as if all the buzz about “American Idol” has been on the status of the judges and not the talent, and Randy Jackson says that needs to change.
“A lot is being made about us and what we do, how we judge, who’s on, who’s not on, what’s happening, all of that,” he said in an interview Tuesday.
“It’s really about...
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Springsteen, Jay-Z, Urban join Haiti telethon
NEW YORK (AP) — The music world’s top stars are signing on for Friday’s “Hope for Haiti” telethon.
Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban and Alicia Keys are just a few of the performers who will be featured, according to MTV Networks, an integral partner in the two-hour event.
Haiti was devastated and thousands of its citizens...
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Haiti radio fills information void in disaster
Haitian journalists broadcast from the studio of Signal FM radio station in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Signal FM, which building, transmitting equipment and antennas weren’t damaged, is the only radio station in the city that has broadcast nonstop during the earthquake and has been a key source of information since the magnitude-7.0 temblor wrecked Haiti a week ago. (AP...
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Ex-Gator player charged in choking girl posts bail...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former University of Florida football player Wondy Pierre-Louis, who is accused of choking his girlfriend, has been released from a Florida county jail after posting bail.
The former Gators cornerback turned himself in Tuesday on several charges, including domestic battery by strangulation. He appeared in court later that day.
Alachua (ah-LAH’-choo-uh) County...
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Grammys will stage 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson
NEW YORK (AP) — Last year, as the Grammys were approaching, the show’s executive producer was in frequent talks with Michael Jackson to appear on the telecast to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “Thriller.”
Ken Ehrlich, the Grammy telecast’s co-executive producer, had presented several ideas for performers, including Justin Timberlake and Usher, all of which...
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3 weeks after gay marriage law, NH takes up repeal
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Three weeks after the state legalized gay marriage, opponents on Wednesday asked a House committee to repeal the law.
“I’m here today about Adam and Eve,” state Rep. Alfred Baldasaro testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing.
Baldasaro, a Londonderry Republican and prime sponsor of legislation to repeal the law, and other gay marriage...
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A look at the Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe
2010 Mercedes-Benz E550 Coupe
BASE PRICE: $48,050 for E350 coupe; $54,650 for E550 coupe.
AS TESTED: $60,125.
TYPE: Front-engine, rear-wheel drive, four-passenger, subcompact coupe.
ENGINE: 5.5-liter, double overhead cam V-8.
MILEAGE: 15 mpg (city), 23 mpg (highway).
TOP SPEED: 130 mph.
LENGTH: 185 inches.
WHEELBASE: 108.7 inches.
CURB WEIGHT: 3,942 pounds.
BUILT AT: Germany.
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EWWW! American Seafood importer admits falsely...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The former chief executive of a New Jersey-based seafood importing business has admitted falsely labeling fish from Vietnam to evade more than $60 million in federal tariffs.
Sixty-one-year-old Thomas George of Old Tappan, former CEO of Cresskill-based Sterling Seafood Corp., pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Newark.
George said worked with a company based...
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YouTube getting into movie rental business
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Movie rentals are coming to the Internet’s most popular video site.
YouTube is making its debut as a rental outlet Friday to help promote some of the movies that will be shown at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival.
It’s part of a test that YouTube hopes will encourage more movie studios to rent movies through its site.
The expansion announced...
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Judge: Ex-Detroit mayor owes $300K within 90 days
Put up or bunk up Kwame!
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lied again to the citizens of the city he once led, a judge said Wednesday as he ordered the disgraced official to pay more than $300,000 in restitution within 90 days or face further punishment.
During a restitution hearing, Wayne County Judge David Groner had harsh words for the ex-mayor and convicted felon,...
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Emeril Lagasse taking it up a notch on a new...
BAM! Emeril Lagasse is trying his hand at the talk show format as he launches a new weekly prime-time series that will mix equal parts music, celebrities and food.
BAM! Like Lagasse’s long-running Food Network series, “Emeril Live!”, his new hour-long “The Emeril Lagasse Show” on the ION Television network will be taped before a live audience and feature a band on...
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United Airlines plans flight to Haiti on Wednesday...
CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines says it will send a plane full of bottled water and other relief supplies to Haiti on Wednesday.
The 757 aircraft will leave Chicago with 15,000 pounds of water donated by Walgreens, as well as donated tents and communications equipment. Relief workers will be on board as well. United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski says the plane will refuel in San Juan, Puerto...
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Haitians can start applying Thurs. to stay in US
MIAMI (AP) — More than 100 Haitians crammed inside a Catholic church Tuesday to ask questions about a federal government designation that will allow possibly hundreds of thousands of illegal Haitian immigrants to work in the U.S. and send money home during the next 18 months.
Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas said Haitians will be able to start filing their...
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Alleged burglar showers, cuts hair, fries chicken
EASTON, Pa. (AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania man was charged after he allegedly broke into a home, cut his hair and prepared fried chicken before being discovered. The man was charged with breaking into the home in Easton, about 50 miles north of Philadelphia. According to court documents, the homeowner returned home Sunday to discover him watching TV and cooking chicken.
Authorities said...
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Dennis Hopper, battling cancer, files for divorce
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dennis Hopper, battling prostate cancer, wants out of his marriage. The 73-year-old actor-director filed for divorce Thursday in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences with Victoria Duffy, his wife of nearly 14 years. Hopper has been battling prostate cancer and in October canceled all travel plans to focus on treatment.
Hopper is seeking joint custody of the...
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Haitians fleeing capital in search of food, safety...
People cram into a truck leaving the capital in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. On the streets, people are still dying, pregnant women are giving birth and the injured are showing up in wheelbarrows and on people’s backs at hurriedly erected field hospitals. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Thousands of Haiti’s quake victims are struggling to board...
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Serena Williams just being herself in Melbourne
Serena Williams of the United States reacts after beating Poland’s Urszula Radwanska in a Women’s first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A record fine and threat of suspension aren’t going to stop Serena Williams from being anything other than,...
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Man accused of spraying protesters with fox urine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A 36-year-old Maine man facing assault charges after allegedly spraying fox urine on protesters and a police officer outside a Portland restaurant. Police said the man was arrested Sunday night after spraying a group outside The Front Room restaurant protesting what they call labor violations. Restaurant owner Harding Lee Smith was the target of a lawsuit claiming...