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Ex-Miss USA Fakih reaches plea deal in DUI case

12.04.2012 0:50   10 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: American, Tour, City, Risk, Path, Mike, District, Charlie, April, Judge


Todd Russell Perkins, left, Highland Park City Attorney and W. Otis Culpepper, defense attorney, flank ex-Miss USA Rima Fakih as she faces DUI charges in 30th District court, before Judge Brigette Officer, in Highland Park, Mich., Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Fakih pleaded no contest Wednesday in a Michigan drunken driving case. The former beauty queen offered the plea to driving while visibly impaired. A no contest plea isn't an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing, which will take place May 9. She faces a maximum of 93 days in jail. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Charles V. Tines)Rima Fakih, the first Arab-American to be crowned Miss USA, pleaded no contest Wednesday in a Michigan drunken driving case.


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Maid accusing Strauss-Kahn of sex assault files libel lawsuit over NY Post's prostitute claim

06.07.2011 17:32   6 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Poll, Court, Supreme, Supreme Court, New York, York, Macs, District, Kennedy, Karl, StraussKahn


NEW YORK (AP) — The hotel maid at the center of the now-teetering sex assault case against filed a libel lawsuit Tuesday against the New York Post after the tabloid reported she was a prostitute. The woman's lawyer, Kenneth Thompson, filed the claim in state Supreme Court after the Post, relying on anonymous sources, referred to the 32-year-old as a "prostitute" and a "hooker." The paper also reported that she "traded sex for money" and turned tricks at a Brooklyn hotel while she was being housed by the District Attorney's office. X All of those statements are false, according to the lawsuit, and have subjected the woman to humiliation and ridicule.... Czytaj więcej »

'Dougie boys' learning to cope with bandmate death (AP)

05.07.2011 18:05   19 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Call, Macs, Corps, Just, District


In this June 2, 2011 photo, Jay Are, left, Yung, center, and C Smoove from the music group Cali Swag District pose for a portrait in Los Angeles. One of the members of the group, Montae Talbert, also  known as 'M-Bone', was shot and killed on May 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Corey Fowler was driving when he heard the gunshots that killed his friend and bandmate Montae Talbert outside an Inglewood liquor store.


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Pa. ex-gov. flabbergasted by lax abortion scrutiny (AP)

21.01.2011 22:05   20 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Police, Health, Former, Nick, Department, District, Philadelphia


In this undated photo released by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, Dr. Kermit Gosnell is shown.  Gosnell, 69, a family practice physician, was arraigned Thursday, Jan. 20 2011, on eight counts of murder in the deaths of seven babies and one patient.  Nine employees of his Women's Medical Society clinic also have been charged, including four with murder.  (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department via Philadelphia District Attorney's Office)AP - Former Gov. Ed Rendell said Friday he was "flabbergasted" when he found out last year that the state Health Department didn't think its authority extended to abortion clinics such as the one in Philadelphia where prosecutors say a doctor used scissors to kill viable babies.


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Was Shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Political? (The Atlantic Wire)

09.01.2011 1:19   19 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Court, John, WiFi, Rock, Democrat, Hero, District, Saturday, Sarah, Atlantic, Andrew, Judge, Arizona, Giffords, Gabrielle, Gabrielle Giffords, The Atlantic, Atlantic Wire


The Atlantic Wire - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was among 18 people shot Saturday morning at a public meeting the Arizona Democrat was holding with constituents outside of Tucson. At least five people were killed, including U.S. District Court Judge John Roll and a 9-year-old child. Giffords was taken to a nearby hospital, where officials describe her condition as very critical but said they were "very optimistic" she would recover from the shot to her head. The shooter, 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, is in police custody. Andrew Sullivan and Garance Franke-Ruta are regularly updating at TheAtlantic.com as the story develops. Here is what commentators are saying about the shooting's implications and larger meaning. Initialy debate largely focuses on Giffords' record of opposing Arizona's controversial anti-immigration law and whether some conservative rhetoric -- such as Sarah Palin's controversial "target" map, which included Gifford -- could have played a role. Though several liberal writers raise this point, conservatives are so far mostly silent on the accusations. Czytaj więcej »

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