Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment.
Kilpatrick, charged with perjury and other felonies over his testimony in a civil trial, apologized and acknowledged that he made a mistake when [...]

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The bone spurs digging into his left leg made it impossible for him to tumble, and giving up his spot on the U.S. men’s gymnastics team was the right thing to do — the only thing to do. That didn’t make it hurt any less.
Hamm withdrew Thursday, two days before competition begins. He aggravated a [...]

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Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the powerful painkillers that contributed to his overdose death this year, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors have decided not to pursue a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained the powerful painkillers that contributed to his overdose death [...]

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Angelina Jolie is already looking out for her daughter Zahara’s future.
The actress plans to build an AIDS clinic in Ethiopa, Zahara’s native country, so the 3-year-old can manage it when she is older.
“We will be building a TB (tuberculosis)/AIDS clinic in Ethiopia. One we plan for Zahara to take over when she is older,” Jolie [...]

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It takes at least half a dozen soulful songbirds to pay tribute to Patti LaBelle.
Anita Baker, Joss Stone, Jennifer Hudson, Dionne Warwick, Yolanda Adams and Fantasia are among the performers set to help honor LaBelle at the United Negro College Fund’s “An Evening of Stars.”
Brian McKnight and Wayne Brady are also slated to perform at [...]

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It’s no secret that Tyra Banks like to play dress up – whether it’s on the fashion runways as a supermodel, or in disguise while going undercover as an obese woman or stripper for her daytime talk show.
Her latest endeavor, seen within the pages of September’s Harper’s Bazaar magazine, has the entertainer sporting hair, [...]

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Morgan Freeman and his wife of 24 years, Myrna Colley-Lee, have filed for divorce, according to the actor’s longtime business partner.
Bill Luckett, who co-owns a restaurant and blues club in Clarksdale, Miss. with Freeman, says the split was in the works way before Freeman’s Sunday night car crash with female passenger Demaris Meyer, 48.
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