Rapper Luther “Luke” Campbell is most famous for being a member of 2 Live Crew.
Rapper Luther “Luke” Campbell from the group 2 Live Crew escaped yet another brush with the law as battery charges stemming from a barroom brawl were dropped due to a lack of evidence.
Campbell, 39, was charged [...]
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Investigators in the JonBenet Ramsey case are interviewing a woman who says she was sexually abused as a child and sees parallels between her own case and that of the slain 6-year-old beauty contestant.
The California woman suggested the 6-year-old beauty queen was killed accidentally when an asphyxiation technique was used [...]
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Biel plays the preacher’s eldest daughter on the TV show 7th Heaven. Legendary television producer Aaron Spelling has filed a $100 million libel lawsuit against publisher Bob Guccione Jr. and his men’s magazine, Gear.
The dispute arose from a recent pictorial featuring the 17-year-old star of Spelling’s family-friendly TV show 7th [...]
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Hurricane Carter was a professional boxer who was convicted in 1967 of three murders. He maintained his innocence and became the subject of a protest song by Bob Dylan. In 1985, after serving 19 years in prison, Carter’s conviction was overturned. His experience was made into the movie Hurricane, starring Denzel [...]
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Derrick Coleman is a forward for the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets. Charlotte Hornets forward Derrick Coleman was acquitted of drunken driving today when a judge said prosecutors did not prove the player was intoxicated at the time of a 1999 traffic wreck.
Teammate Eldridge Recasner was seriously injured in the crash.
Mecklenburg District Judge [...]
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Dupri began his career in the music business very early. At age 9, he appeared on stage dancing with Diana Ross, and by 14 he was the youngest professional music producer in the business, producing such acts as the R&B/rap trio Silk Tymes Leather, the kiddie-rap act Kris Kross, which became [...]
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Prosecutors made it official today: They want the death penalty for Rae Carruth.
With Carruth and his mother in court, the prosecution said special circumstances warrant the death penalty for the former Carolina Panthers player.
Assistant District Attorney Gentry Caudill would not say what those circumstances were.
From the outset of the case, [...]
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Patricia Hearst, the heir to the Hearst publishing empire, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army and then helped them pull off armed robberies. She later went on to become an actress, appearing in bit roles in several feature films, and frequent talk show guest.
The man thought to be the [...]
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Wayne Chrebet plays for the NFL’s New York Jets.
Wayne Chrebet of the New York Jets and Keith Elias of the Indianapolis Colts were charged with disorderly conduct for a disturbance outside a bar.
The players and two of Elias’ brothers were arrested about 4 a.m. Sunday outside Bamboo Bar, Detective Sgt. [...]
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A Los Angeles judge ruled that he would not hear a deposition from a dying witness who claims Patricia Hearst’s involvement in the Symbionese Liberation Army was more enthusiastic than previously claimed.
The ruling comes in the case of Sara Jane Olson, an alleged SLA member who is accused of conspiring to [...]
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