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By Cristian Salazar, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK – Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89. Marissa Shorenstein, a spokeswoman for Gov. David Paterson, confirmed that Sutton died Saturday. She did not know the [...]
By Larry Margasak And Lara Jakes And Jim Irwin, Associated Press Writers DETROIT – A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida’s instructions, set off an explosive device Friday in a failed terrorist attack on the plane as it was landing in Detroit, federal officials said. Flight 253 with 278 [...]
By Bradley Brooks, Associated Press Writer RIO DE JANEIRO – A 9-year-old boy at the center of a five-year custody battle on two continents was finally turned over to his American father Thursday in a scene as tumultuous as the legal fight itself, with the youngster forced to squeeze though a jostling crowd of reporters [...]
Mary J. Blige punched husband Kendu Isaacs in the face at her record release party at club M2 Tuesday night. The singer slugged Isaacs, drawing blood, after she thought he was flirting with a waitress. “She turned to him and was screaming, ‘You’re not going to ruin my night,’ ” our witness says. “They got [...]
By P. Solomon Banda, Associated Press Writer FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The parents who carried out the balloon boy hoax were sentenced to jail Wednesday and given strict probation conditions that forbid them from earning any money from the spectacle for four years. Richard Heene was sentenced to 90 days in jail, including 60 days [...]
ATLANTA – Atlanta rapper T.I. has been released from a federal prison in Arkansas and is headed to a halfway house in Georgia. A lawyer for T.I. said the rapper was released Tuesday morning. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., last May began serving his sentence of a year and a day for [...]
Two EMTs accused of callously refusing to help a dying, pregnant mom during their coffee break became the target of a criminal probe by the Brooklyn DA’s Office yesterday — as the FDNY moved to fire them. Prosecutors met to determine whether EMTs Jason Green, 32, and Melisa Jackson, 23 — who sources said are [...]
By Anthony Mccartney, Ap Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES – The unexpected death of 32-year-old Brittany Murphy, who gained fame in such movies as “8 Mile” and “Just Married,” appeared to be from natural causes but police are investigating, officials said. Murphy died about 10 a.m. Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to [...]
By Mike Cranston, AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP)—Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry died Thursday, one day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck in what authorities described as a domestic dispute with his fiancee. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Henry died at 6:36 a.m. Henry was 26. Henry was rushed to the [...]
By Mike Cranston, AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP)—Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry is “battling for his life” after falling out of the back of a pickup during what police described as a domestic dispute with his fiancee on Wednesday. Henry was found in the road in south Charlotte “apparently suffering life-threatening injuries,” according [...]
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