Fest Cops Ban Doherty's Band

Babyshambles frontman serves a month in drug case

(NEWSER) - Pete Doherty, the perpetually troubled rock star and ex-boyfriend of Kate Moss, was released early from prison today. The frontman of the band Babyshambles had been imprisoned for violating his probation after a conviction for possession of crack, heroin and other drugs, reports the Telegraph. Doherty had served about one month of a 98-day sentence. More»

German crowd not up for drunken rendition of 'Deutschland über Alles'

(NEWSER) - British rocker Pete Doherty was booed off a Munich stage after crashing a concert lineup and singing the first verse of the German national anthem—the part associated with the Nazi regime. The Babyshambles frontman and onetime Kate Moss boytoy "sang Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles four times," a rep for the radio station that was broadcasting the concert, and quickly cut the live feed, tells Der Spiegel . More»

(NEWSER) - Scientists are developing a bulletproof turban that would allow Britain’s Sikh police officers to handle firearms and become riot cops, the Telegraph reports. The religion requires men keep their turbans on at all times, barring them from wearing helmets required in certain high-risk scenarios. “There needs to be a recognition from the Home Office that would allow Sikh officers to carry out these roles,” an advocate said. More»

US radio host Savage named among those fostering 'hatred'

(AP) - Britain for the first time has published a list of people barred from entering the country for what the government says is fostering extremism or hatred. The list includes popular US talk-radio host Michael Savage, who has called the Koran a "book of hate” and has enraged parents of children with autism by saying in most cases it's "a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out." More»

Boy also accused of membership in Continuity IRA

(NEWSER) - A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland earlier this month, reports the Telegraph. Stephen Carroll was shot dead on March 9 in the first killing of a police officer in the region in 12 years. The youth, who has not been named, has also been charged with a firearms offense and with belonging to a proscribed organization: the Continuity IRA, a splinter paramilitary group. More»