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 Brown Still Blogging, Partying 

More from singers' friends, families

Mar 6, 09 10:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown may have been charged with two felonies, but he still wants you to vote for him to win the Kids’ Choice Awards, Us reports. The singer posted a blog yesterday asking for votes and thanking fans for the support. The charges also weren’t enough to stop him... More »

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celebrity trials • domestic violence • celebrity • felony • assault • Rihanna • Kids Choice Awards • physical abuse • Chris Brown

 Winehouse 
 Charged With 
 Assault 

Singer allegedly hit fan last year

Mar 6, 09 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Just back from holiday, Amy Winehouse has been charged with assault for allegedly punching a fan in September, the Daily Mirror reports. Winehouse, who was singing back-up for her goddaughter at a charity ball when a dancer asked for a photo, reportedly smacked her in the eye and screamed, “... More »

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London • celebrity • Amy Winehouse • assault

Evidence
Stacks Up Vs. Chris Brown

LA authorities have bloody gown, more gruesome photos

Mar 5, 09 9:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Even if Rihanna refuses to testify against Chris Brown, the evidence—including Rihanna’s bloodstained gown and a blow-by-blow police report—is powerful. Police notes obtained by a Los Angeles TV station reveal Brown bit Rihanna and shoved her head against a car window, TMZ reports, adding that photos of... More »

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celebrity trials • domestic violence • assault • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown • evidence

 Brown's Lawyers 
 Seek Plea Deal 

Singer due in court today over alleged assault on Rihanna

Mar 5, 09 2:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown's lawyers are in talks with prosecutors about a plea deal that could see the singer hit with probation instead of jail time for his alleged assault on Rihanna, insiders tell E! Online. Brown would plead guilty to a misdemeanor under the deal. Prosecutors have been looking for evidence... More »

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domestic violence • plea bargain • assault • Rihanna • Chris Brown

Usher to Brown: Quit Living It Up, Show Some Remorse

'Show some remorse, man,' he urges

Mar 4, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - A stunned Usher yesterday blasted the luxurious lifestyle and high-spirited smiles of Chris Brown relaxing in Miami just weeks after he apparently viciously beat girlfriend Rihanna, reports the New York Daily News. "Come on, Chris, have a bit of remorse, man," said Usher. "The man's on... More »

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domestic violence • court • assault • Rihanna • Usher • Chris Brown • court appearance

 Video Captures 
 Cop Tackling 
 Teen Girl in Cell 

Girl tackled, apparently punched after kicking off her shoes in Seattle cell

Mar 1, 09 5:30 AM CST
(Newser) - A video of a Seattle cop hurling a 15-year-old girl to the floor of a holding cell and apparently punching her in the head has been released by prosecutors trying the officer for excessive force. "This case is beyond police misconduct, it's criminal misconduct," said the lead prosecutor.... More »

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crime • police • assault • police brutality • teenager • car theft

 Damage Control: 
 Brown Enrolls 
 in Anger 101 

Singer hopes course will help his image

Feb 25, 09 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown is trying to salvage his public image with anger management classes, the New York Daily News reports, but some insiders are quick to gripe that Rihanna—whom Brown is accused of beating up Feb. 7—should do the same. “Rihanna is temperamental, too,” said one source.... More »

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 Diamonds Get 
 Brown Closer 
 to Rihanna 

Brown goes overboard wishing Rihanna happy birthday

Feb 23, 09 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown showered Rihanna with gifts and called to wish her a happy 21st birthday Friday, the New York Daily News reports. “He knows he’s very much in the doghouse right now, and is doing everything he can to show her how sorry he is,” a source... More »

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domestic violence • celebrity • assault • birthday party • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown

 Rihanna: 
 I Remain Strong 

Statement comes on her 21st birthday

Feb 21, 09 5:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Rihanna has spoken publicly for the first time since her assault, assuring fans in a statement that "she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support," reports People. Her rep said the singer won't comment on the assault at the police's request. Rihanna turned... More »

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Los Angeles • celebrity • birthday • singer • assault • Rihanna • Chris Brown

 First Rihanna Photo Emerges 


Feb 19, 09 9:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The first photo of Rihanna from the night of her assault has apparently surfaced. The gossip site TMZ released a police photo that shows a woman's bruised face, with bad swelling around one eye. Rihanna hasn't commented publicly since the Feb. 8 assault and is recuperating in her native Barbados,... More »

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 Slate Scribe 
 Gets in Syrian 
 Street Brawl 

Hitchens, two others jumped during junket

Feb 19, 09 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Three journalists—including columnist and author Christopher Hitchens—were jumped by thugs during a press junket in Beirut, reports Lawrence Osborne in a column for Forbes. Hitchens “rather gallantly insulted the swastika flag” of a “Syria-loving skinhead party called the SSNP” by scrawling an obscenity on it. He... More »

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Lebanon • Syria • Christopher Hitchens • Vanity Fair • Beirut • author • assault • ethnic violence • swastikas • Bill Maher Grid

 Boxer Challenges 
 Brown to 'Real' Fight 

Facebook group invites public to be 'next in line'

Feb 19, 09 9:05 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 1,223 people want to see Chris Brown get in another fight, and a Los Angeles martial arts expert is one of them, Fox News reports. Anthony Geisler, president of LA Boxing, started a Facebook group called "I want to fight Chris Brown" that invites the singer... More »

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boxing • Facebook • domestic violence • fight • assault • Rihanna • martial arts • Barbados • physical abuse • Chris Brown




  Rihanna 
 'Torn' By 
 Anger, Love 

Statement irked her, but she still loves him

Feb 18, 09 9:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Rihanna is “torn” over cooperating with police to build a case against Chris Brown—but she’s not the only one who’s conflicted. The story, an Us Weekly report in the New York Daily News, comes on the heels of a Chicago Sun-Times report that the singer was... More »

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police • domestic violence • celebrity • assault • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown

'Clueless' Chris Brown's Spin Doctor Will Win Him No Points

Paris Hilton's flack is 'universally disliked'

Feb 17, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s not surprising that “19 and clueless” Chris Brown needs help doing damage control, but the PR flack he hired to disentangle him from his domestic violence mess will “win Brown no points in public,” writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. Mike Sitrick, Paris Hilton’s... More »

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Paris Hilton • domestic violence • celebrity • public relations • spin control • assault • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown • Roger Friedman

 'Sorry, Saddened' Brown Seeks Counseling 

Singer seeks counselling, denies online rumours

Feb 15, 09 4:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown has broken his silence, saying he is "sorry and saddened" for allegedly assaulting girlfriend and fellow star Rihanna last week, Reuters reports. "I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a... More »

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apology • assault • Rihanna • Chris Brown • criminal charges • statement

Mugabe Buys Secret $5.8M Hong Kong Getaway

Prez spends lavishly as Zimbabwean economy implodes

Feb 15, 09 8:03 AM CST
(Newser) - While his country battles massive inflation, unemployment and cholera, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has secretly bought a $5.8 million residence in Hong Kong, the Times of London reports. His wife recently spent some $80,000 on Vietnamese statues and $12,500 on a bag. When she recently discussed a... More »

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inflation • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Hong Kong • president • unemployment • getaway • assault • home • cholera

(Newser) - Rihanna's father says she has suffered "some bruising" but is recovering well in Barbados, People reports. "At some point, she will speak out," said Ronald Fenty, 55. "I hope she will stand up for women all over the world." Fenty wouldn't tell her to leave... More »

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(Newser) - Chris Brown's father came to the defense of his son today, saying the singer is "very remorseful," People reports. "He's reflecting on this situation... and he wants to make sure" that Rihanna is "okay," said Clinton Brown, 44, a corrections officer who lives... More »

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 Eye Patch May 
 Have Hidden 
 Past Abuse: 
 Police 

Plus, cousin says Chris 'had to be provoked'

Feb 13, 09 7:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The eye patch Rihanna wore at last year's American Music Awards might have been more than a costume, the Sun reports. Rihanna started wearing the patch to cover her scratched cornea, and police are investigating whether Chris Brown caused the injury. “We’re talking to her friends and management,... More »

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abuse • domestic violence • violence • celebrity • injury • assault • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown

 Brown 'Choked, 
 Threatened to 
 Kill' Rihanna 

Confrontation triggered by 'booty call' to Brown by another woman

Feb 11, 09 4:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown threatened to kill Rihanna as he choked her into unconsiousness, she told police, according to E! Online. The confrontation between the lovers on a Los Angeles street  was triggered after Brown received a text message from another woman, according to the New York Daily News. "He got... More »

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