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(Newser) - Rihanna still hasn't surfaced, but she's doing "fine," says her grandmother. "I don't want people to worry," Clara Brathwaite told the Barbados newspaper Daily Nation. "Rihanna is fine and she is doing well." Brathwaite rejected rumors that her granddaughter, a native of Barbados, suffered... More »

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pop music • arrest • assault • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown

 It May Be Curtains for  
 Squeaky-Clean Brown 

Brown's success built on good-guy image

Feb 10, 09 12:17 PM CST
(AP) - At this point, Chris Brown would have been better off getting caught with a bong. At least then the scandal enveloping his white-hot career could have been dismissed by some as a youthful indiscretion. But Brown's arrest after an alleged assault on Rihanna has potentially devastating implications for the 19-year-old... More »

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pop music • image • arrest • assault • Rihanna • career • Chris Brown

 Wrigley Gum Drops Brown Ads 

Singer suspended 'until the matter is resolved'

Feb 10, 09 10:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Wrigley has dropped Chris Brown from its Doublemint ad campaign—"until the matter is resolved"—following the R&B singer's alleged explosive confrontation with girlfriend Rihanna. His song, "Forever," was used in the ads. The BBC also notes that his involvement in the Milk Mustache campaign... More »

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celebrity • assault • Rihanna • chewing gum • advertising campaign • Wrigley • Chris Brown

 Rihanna Suffered 
 'Split Lip, Bites' 
 in Brown Fight 

Rihanna cooperating with police investigation, friends say

Feb 10, 09 5:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Rihanna suffered facial bruises, a bloody nose, split lip and bite marks on her arm and hand in her explosive confrontation with boyfriend Chris Brown, TMZ is reporting. One source called the injuries "horrific." Brown has been charged with assault following his arrest after the fight Saturday on... More »

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Los Angeles • assault • Grammy Awards • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown

(Newser) - Chris Brown is lying low in a Hollywood hotel while Los Angeles police continue to investigate whether he beat up his girlfriend Rihanna, E! Online reports. A source close to the probe says Brown "fled on foot" yesterday after the alleged assault, and LAPD found her "... More »

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assault • Rihanna • Chris Brown

OPINION

 Karaoke Rage 
 Will Only 
 Get Worse 

Assaults based on musical taste and performance come to a crescendo

Jan 31, 09 7:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Karaoke is getting downright dangerous, Brian Rafferty writes in Slate. Last fall, a drunk in a Wisconsin bar pummeled a man for singing a heavy metal tune; a Seattle man's version of Coldplay's Yellow earned him a beating the year before. It's even worse in Bangkok, where a gunman allegedly... More »

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attack • singer • assault • karaoke

Mugabe's Wife Pounds Photog

Brit learns hard way not to mess with first lady and her diamond-encrusted rings

Jan 18, 09 1:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The wife of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attacked a photographer for the Times of London who caught her leaving a posh Hong Kong hotel, the newspaper reports. Grace Mugabe ordered her bodyguard to seize the shutterbug’s camera—and then joined in the fracas. The photographer suffered nine cuts, abrasions... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Hong Kong • photographers • assault • bodyguard

Doctor Didn't Recognize
Own Dad After Beating

Only found out later she'd treated him; he later died

Jan 17, 09 8:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Dr. Shirley Domingo didn’t recognize the savagely beaten man she treated in the Intensive Care Unit Tuesday at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. It wasn’t until her brother called later that evening that she realized the truth: It was her own father. “It was a shock,... More »

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crime • Hawaii • Honolulu • assault • beatings

Man Attacks Lottery-Winning Sex Offender

Motive unclear for daylight beating in downtown Anchorage

Jan 14, 09 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The convicted sex offender who won an Alaskan lottery that benefited sex-assault victims was severely beaten yesterday in broad daylight near a mall in downtown Anchorage, the Anchorage Daily News reports. It’s unclear if the 20-year-old California man charged in the crime attacked Alec Ahsoak, 53, because of offender... More »

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Alaska • sex offenders • assault • lottery • Alec Ahsoak

 Vacationing Amy 
 Douses Fellow 
 Resort Guest 

Resort guests ready for her to leave

Jan 9, 09 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - The Caribbean resort where Amy Winehouse is running wild is ready for her to leave, especially after she threw a glass of water on another guest, the Sun reports. The troubled singer “misunderstood a conversation and wrongly believed a slight was made,” her spokesman said, and apologized only... More »

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celebrity • Caribbean • St. Lucia • Amy Winehouse • assault

Gaza Fighting Continues After 3-Hour Break

Militant rocket fire breaks lull, Israel says

Jan 7, 09 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Fighting resumed in Gaza today after a 3-hour ceasefire, the Times of London reports. The lull was broken by a rocket attack launched by Palestinian militants into the Israeli city of Beersheba, Israeli officials said. The Israeli military plans to halt fighting every day from 1-4pm (local time) to allow... More »

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Gaza • Israel and Palestinians • Red Cross • Palestinians • assault • Palestinian people • ceasefire • Arab Israeli conflict

Livid Softball Dad
Jailed for Tirade

Ill. man also spat at deputy, earning battery charge

Jan 6, 09 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Parents, take note: An Illinois man who exploded at an umpire during his daughter's softball game was sentenced to five days in jail and anger-management classes for battery and assault, the Chicago Tribune reports. Michael Beck, 47, also spat sunflower seeds on the deputy who responded to a worried... More »

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sports • crime • battery • Illinois • anger • umpire • assault • emotion • softball

'Brit Fritzl' Gets Life for Raping Daughters 30 Years

'Worst case' judge has ever seen

Nov 26, 08 3:50 AM CST
(Newser) - A British father has been sentenced to 25 life terms for raping his two daughters over nearly 30 years and impregnating them 19 times, reports the Guardian. Nine of the pregnancies resulted in children, all with genetic abnormalities, and two died at birth. Other pregnancies miscarried or were terminated. The... More »

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rape • father • assault • Britain • child rape • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

 Judge Nixes OJ Retrial 

Las Vegas justice rejects defense claims that jury foreman was racist

Nov 7, 08 5:21 PM CST
(Newser) - OJ Simpson won’t get a retrial in his Las Vegas robbery conviction, despite challenges raised by his attorneys, AP reports, with the presiding judge telling Simpson’s lawyers to take matters up with state appellate court. A lawyer for Simpson’s co-defendant today accused the jury foreman of racism,... More »

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Las Vegas • kidnapping • appeal • OJ Simpson • assault • Clarence Stewart • armed robbery • retrial

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 Woman Admits 
 Making Up Tale 
 of Carved 'B' 

McCain volunteer told police that mugger cut one onto her face

Oct 24, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The blogosphere smelled a rat, and they were apparently right. The woman who claimed that an Obama-supporting mugger carved a "B" into her cheek has confessed to making up the tale, KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh) reports. The 20-year-old told police that her black mugger got ticked when he saw her McCain... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • crime • assault • ATM • Pittsburgh • Election 2008 • campaign volunteers • Ashley Todd

Assailant
Carves 'B'
Onto McCain Backer's Cheek

Robbery turns brutal over bumper sticker

Oct 23, 08 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - An assault on a Pittsburgh woman at an ATM machine took a brutal turn last night over her political affiliation, the Tribune-Review reports. A knife-wielding assailant robbed the 20-year-old woman of $60, then became angry when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on her car, police say. After punching and... More »

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crime • assault • Pittsburgh

Vegas Waitress Sues Nevada Guv in Alleged Rape Attempt

Says Gibbons, cronies covered up incident

Oct 15, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just months after a messy—and overly public—divorce, Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons has been slapped with a lawsuit by the Vegas cocktail waitress who claims he assaulted her two years ago and then covered up the police investigation, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Chrissy Mazzeo says she's been "... More »

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Las Vegas • lawsuit • assault • Nevada • governor • Gov. Jim Gibbons

Bangkok Pol Assaults Host on Live TV

Strip-club owner turned candidate irked by probing questions

Oct 2, 08 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Thai politician, vexed by an interviewer’s questions, pummeled the man on live TV today, Reuters reports. Chuvit Kamolvisit, a strip-club magnate turned Bangkok gubernatorial contender, did not deny the charges. “What I did was a petty crime,” he said. “I am happy to pay the... More »

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Thailand • battery • Bangkok • assault • sex industry • politician • television interview

 Oasis Star Attacked on Stage

Man storms the stage at Toronto gig, shoves Gallagher brother into speakers

Sep 9, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rogue fan attacked Oasis star Noel Gallagher during a concert in Toronto, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The man raced onto the stage and violently pushed the guitarist down into speakers as the band played What's the Story, Morning Glory? Gallagher's brother Liam and the band's bodyguards rushed the... More »

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rock stars • concert • assault • rock bands • Oasis • Toronto

 OJ's Kid Decks Him
 in Brawl Over Girl

Knock-down fight erupts over money, boozy behavior

Aug 28, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson's eldest daughter Arnelle knocked her dad to the ground during a family squabble at his Florida home, reports the New York Daily News. Arnelle, 39, was furious at Simpson for dishing out money to boozy girlfriend Christie Prody and shoved him down, according to sources. She called 911... More »

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OJ Simpson • celebrity • fight • assault

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