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Chappelle Treated for Exhaustion

Comedian "fine" after weekend hospital visit

Jul 18, 07 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dave Chappelle, the sketch comedian who's famous for finding success stressful, was hospitalized for exhaustion over the weekend. His publicist suggested the comedian’s travel schedule was the reason for an emergency room visit Saturday. In May 2005, Chappelle caused a media uproar when he abruptly walked away from his... More »

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Los Angeles • South Africa • Laugh Factory • Dave Chappelle • Chappelle Show • Comedy Central • stand up comedy

Send Cons Home to Do Time, Says Paris Sheriff

Give 2,000 inmates
the Hilton treatment, Lee Baca urges

Jul 12, 07 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sheriff who put Paris Hilton on mansion arrest is now championing a bill that would curb the overcrowding in California jails by sending thousands of other Los Angeles County inmates home to carry out their sentences. Some 2,000 low-level offenders would be tracked via ankle monitoring devices under... More »

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California • prison • police • Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • Lee Baca • LA County Jail • convict • prison system • overcrowding • jail

LA Mayor Bares Affair With
News Anchor

She broadcast reports of his crumbling marriage

Jul 4, 07 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa yesterday revealed an ongoing, year-long love affair with a local anchorwoman, which triggered the breakdown of his marriage. The newscaster, who works for Spanish-language channel Telemundo, broadcast news of the mayor's separation from his wife last month, despite a conflict of interest. More »

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divorce • Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • Mirthala Salinas • Telemundo • mayor • reporter • affair • news anchor

Spice Girls Back for World Tour

After six years—Scary, Ginger, Baby, Posh, and Sporty are back for more girl power

Jun 28, 07 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a blast from the British past, all five of the Spice Girls reunited today in London for the first time since 2001 to kick off an 11-date, 8-country world tour, which starts in December. "The time is right," said Sporty Spice. "We want to have some... More »

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music • London • Los Angeles • pop music • Victoria Beckham • celebrity • Spice Girls • concert

Paris Is Liberated

It's been a great three weeks, though

Jun 26, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Our long national nightmare is over; Paris is out of the slammer. The heiress left the Los Angeles County jail in Lynwood just 15 minutes after midnight today—technically completing a three-week stay—and was swarmed by a crowd of waiting photographers enroute to her parents' black SUV. More »

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Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • probation • heiress • jail • Lynwood • community service

Paris' Slammer Grub Beats Its Bum Rap

It ain't the Hilton, but even California prison food has standards

Jun 14, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cuisine at the LA County Jail may not be fit for an heiress, but meals in the California's penitentiary system are surprisingly appetizing, the Chronicle reports. Paris Hilton has reportedly been turning up her nose at provisions in the poke, although state regulations require chow to be tasty, varied and... More »

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food • California • prison • Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • LA County Jail • cuisine • celebrity • heiress • jail

LA Mayor's Wife Calls it Quits (Again)

Corina Villaraigosa divorcing over 'irreconcilable differences'

Jun 13, 07 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The wife of LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa filed for divorce yesterday after nearly 20 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mayor blamed himself for the breakup, but is mum on whether the split was caused by a romantic relationship.  More »

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divorce • marriage • Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • mayor • Corina Villaraigosa

Paris Is Liberated

Serial reckless driver shifted to house arrest, picks up snazzy
ankle bracelet

Jun 7, 07 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jailed heiress Paris Hilton will get to do her time from her $3.1 mil Hollywood Hills mansion, due to an unspecified medical complication. The celebutante started what should have been a truncated 23-day sentence for reckless driving Sunday, but was transferred to a full 40 days of house arrest... More »

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Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • celebrity • heiress • jail • house arrest • mansion

10 Arrested in Laos Takeover Scheme

Plotters led by former Laotian general and US military officer 

Jun 5, 07 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten suspects were arrested in six Californian cities today for conspiring to overthrow the government of Laos. The plotters included a former general in the Laotian army and a former US military officer who was a covert operative during the Vietnam War, the AP reports. Most of the group were... More »

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California • US attorney • Vietnam • Los Angeles • United States • Laos • explosives • Sacramento • missile • Hmong • mine

Paris Checks In at Concrete Hilton

Heiress skips from
MTV Movie Awards to the prison ward

Jun 4, 07 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Socialite Paris Hilton checked out a new set of bars late Sunday, at the LA County Jail. The celebutante debuted there in her three-week sentence for violating probation last month. Paris chose the venue herself, passing up ritzier pay prisons to deflect media rebukes. "I'm going to do the... More »

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Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • MTV Movie Awards • LA County Jail • celebrity • heiress • jail • Century Regional Facility • presidential election

Wall Street Mogul Starts N(ew)FL

Investment banker, Google exec lay groundwork to challenge NFL next year

May 30, 07 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wall Street renegade Bill Hambrecht is taking on one of America's biggest monopolies and launching his own professional football league. The United Football League plans to launch its challenge to the NFL's hegemony in 2008 with eight teams in non-NFL markets, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Mexico City. One... More »

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Google • Wall Street • NFL • Mexico City • Mark Cuban • Las Vegas • Los Angeles • United Football League • Bill Hambrecht • football

Kobe Wants Out of Los Angeles

Fed up with losing team, Bryant says "There's no other alternative."

May 30, 07 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, on a tear ever since the team was knocked out of the playoffs, finally lost it on a New York radio show today and declared that he wants to be traded. The 28-year old shooting guard is frustrated with the team—which has not won a... More »

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NBA • Kobe Bryant • Los Angeles Lakers • ESPN • basketball • Phoenix Suns • contracts • Los Angeles • sports trade

Lindsay Lohan
Is The New Britney Spears

Starlet can't stop partying even when
it gets ugly

May 29, 07 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Less than 48 hours after being hit with DUI charges, Lindsay Lohan went on a paparazzi-documented bender. The "Mean Girls" star and recent rehab patient stumbled out of an LA nightclub at 4:30 AM, nearly collapsed, and was helped into the back of her car. Paparazzi snapped pictures... More »

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Britney Spears • rehab • alcohol • Lindsay Lohan • Los Angeles • paparazzi • celebrity • Malibu

Gang Members Join New Brotherhood: Unions

Construction trades step up recruitment

May 21, 07 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - As construction booms, LA's building-trade unions are stepping up recruitment in the inner city, where many new hires are former gang members. The LA Times explores a trend that's turning traditionally white, fraternal outfits like the pipefitters, sheet-metal workers and even Teamsters into majority minority—and, in some cases, majority... More »

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unions • gangs • Crips • construction • Los Angeles

Paris Gets
Prison Break

Sentence halved; sheriff books heiress room in 'special' unit

May 17, 07 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Before even setting foot in jail, Paris Hilton is already getting time off for good behavior. The celebutante will serve only 23 days of her 45-day sentence, and she'll spend it in a "special needs housing unit"—a sort of Hilton behind bars—reserved for high-profile inmates, the... More »

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Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • paparazzi • celebrity • heiress • jail

Citizenship Push Aims to Create Latino Voters

Cable giant spearheads effort to transform
green cards into ballots

May 10, 07 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The nation's largest Spanish-language broadcaster is preparing to launch an unprecedented citizenship drive that could sway the 2008 presidential election. Univison's "Ya Es Hora" ("It's About Time") campaign, already under way in Southern California, will encourage the country's eight million green card holders to apply for citizenship—... More »

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California • Univision • Latino voters • Los Angeles • citizenship • green card • Election 2008

LAPD Chief Orders Elite Officers Retrained

Bratton mops up after May Day rally violence

May 7, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Citing "things that shouldn't have been done," LAPD Chief William Bratton apologized yesterday for the actions of an elite platoon that broke up a pro-immigration May Day rally and said the officers involved are off the streets and will be retrained. The officers' prestigious assignment is in jeopardy... More »

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immigration • police • William Bratton • Los Angeles • rally • LAPD • police department

LA Wants Paris Behind Bars

City prosecutors recommend jail
term for scofflaw heiress

May 3, 07 9:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles prosecutors want to show Paris Hilton the real simple life: jail. The city's lawyers are pushing for the itinerant blonde heiress to spend 45 days in the slammer for repeatedly violating her parole on a reckless driving conviction after a tad too much clubbing last fall. Hilton got... More »

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alcohol • Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • drunk driving • celebrity • heiress • jail

Alec Baldwin Loses It On Voicemail

Furious attack on daughter causes judge to suspend visitation rights

Apr 20, 07 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A savage voicemail from Alec Baldwin to his 11-year-old daughter Ireland is burning up the Web, thanks to the bitter battle between the "30 Rock" star and his ex-wife Kim Basinger. The recording, in which the furious actor calls his daughter a "thoughtless little pig," was leaked... More »

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Hollywood • New York City • Alec Baldwin • Kim Basinger • Los Angeles • actor

(Newser) - In an unlikely win, Sandberg’s city of big shoulders muscled out glitzy and glamorous Los Angeles to represent the U.S. in the bid for the 2016 Olympics. The once reluctant host, Mayor Daley, whooped with glee as the announcement was made. More »

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sports • Chicago • Richard Daley • Los Angeles • Olympic Games

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