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  • July 2008

    • Brolin, Others in W Cast Busted in Bar Brawl

      Shreveport Times  |  Jul 13, 08 11:24 AM CDT

      Brolin, Others in W Cast Busted in Bar Brawl

      (Newser) - Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright, actors filming Oliver Stone's W in Louisiana, were among the cast and crew members arrested after a barroom tussle, reports the Shreveport Times . The busted thespians had interfered with police attempts to subdue a fellow patron, and were charged with interfering with police. Brolin was released after paying $334 bail. More »

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      police  • Louisiana  • fight  • misdemeanor  • Oliver Stone  • Josh Brolin

  • May 2008

    • IRS Employees Charged With Sneaking Into Records

      ComputerWorld  |  May 16, 08 5:26 PM CDT

      IRS Employees Charged With Sneaking Into Records

      (Newser) - Five employees at a California branch of the Internal Revenue Service have been charged with illegally inspecting citizens’ tax information, ComputerWorld reports. Exactly whom the workers were snooping on was not disclosed, but there were up to 13 victims, all in 2006. Court dates on misdemeanor charges are pending for all suspects. More »

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      taxes  • IRS  • misdemeanor  • audit

  • January 2008

    • Tiger Attack Survivor Taunted Animal

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jan 18, 08 1:20 PM CST

      Tiger Attack Survivor Taunted Animal

      (Newser) - One of the two brothers who survived a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo told the father of the teen who died that all three had yelled and waved at the animal before the mauling, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The investigation had been inactive, but new police searches of the victims’ car and phones indicate that the men may be charged with taunting, a misdemeanor. More »

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      marijuana  • San Francisco Zoo  • tiger mauling  • vodka  • misdemeanor

  • September 2007

    • Bail for Simpson Set at $125K

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 19, 07 12:44 PM CDT

      Bail for Simpson Set at $125K

      (Newser) - A Las Vegas judge set bail at $125,000 for OJ Simpson today on 11 counts issuing from his hotel altercation with sports collectors. The former football star entered no plea at today's hearing and was ordered to surrender his passport, the Los Angeles Times reports. His lawyer said Simpson will return to his Florida home as soon as possible. More »

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      kidnapping  • OJ Simpson  • memorabilia  • robbery  • felony  • bail  • sports collectibles  • misdemeanor

  • August 2007
  • June 2007

    • AG Defends 10-Year Sentence for Teenage Sex

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jun 24, 07 6:22 PM CDT

      AG Defends 10-Year Sentence for Teenage Sex

      (Newser) - In Thurbert Baker's own words: "As attorney general, it is my responsibility to follow the laws of Georgia as they are written, not how some may wish they were written." Baker was defending, in an opinion piece in the Altanta Journal-Constitution , his prosecution of a Georgia teenager who was sentenced to 10 years for engaging in oral sex with another teenager.  More »

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      crime  • Georgia  • teenagers  • oral sex  • misdemeanor  • Genarlow Wilson

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