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 Obama Poster Artist Arrested

Shepard Fairey was on his way to DJ at his exhibition's opening

Feb 7, 09 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Shepard Fairey, the hot graphic designer and street artist behind the Obama "Hope" poster, was arrested yesterday on two outstanding warrants as he arrived at the opening for his new exhibition at a Boston museum, the Boston Globe reports. He's accused of tagging two Boston locations with graffiti, the... More »

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Obama 2008 • arrest • artist • campaign • hope • Shepard Fairey

 Cockfighting Raid 
 Nabs 73 in NC 

One rooster splattered blood on search warrant

Feb 3, 09 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - North Carolina police arrested 73 people in an unexpectedly huge cockfighting raid over the weekend, crashing a barbaric $40,000 tournament in which a combatant rooster bloodied the search warrant, the AP reports. “I had no idea it would be this large,” the sheriff said. “I've raided... More »

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North Carolina • animal cruelty • arrest • cockfighting

Flu Gone Wild: Vid King Busted For Missing Court Date

Francis 5 hours late for tax-evasion hearing

Feb 3, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The flu has sleaze-meister Joe Francis going a bit wild himself, his lawyer tells E! Online. The Girls Gone Wild producer was arrested yesterday after he was five hours late to a Los Angeles court for a tax-evasion hearing. Francis is accused of hoarding $20 million in bogus deductions. More »

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Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • tax evasion • court • arrest • bench warrant

Obama's Half-
Brother Nabbed for Pot in Kenya

George denies charge, resisted arrest; prez barely knows him

Jan 31, 09 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s half-brother has been arrested in Kenya for possessing marijuana, CNN reports. George Obama is being held at a Nairobi police station ahead of a Monday trial after police said he resisted arrest. He denies the charges. “They took me from my home," he said. "... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • marijuana • drug possession • arrest • George Obama • half-brother

DUI Bust
Costs Barkley T-Mobile Gig

Phone company benches ex-hoop star 'for the time being'

Jan 14, 09 9:08 AM CST
(Newser) - In the wake of his DUI arrest—during which he told a cop he was in a hurry to get oral sex—Charles Barkley has lost another job, Advertising Age reports. T-Mobile has pulled spots featuring Barkley “for the time being,” a rep said, adding, "As he... More »

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NBA • basketball • crime • DUI • oral sex • drunk driving • commercials • arrest • T-Mobile • Charles Barkley • TNT

(Newser) - Police in Bismarck, ND weren't surprised to get a drunk driving call on New Year's Eve—but they were surprised to hear from the driver herself, the Bismarck Tribune and AP report. A 17-year-old girl told them she had been driving through the city all evening and needed help. "... More »

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police • drunk driving • arrest

4 Busted in 'Hate Crime' Rape
of Lesbian

Tips from outraged
San Francisco area
led to suspects

Jan 2, 09 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Police have arrested all four suspects in the Bay Area kidnapping and gang rape of a lesbian last month that police have deemed a hate crime, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The two adults and two teenagers face charges including felony kidnapping to commit a sex crime, carjacking and gang... More »

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lesbians • kidnapping • hate crime • rape • Bay Area • arrest • sexual assault

Charles Barkley Busted on Suspicion of DUI

NBA legend refuses breathalyzer, given blood test instead

Dec 31, 08 9:00 AM CST
(AP) - Former NBA star Charles Barkley was arrested in Arizona on suspicion of drinking and driving after running a stop sign at around 1:30 this morning, according to police. Barkley declined to submit to a breath test, but was given a blood test. The results weren't immediately available. After... More »

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basketball • DUI • drunk driving • Phoenix • arrest • Charles Barkley

 Knut Needed Hug: 
 Zoo Intruder 

Unidentified man scales wall to get closer to polar bear in Berlin

Dec 22, 08 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - A German man says he climbed over a Berlin Zoo barrier today because the polar bear needed a hug, Bloomberg reports. The unidentified man, 37, apparently believed the animal—which drew 3.2 million visitors last year—was lonely. “He wanted to keep Knut company,” police said. Knut,... More »

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crime • Knut • Berlin Zoo • polar bear • arrest • zookeeper

British Cops Put Squeeze
on 'Distressing' Bagpiper

Man playing for cash on public street sees instrument confiscated for a week

Dec 22, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - A street musician was handcuffed, arrested and had his bagpipes confiscated for a week by police in southern England because his playing was causing “distress,” the Scottish Daily Record reports. Shaun Cartwright, an accomplished piper, says he’d enjoyed an exceptionally profitable session until the law arrived, and... More »

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police • Scotland • arrest • bagpipes • Dorset • Shaun Cartwright

 Illinois Guv 
 Charged With 
 Corruption 

Feds focus on 'pay-to- play politics' in choice
of Obama successor

Dec 9, 08 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested at his Chicago home today, and taken into federal custody on charges of “pay-to-play politics,” the Tribune reports. Amid questions over whether such practices were involved in the selection of a senator to replace President-elect Obama, a federal probe had been recording... More »

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corruption • Illinois • arrest • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • pay to play

 Police Arrest 2 in Mumbai Probe

First nabbing could undercut theory blaming only Pakistan

Dec 6, 08 8:09 AM CST
(AP) - Police arrested two Indian men accused of illegally buying mobile phone cards used by the gunmen in the Mumbai attacks, police said, marking the first known arrests since the bloody siege ended. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the two had prior knowledge of the attacks; if they did, the... More »

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Pakistan • India • arrest • Mumbai • SIM cards • terrorist attack

Aunt Arrested in Case of Tortured Calif. Teen

Woman had lived on and off with couple previously charged

Dec 3, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - California police have arrested the aunt of the teen who escaped from a house where he was apparently being held prisoner, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Caren Ramirez was found in Berkeley and handed over to police in Tracy, where the boy was found shackled and beaten. Ramirez faces... More »

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California • torture • San Francisco • police • kidnapping • child abuse • arrest • Berkeley • Caren Ramirez • Michael Schumacher • Kelly Lau

OPINION

 Plax, Call Diddy (and Other Tips) 


Dec 2, 08 1:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Plaxico Burress has a lot to answer for, but he can take some cues from the current economy and hip-hop history, writes Chloe Hilliard in the Village Voice. Almost every aspect of his gun infraction has precedent. Her suggestions:
  • Contact Diddy: The rap impresario has had experience
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NFL • New York City • list • Diddy • New York Giants • arrest • Plaxico Burress • hospitalization • gunshot wounds

Afghans Bust Schoolgirl
Acid Attackers

Assault was 'work of the Taliban': minister

Nov 25, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Afghan officials have nabbed 10 Taliban militants accused of throwing acid in the faces of eight schoolgirls and four female teachers, Reuters reports. President Hamid Karzai called for their arrest and said the group would be publicly executed. “The attack was the work of the Taliban and we have... More »

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Taliban • Islamic militants • arrest • student • public executions • acid

(AP) - Tennis great Jimmy Connors got himself into a little scrape with the law last night. Details are sketchy, but police arrested the eight-time Grand Slam champ after some kind of confrontation outside the arena of his beloved UC Santa Barbara basketball team. Cops says Connors, 56, refused to leave the... More »

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California • basketball • tennis • arrest • Santa Barbara • Jimmy Connors

Actors in Mafia Movie Arrested for Mob Ties

Italian Oscar contender sees 3 cast members accused of crimes

Oct 13, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bernardino Terracciano is the latest actor in the Naples mafia exposé Gomorrah to be arrested by Italian police, the Telegraph reports. One of several locals cast by director Matteo Garrone to give the film a touch of realism, Terracciano is suspected of extorting protection money as part of the Casalesi... More »

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Italy • Cannes Film Festival • Mafia • arrest • actor • Camorra • Gomorrah

 Six Busted 
 in China 
 Milk Scandal 

Men nabbed in main dairy region

Oct 6, 08 2:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six people have been arrested in connection with the tainted milk scandal in China, Reuters reports. The arrests were made in Hohhot, capital of China's main dairy producing region. Thousands of Chinese children have developed kidney problems from drinking milk formula contaminated by melamine. Four have died.  More »

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China • Inner Mongolia • melamine • arrest • milk formula • Hohhot • Yili Industrial Group

Blogger Busted for Bad Bank Rumor

Hong Kong post urged customers to take their money and run

Sep 28, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - As worldwide worries mount about the US financial crisis, a Hong Kong blogger has been arrested after allegedly posting internet rumors that a local bank was in trouble, AP reports. He urged depositors to withdraw their funds, police said. He was arrested for computer use with criminal or dishonest intent.... More »

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Internet • Hong Kong • message boards • arrest • bank failure • financial crisis

 George Michael 
 Charged in Drug Bust 

Singer gets 'caution' from British police

Sep 21, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Michael was arrested in a London public restroom on drug possession charges Friday and let off with a caution, the BBC reports. The singer, 45, is accused of having crack cocaine, among other drugs. Though possession can mean up to 7 years in prison, UK law allows for “... More »

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drugs • London • arrest • crack cocaine • George Michael

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