Monday, September 22, 2008
Las Vegas Cops Want Payback
Last week jurors on the OJ Simpson kidnapping and robbery trial heard a tape recording of police officers who arrived on the crime scene saying, "This is great. ... California can't get him. ... Now we'll be able to." The comments were picked up on a digital recorder that had been secretly placed by star witness for the prosecution, Thomas Riccio, who had arranged the meeting in a hotel room between OJ and two sports memorabilia dealers that escalated into a confrontation.
Janet Says She'll Have Kids With Jermaine
Vlad Talking Marriage
Natalie Cole Hospitalized
Singer Natalie Cole, who recently revealed she had hepatitis C, has been admitted to the hospital after suffering side-effects from her medication and a heavy promotional schedule.
7 Years For Mark Ingram
Former New York Giants receiver Mark Ingram was sentenced on September 16 to more than seven years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering. It's a third term behind bars for the player who starred in the 1991 Super Bowl.
The 42-year-old Ingram also was ordered in Long Island federal court to pay $252,000 in restitution.
Ingram is best remembered for eluding five tackles to make a key first down during the '91 Super Bowl in which the Giants beat Buffalo. He has been jailed for various crimes since retiring in 1996.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
R.I.P
Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote a string of Motown classics including War, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Ball of Confusion, Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, Cloud Nine, Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) and Too Busy Thinking About My Baby, has died. He was 67.
Gary Charged And Sued
Gary Coleman got charged with reckless driving and disorderly conduct for running over a fan earlier this month. Gary got into it with 24 year old Colt Rushton at a Utah bowling alley on September 6 after Colt took Gary's picture after Gary asked him not to. You know what happened next. They argued, it spilled outside and Gary accidentally or not, hit Colt with his truck on his way out the bowling alley parking lot. Colt filed a lawsuit seeking damages for medical bills, pain and suffering, and punitive damages.