Wed, 04/08/2010 - 22:30 by Prince damin
Boston -- Aerosmith's Joe Perry admits he was irked to read on the Internet about the possibility lead singer Steven Tyler might become an "American Idol" judge.
The 40-year-old rock band recently started touring again after Tyler finished a stint in rehab and settled his differences with Perry, the band's co-founder and guitarist.
"I found out on the Internet like the rest of the world," Perry told The Boston Herald of the "Idol" reports. "There was an Aerosmith after party at Studio 54 after the Vegas show -- which none of us in the band knew anything about -- and he said some stuff there. I mean, this is no small thing."
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Mon, 02/08/2010 - 09:09 by Prince damin
Montreal -- Aeropro, a small Canadian charter air company that had a fatal plane crash in June, was ordered by a judge Sunday to quit flying.
Aeropro, based in Quebec, had sought an injunction Saturday to stop Transport Canada's revocation of Aeropro's operating license but a federal court judge sided with the government agency, The (Montreal) Gazette reported.
Aeropro representative Stephane Dion called it a "regrettable" situation.
"Especially since safety has always been a priority for Aeropro," Dion told The Gazette.
Dion said Aeropro's scheduled flights this week will be handled by another carrier.
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Thu, 08/07/2010 - 01:35 by Pankaj Damin
Las Vegas -- Nevada's judicial ethics committee said a non-profit research organization may not auction off luncheon dates with District Court judges.
The Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices said the planned silent auction by an unidentified research organization, which several judges were invited to participate in, is "fraught (with) ethical peril," the Las Vegas Sun reported Wednesday.
The committee said the auction is problematic because judges can't control who purchases the lunch dates, leaving open the possibility of bids from people with legal matters before the judge.
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Wed, 07/07/2010 - 10:02 by Pankaj Damin
Los Angeles -- A Beverly Hills, Calif., judge sentenced actress Lindsay Lohan Tuesday to 90 days in jail and 90 days of in-patient rehabilitation for violating probation.
Lohan, 24, is best known for her roles in the movies "Mean Girls," "Freaky Friday" and "The Parent Trap."
Judge Marsha Revel said at a hearing Tuesday the actress failed to attend court-ordered alcohol education classes, thereby violating her probation in a 2007 driving under the influence conviction, ABC News reported on its Web site.
Lohan broke down in tears upon hearing the sentence, the report said.
She is expected to surrender July 20 to begin serving her sentence.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Thu, 01/07/2010 - 02:01 by Pankaj Damin
New York -- New York officials said a parking judge was fired and fined $2,500 for accepting free popcorn from a delivery driver whose tickets the judge had waived.
Officials said Alan Rubin, an administrative-law judge for the Finance Department since May 2004, was fired in June 2009 after he admitted to accepting six to eight bags of free popcorn from the delivery driver, who was not named, the previous year, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
Rubin agreed to pay the Conflicts of Interest Board a $2,500 fine.
Sources said Rubin was found out when he brought some of the popcorn to his office to share with colleagues.
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Thu, 24/06/2010 - 10:07 by Pankaj Damin
San Francisco -- Viacom Inc. said Wednesday it will appeal a ruling by a federal judge in San Francisco dismissing its $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube.
Viacom alleged in the suit that Google Inc., which owns YouTube, is not protected from claims of copyright violation under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The law's so-called safe harbor provision allows uploading of copyrighted matter provided a Web site operator takes down content if a copyright owner objects that it was posted without permission, The New York Times said.
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Wed, 23/06/2010 - 11:46 by Rakhi
New York -- Stock markets closed sharply lower Wall Street after a federal judge in New Orleans blocked a moratorium on offshore drilling.
Uncertainty hit the market, especially in the energy sector, after the White House said it would appeal the decision, The New York Times reported.
Among Dow components, Chevron Corp. shares fell 2.27 percent, while Exxon Mobile Corp. dropped 1.88 percent.
Only two of 30 Dow components made gains. Johnson & Johnson shares rose 0.05 percent. Merk & Co. Inc. shares rose 0.03 percent.
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Tue, 15/06/2010 - 17:36 by Jamie Anderson
U.S. actor Gary Coleman's cremation has been put in abeyance for two days by a 4th District Court judge.
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Sun, 23/05/2010 - 16:11 by Jamie Anderson
Lindsay Lohan is back in Los Angeles from France! Well, if that no news, read on. On Monday the actress will be in court to face the judge, Marsha Revel, who issued and later recalled a warrant for her arrest. That’s news!
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Wed, 19/05/2010 - 10:44 by Rakhi
Albuquerque -- An Albuquerque judge ruled against a couple whose lawsuit against a neighbor claimed her backyard smoking hurt their quality of life.
Judge Rosie Allred ruled in favor of Linda Garcia, who was sued by neighbors Jesus and Pat Martinez for smoking cigarettes in her own backyard, KOAT-TV, Albuquerque, reported Tuesday.
"After hearing the facts, she said what Ms. Garcia was doing on her own property was not unreasonable," Stephen Lane, Garcia's attorney, said of the judge.
Jesus and Pat Martinez claimed the smoke would blow though the air and enter their home, causing Pat Martinez to suffer smoke-related illness. Their lawyer said he is disappointed by the verdict.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Thu, 06/05/2010 - 12:08 by Pankaj Damin
Denver -- Former Qwest executive Joe Nacchio asked a judge in Denver for permission to skip a resentencing hearing that would disrupt his prison routine.
"That's my world now," he said, describing his life that includes leading Catholic services in a Minersville, Pa., prison, where he is serving a six-year sentence on 19 counts of insider trading, The Denver Post reported Wednesday.
Nacchio was also sentenced to a $19 million fine and ordered to return $52 million in ill-gotten gains from his sale of company stock in 2001.
Nacchio was sentenced in 2007. He said he preferred to skip the resentencing, which would take place in Denver, far from his family.
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Thu, 06/05/2010 - 12:04 by Pankaj Damin
Waukegan, Ill. -- An Illinois woman was jailed for contempt of court for wearing a T-shirt bearing a message found to be offensive by the judge.
Jennifer LaPenta, 19, who was attending a hearing in a friend's case Monday, was found in contempt by Associate Judge Helen Rozenberg for wearing a T-shirt bearing a crude euphemism for the female sex organ, the Waukegan (Ill.) News-Sun reported Wednesday.
LaPenta said she thought the T-shirt would only be inappropriate if she had been the defendant in the case. However, she was jailed overnight and released Tuesday from the Lake County Jail.
"They should be out looking for people who are breaking the law, not arresting someone wearing a T-shirt," LaPenta said.
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