SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Snoop Dogg told jurors on Monday that he didn't hit a man suing him for millions of dollars with a brass-knuckle microphone during a melee at one of his 2005 concerts.
The rapper (real name: Calvin Broadus) took the stand for nearly two hours and denied that he hit Richard Monroe Jr. during the show near Seattle. Broadus said he went back to his tour bus immediately after Monroe jumped on… Continue
Kyle Maynard did it. He stepped into a cage and survived an MMA fight. The congenital amputee engaged in a fight where kicks, punches, knees, elbows, jiu-jitsu and wrestling were all fair game. He lost a unanimous decision and avoided a finish against Bryan Fry but it was only because Fry chose not to employ kicks and simply jabbed from the outside:
“I had never really gotten hit before [in training]. I wanted to see if I could take it. At least I accomplished that… Continue
Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams was Tasered by police Monday morning in his Manhattan hotel room after the troubled former hoopster became suicidal and violent, police sources said.
Williams, a charismatic New Jersey Nets center who stood trial for shooting his chauffeur, was taken to
St. Vincent's Hospital
for a psychiatric evaluation, sources said.
Police were called to the Hilton Embassy Suites… Continue
50 has been offered a $100 MILLION deal with Live Nation.
The deal, would cover 50s touring and 5 albums.
Shawn "Jay Z" Carter was "instrumental" in putting together this deal with 50.
Live Nation is DENYING that they offered any such deal to 50 Cent.
Developed by Airtight Games, which includes much of the team behind Crimson Skies, Dark Void is an intriguing combination of air combat and on-foot third-person action. The game kicks off when the protagonist, cargo pilot Will, flies through the Bermuda Triangle and winds up in an alien dimension where he discovers a hostile race known as The Watchers, who are subjugating humans for various nefarious… Continue
A Queens mom was killed Friday night when her house exploded - sparking a roaring inferno - while Con Edison was investigating a gas leak, officials said.
The utility worker who had just lifted a manhole cover was injured in the earthshaking blast, which flattened the home and sent debris and flames flying into the air.
Firefighters found Ghanwatti Boodram's body in the rubble of the 260th St. house four… Continue
In mid-April, JFK Customs officials busted a 22-year-old U.S. citizen attempting to sneak past security with more than 11 pounds of heroin stashed in his checked luggage. He was arriving from Guayaquil, Ecuador and the drugs were concealed in these boxes of Cocosette chocolate bars. The heroin is worth about $400,000, agents said.
Agents at JFK International Airport in early April seized almost 1,200 carats in what they said could be blood diamonds. The 28 rough diamonds arrived from Sierra Leone and were seized because they did not have the proper documents required under the Clean Diamond Trade Act. The diamonds were headed for Brentwood N.Y. and had a declared value of more then… Continue