A man who caused a crash that killed a Camden, New Jersey, nun was smoking crack cocaine and steering with his knees, according to prosecutors. Edward Chinchillo of Williamstown is charged with aggravated manslaughter in the case.
Queen Latifah has admitted to Glamour magazine that her biggest regret is “I tried having sex for money once, when I was 16. Not in a prostitution sort of way, but with an older man I was seeing. After, I felt disgusted.”
Former celebrity Joan Rivers faces a possible charge of third degree assault after she allegedly threw a hissy fit - and a marking pen - that struck a clerk in the eye at a New York car rental agency. In addition to striking the woman in the eye with a pen, Rivers is said to have unleashed a torrent of obscenities.
US Sen. Patty Murray told Vancouver high school students Wednesday that Osama bin Laden is popular in poor countries because, unlike the United States, he’s been providing things like roads, schools, and health care for decades. Murray admitted she does not know how to handle the current crisis but she’d like to do that.
A movie buff is suing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and several retailers, saying many so-called widescreen DVDs, advertised as showing the movie as seen in theaters actually show even less than already cropped standard versions. The falsely labeled widescreen titles include “Rain Man” and “Hoosiers”.
A Calgary, Canada, high school is offering a reward for the capture of a prankster who spliced 30 seconds of hard-core pornography into the morning O Canada video. Usually students watch scenic shots of the country while the anthem plays in classrooms throughout the school.
At least six people were trampled to death by a herd of elephants that went amok after getting drunk on rice beer in northeast India. The elephants broke into granaries and smashed open casks to drink the rice beer prior to the attack. In the last two years, elephants have killed at least 150 people. Villagers have killed up to 200 of the elephants.
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