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Nick Hogan threw himself at the mercy of the judge in Clearwater, FL in his felony reckless driving case -- and he got just a lil' bit. Hogan was sentenced to eight months in jail, five years' probation and 500 hours community service, and the judge yanked his license for three years. His victim -- and once best bud -- John Graziano's family had asked for a year in the slammer, but the judge didn't go quite that far. Nick apologized to the family in his statement, which, according to the Grazianos, would've been the first time he'd ever done so.
John's sister and girlfriend gave particularly heart-wrenching testimony -- the latter told the judge how she had to feed him and how they have to watch movies together in the comfort ... of his hospital bed,
TMZ

TMZ has learned David Archuleta's dad, Jeff, has been officially banned from "American Idol."

Here's how it went down. "Idol" sources tell TMZ Jeff has been a complete pain in the ass, interfering with the entire production. He has badgered producers, the band, vocal coaches and even other contestants. The final straw came this week, when Jeff wanted to change the lyrics to David's first song, "Stand By Me." Jeff insisted on adding a verse from Sean Kingston's hit, "Beautiful Girls." Producers sent him an e-mail telling him the lyrics could not be changed. They were beyond pissed when David sang the song with Kingston's lyrics during the live show.

We're told by changing the lyrics, it created problems with the song's publisher and cost "A.I." a lot of money.

Jeff was ordered to sit with "A.I." lawyers on Wednesday, who told him he was "banned from being in the rooms where David was learning or rehearsing his songs." It's "Idol's" position, since David is 17, he does not need a guardian -- just a teacher. Jeff will be allowed to sit in the audience during the live show but he's 86'd from anything backstage.

Sources say the other contestants were fed up with Jeff and didn't want him near them. Now they have their wish.

All in all, sources say Jeff is the stage dad from hell. BTW, he was banned on the set when David did "Star Search" a few years back.

TMZ.com

Funny.

11:36 AM CDT on Wednesday, May 7, 200
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HOUSTON — A prospective juror in a marijuana possession trial was hauled off to jail Tuesday after police said they caught her smoking a joint outside the courthouse.

Attornies in the case had narrowed the jury pool down to 20 people when they took a 45 minute break.

When the break was over, 49-year-old Cornelia Turner Mayo didn't return to Judge Sherman Ross' courtroom.

Turns out she was on a smoking break -- but what she was allegedly smoking was illegal.

"I've had prospective jurors get lost before, but it never occurred to me that they might be getting ready for a marijuana trial by, allegedly, smoking marijuana," Judge Ross told the Houston Chronicle.

Mayo was booked on a charge of possession of marijuana. She'll be arraigned next week in the courtroom across from Judge Ross.

Mayo was released from jail after posting bail.

We're guessing she's not going to be picked for the jury.

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*laughs uncontrollably*

What a dumbazz

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Bridgeton, MO (KMOV) -- Security changes are underway at Lambert Airport following a major breach.

A homeless man managed to sneak onto a plane on Wednesday morning. The man slipped past security guards at a perimeter check point while guards were inspecting a vehicle.
He was found sleeping on a regional jet that was being worked on. No passengers were onboard at the time.
The Lambert police chief is calling this incident a "hiccup" in the system.

Magic trick costs teacher job - Tampa Bays Local News:
By: Janie Porter

Land 'O Lakes, Florida -- The stories in the news about inappropriate relationships between teachers and students have been overwhelming. There was even a substitute teacher in New Port Richey who got in trouble after investigators say she had a relationship with an underage student.

Well, another Pasco County substitute teacher's job is on the line, but this time it's because of a magic trick.

The charge from the school district — Wizardry!

Substitute teacher Jim Piculas does a 30-second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears.

But after performing it in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land 'O Lakes, Piculas said his job did a disappearing act of its own.

"I get a call the middle of the day from the supervisor of substitute teachers. He says, 'Jim, we have a huge issue. You can't take any more assignments. You need to come in right away,'" he said.

When Piculas went in, he learned his little magic trick cast a spell that went much farther than he'd hoped.

"I said, 'Well Pat, can you explain this to me?' 'You've been accused of wizardry,' [he said]. Wizardry?" he asked.

Tampa Bay's 10 talked to the assistant superintendent with the Pasco County School District who said it wasn't just the wizardry and that Picular had other performance issues, including "not following lesson plans" and allowing students to play on unapproved computers.

Piculas said he knew nothing about the accusations.

"That... I think was embellished after the fact to try to cover what initially what they were saying to me," he said.

After the magic trick, Rushe's principal requested Piculas be dismissed. Now, Piculas believes the incident may have bewitched his ability to get a job anywhere else.

"I still have no idea what my discipline involves because I've never received anything from the school district actually saying what it entails," said Piculas.

As a substitute teacher, the Pasco County School District considers Piculas to be an "at will employee." That means the district doesn't need to have cause for not bringing him back at all.

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Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

A completely free download, the entire album.

yum

Seems a Texas sheep farmer was puzzled about the disappearance of some sheep on his farm. After a few weeks the farmer decided to put up an electric fence. About a week later, this is what he found!

Now, I know we've all heard of people being eaten by snakes & I bet most of us have said, 'If a snake tried to eat me, I'd blah, blah, blah & get away.'

Well, this is a Python & they're extremely aggressive & have a few teeth that they use to hold their prey while they wrap around them & then constrict. Could you get away if this one bit you & held on with it's 'few teeth?'
(Note: The wires are 10 inches apart.)

  Breaking News: Johnson Out As Dallas Head Coach April 30, 2008 - 2:12 pm ESPN -
The Dallas Mavericks fired Avery Johnson on Wednesday, a day following the team's second consecutive first-round exit from the NBA playoffs, ESPN.com has learned.

Johnson became Mavs coach during the 2004-05 season and walks away with a 194-70 record (.735), but only a 23-24 mark in the playoffs.

The Mavs have now lost 12 out of their last 15 postseason games after taking a 2-0 lead in the Finals against Miami.

Mark Cuban and Johnson engaged in an emotional argument after a March 18 home loss to the Lakers and sources indicated that Cuban actually considered firing Johnson before the playoffs.

Both the Mavs and Johnson wanted a speedy resolution to the situation so the coach could pursue current openings in Chicago and New York.

This is a very powerful video
and everyone should see it.

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Obama is currently trying to distance himself as much as possible from the Wrong rev. Wright in a press conference. He claims it's due to the "revelations" in statements Wright made over this weekend. Well, there's some problems with that.

Wright said Obama's previous denouncement of his words was him "just being a politician", implying he was merely saying what people wanted to hear. Wright went through a long explanation of his views, even anwsering submitted questions and all through it was calm and concise, never waffling on them. Obama claims it was a series of "rants with no basis in truth". Congratulations Barack, you just agreed with all the conservative pundits saying that over the last month. It took only a day of criticism for Barack to make this determination.

Why aren't we hearing it from OTHER members of that Church?

Why did we not hear OTHER members of that church come out saying they NEVER heard or agreed with these views? Even back in March or earlier this month?

Oprah knew it; that's why she left the church. Elect her!

Was CNN and Fox News asleep?

No.

Rev. Wright has never hid these views from anyone; his discussion at the National Press Club demonstrated that. 20 years in the pews, godfather to his daughters, considered family yet Obama never heard this??? Even Hillary never made a statement she was "unaware that her husband cheats on her". I hope he pays better attention in the Senate!

He's heard these views for years. And nodded his head to them in church.

Yes, Obama lied about all of this. He tried to dodge this political fastball but instead, he leaned into it. He didn't want to cut ties he STILL considers important and AGREEABLE to him, but with Hillary's upswing, winning Pa. and holding the 7 big states to win a presidential election... he had to cave. But even STILL he rejects the man's remarks and views... but not the man making them.

Too little and far too late.

makes me hurt.

This is funny, but the scary part about it is that it's probably not too far away from being reality.
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