A judge has just granted former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn bail. He will post $1 million as part of the deal and stay confined to his wife’s apartment in New York City, which will be monitored by armed guards. Strauss-Kahn also had to provide $5 million in collateral. He had waived his extradition [...]

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The wheels are coming off the train for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who yesterday resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund amid allegations he sexually assaulted a maid in his New York hotel. “It is with infinite sadness that I feel compelled today to present to the Executive Board my resignation from my post of managing [...]

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Things look grim for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, as the former International Monetary Fund head has been put on suicide watch in his New York City jail cell, just four days after he was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a chamber maid in his Manhattan hotel room. Strauss-Kahn is currently in protective isolation at New York’s [...]

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Hip-hop artist Lil Wayne was released from New York’s Rikers Island early on Thursday morning, having serving eight months of a one-year sentence on gun charges. He began serving his sentence back on February 9th.  The platinum-selling artist pleaded guilty last year to having a loaded gun on his tour bus. In an interview with [...]

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Garina Fearon, a prison guard at Rikers Island who at one time was homeless and a robbery victim, has revealed that she was the winner of last Friday’s Mega Millions drawing. Fearon, a single mom, was also bankrupt at one point and has endured a lifetime of near-poverty. “I wanted a better life. I was [...]

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New York rap artist Shyne is slated to be released from prison today. The 30 year-old rapper (real name: Jamal Barrow) was handed 10 years in prison back in June of 2001 for charges related to a much publicized 1999 shooting involving Diddy and Jennifer Lopez. Shyne has been incarcerated for more than 8 years [...]

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