Former Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick has violated the terms of his probation. Part of his probation was that he was required to make restitution payments from earlier court cases, and he failed to make sufficient payments. The sentence for violating his parole was five years, of which he must serve at least eighteen months. ...

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The BP oil leak made its way into the political arena Tuesday when top oil company executives testified at a Hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in New York. As the 2010 oil spill within the Gulf of Mexico continued unabated, suits from Transocean, BP, and Halliburton all blamed the other guy ...

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The results of the Tennessee flooding of the Cumberland River, especially the Opryland Hotel flooding, have closed the area that is virtually the heart of Nashville. The Opryland Hotel is in the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, adjacent to the Grand Ole Opry. Heavy damage has also been done to the home of country ...

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Country music performer Chely Wright has officially announced herself as a lesbian. It's been a story buzzed about for weeks - a country music professional preparing on coming out on Cinco de Mayo. Chely Wright's announcement, though, was broken two days early on People.com. Tomorrow, one day before the announcement was supposed to come out, ...

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