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Lindsay Lohan shocked by jail term but will plead no contest to theft charge (video)

Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan, who was handed down 120 days in jail and 480 hours of community service for violating her probation, said she is kinda shocked by the sentence but is ready to face the consequences for attempting to steal a $2,500 necklace from a swanky jewelry store in Los Angeles and will plead no contest to the theft charge as early as next week.
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UN team in Libya to probe human rights violations

A team of investigations from the United Nations have arrived in Tripoli, Libya to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in the strife-torn country since the civil war erupted over two months ago, according to reports.

Obama on Singing Protesters: Change Tougher Than Expected

President Barack Obama said Thursday that bringing change had been more difficult than a lot of us expected, after a group donors interrupted a campaign speech to protest in song the detention of the soldier that allegedly released a trove of government cables which eventually were obtained and disseminated by Wikileaks.

Sen. John Ensign, Facing Long Scandal Probe, Resigns

U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nevada - facing the possibility of public hearings and legal proceedings stemming from an affair made public in 2009 and ramifications leading to alleged conflict-of-interest violations by a former aide - said late Thursday he would resign, effective May 3.

Court: Winklevoss Twins Can't Alter Facebook Deal

A federal appeals court has ruled that former classmates of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg must abide by a deal they made when they fought Zuckerberg over ownership of the idea for a social networking site.
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UPDATE: PS3 Hacker Did Not Flee To South America

The legal battle between Sony Computer Entertainment America and a hacker who published a jailbreak has taken a new turn in the wake of accusations that he deliberately withheld evidence from Sony
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UBS tricked Madoff victims with prospectus: lawyer

Swiss bank UBS tricked victims of Bernard Madoff's giant Ponzi scheme by sponsoring a Luxembourg-registered fund that for four years fed assets directly to the fraudster without saying so in its prospectus, a Paris court heard on Wednesday.
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Rajaratnam lawyer: information public, not secret

Accused hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam did not get secrets about Advanced Micro Devices Inc and eBay Inc from a former high-placed friend because the information was already public, his lawyer argued at trial on Wednesday.
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Lionsgate teams with Groupon on Lincoln Lawyer

TORONTO - Lionsgate is partnering with Groupon to sell half-price $6.00 tickets for The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei and Ryan Phillippe. The film is opening wide this Friday.
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More nude photos of Vanessa Hudgens surface

Years ago when nude photos of actress Vanessa Hudgens surfaced, she probably thought that nightmare was over. Little did she know those photos would come back to haunt her
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Obama Backs Treatment of Soldier in Wikileaks Case, Critic Resigns

President Barack Obama on Friday defended the military's treatment of a soldier accused of leaking classified State Department cables which have been released by whistleblower site Wikileaks, as a key State Department official resigned on Sunday after criticizing the military.

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