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In this Aug. 12, 2012 file photo, Chad Johnson, center, leaves Broward County Jail in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A contrite Johnson apologized Monday, June 17, 2013, for disrespecting a judge when the former NFL star slapped his attorney on the backside in court a week earlier, and his immediate release from jail was ordered. (Photo by Jeff Daly/Invision/AP, File)

Chad Johnson released from jail after butt-slap

Curt Anderson, Associated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A contrite Chad Johnson apologized Monday for disrespecting a judge when the former NFL star slapped his attorney on the backside in court last week, and his immediate release from jail was ordered...
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(Photo courtesy of 'TODAY')

'Sesame Street' on parents in prison

A. Pawlowski, TODAY
NBC News - Those friendly, fuzzy Muppets from 'Sesame Street' have helped kids open up about all sorts of serious subjects, from hunger and divorce to military deployment...
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Football player Chad Johnson

Chad Johnson's lawyer seeks to cut 'butt-slap' sentence

Curt Anderson, Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) - The backside pat former NFL star Chad Johnson gave his lawyer in court was not meant as disrespect to a judge and certainly wasn't something that warrants a 30-day jail sentence, the attorney said Tuesday in a motion seeking another chance...
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In this image taken from video, emergency personnel work the scene of a car crash Friday, May 31, 2013, in Jonesboro, Ga. (AP Photo/WSB-TV)

Ex-NBA star in jail, charged in fatal Ga. crash

Associated Press
JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) - Former NBA All-Star Daron 'Mookie' Blaylock is out of the hospital and in jail, charged with vehicular homicide in a car crash south of Atlanta...
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Brian James Moudry was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for setting fire to the home of an African-American family. (Courtesy NBC Chicago)

White supremacist gets 10 years for attack on black family

NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago - A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Chicago man to the maximum 10 years in prison for setting fire to the home of an African-American family that moved onto the street of his residence...
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Adult film star Mr. Marcus arrives at the Smooth Pre-BET party at Club A.D. on June 23, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)

Porn star 'Mr. Marcus' jailed for exposing co-stars to syphilis

M. Alex Johnson, staff writer, NBC News
NBC NEWS - An adult video star known as 'Mr. Marcus' was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in jail for knowingly having exposed at least two female co-stars to syphilis last year...
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Lauryn Hill performs at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tribute concert honoring Aretha Franklin on November 5, 2011. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images for Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame)

Lauryn Hill's last show before prison?

Ida Siegal, NBC New York
NBC New York - Lauryn Hill may have performed her final concert before going to jail for tax evasion...
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Lauryn Hill arrives at court on May 6, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. Hill plead guilty to tax evasion charges in June 2012 for failure to pay federal taxes on $1.8 million earned from 2005-2007. She faces a maximum one-year jail sentence for each of the three accounts. The sentencing date was postponed from April 22nd. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

Lauryn Hill gets 3 months for failing to pay taxes

David Porter, Associated Press
NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced Monday to three months in prison and an additional three months in home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings.
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Flavor Flav poses in front of a menu on the wall of his Flavor Flav House of Flavor Take Out Restaurant on March 14, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flav is holding the official grand opening for his new eatery on March 15. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Judge allows Flavor Flav to attend Hall of Fame

Ken Ritter, Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Flavor Flav has a new court date in Las Vegas that doesn't interfere with his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
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In this photo combo of images, New Orleans Sheriff Marlin Gusman, left, speaks to reporters at a news conference outside the construction site of new jail facilities in New Orleans, on Thursday, April 4, 2013; while at right, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks during a news conference at City Hall in New Orleans, on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013.

In New Orleans, political brawl over police, jail

Kevin McGill, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A political brawl has broken out between the mayor and a sheriff who runs the city jail, which has come under scrutiny for a video showing inmates using drugs, drinking beer and handling a gun...
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