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Beckham loses libel suit in US court

A Los Angeles federal judge has dismissed the libel suit popular athlete David Beckham has filed against celebrity magazine over cheating allegations on wife Victoria with prostitute, Irma Nici. US district court Judge Manuel Real dismisses libel suit filed by Beckham against the celebrity magazine for lack of evidence to prove the magazine reported with malicious intent.

Charlie Sheen is single again.. in three months

Los Angeles Superior Court has finalized Charlie Sheen’s divorce with ex-wife Brooke Mueller but they will only be legally free in May. Judge Hank Goldberg of the Los Angeles Superior Court stamped the divorce papers Thursday declaring the divorce will be official on May 2.

Lindsay Lohan may plead guilty to avoid jail term

First she wanted to undergo a lie detector test. But realizing that the results of the said procedures are not usually admissible in court, Lindsay Lohan was quick to change her legal strategy to one that she can actually try to score - - a plea deal.

Soderbergh slapped with paternity suit for his Aussie baby

Oscar-winning director, Steven Soderbergeh is now in the media spotlight after he was slapped with paternity suit in New York. The complaint is asking for an official declaration that he is the father of the child as well as an unspecified amount of child support.

Jesse James porn star ex-wife, Janine Lindemulder out on bail

Wife of reality TV star Jesse James, Janine Lindemulder is now out on $6,000 bail from Hays County in Austin, Texas. The adult film star was earlier charged with three counts of misdemeanor harassment, following Jesse’s complaints that she has been sending him threatening emails and leaving him nasty voice messages.

AT&T sued over iPhone data overbilling

A California man has sued AT&T for over billing him on data charges for his iPhone, a move that could raise new questions on the carrier's billing practices. Patrick Hendricks claims that the carrier was charging him for usage even when he wasn't using any.Hendricks uses the $15 monthly 200MB plan, and apparently became suspicious after he was charged overage fees for using 223MB worth of data across 259 data connections. His lawyers say that their research showed that AT&T was regularly o...

Wikileaks exposes vanity and bizarre world of Libyan leader Gaddafi

Wikileaks have exposed the vanities and the bizarre world of Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gaddafi in the documents that have now reached the world wide web. Written by British diplomats, the said documents were released by Wikileaks to The Daily Telegraph, which also highlighted the unusual ways Britain has been undertaking to strengthen its relationship with Libya.

FBI issues warrants in expanding Wikileaks attack investigation

By Ed Oswald, BetanewsThe FBI said Thursday that it had executed more than 40 search warrants across the US, part of an expanding global probe into the attacks by hacktivist group Anonymous on several companies. The move followed another by British authorities also on Thursday that resulted in the arrests of five suspected participants.Law enforcement agencies in at least five countries are now conducting their own investigations. The arrests in the UK are the only ones to occur as part of the i...

UK police arrest five in connection with WikiLeaks attacks

London police have detained five individuals ages 15 to 26 in connection with an investigation into Anoymous, a "hacktivist" group responsible for attacks on companies that suspended accounts associated with leak site WikiLeaks. The investigation is a global effort, and includes law enforcement agencies in both the US and Europe.The Metropolitan Police Service did not indentify the accused, nor did they directly link them to the group. In the US, efforts have been stepped up to identify an...

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