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Paris Hilton Detained in Japan

Authorities were considering refusing Paris Hilton, 29, entry into the country because of the drug charges and sentence, which includes a year of probation, $2,000 fine and completion of a substance-abuse program, Jiji news agency reports. Paris Hilton#39;s legal woes have followed her from Nevada to Asia. After pleading guilty Monday to two misdemeanors in her cocaine case, the heiress flew to Japan for a business trip but was stopped by immigration officials at Tokyo#39;s Narita airport, acc

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LeAnn Rimes Shape photo 2010

“I understand why people are disappointed in me, especially since I grew up as America#39;s sweetheart,” the country singer LeAnn Rimes, 28, tells the October issue of Shape, on newsstands Sept. 20. “I think any relationship is hard to get out of, and I don#39;t think the way I did it was right.” Her time with Dean Sheremet was “great” but LeAnn Rimes says the two ultimately couldn#39;t make their marriage work – and she#39;s not proud of how she ended it. Rimes, whose nearly eight-year marria

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Kellie Pickler and Kyle Jacobs wedding plan

“Everything is going great, slowly but surely,” the country singer Kellie Pickler, 24, tells us about planning her wedding. Before she can even walk down the aisle, Kellie Pickler says she has to first race out of the recording studio. Before she can finalize all the details of the big day, though, there#39;s some other business to address. “I#39;m in the middle of working on an album and on the Rascal Flatts tour, so trying to juggle that and plan a wedding has been a challenge,” she said Tu

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The Situation Talks About His Trademark Situation

Filed under: The Situation , Jersey Shore The Situation wants to clear up a few things about reports he got his trademark application denied for “The Situation.” So if you ever wanted to hear The Sitch talk about trademark law, here’s your chance! Read more

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Spencer Pratt — I Was Arrested in Costa Rica

Filed under: Spencer Pratt , Celebrity Justice We’re not vouching for Spencer Pratt , but his people tell TMZ Spencer was busted at an airport in Costa Rica for illegal possession of a firearm. As the story goes … Spencer was on his way out of the country when he was busted for felony possession.… Read more

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The Week in Pictures: BP’s Deepwater Horizon Accident Report Disperses Blame, Arsenic Found in Children’s Urine, and More (Slideshow)

On Wednesday, BP released it’s report on the events leading up to the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent record-breaking oil spill. As was expected, BP attempts to spread blame across all the companies involved. In other green news this week, the two Greenpeace activists arrested over two years ago for stealing whale meat from a shipping depot is over, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki were given one-year jail terms, suspended, for theft and trespassing; Another study detailing the negative environmental effects of continued tar sands development in Canada was released this week showing that annual bir… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Reforestation Helps Revitalize Crisis-Stricken Armenia

A villager in the Getik River Valley with tree seedlings growing in a backyard plot. Photo by Adrineh Der-Boghossian via the Armenia Tree Project . The series of calamities — a massive earthquake, energy shortages, and military conflict — that hit the small Caucasus nation of Armenia in the late 1980s left much of its population uprooted and unemployed, and its environment impoverished as well. At the current rate of deforestation , the country c… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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UK Cops: Local Weed Sucks, Comparatively Speaking

A report by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Britain concluded that marijuana is being grown on a massive scale in the country, but that “UK-produced skunk is of a lower quality than varieties available on the continent.” Ouch. http://gawker.com/5614675/uk-government-our-weed-sucks-compared-to-everywhere-el… added by: JackHerer

TMZ Live — Cali Swag District in the House

Filed under: Cali Swag District , TMZ Live , Music Big celebrity guests on today’s TMZ Live !!! Harvey’s all fired up to hang with the guys from Cali Swag District — the group behind the biggest song in the country, ” Teach Me How to Dougie .” // Read more

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Coffee Shops Banning iPads, E-Books and WiFi

It is being widely reported that many coffee shops across the country are banning iPads and laptops and are also disabling their WiFi service in order to encourage customers … http://itgrunts.com/2010/08/10/coffee-shops-banning-ipads-e-books-and-wifi/ added by: itgrunts