LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist that brought the conviction and prison time he avoided after his 1995 acquittal in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend. Former football legend O.J. Simpson signs documents at the […]
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Plan in Motion for OJ Simpson Release as Soon as Monday
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada prisons official says a plan is in place for O.J. Simpson to be released on parole as early as Monday from a facility near Las Vegas. FILE – In this July 20, 2017, file photo, former NFL football star O.J. Simpson enters for his parole hearing at the Lovelock […]
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OJ Simpson Get’s His Parole
LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — O.J. Simpson was granted parole Thursday after more than eight years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel-room heist, successfully making his case for freedom in a nationally televised hearing that reflected America’s enduring fascination with the former football star. Simpson, 70, could be released as early as Oct. 1. By […]
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OJ Simpson Faces Good Chance at Parole in Nevada Robbery
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the former football star, TV pitchman and now Nevada prison inmate No. 1027820, will have a lot going for him when he asks state parole board members this week to release him after serving more than eight years for an ill-fated bid to retrieve sports memorabilia. Now 70, Simpson […]
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Jimmy Scott, Jazzman with Ethereal Voice, Dies at 88
(Updated 5/14/2014) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jimmy Scott, a jazzman with an ethereal man-child voice who found success late in life with the Grammy-nominated album “All the Way,” has died. He was 88. In this March 23, 2007, file photo, Jimmy Scott attends a gathering of the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters, where he […]
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Flavor Flav Takes Plea Deal in Vegas Battery Case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Entertainer Flavor Flav pleaded guilty Monday to reduced charges and was sentenced to probation and more counseling in a Las Vegas domestic violence case involving the teenage son of his longtime girlfriend. The 55-year-old rapper and reality TV personality, whose legal name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr., acknowledged in court that […]
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Woman Accused of Tossing Shoe at Clinton Released
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Phoenix woman accused of throwing a shoe some 60 feet toward Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared aware during questioning by U.S. Secret Service agents of the allegation against her, authorities said Friday. Alison Michelle Ernst, 36, was given a misdemeanor disorderly conduct summons and freed after she was booked at the […]
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Woman Throws Shoe at Hillary Clinton During Speech
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A woman was taken into federal custody Thursday after throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton as the former Secretary of State began a Las Vegas convention keynote speech. The incident happened moments after Clinton took the stage before an Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries meeting at the Mandalay Bay resort. Clinton […]
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Jury Awards George Wallace $1.3M in Vegas Lawsuit
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury on Tuesday awarded $1.3 million in damages to comedian George Wallace for a leg injury he said he suffered while performing at a Las Vegas Strip resort in 2007. The split decision in a civil negligence and personal injury lawsuit against the Bellagio Las Vegas hotel-casino came after […]
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Comic George Wallace Asks $7.1 Million for Vegas Injury
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury was asked Friday to award comedian George Wallace at least $7.1 million for earnings he claims he lost as a result of a leg injury he said he received while performing in December 2007 at a posh Las Vegas Strip resort. Wallace’s attorney, Dominic Gentile, left open the […]
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Comedian George Wallace Says Onstage Leg Injury Felt Like Bear Trap
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Veteran comedian George Wallace has told a Nevada jury it felt like a bear trap clamped his leg when he injured his Achilles tendon during a stand-up comedy show at a Las Vegas Strip resort. The 61-year-old comedian returned to the witness stand Friday in a civil negligence lawsuit seeking millions […]
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Judge Rejects O.J. Simpson’s Bid for New Trial
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge in Las Vegas rejected O.J. Simpson’s bid for a new trial on Tuesday, dashing the former football star’s bid for freedom based on the claim that his original lawyer botched his armed robbery and kidnapping trial in Las Vegas more than five years ago. “All grounds in the petition […]