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• Student suspended for singing lines of pop song

  May 7, 2012 7:06 AM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - The mother of a 6-year-old boy who was suspended from his suburban Denver school for three days after school officials said he recited a racy line from a popular song says her son is not a sexual harasser and "is not a pervert in any way."... more »

• Lady Gaga YouTube account suspended

  July 14, 2011 6:37 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Even one of online video's biggest stars isn't immune to copyright claims. Lady Gaga's YouTube account was suspended Thursday. The notice read that the suspension was due to "multiple or severe violations of YouTube's copyright policy." The Google Inc.-owned YouTube declined to comment. It's YouTube policy... more »

• Halftime Bar and Grill is served a penalty for liquor license violations

  January 7, 2011 6:50 PM

  The Colorado Springs Liquor Board has made a ruling based on 5 cases that have been under investigation by detectives from the CSPD Special Enforcement Unit since Feburary 2010 against Halftime Bar and Grill. The bar is located at 1840 N. Academy Blvd and currently owned by Erdal Bengogulari. The... more »

• MSNBC suspends Olbermann

  November 5, 2010 7:11 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - MSNBC'S Keith Olbermann has been suspended without pay for contributing to the campaigns of three Democrats during this election season. NBC News prohibits its employees from donating to political campaigns unless the head of the news division gives special permission. Olberman's bosses at MSNBC didn't find... more »

• Tribune executive suspended

  October 13, 2010 5:07 PM

  CHICAGO (AP) - Tribune Co. is suspending a top executive without pay over an inappropriate e-mail sent to staff. In a memo to employees Wednesday, CEO Randy Michaels says Chief Innovation Officer Lee Abrams is being suspended while the company investigates an e-mail message he sent staff Monday that contained... more »

• RFK Jr.'s wife faces new impaired-driving charge

  August 24, 2010 8:42 AM

  Police say the wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs in New York's Hudson Valley. The arrest comes one month after Mary Kennedy's license was suspended following her guilty plea to driving while impaired by alcohol. State police say... more »

• Colorado Springs teen lured into prostitution

  August 19, 2010 9:52 AM

  Six people have been indicted in Denver for allegedly playing a role in the coercion of a Colorado Springs teenager into prostitution. Those indicted Wednesday include Daivean Shields, 19, the teen's ex-boyfriend, and David Glenn Abney. Prosecutors say last year, when the victim was 17, she went to... more »

• Boy's suspension over rosary beads overturned pending hearing

  June 1, 2010 6:55 PM

  A federal judge says a New York school must reinstate a 13-year-old boy who was suspended for wearing rosary beads. Judge Lawrence Kahn ordered the Schenectady seventh-grader reinstated pending a June 11 hearing into whether the suspension violated the boy's civil rights. Oneida Middle School officials contend Raymond Hosier... more »

• Christo to visit Salida

  May 9, 2010 2:51 PM

  SALIDA, Colo. (AP) - Artist Christo plans to visit the Upper Arkansas River Valley this month to thank supporters of his proposed "Over the River" project, which would involve suspending a total of about six miles of fabric over sections along a 40-mile stretch of the Arkansas River. Christo's... more »

• Roethlisberger apologizes, says he won't appeal suspension

  April 26, 2010 4:29 PM

  Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says he won't appeal the six-game suspension given him for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy. Saying he is disappointed with himself, Roethlisberger apologized Monday to his teammates and fans for his behavior last month in a Georgia bar, where a 20-year-old college student accused... more »

• Amtrak service returning to normal in Northeast

  April 5, 2010 11:37 AM

  Amtrak service to the Northeast is returning to normal. Amtrak officials say they have resumed near full Northeast Regional and Acela Express service for Monday. Service between New York and Boston had been curtailed because of flooded tracks in Rhode Island brought on by record-setting rain storms. Most... more »

• Texting school bus driver busted by student

  March 18, 2010 11:36 AM

  A Longwood, Florida student on her way home from school snapped a picture of her bus driver texting on the job this week. The photo was taken by Thea Lawler, a high school junior. "I was shocked," Lawler said. "It was really inappropriate." Amazed by what she... more »

• Italian kitty stew chef in hot water

  February 18, 2010 12:25 PM

  Italian state TV has suspended a cooking show host who shocked the nation by saying cat stew is a Tuscan delicacy he swears he has enjoyed many times. RAI TV confirmed on Wednesday that it had suspended Beppe Bigazzi, the 77-year-old host of a popular morning program that offers... more »

• Toyota halts sales of 8 models; also looking at Europe

  January 27, 2010 1:45 PM

  One analyst says it's an "extremely serious" problem for Toyota -- because it's suspending sales on the very models of cars that it had been "preparing to sell in big numbers." Toyota says it's stopping sales of some of its top-selling models to fix gas pedals that could stick.... more »

• Cop pulls gun on haunted house goon

  October 27, 2009 11:05 AM

  A Baltimore city police officer was charged with assault after he pulled a gun on a haunted house character over the weekend. Baltimore County police said Sgt. Eric Janik, 36, pulled his gun on a haunted house employee dressed up as the killer from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" at the... more »