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The grandson of Frank Sinatra Monday night has been hospitalized at Downey Regional Medical Center after a suicide attempt at his home.

His condition is unknown

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Last weekend, Redmond O'Neal was granted a temporary release to visit his ailing mother Farrah Fawcett.  This is generating rumors that the actress' health is declining.

Redmond O'Neal, 24, is currently being held behind bars.

On April 5, 2009 O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett's son, Redmond O'Neal, was arrested again for bringing narcotics to a jail facility and possessing a controlled substance following a routine search at a jail security checkpoint

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(Details of the plot have not been made public yet)

On January 23, 2009, three people were arrested in the Bahamas in connection with a multi-million dollar extortion plot against the Travolta family around the circumstances of Jett's death. One of the men, Obie Wilchcombe, a member of the Bahamian Parliament and former Bahamian Minister of Tourism, was described as a "close friend" of the Travolta family The other two people allegedly involved are EMT Tarino Lightbourne and former senator Pleasant Bridgewater, who was charged with abetment to extort and conspiracy to extort. She resigned from the Senate as a result of the allegations

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On December 29, 2008, Mychal Bell (one of Jena 6) shot himself in the chest with a .22-caliber pistol in an attempt to take his own life, stating to police that he was tired of all the media attention. His wound was not life-threatening 

On December 24, 2008, Mychal Bell was arrested and charged with shoplifting, resisting arrest, and simple assault, having attempted to steal clothes from a department store and reportedly fought back against a security guard and off-duty police officer. He was released on $1,300 bond.

Jena Six was the name given to a group of six black teenagers charged with the beating of Justin Barker, a white student at Jena High School in Jena, Louisiana, United States, on December 4, 2006. Barker was injured, but was released from the emergency room the same day. He has since brought suit against members of the Jena Six, their parents, the school district, and others allegedly involved.

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On November 17, 2008, it was announced that the SEC filed a civil suit against Mark Cuban relating to alleged insider trading in the shares of Mamma.com. A stock dilution occurred shortly after the trade, which gave off red flags of inside knowledge at the time of the trade, which is alleged to have saved Cuban from a loss of $750,000. Cuban is alleged to have ordered the sale of his holdings in Mamma.com after he was approached by the company on a confidential basis to participate in a transaction likely to be dilutive of current shareholders. On his blog, Cuban contended the facts were false and that the investigation was "a product of gross abuse of prosecutorial discretion."

Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958 in Pittsburgh) is an American billionaire entrepreneur. He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA basketball team, and Chairman of HDNet, an HDTV cable network.

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Barack Obama's "gravely ill" grandmother might not live to see whether her grandson is elected to the White House, the U.S. Democratic presidential candidate said Friday as he took a break from the campaign to visit her in Hawaii.

Madelyn Dunham, 85, who helped raise Obama and is described by the Illinois senator as the "rock" of his family, recently broke her hip. She is also reported to have a heart condition, but Obama has refused to disclose more details of her condition.

"We weren't sure and I'm still not sure whether she makes it to election day," Obama told ABC's Good Morning America in an interview broadcast Friday.

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New DNA evidence had officially cleared John, Patsy and their son Burke in the murder of JonBenet. In light of this new evidence, Boulder County District Attorney, Mary Lacy, gave a letter to John Ramsey the same day, officially apologizing to the Ramsey family:

"...To the extent that we may have contributed in any way to the public perception that you might have been involved in this crime, I am deeply sorry. No innocent person should have to endure such an extensive trial in the court of public opinion, especially when public officials have not had sufficient evidence to initiate a trial in a court of law.

... We intend in the future to treat you as the victims of this crime, with the sympathy due you because of the horrific loss you suffered."

JonBenét Patricia Ramsey (August 6, 1990 — December 26, 1996) was an American child made famous by her entry in beauty pageants and mysterious Christmas time murder and the subsequent media coverage.  

JonBenet's mother, Patsy Ramsy died of Ovarian Cancer in 2006 at the age of 49.

On July 1, 2008, Christina's ten-years-younger boyfriend Lee Grivas (26) was found dead of an apparent drug overdose.

Christina Applegate had an on-again, off-gain relationship with a 10 years younger Lee Grivas for 18 months.

Don't do drugs folks.  Life is too precious.

* Everything can be replaced or rebuilt, they say... 

On June 1, 2008 an explosion reportedly ignited a four-to-five building fire throughout the backlot studios area in Universal City, California. The New York Street facade, a King Kong exhibit, and the Universal video vault were among the buildings engulfed by flames, causing more than $25 million worth of damage. At least one building has been destroyed by the flames and as many as three blocks of movie facades have been destroyed, including two mock New York and New England streets and Courthouse Square, the set most famously known from the Back to the Future trilogy and the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird. Helicopters have been dropping water on to the burning structures, and television pictures showed flames leaping into the air as a thick cloud of smoke covered the site. This smoke was caused by the burning plastic in the video vault building. In a subsequent press conference, studio president Ron Meyer announced that it was a video vault building, not a film vault, that was destroyed (contrary to earlier reports that suggested the film vault was destroyed or damaged) and that nothing destroyed is considered irreplaceable.

There is one report of smoke inhalation and three people suffering 'minor injuries' but no fatalities.

On June 1, 2008, Tatum O'Neal was arrested for allegedly buying crack cocaine near her Manhattan apartment building. She was charged with a misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-winning American actress best known for her film work as a child actress in the 1970s. She remains the youngest actor, at the age of 10, to win an Oscar.

* According to Michael Jackson, Tatum O'Neal tried to seduce him when Tatum was 12 years old.  Tatum O'Neal denied Michael's statement.

LAPD arrested Charles Madrid (50) for making death threat on George Bush last week on the phone call to his ex-girlfriend.  The ex-girlfriend then notified the police.

Bail hearing is scheduled for today.  Charles Madrid is a radio technician in the city of Pacoima (Los Angeles County) with no prior criminal record.

On the phone to his ex-girlfriend (Wanda O'Hickey-Way) Madrid said "Committing this murder is not a murder, it's making a difference for the people," "I'm going to kill who needs to be killed."

After arresting Charles Madrid, LAPD asked him if he wants to kill President Bush.  "Yes", Madrid replied.