Trial set for rapper Lil Wayne on Arizona felony drug possession, gun charges

October 9th, 2009 BUENOS AIRES - The illegal use of drugs among teenagers in Argentina has risen by 62 percent over the past decade, a media report said, citing a government study. The Higher Institute of Health Sciences carried out the study among the high school students, the La Nacion newspaper reported Thursday.

October 5th, 2009 Rapper Jim Jones pleads guilty to NYC assaultNEW YORK — Rapper Jim Jones admitted Monday to punching a friend of Ne-Yo's in the face in a Louis Vuitton store during a scuffle that erupted as the R&B crooner was browsing. Jones pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in his Dec.

October 5th, 2009 Twin pediatricians fight child sex accusationsHAMILTON, Ohio — Twin brother pediatricians are going on trial on charges that for years they used their practices in a middle-class Ohio community to recruit boys for sex and bribed them not to tell authorities. Jury selection began Monday in the trial of 53-year-old Mark Blankenburg in a state court in Butler County, about 30 miles north of Cincinnati.

September 30th, 2009 AZ judge to decide if 10-year-old faces rape trialPHOENIX — A 10-year-old boy charged in the alleged gang-rape of an 8-year-old Liberian girl cried in an Arizona courtroom Monday as his schoolteacher testified that he rarely did his homework and often got into fights with other students. Toya Abrams, a second-grade teacher at Camelview Elementary School in Phoenix, says the boy had various behavioral problems.

September 30th, 2009 Jamaica's Andrew Tosh found guilty of possessionKINGSTON, Jamaica — A son of the reggae legend who promoted the legalization of marijuana has been convicted of possessing the drug. Andrew Tosh, 42, son of the late Peter Tosh, was found guilty late Monday of possessing a small amount of marijuana.

September 30th, 2009 Judge blocks key parts of new Arizona abortion lawPHOENIX — A state judge has blocked implementation of key parts of a new Arizona law restricting abortion, a day before they were to take effect. Judge Donald Daughton of Maricopa County Superior Court late Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction granting most of a request by Planned Parenthood, the state's largest abortion provider.

September 22nd, 2009 Auchincloss pleads not guilty in child porn caseMEDFORD, Ore. — James Auchincloss, half brother of the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was freed without bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to charges of possessing and duplicating child pornography.

September 19th, 2009 Heidi Fleiss forced to close Vegas grooming shopLAS VEGAS — Former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss' Las Vegas dog grooming business has been shut down by a judge as part of a civil lawsuit, two days after she was sentenced to three years probation on felony drug charges. Fleiss' Dirty Dog salon had been open for just three days when Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez ordered it closed Thursday.

September 17th, 2009 Arizona parents sue over kids' bath picturesPHOENIX — An Arizona couple accused of sexual abuse after taking bath-time photos of their children and then trying to have them developed at Walmart are suing the state and the retail giant. Lisa and Anthony "A.J." Demaree's three young daughters were taken away by Arizona Child Protective Services last fall when a Walmart employee found partially nude pictures of the girls on a camera memory stick taken to the store for processing, according to the suit.

September 15th, 2009 Pfizer subsidiary pleads guilty in marketing caseBOSTON — A subsidiary of Pfizer has pleaded guilty to illegally promoting the pain killer Bextra. Pharmacia and Upjohn entered its plea in U.S.

September 15th, 2009 Heidi Fleiss gets probation in Nevada drug caseLAS VEGAS — Former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss was sentenced Tuesday to three years probation on felony drug charges stemming from her arrest in the rural Nevada town where she lives, her lawyer said. Nye County District Court Judge John Davis in Pahrump followed terms of Fleiss' July 7 guilty plea to unlawful use of methamphetamine and possession of the painkiller hydrocodone without a prescription, attorney Robert Hill said.

September 9th, 2009 BOGOTA - Colombia's Supreme Court ruled that possession of illegal drugs for personal use is not a criminal offence, citing a 1994 decision by the country's Constitutional Court, Caracol Radio reports. Drug consumption "generates in a person problems of addiction and slavery that turn one into a sick, compulsive individual deserving of therapeutic medical treatment instead of a punishment", the judges said Wednesday.

September 8th, 2009 PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court says a man isn't entitled to use a state religious-freedom law to overturn his conviction for possessing marijuana while driving. The state high court's unanimous ruling Tuesday rejects Danny Ray Hardesty's argument that he's entitled to use the same defense allowed for peyote use in Native American sacramental rights.

September 4th, 2009 Ex-immigration agent accused of cocaine smugglingPHOENIX — A former high-ranking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was stationed in Mexico before retiring in 2007 was arrested Friday on suspicion of conspiracy to smuggle cocaine into the U.S.

September 4th, 2009 Accused Miley stalker's case sent to felony courtSAVANNAH, Ga. — A Georgia judge has transferred the misdemeanor case of a 53-year-old man accused of trying to stalk Miley Cyrus to a court that handles felony cases, indicating prosecutors are looking at stiffer charges.