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Entertainment, USA - Aug 31, 2010 20:09 - 0 Comments

Paris Hilton arrested for carrying cocaine

By Andy Goldberg

Los Angeles (dpa) – Socialite Paris Hilton was charged with felony

possession of a controlled substance after police allegedly found 0.8

grams of cocaine in her purse when they arrested her on Friday,

People.com reported Monday.

Hilton, 29, was briefly taken into custody following the arrest,

which was carried out, according to a police report released Monday,

after police stopped her car when they detecting the strong smell of

marijuana coming from the vehicle she was driving.

The charges carry a maximum sentence of four years in prison and a

5,000 dollar fine. Hilton previously served a brief stint in prison

in 2007 following repeated drink-driving violations.

Hilton made headlines last week after an incident at her home in

which she was awoken by a armed intruder. The man was arrested and is

to face charges that could carry a sentence of up to six years in

prison if convicted.

Hilton was arrested during the World Cup in South Africa on

suspicion of possession of marijuana possession. The case was dropped

a few hours later.

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USA, World - Sep 3, 2010 10:23 - 0 Comments

Police identify owner of trunk in L.A. basement babies case

By Kate Linthicum
Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES – The woman poses in front of a shining Dodge roadster, squinting into the sun.

She wears a snow-white fur stole around her neck and an uneasy smile on her face, as if she isn’t accustomed to being photographed. Police say she was the owner of the steamer trunk that last month was found to contain the mummified remains of two babies, wrapped in newspaper from the 1930s.

On Thursday, police identified her – a move that puts them closer to solving a case that has puzzled detectives here and transfixed mystery-lovers across the world.

Janet M. Barrie was a private nurse who worked for a Los Angeles couple from the 1930s to the 1960s. The couple, a dentist and his wife, lived in the same MacArthur Park apartment building where the trunk was discovered.
When the dentist’s wife died in 1964, Barrie married her former employer. It is unclear whether the children belonged to Barrie, the wife of the dentist, or someone else, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck said at a news conference Thursday.

“You are able to speculate as well as we can,” Beck said. Detectives working on the case say they have contacted Barrie’s nieces and nephews, who live in Canada, to ask for DNA samples to see whether it matches the DNA of the babies, whose carefully wrapped bodies were stowed in two leather doctor’s satchels at the bottom of the trunk kept in storage at the apartment building.

Coroner’s officials have not determined the cause of death of the babies, one of which was a fetus, and the other of which was a newborn. Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroner’s office, said Thursday that a team of two pathologists and one forensic anthropologist had found no obvious signs of trauma.

Winters said investigators are waiting on the results of a toxicology report, which may come back in the next few weeks, and a DNA test, which will determine whether the babies were related to each other. The trunk had been sitting unclaimed in storage at the apartment building for decades, according to the building manager, Gloria Gomez. Continue…

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New Zealand, Top Stories - Sep 4, 2010 17:56 - 0 Comments

Fire breaks out in Christchurch building after power restored

If Christchurch residents haven’t had enough on their plates today following the 7.1 magnitude earthquake at 4.35am this morning, a building in the centre of the city caught fire this afternoon after power was restored. It is believed to be a result of a gas leak.

The Fire Service is also facing problems with water supply and pressure.

Christchurch fire chief Dan Coward stresses the importance of checking chimneys before lighting fires this evening, saying they should be inspected for obvious cracks or significant damage.

Coward says people have been showing up at fire stations with refreshments, but should stay at home to make checks around their houses and also make sure that their smoke alarms are functioning properly.

With power coming on and off, Coward says it is imperative that people ensure their electrical plugs haven’t been damaged or overloaded.

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