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May 1, 2006
Topics porn, phone, rap, alone, computer, tv, internet, television, face, charges, house and teacher
A retired schoolteacher is fighting with her cable company, Cablevision, over a hefty bill for porn and gangsta rap programming she says she never ordered. According to The Associated Press, charges of more than $1,000 appeared on Claudia Lee's February bill, shortly after she bundled her cable TV, computer and phone services together with Cablevision.
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April 7, 2006
Topics lawyers, teeth, gold, emily, rap, dentist, seattle, stars, germany, dead, office, men and car
Prosecutors attempted to force the removal of gold tooth caps from two drug suspects, saying the "grills" were seizable assets. The Associated Press reports that Flenard T. Neal Jr. and Donald Jamar Lewis were in a car heading to the dentist when defense attorney convinced a judge to stop the procedure.
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December 19, 2005
A human rights group is alleging the United States uses music by Eminem and Dr. Dre to torture detainees in a secret Afghanistan prison. New York-based Human Rights Watch quotes an Ethiopian-born detainee as saying he was kept in a pitch-black prison and forced to listen to Eminem and Dr. Dre's rap music for 20 days before the music was replaced by "horrible ghost laughter and Halloween sounds. "
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November 2, 2005
Topics rap, bush, people, mtv, stars, god, hurricane, film, movie, hand, hot, job and black
Rap fueds really usually don't stem from differing political opinions, the state of the nation, or George W. Bush, for that matter. But, in the case between rap stars 50 Cent and Kanye West, it appears that the two see things quite differently when it comes to George W. Bush and the handling of his job.
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August 25, 2005
A judge overturned the expulsion a 14-year-old dismissed by the Pittsburgh school district in May for writing violent, profane rap lyrics. The court says the songs weren't "true threats" against the school, and therefore were protected by the First Amendment.
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