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On a cool, clear Friday night in early February, about a hundred people are packed into the Casa Blanca Lounge on Van Buren Street in downtown Phoenix. Many of them have come for "communion" with local punk/thrash quartet NunZilla. But the "nuns" here aren't anything like the ones who rapped your knuckles with rulers in Catholic school, and this communion is more like an anarchistic tent revival. .
An entire year of missteps in the life of Britney Spears
She is taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for 72 hours of observation, and according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman, appears to be under the influence of some substance and seems to not have eaten or slept in days. Reports say, however, that Spears tests clean for drugs and alcohol. But Friday afternoon, a judge gave full custody of the boys to their father and completely suspended Spears' visitation rights. DEC. 4, 2007: Child welfare investigators investigate ''multiple child abuse and neglect'' allegations in the custody battle between Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline. OCT. 30, 2007: A Los Angeles court commissioner grants Spears three weekly monitored visits with Sean Preston and Jayden James. OCT. 25, 2007: Spears avoids a criminal hit-and-run trial by paying for damages in a fender-bender.
New Tech fan blog: 'Shake and Bake' cooking up great future with ...
JASON JONES: Louisiana Tech begins the new year at 3-9 and will look to start the WAC portion of its schedule with a win over the visiting Fresno State Bulldogs. Tech just completed an impressive 10-point win over McNeese State in which true freshman Dwayne Lathan broke out with 19 points, five rebounds, and two steals in 19 minutes. The Tech Bulldogs held the Cowboys to 38% shooting for the game including 28% in the first half. Fresno State arrives after a seven-point loss to Stanford that brings it to 7-6 overall and 1-5 on the road. The California Bulldogs are led by 5-10 guard Kevin Bell who was picked second team all WAC in the preseason and is averaging 17.5 points per game. Fellow guards Eddie Miller and Bryan Harvey also average in double figures while 6-9senior post Hector Hernandez leads the team with 6.9 rebounds to go with his 10.8 points per game.
Indictments include drug busts, child pornography
A Johnson County grand jury handed up indictments last week for charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child, stalking, burglary, evading arrest, possession of controlled substances and child pornography.Robert Walter Bonner and Amanda Dawn Bonner were reindicted on possession of marijuana in a drug-free zone between five and 50 pounds. On May 8, the Burleson Police Department seized more than 500 marijuana plants in the Bonners' home, which was 1,000 feet from Kerr Middle School. The couple's two children were placed in foster care. Robert Walter Bonner was also charged with possession of child pornography. The task force found the images on a computer seized from Bonner's home during the arrest.Chistopher Warren Bone of Mineral Wells was indicted on a charge of stalking. Bone, 42, was arrested by the Cleburne Police Department on Sept.
Briefly in Tompkins
The 14th annual conference on depression, "Resiliency Across the Lifespan," is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 9 in the BorgWarner community meeting room at the Tompkins County Public Library, 201 E. Green St. Keynote speaker will be Ellen deLara, who'll discuss her research in adolescent development and school violence, with expertise in bullying from a systemic perspective. .
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