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Rapper The Game May Face Charges Tied to Flash Mob Calls

Los Angeles County prosecutors are considering whether to press charges against the rapper known as The Game after a tweet from his account prompted a telephone flash mob that overwhelmed the emergency phone system at the Compton sheriff’s station.
| by FOX| 2011 |

Amessage on his Twitter account Friday urged some of his 580,000 followers to call the sheriff’s office and inquire about music internship jobs.

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Stage Collapses at Sugarland Concert – Four Confirmed Dead

A stage has collapsed at the Indiana State fair on Saturday (August 13) right before band Sugarland was supposed to take the stage, CNN reports.
| by just | 2011 |

Agust of wind is said to have caused the destruction, and authorities are reporting at least 4 confirmed dead and 24 more injured.

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Texas billionaire Charles Wyly killed in car accident

Texas billionaire and philanthropist Charles Wyly, whose family donated millions of dollars to Republican causes and Dallas arts projects, has died after a car accident in western Colorado, authorities said.
| by AFP |2011 |

He was 77.

Wyly, who maintained a home near Aspen, Colo., was turning onto a highway near the local airport

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Big Boi Arrested On Drug Charges In Miami: OutKast Rapper Had Ecstasy, Viagra

MIAMI — Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has been arrested in Miami on charges of illegally possessing drugs including ecstasy and Viagra pills.
| by Huffinpost | 2011 | |

The rapper, whose real name is Antwan Patton, was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance

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Police: 4 Shot After George Clinton Concert

Cleveland – Several shots rang out from a handgun during a large fight near an outdoor concert venue in Cleveland, leaving four people wounded after a “Unity in the Park” festival featuring funk music artist George Clinton, police said Sunday.
| by FOX | 2011 |

Authorities said they were searching for a male suspect

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L’Oreal Forced to Pull Julia Roberts Ads After Watchdog Groups Deems Retouching Unrealistic

Cosmetics company L’Oreal has been forced to pull ads featuring actress Julia Roberts and model Christy Turlington after an advertising watchdog group ruled that the images were overly airbrushed.
| by FOX | 2011 |

According to a report from the UK Guardian, Britain’s Advertising Standards of Authority (ASA) upheld complaints made by politician Jo Swinson about the photographs presenting a distorted reality.

Swinson has waged a long-running campaign against “overly perfected and unrealistic images” of women in advertisements. According to the Guardian, the ASA ruled that the ads were a breach of standards code for being misleading. They have been banned from future publication.

Roberts and Turlington are featured in the ads for Lancome and Maybelline foundation, respectively. Swinson reportedly claimed that the images weren’t “representative of the results the product could achieve.”

But L’Oreal, who admitted that the images had been “digitally retouched,” said that the ads still showed signs of ageing and that the photos “accurately illustrated” the product’s potential results.

The ASA was not able to review Julia Robert’s unretouched photos due to a contractual agreement between her and L’Oreal, the Guardian reported.

“It shows just how ridiculous things have become when there is such fear over an unairbrushed photo that even the advertising regulator isn’t permitted to see it,” Swinson said before adding that Roberts and Turlington don’t need retouching.