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News Roundup 1.27.10
by SHJ
Scary, drunk, hate-mongering lunatic takes time off from being arrested to attempt a Hollywood comeback. It doesn’t quite seem to be taking. [Backstage]
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A neighborhood association in Berkeley has filed a class action suit against U.C. Berkeley’s frats on a theory that apparently “has its roots in cities’ injunctions against criminal street gangs.” Because if there’s one thing that comes to mind when you think of criminal street gangs, it’s a bunch of drunk, overprivileged white nerds who couldn’t get into Stanford projectile vomiting over the balcony of a converted Victorian row house. [Above the Law]
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Yet another group of law students rallies to bring the cast of Jersey Shore into their open arms. Confusion ensues. [Above the Law]
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In related news, Jersey Shore’s Vinny Guadagnino, the one that you’ve never heard of, revealed that he recently took the LSATs and is keeping law school “on the back burner,” but admitted ”to tell you the truth, man, [being a] lawyer isn’t something I wanted to do. Nobody wants to be a lawyer — it’s hard work.” Well, apparently no one told him that…that… Nope, sorry. He’s right. [Perez Hilton]
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Keifer Sutherland falls for the old “Give Me a Million Dollars for Some Mexican Cows” scam. [Huff Post]
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‘:-/ [ABA Journal]
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The Los Angeles City Council has approved an ordinance intended to close hundreds of “medical marijuana” shops and banish those that remain to industrial areas. Sorry. [AP via Washington Post]
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After Andy Dick’s arrest this past weekend on two felony sex abuse counts for crotch-grabbing a bouncer and kissing a male patron at a West Virginia bar, word’s hitting the street that it’s not the first time ol’ Andy’s been grab-happy on the record. The latest story involves licking, groping and biting—with a few “coke whore” slurs thrown in for good measure. And there’s audio! [NY Post]
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