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Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- ProsecutorMichael Loucks remembers clearly when lawyers for Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug company, looked across the table and promised it wouldn’t break the law again.

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Kid Cudi addressed the rumors that Kanye West is hiding out in rehab or an Indian ashram while being interviewed by MTV News backstage at the Ulalume Festival in Columbia, Maryland last weekend.

According to the Cleveland rapper, Ye is not receiving any medical attention.“All that’s definitely false. I mean… rehab for what? Being awesome?” said West’s 25-year-old protégé. “We talk every once in a while. Like I said, he’s like a brother to me, I worry just as much as the next person, but when I… Continue

After months of holding out, wide receiver Michael Crabtree has agreed to a contract with the San Francisco 49ers, league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.


Crabtree will get a six-year deal that he can void to five years if he meets undefined performance clauses, a league source told ESPN's Michael Smith.

The 22-year-old Crabtree is expected to report to the team's training facility Wednesday.

Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker met into the early-morning hours Wed… Continue

The Cleveland Browns have agreed to trade troubled wide receiver Braylon Edwards to the New York Jets.

In the deal, first reported by ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, the Jets agreed to send key special teams player Jason Trusnik, wide receiver Chansi Stuckey and a pair of draft picks to Cleveland.

In Edwards, the Jets obtained a receiver that gives rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez the legitimate deep threat that the Jets have lacked -- and a player facing an NFL investigation for off-the-field… Continue

Dinner goes from bad to worse when he first skips out on restaurant bill

updated 9:43 p.m. MT, Sat., Aug 29, 2009

FERNDALE, Michigan - A first date went from bad to worse when a man skipped out on the restaurant bill, then stole his date's car, police said.

Police say 23-year-old Terrance Dejuan McCoy had dinner with a woman April 24 at Buffalo Wild Wings in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale. The woman said the two met a week earlier at a Detroit casino and she knew McCoy only as "Chris."

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It’s been months since the release of the beef-igniting “Mafia Music.” But multi-division boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has not forgotten Rick Ross’ unprovoked jab at him.

While most focused on the lines aimed at Mayweather friend 50 Cent, Ross also questioned the validity of Mayweather’s wealth claims, despite the boxer grossing $50 million in 2007.

(“That Mayweather money looking funny in the light.”)

In an exclusive multi-part interview with AllHipHop.com, Mayweather framed Ross as an u… Continue

The murder trial of Corey “C-Murder” Miller has begun with prosecutors utilizing the testimony of a bouncer present the night of the homicide.

The witness, Darnell Jordan Sr., testified that C-Murder shot 16 year old Steve Thomas at Harvey’s Platinum Club while more than 15 members of Miller’s entourage battered him.

Jordan verified that he did not see the murder weapon in the rapper’s hand. However, he elaborated that he saw the muzzle flash at the end of C-Murder’s arm when it was directed a… Continue