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• Lohan pleads not guilty to felony theft charge Feb 09, 2022 09:58 PM
  
  • LOS ANGELES - Lindsay Lohan pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace - the most serious charge yet filed against the troubled starlet who has wrestled with drug and alcohol abuse for years.
  • "You're in a different situation now that a felony has been filed," Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz scolded Lohan after she entered the plea through her attorney.
  • Saying it appeared Lohan had violated her probation in a 2007 drunken driving case, Schwartz set bail at $40,000 and warned that if she was accused of breaking the law while free, he would have her held without bail.

  • NY Rep. Lee resigns after shirtless photo story Feb 09, 2022 09:09 PM
    
    • CLARENCE, N.Y. - A married New York congressman accused of sending a shirtless photo of himself to a woman abruptly resigned his seat Wednesday, saying he was quitting because he regretted actions that had hurt his family and others.
    • The gossip website Gawker reported Wednesday that Rep. Christopher Lee, a two-term Republican, had e-mailed the photo to a woman he met on the Craigslist classified-ads website.
    • "I regret the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my constituents," Lee said in a statement posted on his congressional website.

    • Rep. Giffords speaks for first time since shooting Feb 09, 2022 08:40 PM
      
      • HOUSTON - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is able to speak: She asked for toast at breakfast one recent morning.
      • Doctors said in late January that they planned to insert a speaking valve into her tracheostomy - a tube inserted into Giffords' throat to assist her breathing immediately after the shooting in Tucson, Ariz.
      • Arizona state Sen. Ken Cheuvront, a friend of Giffords who shared a house with her and another lawmaker when they served together in the Legislature, said he was excited to hear that she can speak.

      • Strokes are rising fast among young, middle-aged Feb 09, 2022 08:28 PM
        
        • LOS ANGELES - Strokes are rising dramatically among young and middle-aged Americans while dropping in older people, a sign that the obesity epidemic may be starting to shift the age burden of the disease.
        • The numbers, reported Wednesday at an American Stroke Association conference, come from the first large nationwide study of stroke hospitalizations by age.
        • Strokes rose among women in this age group, too, but not as fast - 17 percent.

        • Mom: Woman who left baby in toilet can't remember Feb 09, 2022 08:13 PM
          
          • GREENVILLE, S.C. - The South Carolina woman accused of giving birth in an arena toilet during the circus and leaving the baby told her family afterward she was bleeding heavily, but didn't know why.
          • As 24-year-old Jessica Blackham checked herself into a hospital six miles away, a cleaning crew found the 6-pound boy, his skin purple and breathing so labored he could barely cry.
          • The details of Friday night came into focus when the cleaning crew talked to the media Wednesday about their discovery, and Blackham's mother tried to explain to a judge what had occurred.

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