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...Illinois, Democrat Rod Blagojevich, is trying to do something about that. Outraged by a news report about JFK Reloaded, a game available for download from an overseas firm, in which players try to assassinate President Kennedy, Blagojevich plans to propose two bills this month that would make it a misdemeanor, punishable by fines of $5,000 or up to a year in jail, for retailers to sell or rent games with certain sexual or violent content to kids under 18. The $7 billion video-game business, says Blagojevich, is an industry that "targets its products at kids. Just...
...chain of events, was iced for six.) The NBA Players Association has appealed Artest's suspension as unreasonable. Oakland County, Mich., authorities are reviewing game and security tapes to determine what charges may be filed against Pacers and fans, although it's not likely that anything beyond a misdemeanor will result. Lawyers for injured fans like Mike Ryan, a 5-ft. 9-in. pilot who was clocked by Artest, are already putting on the full-court press...
CHARGED. RON ARTEST, 25, STEPHEN JACKSON, 26, DAVID HARRISON, 22, ANTHONY JOHNSON, 30, and JERMAINE O'NEAL, 26, NBA players for the Indiana Pacers; and five Detroit fans; with misdemeanor assault and battery--and in the case of Bryant Jackson, a fan who threw a chair, an additional felony charge--committed during a brawl at the end of a Detroit Pistons--Pacers game on Nov 19; by Oakland County prosecutor David Gorcyca...
...equating Hank Aaron, one of the classiest acts in professional sports, with Ron Artest? Well, let’s just say that Artest was charged with just one count of assault and battery on Wednesday night—a misdemeanor that carries, at maximum, three months of jail-time and a $500 fine. I think we can say that Lady Justice agrees with...
...charges were later reduced to the misdemeanor of trespassing and were ultimately dismissed, but the four will each have to foot $200 in court costs...