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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2007
CRIME
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rapper Snoop Dogg pleaded no contest to gun and drug charges Wednesday. In the 1990s, Snoop Dogg was charged with gun possession, acquired of a murder charge and convicted of cocaine possession.
Snoop Dogg's image takes another hit
BY ANDREW GLAZER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PASADENA, Calif. — A stone-faced Snoop Dogg pleaded no contest to felony gun and drug charges Wednesday.
The 35-year-old rapper, born Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., agreed to five years' probation and 800 hours of community service. He faced charges of gun possession by a felon and sale or transportation of marijuana.
Snoop Dogg's recent arrests marked the end of a relatively long
trouble-free stretch for the rapper. He has burnished his image recently with appearances in movies and by starting a youth football league.
He was arrested at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank Oct. 26 on suspicion of transporting marijuana. Police later found a gun at his home.
Snoop Dogg also faces separate felony charges stemming from the Sept. 27 discovery of a collapsible baton in his computer bag by a security screener at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
dangerous weapon. Snoop Dogg has said it was a prop for a video and pleaded not guilty.
Snoop Dogg was convicted in 1990 of cocaine possession and charged with gun possession after a 1993 traffic stop. He pleaded guilty in exchange for three years' probation and a promise to make public-service announcements against violence.
He was acquitted of a murder charge in 1996 after the death of an alleged gang member killed by gunfire from the vehicle in which Snoop Dogg was traveling.
KU Students' Graduation Headquarters Jayhawk Bookstore ...at the top of Naismith Hill
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Join us for this unique event brought to you by the KU Alumni Association, Student Alumni Association and University Career Center.
Marvin Motley
College 1977, School of Law 1980, Master's in Public Administration 1981
Director of Operations Excellence Sprint Nextel
5:30 - 7 p.m.
Wed.,April 18
Adams Alumni Center
Throughout his 20 years as a Sprint executive Marvin Motley has helped Sprint adapt to dramatic organizational and industry changes. He has provided leadership in the areas of business process improvement, supply chain management, human resources, employment litigation and labor law.Join us to hear about his days at KU,his real-world experience and his tips for achieving success.
5:30-6 p.m. Refreshments,meet the speaker and networking tips by the Career Center 6-7 p.m. Speech and Q&A
Lots of door prizes and free food!
Don't miss it!
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Cross proud to be in Mom Club
》 CELEBRITY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Marcia Cross, who recently gave birth to twins, is proud to be a member of the Mom Club.
"I wanted to be a member of that club so badly, and now I'm in and it's so much better than I even imagined," says the 45-year-old actress, who plays Bree on ABC's "Desperate Housewives."
"Even before I was 30 I started thinking about (motherhood)." Cross tells People magazine in its April 23 issue, on newsstands Friday. "The years started going by and I was anxious about the clock ticking. Now it seems like it was all meant to be."
Cross gave birth to daughters Eden and Savannah in February — one month before her March 21 due date — hours after being diagnosed with preeclampsia, a disorder
characterized by high blood pressure that threatens both mother and baby, according to the magazine.
"Savannah was born first and then Eden followed within the same minute," says Cross' stockbroker husband, Tom Mahoney. "Then we had a symphony of crying and it was fantastic."
Cross appears with the twins on the cover of magazine, with more photos inside.
The couple, who wedi last June, began dating in 2004 after Cross spotted Mahoney, 49, at a flower store in Los Angeles and left her number with the shopkeeper.
"We did in vitro a week after we got married," she tells the magazine. "We were supposed to go to Greece and Paris and have this fancy honeymoon, and I said, 'Let's stay put and see if we can't give this baby a chance.'"
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The plan obviously worked.
"I was hugely terrified." Gross says
Marcia Cross, Bree on ABC's "Desperate Housewives," is featured in the latest issue of People magazine with her twin babies.
or expecting twins. "And I was more scared to have girls — probably from just having been one. Now I'm just delighted. There's nothing closer than the female bond."
ADVERTISING
Barrymore named new CoverGirl face
BY SAMANTHA CRITCHELL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Drew Barrymore grew up with tear sheets of models such as Cheryl Tiegs, Rachel Hunter and Christie Brinkley plastered on her bedroom wall like wallpaper. Come January, another young girl can do the same with Barrymore's photo.
Barrymore is CoverGirl's newest model and spokeswoman, joining a stable of famous faces that includes her former idols and, more recently, Queen Latifah, Molly Sims and Rihanna.
up to them, that's their expertise," she told The Associated Press in a phone interview from the set. "What I want to do is honor the tradition of CoverGirl but hopefully bring myself and my personality into it, as well as some edgy fashion-forward thinking and positivity to it."
Look for her in a nude-colored dress, which, Barrymore
Her selection by the Procter & Gamble Co. beauty brand was to be announced Wednesday at a news conference in Los Angeles.
"I like to be involved in every aspect. I'm a control freak but I keep those issues at bay when I work with other people."
DREW BARRYMORE CoverGirl model
explained, is a contrast to the bright colors often used in cosmetics ads.
The 32-year-old "Charlie's Angels" actress is also a co-creator of the ads, and before any wardrobe or beauty decisions were made at Monday's print shoot, Barrymore said she was consulting on the concept, graphics, lighting and how the photo would be cropped.
"I leave the makeup and product
at bay when I work with other people," she said with a laugh.
It's Barrymore's strength that led the company to seek her out.
"We partnered with Drew because she emulates the iconic image of CoverGirl with her fresh, natural beauty and energetic yet authentic spirit," said Esi Eggleston Bracey, vice president and general manager of CoverGirl Cosmetics North America.
CUSTODY HEARING Birkhead will not share custody of Dannielynn
NASSAU, Bahamas — Larry Birkhead, the biological father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby, said Wednesday there is no need to share legal custody of the child, a day after DNA tests proved that he is the father.
A hearing is scheduled for Friday at which a judge is expected to discuss who will raise 7-month-old Dannielynn. Howard K. Stern, who
has been caring for the baby since Smith's sudden death in February, said Tuesday he wouldn't fight for custody, but a lawyer for Smith's mother, Virgine Arthur, indicated she might.
Birkhead said Wednesday he did not want another legal fight. Birkhead said he has no intentions of sharing custody of the child.
"It would imply that I unfit as a parent, which I'm not," the Los Angeles photographer said. —Associated Press
VANDALISM
'Office'episode forces Wikipedia to restrict entry
BY ANICK JESDANUN ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — in the NBC series "The Office," the boss Michael Scott turned to Wikipedia for tips on fending off an employee's request for a pay raise. Viewers quickly flocked to the online encyclopedia and added their take to its entry on negotiations.
Administrators at Wikipedia had to limit editing of the entry, most recently late Tuesday, placing it in "semi-protection" mode. That meant users couldn't make changes anonymously or from accounts fewer than four days old — to discourage those drawn to the site specifically because of the broadcast.
The site imposed similar restrictions on the entry twice before, only to see vandalism continue after they were lifted.
Wikipedia is a collaborative reference site where anyone can add, change or even delete entries, regardless of expertise. The thinking is that the collective wisdom results in a better product overall, and members of the community can watch for any vandalism and reverse it.
Fans of Stephen Colbert's Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" flocked to Wikipedia to alter articles on elephants after he said on the program, "all we need to do is convince a majority of people that some factoid is true — for instance, that Africa has more elephants today than it did 10 years ago."
Changes aren't always noticed and fixed immediately.
In late 2005, prominent journalist John Seigenthaler, the former publisher of the Tennessean newspaper and founding editorial director of USA Today, revealed that a Wikipedia entry that ran for four months had incorrectly named him as a longtime suspect in the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert.