The Official TSG RSS Feed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/ en 15 NationalNews Entertainment We're not sure who authored the Foo Fighters 2008 tour rider--frontman Dave Grohl, the production manager, a witty roadie--but whoever is responsible for the document deserves much praise. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0513081foo1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0513081foo1.html Tue, 13 May 2008 11:00:00 EST This week's roundup is titled "Holy Mug Shots, Batman!" http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0509082mugs1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0509082mugs1.html Fri, 09 May 2008 18:00:00 EST By now you've probably heard about the trio of Texas teenagers who allegedly dug up a corpse, severed its head, and then used the skull as a makeshift bong. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0509081corpse1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0509081corpse1.html Fri, 09 May 2008 11:09:00 EST A group of fraternity brothers at Tulane University burned pledges with boiling water in an alleged "Hell Night" ritual last month, according to police. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0508082frat1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0508082frat1.html Thu, 08 May 2008 14:19:00 EST Football legend Joe Montana is suing his ex-wife and a Texas auction house over the sale of love letters and memorabilia from the Hall of Fame quarterback's college days at the University of Notre Dame. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0508081montana1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0508081montana1.html Thu, 08 May 2008 11:59:00 EST Turns out that skyrocketing pump prices aren't the only crimes associated with U.S. gas stations, as seen in this series of mug shots. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0506082gas1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0506082gas1.html Tue, 06 May 2008 17:00:00 EST As The Weather Channel's owner negotiates a multi-billion dollar sale of the cable outlet, the network's lawyers are angling to keep secret the details of a blistering arbitration ruling in favor of a former female anchorwoman who charges that she was subjected to unrelenting sexual harassment by her male co-anchor. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0506081weather1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0506081weather1.html Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:00 EST In suicide notes left for her relatives, Deborah Palfrey, the convicted "D.C. Madam," wrote that she could not "live the next 6-8 years behind bars" and that "there was no way out, i.e. 'exit strategy' for me other than the one I have chosen." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0505081palfrey1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0505081palfrey1.html Mon, 05 May 2008 13:00:00 EST Another Smoking Gun roundup of the usual suspects. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0502081mugs1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0502081mugs1.html Fri, 02 May 2008 18:00:00 EST Deborah Palfrey, the so-called D.C. Madam who today committed suicide at her mother's Florida home, once told a California judge that she "seriously considered" killing herself following her arrest in a felony pimping case in the early-1990s. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0501081palfrey1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0501081palfrey1.html Thu, 01 May 2008 14:10:00 EST The web's leading gossip outlet, TMZ.com, today published the name and photo of a 14-year-old boy whom the site reported has allegedly been the victim of a sex crime. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0430081tmz1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0430081tmz1.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:50:00 EST A former employee of the UCLA Medical Center was indicted today for allegedly accessing the confidential medical records of celebrity patients and selling them to a "national media outlet," according to a federal indictment unsealed today. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0429082ucla1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0429082ucla1.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:20:00 EST With Hillary Clinton standing at his side, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley today described the Democratic presidential candidate as so tough that she "makes Rocky Balboa look like a pansy." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0429081hillary1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0429081hillary1.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:00:00 EST Since his arrest last September on a murder charge, 19-year-old Broderick Laswell has been locked up in an Arkansas jail, where he has shed 105 of his original 413 pounds. While most people suffering from obesity would probably welcome such a weight loss, Laswell has made a federal case out of it. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0427081arkansas1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0427081arkansas1.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:00:00 EST Hot For Mug Shots: This week's roundup includes hotheads, hot babes, and a guy who's hot-for-Obama. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0425084mugs1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0425084mugs1.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EST A Florida doctor regularly fondled and groped female patients in an exam room where routine visits turned into sexual assaults, police charge. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0425083doctor1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0425083doctor1.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:30:00 EST Here's the text of today's verdict acquitting three New York Police Department detectives in the November 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell, who was cut down in a hail of 50 bullets outside a Queens bar. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0425081bell1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0425081bell1.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:45:00 EST Oregon educators want law enforcement officials to probe who was responsible for mailing parents a letter on school letterhead suggesting that they supply students with alcohol at post-prom parties. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0424081prom1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0424081prom1.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:45:00 EST Actors Denzel Washington and Woody Harrelson have written character reference letters to the federal judge who is set tomorrow to sentence their pal Wesley Snipes on federal tax charges. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0423084snipes1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0423084snipes1.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:15:00 EST The parents of a 21-year-old soldier killed in Iraq are suing an online retailer for including their son's name on antiwar t-shirts that list the names of thousands of military personnel killed in the war. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0423083soldier1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0423083soldier1.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:30:00 EST A 45-year-old Cincinnati man was arrested yesterday after a sheriff's deputy found him asleep and allegedly inebriated inside a porta-potty. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0423082duff1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0423082duff1.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:30:00 EST A Florida man is facing elder abuse charges after he allegedly filmed his senile 85-year-old grandmother wearing a ski mask and holding a gun for a "Gangstas and Thugs" street DVD series. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0423081granny1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0423081granny1.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:30:00 EST Three months after their bid for an undefeated season ended with a Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants, the New England Patriots are continuing to pursue trademarks on the phrases "19-0" and "19-0 The Perfect Season," records show. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0421081pats1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0421081pats1.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:00:00 EST