The Official TSG RSS Feed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/ en 15 NationalNews Entertainment We're no photography critics, but the Kentucky cops who busted the guy who kicks off this week's mug shot roundup may want to review the focusing section of their camera's instruction manual. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0319104mugs1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0319104mugs1.html Fri 19 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST The last man still imprisoned, as it were, for the murder of Malcolm X was granted parole earlier this month and is scheduled to be freed in late-April, 45 years after the civil rights leader was shot to death at Harlem's Audubon Ballroom. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0319103malcolmx1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0319103malcolmx1.html Fri 19 Mar 2010 12:05:00 EST For today's "Friday Photo Fun" contest, entrants must examine a quintet of booking photos and match up the suspects with their respective occupations. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0319102contest1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0319102contest1.html Fri 19 Mar 2010 10:55:00 EST A trio of Florida scammers is facing felony fraud and grand theft charges for allegedly selling tickets to a nonexistent rap concert. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0319101tickets1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0319101tickets1.html Fri 19 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EST Though it reads like a hoax, Washington cops are investigating a Craigslist ad that recently offered a four-year-old boy for sale, according to court documents filed this week. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0318101craigslist1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0318101craigslist1.html Thu 18 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST In light of recent high-profile name changes (see ACORN and Bernard Madoff's daughter-in-law), here is a collection of court applications filed by individuals desperate to ditch their given surnames. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0317101names1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0317101names1.html Wed 17 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST In a quaint presentation, cybercrime prosecutors last year gave fellow Department of Justice officials an introduction to social networking sites and their possible investigative uses. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0316101doj1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0316101doj1.html Tue 16 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST A Montana inmate is not letting a 25-year prison sentence interfere with his love life, according to a probe by state correction officials. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0315101prison1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0315101prison1.html Mon 15 Mar 2010 18:00:00 EST Though Wyclef Jean's charitable foundation has operated at a deficit and experienced cash flow problems, the group actually prepaid 25 months of office rent to a New York firm jointly owned by the musician and a relative. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0312102wyclef1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0312102wyclef1.html Fri 12 Mar 2010 15:50:00 EST The man convicted of surreptitiously taking naked peephole videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews has asked a judge to spare him a prison term. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0311103erinandrews1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0311103erinandrews1.html Thu 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 EST By now, you'd think that most television viewers would realize that music awards shows are filled with vulgarity, skimpy costumes, and lots and lots of crotch grabbing. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0311102fcc1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0311102fcc1.html Thu 11 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST The latest tax return for Wyclef Jean's foundation has been filed, and while it reveals that the musician is still paying himself from the group's funds, the charity reports that it has just instituted a written conflict of interest policy. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0311101wyclef1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0311101wyclef1.html Thu 11 Mar 2010 10:30:00 EST A woman who briefly worked for Lenny Dykstra charges that the former baseball star groped her breasts and tried to push her down on a bed in his Los Angeles mansion after the ex-athlete solicited a "blow job," according to a federal court filing. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0310101dykstra1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0310101dykstra1.html Wed 10 Mar 2010 16:30:00 EST While on patrol early Sunday morning at a mall in Orangeburg, South Carolina, a cop noticed a parked Chevy conversion van rocking. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0309102van1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0309102van1.html Tue 09 Mar 2010 10:30:00 EST Claiming that the sale of baby bottles designed to look like Budweiser and Miller Lite bottles infringes on its valuable trademarks, the Anheuser-Busch company yesterday filed a federal lawsuit against a Maryland firm offering products "for your little drinker." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0309101babybeer1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0309101babybeer1.html Tue 09 Mar 2010 10:30:00 EST In chronicling the National Enquirer's latest bid for respectability, The New York Times today glowingly details the tabloid's sleuthing on the John Edwards trail (and the publication's related Pulitzer Prize bid). http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0308102enquirer1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0308102enquirer1.html Mon 08 Mar 2010 13:30:00 EST A Kentucky woman is facing a felony assault charge for allegedly squirting breast milk into the face of a female jailer. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0308101milk1.html?link=rssfeed http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0308101milk1.html Mon 08 Mar 2010 11:30:00 EST