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ASHVILLE — Rapper and reality TV star Nelly is facing felony drug charges after being arrested in Tennessee on Saturday. Tennessee Highway Patrol said .. the bus he was riding in failed to display a U.S. Department of Transportation and International Fuel Tax Association sticker. According to the release troopers smelled marijuana .. When troopers searched the bus, they found five rocks that tested positive for meth, ... .. numerous handguns.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)Grammy-winning rapper Nelly told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that law enforcement in Ferguson, Missouri, had lost the trust of the community and needed to change, the star's publicist told NBC News. The artist spoke on the phone to Holder, who visited the St Louis suburb in a bid to end violence over the fatal shooting by police of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Nelly, a Ferguson native who created a scholarship fund in honor of Brown’s family, said in a statement that he was “thankful” that Holder had taken the time to speak. “[Holder] understood that the trust and...

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)FERGUSON, MO (KTVI) – As the turmoil in Ferguson enters its 10th day and businesses along West Florissant Avenue are picking up from another night of looting following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. The landscape for protestors has dramatically changed. Demonstrators were informed Monday that they will no longer be able to march on West Florissant, stand in the turning lane and must keep moving during rallies. Protesters will also no longer be permitted to gather at the burned out QuikTrip on West Florissant which has become ground zero for protesters. Governor Jay Nixon ordered the Missouri National Guard...

One thin October night A bloated ex Vice President appears For midnight fun I need you to get down on the hotel floorGive that man what he askin for (oh)Cuz I feel like bustin loose and I feel like touchin you (ah, ah)And cant nobody stop the juice so baby tell me whats the use Tensions rise as Fever settles in hotel suite Al Gore's Clothes dissolve (I said)Its gettin hot in here (so hot)So take off all your clothes Oil glides from the bottle Skin feathers abdominals for a season (A hard rain comes quickly!) Then Gore is parched...

Social-networking platform MySpace will be at this week’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver, Colorado as the company has prepped a space with big name celebrities expected to visit. According to the Denver Post, the popular group has chosen The Corner Office, a restaurant-martini bar, downtown to make its headquarters and offer a non-virtual social activity spot during the four-night event. “We figured a café was a place where people could gather, congregate, recharge and connect,” MySpace executive producer Lee Brenner told the Post. While not featuring as many guests as the actual DNC, movie stars Jessica Alba and Rosario...

A Greek Orthodox priest was threatened with a knife and robbed of his large gold crucifix he wore around his neck in an incident Tuesday afternoon in the 3100 block of Hampton Avenue, St. Louis police said. The priest, 46, was standing next to his car on a resturant parking lot about 1:15 p.m. when a man approached, pulled out a switch blade knife that had tape around the handle, and said, "Who do you think you are? (Blanking) Nelly?" The robber demanded the priest's crucifix and he and an accomplice ran down an alley. The priest was not injured,...

Sultry singer Nelly Furtado, some may be curious to learn, has opened up her dark side in an interview with European magazine GUS, a gay pub that recently landed what some will surely find a hot interview with this mysterious brunette. Apparently, the Canadian songstress admits she's attracted to women and believes all people are essentially bisexual, and that they hould have the freedom to experiment with their sexuality. She tells GUS, "I'm reading a book about Chinese medicine, which claims that people are inherently bisexual to balance their energies. And, in a way, that makes so much sense. As...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Terri Carlin wants to make Janet Jackson's bare breast into a federal case. Carlin filed a proposed class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court this week against Jackson, singer Justin Timberlake, broadcasters MTV and CBS and their parent company, Viacom. Carlin alleges in the Feb. 4 suit that she and others who watched the halftime show during the Super Bowl were injured by the performers' lewd actions when Timberlake ripped off part of Jackson's costume, exposing her breast. In the lawsuit, Carlin charges that the exposure and "sexually explicit conduct" by other performers during the show injured...

<p>When the St. Louis rapper Nelly announced he was coming out with an energy drink, Najee Ali was ecstatic.</p> <p>"It's important to support young African-American entrepreneurs," said Ali, national director of the activist group Project Islamic Hope.</p> <p>But when Ali and other activists learned that Nelly's drink is named "Pimp Juice," after the rapper's song, "Our mouths just dropped."</p>