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NYC judge sentences Remy Ma to 8 years in prison Tue - 12:08 PM

By SAMUEL MAULL

Associated Press Writer

People Remy Ma

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In this Dec. 5, 2007, file photo, Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma leaves Manhattan criminal court in New York. Remy Ma, whose real name is Remy Smith, was sentenced Tuesday, May 13, 2008 to eight years in prison for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.

NEW YORK A weeping Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub. "I feel so bad for all the physical and mental pain you've gone through," the Grammy-nominated rapper told the victim. "This has taken a toll on us and both our families. I would never wish you harm and I pray the best for all of us."

The entertainer, whose real name is Remy Smith, had faced up to 25 years in prison for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph last July in a dispute over money.

`Jones': Real archaeologists don't have whips Tue - 11:50 AM

By DAVID GERMAIN

AP Movie Writer

Film Indy and Archaeology

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A 31-pound, 10-inch high crystal skull, believed to be manufactured in Mexico in the 1950's is shown at Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History in Washington on Monday, May 12, 2008.

LOS ANGELES Indiana Jones managed to retrieve the trinket he was after in the opening moments of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." He pretty much wrecked everything else in the ancient South American temple where the little gold idol had rested for millennia.

Though he preaches research and good science in the classroom, the world's most famous archaeologist often is an acquisitive tomb raider in the field with a scorched-earth policy about what he leaves behind. While actual archaeologists like the guy and his movies, they wouldn't necessarily want to work alongside him on a dig.

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