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A judge ordered former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison Monday for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.

Suspended Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas should soon learn whether he will serve jail time for a felony gun conviction stemming from a locker-room confrontation with a teammate.

Former NBA star Jayson Williams was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for fatally shooting a hired limo driver in 2002, ending an eight-year legal odyssey by tearfully apologizing to the victim's family. He will be eligible for parole in 18 months.

Film director Roman Polanski has lost his bid to be sentenced in a US court without having to return to the country.

A Saudi court sentenced a female journalist Saturday to 60 lashes for her work on a controversial Arabic-language TV show that aired an episode in which a man bragged about his sex life, two sources told CNN.

The men were sentenced by a Chinese court for their roles in the deadly ethnic rioting that convulsed the regional capital of Urumqi in July, the state news agency said.

Writer pleaded guilty to traffic crash charge -- Scripter Roger Avary, who won an Oscar for "Pulp Fiction," has been sentenced to a year in jail for causing a fatal traffic crash in Southern California.

Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later reaching a plea deal on weapons charges.

A judge sentenced the R&B singer Chris Brown on Tuesday to five years of probation and six months of community labor for his assault on the pop star Rihanna.

Singer Chris Brown's punishment for assaulting his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna, is expected to become official Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom.