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Charlie Sheen (left) and his lawyer leave a court hearing. How does Charlie Sheen do it? After a series of wild nights with porn stars and booze, hospital stays, and well-publicized arrests, his employer still has his back. A top exec at CBS said Friday that the network is concerned about Sheen's off-camera behavior, but it hasn't affected his work as the star of television's most popular comedy. "We have a high level of concern," said Nina Tassler, CBS entertainment president. "How can we not?" The actor's recent headlines have included a wild night that left a New York hotel...

We interrupt this hiatus for an intriguing story of particular note.... Arguably the most influential figure in the four-century history of American Catholicism, nearly a year after Fulton Sheen was celebrated anew across the globe on the 30th anniversary of his death, the iconic prelate's boyhood diocese has suddenly pulled out of leading the charge for his beatification. In a release posted to its website late last week, the Peoria-based Archbishop Sheen Cause announced the surprise move thus: It is with great sadness and disappointment, Bishop [Daniel] Jenky announces that after nine years of effort and sacrifice, the Diocese...

Martin Sheen, who played fictional "West Wing" U.S. president Jed Bartlett, is urging one of his fellow actors to sign a state bill granting overtime parity to California farmworkers. "This measure's time has come at long last! It is fair and just and your signature will add a moral depth to your legacy," says a hand penned letter by Sheen to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sheen's letter is dated July 9 and was released today by Sen. Dean Florez, a Democrat from Shafter. Florez is the author of Senate Bill 1121, which would lift a 1941 exemption in state labor code...

Hey, is that Magnum P.I.? Nope - it's Charlie Sheen! And In Touch magazine says the reason Sheen's wearing this ridiculous get-up is because the married TV star is on his way out of his new girlfriend's home.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Mercedes that Charlie Sheen reported stolen from his Sherman Oaks home was found overturned hundreds of feet down a nearby cliff early Friday, but there's no evidence anyone was in the car when it went into the ravine, police said. A Bentley was later found off the same road nearby Friday afternoon, and police said three other cars reportedly were broken into in the same area. Police were investigating if the incidents were linked. Police got an emergency call around 4 a.m. from an OnStar-style alert system that calls emergency officials when there is a...

Charlie Sheen's wife told police the actor pinned her on a bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her in a Christmas Day fight in Aspen that began when she said she wanted a divorce.Charlie Sheen told police he "became very upset with this threat (of divorce) because of prior experiences." He went through a bitter divorce and custody battle with his previous wife, actress Denise Richards.Police say Charlie Sheen surrendered a folding knife with a 4-inch blade.

Charlie Sheen, the highest-paid television actor in America, spent Christmas Day behind bars after his wife made an emergency, early-morning phone call to the police complaining that she had been assaulted. The star of America's favourite sitcom, Two and a Half Men, was arrested and charged with the second-degree crimes of assault and menacing, which can carry a 12-month prison sentence. The 44-year-old actor was also charged with criminal mischief. Sheen is thought to have become angry after he and his wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, also known as Brooke Allen, began drinking on Christmas morning. The row escalated at their...

ASPEN, Colo. -- A woman who identified herself as the wife of Charlie Sheen said in a 911 call to Aspen police that the actor threatened her with a knife and that she feared for her life.

Charlie Sheen used a knife to threaten his wife, Brooke Mueller, in their altercation on Christmas Day. Claims and counterclaims are swirling about in the strange case of Charlie Sheen and his wife, Brooke Mueller. Firstly, cops were called on Christmas morning to hte rented house in Aspen where they were staying over an alleged domestic assault. Charlie Sheen was hauled off to jail and he paid $8,500 bail and signed off on the necessary paperwork and was out again.

Mueller Claimed Sheen Threatened Her with Knife Dec 27th 2009 Brooke Mueller told cops Charlie Sheen threatened her with a knife ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ. As we have already reported, one of the two felonies for which Charlie Sheen was arrested is felony menacing -- a threat involving a deadly weapon. Our law enforcement sources say Mueller told cops Charlie was in possession of a knife and threatened her with it. As we first reported, Mueller has recanted much of her story ... so her credibility has clearly come into serious question. In addition, as we also first...

Oh, Charlie Sheen. E! News has exclusively confirmed that a weapon "of some sort" was involved in the domestic violence dispute the actor was hauled off to jail for on Friday. The 44-year-old Two and a Half Men star was arrested yesterday morning in Aspen, Colo., and released that night after posting an $8,500 bond. Aspen Police Department spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro tells E! News the felony menacing charge Sheen is facing would not go into further detail—for the record, they aren't naming the victim, either—other than to say the count does involve "a weapon of some sort." Aspen Chief Deputy...

Actor Charlie Sheen was booked into the Pitkin County Jail on felony domestic violence charges today, authorities in Aspen said. Aspen police were summoned by a 9-1-1 to a home at 320 West Hallam St. near downtown at about 11:20 a.m.. A unnamed "victim did not require transport to the hospital," according to a statement from police. The home at that address is for sale for $7.45 million, but the owner's name is not listed, according to real estate records. Sheen married 29-year old real estate investor and actress Brooke Mueller last year and she gave birth to twins, Max...

ASPEN, Colo. – Charlie Sheen has been arrested in the Colorado resort town of Aspen on charges related to an alleged case of domestic violence. Aspen police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro says Sheen was arrested Friday on charges of second-degree assault and menacing, both felonies, along with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor.

for domestic violence. Color me not surprised.

New York City, N.Y., Dec 3, 2009 / 05:25 am (CNA).- Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan will celebrate a special St. Patrick’s Cathedral Mass on Dec. 9 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Fulton Sheen. The Mass will be broadcast live on the Catholic television network EWTN.Archbishop Sheen was a radio host and bestselling author who also hosted the popular 1950s television series “Life is Worth Living.” He served as the Bishop of Rochester, New York from 1966 to 1969. He died on Dec. 9, 1979. In 2002, Archbishop Sheen was declared a Servant...

Charlie Sheen, Mariska Hargitay Among TV's Highest Paid Stars Wed Sep 30 Charlie Sheen is at the top of the scripted TV heap, according to TV Guide. The mag reported that the "Two and a Half Men" star takes home $875,000 an episode for his role as Charlie Harper on the CBS sitcom. Last year, "Sopranos" star James Gandolfini led the pack with a whopping $1 million an episode for the final season of the HBO mob drama. Among the rest of TV's highest paid men in 2009 are "24" star Keifer Sutherland ($550,000 an episode), "House" doctor Hugh Laurie...

"Truthers" are the people who believe the 9/11 terror attacks were an inside job. That the Bush administration had advance knowledge of them and let them occur. In the more extreme version of an already extremist theory, truthers believe the U.S. government itself carried out the attacks as an excuse to take the nation to war. At the very least the truthers question the official version of events and want the government to reopen the investigation. In a way, they have a lot in common with those who to this day refuse to believe that Lee Harvey Oswald fired the...

NYC CAN Breaking News Bulletin - FORWARD WIDELY September 10, 2009 New York – In a last minute decision, lawyers for the City of New York have conceded that the New York City Coalition for Accountability Now (NYC CAN), a group comprising 9/11 family members, first responders and survivors, indeed did submit over 30,000 valid signatures to put the referendum for a new 9/11 investigation before the voters of New York City this November. In an earlier letter from the City Clerk dated July 24, 2009, the City had claimed only 26,003 signatures were valid, 3,997 short of the requisite...

"Truther" actor Charlie Sheen says President Obama needs to investigate fully the actions and conspiracies he believes resulted in the 9/11 attack on the United States. Sheen, in a fictionalized "interview" with Obama on the PrisonPlanet website, notes that while the conversation did not take place, "This is an open letter to the president requesting a new investigation." Sheen and others contend the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed almost 3,000 people could have been arranged by officials high in the U.S. government to provide a pretext for war. If they did not actually arrange them, government officials at...

Report: Charlie Sheen Seeks Meeting With Obama to Discuss 9/11 'Cover-Up' Wednesday, September 09, 2009 Actor Charlie Sheen is demanding a meeting with President Obama to discuss his belief that the September 11 terror attacks were perpetrated by the federal government. In an interview with PrisonPlanet.com, The “Two and a Half Men” star unveils a fictional 20-minute exchange he imagines having with Obama – whom he supported in the November election – during which he implores the president to get on “the right side of history.” Sheen, 44, argues that “the official 9/11 story is a fraud” and claims the...