Former New York state speaker Sheldon Silver sentenced to 12 years in prison

He was one of the most powerful politicians in the state of New York but today Sheldon Silver, 72, who was convicted last year on extortion and money laundering charges has been sentenced by District Judge Valerie Caproni late on Tuesday to twelve years behind bars for criminally enriching himself while he represented the Lower East Side of Manhattan at the legislature in Albany, the capital of the state, and served as State Assembly Speaker from 1994 to 2015. Silver was also ordered to pay $5.1 million.

“I let down my family my colleagues and my constituents,” Silver, who was sometimes known as ‘The Sphinx’ because of his inscrutable manner, said in brief remarks to the judge before sentencing. “I am truly, truly, truly, sorry for that.“

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Anthony Joshua, Lewis Hamilton, others attend Laureus World Sports Awards (photos)

The Champ, Anthony Joshua, Formula one race champion Lewis Hamilton and teammate Nico Rosberg joined a host of other sports stars to attend the Laureus World Sports Awards in Berlin, Germany on Monday night. Also at the event were F1 legend Niki Lauda, Novak Djokovic, Luis Figo, Carles Puyol and former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw. The Award winners include; Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year: Serena Williams Laureus World Team of the Year: All Blacks Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year: Jordan Spieth Laureus World Comeback of the Year: Dan Carter Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Daniel Dias Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year: Jan Frodeno

Ciara and Russell Wilson Are Engaged

I'm so happy happy for them and it's about time!! Ciara and Russell Wilson are engaged. When ET recently asked the 30-year-old singer about a possible proposal, she said it was "all about timing."

NIA LONG RESPONDS TO J. COLE’S “NO ROLE MODELZ” LYRIC: “HE’S REALLY NOT TOO YOUNG”

Towards the end of the Video (See below), Larry King gets contemporary, and asks Ms. Long about a specific rap reference, on J. Cole‘s “No Role Modelz,” on which he raps, “My only regret was too young for Lisa Bonet / My only regret was too young for Nia Long / Now all I’m left with is h*es from reality shows / Gave her the script the b*tch probably couldn’t read a long.” Nia’s response to that? “He’s really not too young. He just doesn’t know it.” Watch the video below

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