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Villager goes down for drugs
A California judge on Tuesday sentenced singer Victor Willis, who dressed as the policeman in the hit 1970s disco band the Village People, to three years probation on drug and gun possession charges. Willis, who co-wrote some of the band's biggest hits such as YMCA and In the Navy, pleaded no contest and got a suspended three-year, eight-month prison sentence on condition that he complete a 30-day drug treatment program at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, followed by at least six months in a treatment program in Long Beach, California. Willis, 55, was arrested in March near San Francisco on drug and gun charges, the latest in a series of run-ins with the law.
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Bus rolls off interstate
A bus traveling from New York to Boston rolled over on an interstate off-ramp on Tuesday, injuring 34 people, authorities said. The bus, operated by Fung Wah Bus Transportation, which offers low-fare Chinatown-to-Chinatown routes, was carrying 57 passengers when it turned onto its left side while negotiating a curve about 64km southwest of Boston. Fung Wah employees in the Boston and New York offices had no immediate comment. The driver, Chen Chuandai, 44, of Brooklyn, New York, was cited for driving beyond the "reasonable and proper speed," said State Police spokesman Scott Range.
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