Conrad Black was released from prison on $2 million bail, less than halfway through his sentence for swindling investors out of $6.1 million.

Recently freed rapist/filmmaker Roman Polanski, enjoying a paperwork mistake that saved him from extradition to the US, was spotted out for the first time today at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland to watch his wife perform. [AP]

Hot dog eater Takeru Kobayashi was released from jail in Brooklyn today following his arrest for crashing yesterday's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. He plead not guilt to charges of resisting arrest, obstruction of governmental administration, disorderly conduct, and trespassing.

Rachel Marsden, former "Red Eye" on-air eye-candy who was once allegedly "escorted" from Fox studios, and who has been accused of being a bit stalky, wrote into Gawker this morning to let us know that she's officially been exonerated of all wrongdoing ever. Or at least she won't be charged with harassing her Candian counterterrorism officer ex. The emails from the gentleman that she made public and those nudes allegedly of him she sent to the papers have finally proven her innocence! Canada's National Post helpfully adds: "Ms. Marsden, a former Republican Babe of the Week who has appeared on Fox News and CNN, has a history of criminal harassment, having pleaded guilty to stalking a Vancouver radio host in 2004. Her swim coach at Simon Fraser University also accused her of stalking him in the 1990s, but the allegation was never proven." [National Post]

Paris Hilton: Around her home for 40 days. Also, since when is herpes a valid medical condition?