“The man’s been in prison for I don’t know how long. He wants to decompress. I mean, he’s been in a cell with two other people and one toilet. Would you want to be out partying tonight? I don’t think so.’’ — Earl Cherniak, Conrad Black’s lawyer, following the former media mogul’s release after spending about three years in prison for defrauding investors.

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“They could track me anywhere in the world that I go, but they haven’t done so. If the Secret Service agents were idiots, imagine the investigators.’’ — Dania Londono Suarez, who told the station W Radio that she was the prostitute who triggered the U.S. Secret Service scandal in Colombia.

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“I think it’s obvious to anyone how big an influence the Beastie Boys were on me and so many others. They are trailblazers and pioneers, and Adam will be sorely missed.’’ — Eminem after fellow rapper Adam Yauch died Friday at age 47 following a nearly three-year battle with cancer.