{"id":583,"date":"2010-08-12T19:06:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T23:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/?p=583"},"modified":"2010-08-12T19:06:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T23:06:11","slug":"singer-george-michael-faces-drug-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/12\/singer-george-michael-faces-drug-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer George Michael Faces Drug Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wasim sends us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-10952675\">Singer George Michael Faces Drug Charge<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Singer George Michael has been charged with possession of cannabis and driving while unfit through drink or drugs following an incident last month, Scotland Yard has said.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was arrested on 4 July in Hampstead, north London, after he allegedly crashed his car into a branch of photographic shop Snappy Snaps.<\/p>\n<p>The Wham! star, from nearby Highgate, was on police bail following the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Michael, 47, is due to appear before magistrates on 24 August.<\/p>\n<p>The pop star, whose real name is Georgios Panayiotou, was charged when he reported to a police station in Camden, north London, on Thursday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wasim sends us Singer George Michael Faces Drug Charge: Singer George Michael has been charged with possession of cannabis and driving while unfit through drink or drugs following an incident last month, Scotland Yard has said. 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