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Amy Winehouse drops drug case appeal in Norway

January 6, 2009 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OSLO, Norway -- British singer Amy Winehouse dropped herappeal in a Norwegian drug case and will accept a fine for illegalmarijuana possession in 2007, her attorney said Tuesday.

Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were arrestedduring a concert stop in the western city of Bergen in October 2007on charges of possessing 7 grams of marijuana.

They were held overnight and released...

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