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Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested for investigation of illegally possessing a handgun and drugs as he left NBC Studios after performing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, police said. The 35-year-old rapper and two members of his entourage were arrested around 6pm on Tuesday after a search of his Diamond Bar home and car, Sergeant Kevin Grandalski said.

Hours before the judge in the Michael Jackson case was expected to rule on whether comedian Jay Leno can tell jokes at the singer’s expense, The Tonight Show host found a way to slip in a quip without opening his mouth. After arriving ”late” for the taping of Thursday’s show, Leno stepped out of a black limousine wearing SpongeBob SquarePants pyjamas.