New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- A celebrity empire meets the quiet math of federal law, and the result is counted in months

New York. The federal courtroom at 500 Pearl Street filled before sunrise on Friday, reporters and spectators sliding into benches while deputy marshals moved quietly along the aisles. By midafternoon, Judge Arun Subramanian pronounced the sentence. Sean "Diddy" Combs, once one of the most powerful figures in American popular culture, would serve 50 months in federal prison for two convictions under the federal Mann Act. The judge also imposed a fine of five hundred thousand dollars and five years of supervised release. Combs stood, hands folded, and said he was ashamed. He asked for mercy. He said he had changed. For readers ...