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R. Kelly is finally scheduled to stand trial in Chicago today on 14 counts of child pornography.

The singer, whose real name is Robert Kelly, was indicted in June 2002 of an initial 21 counts based on a videotape that allegedly showed Kelly engaging in sex acts with a 14-year-old girl. Seven of those counts were later thrown out.

Judge Vincent Gaughan will preside over the case, in which Kelly has pleaded not guilty and maintains that the man seen in the video tape is not him.

If convicted on the child pornography charges, Kelly could face up to 15 years in state prison, a $100,000 fine and be forced to register as a sex offender.

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New York
*Tiffany ﾓNew Yorkﾔ Patterson, the twice-spurned lover of Flavor Flav and true star of his reality show franchise ﾓFlavor of Love,ﾔ currently sits in the position of power as the subject of its new spinoff, ﾓFlavorette.ﾔ

As previously reported, the ﾓFlavoretteﾔ concept involves 20 single guys vying to win the heart of Flavor Flavﾒs most ﾓdramaticalﾔ contestant. But according to New York, the men appearing on her show give the women from ﾓFlavor of Loveﾔ a run for their money in the drama department.

"These guys are so dramatic," Patterson, 24, tells the New York Post. "They're worse than the women who were on season one and season two [of "Flavor of Love"]. This show is so chaotic, it's overboard, it's over-the-top, it's extreme and these guys know they're fighting for a wonderful woman so they've been at each other's throats and I'm flattered by it. I can't complain."

ﾓFlavoretteﾔ is currently in the final weeks of shooting, and VH1 has yet to set a premiere date for the series. As of press time, Patterson says only three guys remain, and she's catching feelings for each one of them.

"There's one man in particular that I can definitely see myself living out the rest of my life with," she says.

According to Patterson, who lost out in Sunday nightﾒs ﾓFlavor of Loveﾔ finale to Deelishis, viewers are in store for even more over-the-top mess among her harem of men.

"I like it when the guys go at each other," she says. "I'm a prize, I'm so worth it - frankly, it turns me on."

Of course we couldn't talk about New York without showing you a clip that shows her at her insane best.. Check this out:

Speaking of Deelishis, in this clip, you'll see why her ass-ets attract Flav and a lot of others: