NEW YORK SAFE WITH STEWART BEHIND BARS

Serial gourmet and hardcore homemaker Martha Stewart choked back tears and pleaded for leniency prior to being sentenced to five months in prison Friday for lying about a stock sale. But the woman who saw her empire crippled over a single transaction smiled boldy into the cameras outside to denounce her treatment, pitch her company and vow: "I'll be back." Prosecutor Karen Patton Seymour tried to reassure the local crowd by telling them they could 'sleep safely' for the next five months at least.

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