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    LOS ANGELES, March 18 (Xinhuanet) -- US singer-actress Courtney Love was arrested in New York on Thursday after throwing a microphone stand into a nightclub audience and hitting a man on the head, US media reported.

    A New York police spokesman said Love was charged with assault and reckless endangerment after the early morning incident at an East Village nightclub. A court date for Love was not immediately set.

    A 24-year-old man was injured in the head in the incident, police said. The name of the man was not released.

    Love, 39, known for her disruptive behavior, bared her breasts on the CBS "Late Show with David Letterman" hours before the arrest. She jumped on the desk used by Letterman for the late-night talk show and pulled up her shirt. She was not wearing a bra.

    Love, frontwoman for the defunct rock band Hole, appeared in court in Beverly Hills, California, on Tuesday for a hearing to determine if she will be tried on drug charges. The hearing was postponed after she disrupted proceedings and was admonished by the judge to keep quiet.

    The case stemmed from Love's Oct. 2 trip to a local hospital for what police called "a medical emergency." Love has pleaded not guilty to illegal possession of prescription painkillers.

    She faces two charges in a separate case stemming from her pre-dawn arrest the same day outside a boyfriend's home, where police said she was breaking windows. Enditem