prison for stocking madonna in prison after he escaped from a mental place. 54-year-old robert hoskins left the los angeles area facility last friday without permission. back in 1996 madonna testified against him after he jumped the fence of her hollywood home and her security guard shot him. a jury convicted hoskins of stalking and threatening to kill her. before we go our team s top five things of the day. nicholas cage denies some bizarre rumors that is he a vampire. number four, the associated press reports the westminster dog show has dropped pedigree as a sponsor claiming ads like this one with a shelter dog were too sad. number three, the ratings agency standard and poor s cutting the grades of 34 italian banks today as that country struggles with pointing debt. number two, most of the republic presidential candidates making their pitches to conservatives at the washington conference today. tomorrow we will learn the results of the maine caucuses.