LOS ANGELES -- Singer Courtney Love, who has been at a live-in drug treatment facility since September, can enroll in an outpatient program, a judge ruled.

Superior Court Judge Rand Rubin cut short her sentence for violating probation in three criminal cases, including two drug-related charges. He previously ordered Love, 41, to spend 180 days at the residential facility.

"You're doing really well. I'm really pleased with the reports," Rubin told her Friday. "I certainly hope you keep up the good progress. You're definitely going in the right direction."

The judge ordered Love, the former lead singer of the band Hole and widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, to submit to random checks twice a week for drugs and alcohol. She also must continue therapy and avoid any business that primarily sells alcohol.

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