Finally Some Justice:Canadian sentenced for running pedophile brothel

A Canadian man was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in U.S. prison for running a brothel in Thailand that provided boys, some as young as 4 years old, to pedophiles, federal prosecutors said.

John Wrenshall, 64, admitted to using his Bangkok home to host foreign visitors who would pay him to have sex with Thai boys, according to court documents.

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He pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to engage in sex tourism, conspiracy to produce child pornography and distribution of child pornography, said the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark, New Jersey.

He let his clients film and photograph their abuse of the Thai boys, prosecutors said.

Wrenshall also was accused of personally abusing the boys to prepare them for customers. He was extradited to New Jersey after being arrested at London's Heathrow Airport in December 2008.

"John Wrenshall created a place where innocent children were sexually brutalized as a vacation pastime," U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said in a statement. "It is fitting that a man who has condemned children to live with unimaginable scars for his pleasure and profit should spend decades of his own life in a prison cell."

Wrenshall was indicted in New Jersey after it was discovered that Wayne Nelson Corliss, a New Jersey resident, had traveled to Thailand where he was photographed sexually abusing several Thai boys.

Corliss was identified after a sanitized version of one of the photographs was publicly released by INTERPOL, the international police organization.

Two of Wrenshall's other U.S. clients -- both from Alabama -- have been convicted and sentenced to prison on sex tourism charges for their patronage of his brothel.

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Snapped!! Mom Shoots 2 Children for Being 'Mouthy'

TAMPA, Fla. -- The wife of a military officer shot and killed her son on the way to soccer practice, then drove to their upscale home and shot her daughter in the head while she studied at her computer, police said Friday.

Afterward, the woman told detectives she killed the teens for being "mouthy."

Julie Powers Schenecker admitted the slayings after officers found her covered in blood on the back porch of her home Friday morning, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. Schenecker's mother had called police from Texas because she was unable to reach the 50-year-old woman, whom she said was depressed and had been complaining about her children.

Schenecker's husband, Parker Schenecker, is an Army colonel stationed at the headquarters of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. The father had been away for several days when the killings happened, said CentCom spokesman Lt. Col. Michael Lawhorn, describing him as a career Army intelligence officer.

Police said Parker Schenecker was in Qatar and was told of his children's deaths on Friday.

Julie Schenecker left a note detailing her plans to kill her disrespectful children and then herself, saying "they talked back and were mouthy and that she was going to take care of it," McElroy said. She provided the same motive to police who interviewed her.

"I think we will never understand how or why a mother could take the lives of her children," McElroy said. "That was the only reason she provided to our detectives."

The body of Schenecker's daughter, Calyx Powers Schenecker, 16, was found in an upstairs bedroom, McElroy said. The body of her son, Powers Beau Schenecker, 13, was found in an SUV in the garage.

An arrest affidavit said Schenecker shot her son twice in the head "for talking back" while driving him to soccer practice Thursday night. She drove home, went inside and shot her daughter in the back of head while the teen sat at a computer doing homework, then shot her in the face, the affidavit said.

McElroy said investigators believe the teens "never saw it coming." Both were killed with a .38-caliber pistol.

Julie Schenecker was jailed and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Wearing a white jumpsuit, she was led into a county jail later Friday visibly shaking and being supported by a sheriff's deputy.

Her Facebook page says she earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of Northern Iowa.

Sylvia Carroll, who attended Muscatine High School in Iowa with Julie Schenecker, said she was a popular and athletic girl who starred in basketball in the late 1970s. They reconnected about a year ago on Facebook.

"I'm just in shock," said Carroll, who now lives in Austin, Texas. "I can't believe this."

The family's home is on a cul-de-sac in a gated country club community in north Tampa. Hillsborough County property records show that the Scheneckers bought the house in 2008 for $448,000. It now has a market value of $261,000.

Oh No Not The Strippers!:Dallas' stripper shortage has club owners scrambling ahead of Super Bowl

News Core - Game tickets and parking spaces are not the only things in short supply in Dallas ahead of Super Bowl XLV.

Dallas-area strip clubs, expecting a boom in lusting patrons, are scrambling for exotic dancers to meet the expected onslaught, TMZ reported Thursday.

Showtime Cabaret’s John Walsh told TMZ his establishment is looking for an additional 100 to 120 lap dancers for the big football weekend.

One advertisement says, “We Want You!! Ladies, are you coming to [Dallas-Fort Worth] for the big game week? Want a safe, clean club to make the big $$$ in?”

Walsh said the 60 or so Dallas-area strip clubs will require approximately 10,000 strippers combined.

Officials from Arlington, Tex., home to Cowboys Stadium where the game will be played, said they expect 300,000 visitors for Super Bowl weekend.

I'snt She Lucky: Crazed mom accused of trying to poison husband's mistress so she'd have an abortion cuts deal

A crazed Brooklyn mom who tried to forcibly abort her cheating hubby's love child by poisoning his mistress cut a deal with prosecutors Wednesday that could have out of prison in less than two years.

Kisha Jones, 40, was seven months pregnant when she tricked Monique Hunter, 26, into taking an abortion-inducing medication on October 2009.

Jones' hubby, Anthony Jones, had knocked up both his wife and mistress around the same time, said defense lawyer Barry Turner.

"My client was in the last trimester of her pregnancy and was acting irrationally," he said outside court.

"I guess her hormones were out of whack."

Turner said accused Hunter of taunting his client, leaving phone messages with details of her three-year affair - and claiming Jones' man would soon leave her.

Jones had no criminal history and a life-long record of helping disabled kids, and deserved a break, Turner said.

She was under mounting pressure expecting her fourth child and "she acted in a manner that wasn't consistent with her personality," the lawyer said.

Jones admitted that, using a forged prescription and phone number-disguising software, she called Hunter and got her to take cytotec, causing her to go into early labor.

She was also accused of then trying to kill the premature newborn in the maternity ward and later impersonating a hospital exec to try getting the baby off a ventilator - but those attempted murder charges were dropped.

Wearing a knitted pink hat, the spurned spouse pleaded Wednesday to a lesser charge of second-degree assault.

Prosecutors signed off on the plea deal "after careful consideration and only after talking to the victim in this case many times," assistant district attorney David Klestzick told the judge.

Jones will be sentenced to four years in the klink on Feb. 10 - but with time served and credit for good behavior, she could be out in a year and eight months.

Turner said that Jones and her husband are still married and that Anthony Jones cares for the children and is involved with his wife's legal defense.

It wasn't clear if he has contact with Hunter or her child.

"Everybody's fine," the lawyer said. "The baby is fine, Monique Hunter is fine."

Best Idea Of The Day:Virginia lawmaker wants to castrate sex offenders, as alternative to costly state treatment programs

A Virginia lawmaker is floating a harsh idea for treating the state's convicted sex offenders: castration.

Republican State Sen. Emmett Hanger's bill would have state agencies study whether Virginia should start castrating sex offenders instead of confining them to treatment programs after they get out of jail.

Former Gov. Timothy Kaine vetoed a similar bill in 2007.

Hanger's critics call the idea barbaric, but he said it would save the state money and could provide a cure.

"I don't think it's radical at all," Hanger told the Associated Press. "It's just something that's not typically the thing you want to bring up in polite conversation, but again the whole subject area is not for polite conversation.

"We're talking about people who are so driven because of the tendencies from the chemicals and the hormones inside their body to perform heinous acts."

Virginia is one of 20 states with a civil commitment program, whose purpose is to keep violent sex offenders off the streets by allowing the government to keep them in custody – in psychiatric hospitals, for example – after they are released from prison.

The state's commitment program ballooned to $24 million this year, up from $2.7 million in 2004, and Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to spend $70 million over the next two years.

Hanger's bill wants state agencies to study the option of physical castration – cutting off a man's testicles or removing a woman's ovaries. Louisiana and Texas have legalized physical castration, while six other states allow for some form of castration of sex offenders, including chemical, which uses pharmaceuticals to stop a person's sex drive.

The bill doesn't only aim below the belt, though.

It also would require the state to consider changing the criteria for entering the civil commitment program, as well as creating housing options for those released, who are forbidden from halfway houses.

Some critics argued that castration would not be effective because it would not address the motivation that causes sexual predators to act on their impulses.

"When abuse and mutilation of a human being is presented as an acceptable alternative to responsible treatment and housing for those deemed as sexually violent predators, there exists a fault of reason," Mary Devoy, founder of Reform Sex Offender Laws of Virginia, told the AP.

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Weed in a Can:Medical Marijuana Users Can Now Get a Little Pot in Their Pop

SOQUEL, Calif. -- A California entrepreneur has plans to market a line of medical marijuana soft drinks.

Clay Butler says he plans to supply medical marijuana dispensaries with his soda pot, which contains the psychoactive marijuana ingredient THC.

Marijuana drinks are already showing up here and there, but Butler says he thinks his branding savvy will make his product a hit.

Besides his flagship cola drink Canna Cola, he will also produce Dr Pepper-like Doc Weed, lemon-lime Sour Diesel, grape-flavored Grape Ape and orange-flavored Orange Kush.

A 12-ounce bottle will cost $10 to $15.

The Soquel-based commercial artist tells the Santa Cruz Sentinel that he doesn't do drugs or need medical marijuana for any ailments.

Day Care Horror: Man Accused of Molesting 3 Girls at Wife's Day Care Center

MORENO VALLEY (KTLA) -- Police in Moreno Valley have arrested a 61-year-old man for allegedly sexually molesting three girls at his wife's day care center.

Ruben Avalos was arrested on Thursday as he was picking up kids after school and taking them to the Carlos Family Child Care Center in the 16500 block of Tarano Lane.

Avalos was booked for investigation of sex with a child, forced oral copulation and lewd acts upon a child.

Riverside County Sheriff's Lt. Chad Bianco said deputies were led to Avalos by an alleged victim being treated at Riverside County Regional Medical Center.

All the alleged victims are under 14 years old, and the alleged crimes happened over the past several months.

Avalos' wife, Maria De La Luz Carlos, said only that she and her husband have been married 13 years, and he sometimes helps out with her day care center, which she operates out of their home.

Carlos Family Child Care has been licensed since November 2006 to care for up to 14 children, California Department of Social Services records show.

The department's Community Care Licensing Division is now investigating.

Gucci Mane Shoots Reality Show With Waka Flocka Flame

Help Somebody Anybody Tell Me What Is The World Coming To(Who Gave Them A TV Show)

Gucci Mane's reps have confirmed reports that he will be filming a reality show with fellow rapper Waka Flocka Flame. Rumors have been circulating regarding the show, and Gucci's publicist, Kali Bowyer, confirmed that the series is looking to be featured on BET.

In addition to the reality show, reports XXL, Gucci Mane has also been collaborating with both Pop star Britney Spears and former Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland. The Atlanta rapper has also been busy filming music videos.

"We've been running around all day," Bowyer explained. "We've been shooting a video. And then we'll be shooting another video with Kelly Rowland. Gucci's been working with Britney Spears. All while filming a reality TV show."

There is no word on when the show is set to premiere, or when the singles will be released.

Lil Wayne VS Dwyane Wade & LeBron James

We Have To Ask Ourselves Is It Really That Serious

A day after being released from Rikers Island, noted sports fanatic Lil Wayne went back to New Orleans and sat courtside for the Hornets game against the Miami Heat. At the time, it was said that Hornets point guard Chris Paul supplied Wayne, Birdman, Mack Maine and Cortez Bryant with the baseline seats. 

In an upcoming issue of RollingStone Wayne talked about that game and had some harsh words for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade for not greeting him.

“Them niggas never speak to a nigga,” he said. “They don’t chuck me the deuce or nothing. Nigga spent all that money on them fucking tickets… Come holla at me. We sit right by them little bitch-ass niggas. At least come ask me why I’m not rooting for you.”

The magazine just hit the newsstands January 21

Plies Threatens To Shoot Up Crowd In Orlando

Tiny But Still Trying To Talk A Big Mans Talk

One would think that Plies learned his lesson after his entourage shot into a live crowd in 2006, landing the rapper in hot water.

Not so, it seems, as the man born Algernod Washington reportedly threatened his crowd during a recent performance, perhaps encouraged by the dismissal of a civil suit stemming from the aforementioned incident.

According to theboombox.com, after the Florida rapper was hit with a cup while performing, he went on an angry tirade, threatening violence.

"I swear to God, next [person] to throw something up here, I'ma shoot this bitch up in here right now!" promised Plies, who was greeted with cheers. "Next bitch that throw something up here, they gon' get it, bro."

Other Plies concerts have been similarly tumultuous, with a councilman attempting to ban rap music and concerts in 2009 following a stabbing at one of the rappers' shows

The Story Of Tupac: Being Brought To The Big Screen

Details on Cast and Plot of Tupac Biopic Turn Up Online

Pittsburgh Film maker Antoine Fuqua, best known for directing the award-winning film Training Day, has been working on a biopic about the late Tupac Shakur for some time. Now some details about the planned film have come to light. The film will of course feature actors portraying Tupac, his mother, and Suge Knight. But, more surprising, Jada Pinkett Smith will also play a part in the film, having been a classmate and friend of the young rapper during his teen years in Baltimore.

The film’s official synopsis, courtesy of Moviehole.com, reads like this: “The rise and fall of TUPAC SHAKUR is chronicled, from his days attending the Baltimore School of the Arts as a teenager, to his decision to leave his mother’s dead-end life behind and embrace the Thug Life in California, to his wild success as a rapper and his dangerous war against the East Coast scene. A true poet who was waylaid by fame’s trappings, his earliest ambition was to change the world and make a difference in people’s lives, and before his tragic murder in Las Vegas in 1996, that’s exactly what 2Pac did…”

So far, no actors have been attached to the flick but Moviehole has a quote from Fuqua about how he will approach the casting, “I want to discover someone new. I want to discover a lot of new people if I can. Obviously I’m going to have to put some people in it that you know, just because actors have different skills. I want to go to the streets and find him anywhere he might be in the world.”

Yo Gotti's Nightclub Shooting Charges Are Dropped

With The Fame And Money Comes More Problems

Charges of Aggravated Riot have been dropped in Yo Gotti's case. The charges were brought against the Memphis emcee after a scuffle outside of a night club called Level II in South East Memphis. 

"Case dismissed, it's over," a relieved Gotti told Fox News in Memphis. "It's false allegations."

Gotti said that he remained positive even through the "damaging" challenges he faced during this time period. 

"For them to put it out there and run with it, of course it's a little damaging but like I said, I knew it was all going to come to this."

"Whenever you're faced with anything, you can get through it. Stay focused, stay positive, do it for Memphis like I do it. Put in hard work."

Cold case over: Carlina White, kidnapped as infant from hospital 24 years ago, reuinites with family

Carlina White's Parent's (in 1987) - ----- Carlina White (TODAY)

An infant kidnapped 24 years ago from a city hospital improbably resurfaced this month to reunite with her family, resolving one of the NYPD's most perplexing cold cases.

Carlina White - last seen by her biological parents as a feverish 3-week-old infant - met her mother, father and other now-ecstatic relatives over the weekend.

"We ate and talked and got to know each other ... I feel great," said her mother, Joy White, who also met her granddaughter for the first time.

"I can sleep! I can definitely sleep now because this has been on my mind for so many years."

A DNA match revealed the connection between the adult woman living in Georgia under a different name and her New York relatives.

The girl's kidnapper - a drug-user who once beat Carlina with a shoe - remained the target of a police search, according to Joy White.

"She didn't really raise her," the irate mother said. "She neglected her and let other people raise her."

The family's anger toward the missing suspect was overwhelmed by their elation about the discovery of the now 23-year-old woman.

"Carlina came home!" said her grandmother, Elizabeth White, 71, of Manhattan. "She came up from Atlanta and we were all here. Oh, what a beautiful girl."

Carlina White - raised in Bridgeport, Conn., under an alias, Nejdra Nance - suspected since her 16th birthday that her "family" wasn't flesh and blood, according to Joy White.

"To take somebody else's baby and neglect it and and not take care of it - you have to be a sick person," Joy White said. "(Carlina) told me she never said someone to say 'I love you,' or hug her."

Carlina contacted an organization for missing and exploited children to follow up on her suspicions.

The girl's mother learned her daughter was still alive Jan. 4, when she received photos of the missing girl. A DNA match last night confirmed their ties, she said.

"I was screaming, I was so excited," said Joy White. "As soon as I saw those pictures I said, 'That's my daughter.' I saw myself in her."

Nejdra is the mother of a 5-year-old daughter, Samani, who came north with her.

"She's so beautiful," said Joy White. "She was like, 'I love you grandma.' Everything is grandma, grandma!"

Dad Carl Tyson said he didn't need any tests to know the young woman was his child.

"I already knew in my heart that this was my daughter," said Tyson, who was 22 when the girl disappeared. "All I could do is shed tears."

When a detective told Tyson the test results were a match, Tyson said he cried more tears of joy.

The grandmother and mom said they never gave up hope.

Five years ago, a weepy Joy White told the Daily News that she still prayed daily for the return of her daughter - and believed Carlina would one day return.

It was August 1987 when the little girl's abduction - the only known hospital kidnapping in New York history - stunned the city. It stumped investigators for more than two decades.

The three-week-old girl, just 21 inches long and weighing eight pounds, was rushed to Harlem Hospital by her parents with a 104-degree temperature.

A woman dressed as a nurse approached 16-year-old Joy White in the emergency room, offering soothing words to the worried mother.

"Don't cry," she said. "Everything's going to be all right."

But everything instead went wrong. The compassion was actually a cover-up, and the woman brazenly snatched the infant before disappearing.

Authorities said the white-clad woman was hanging around the hospital for several weeks before the kidnapping.

Police managed to track one suspect to Baltimore, but were never able to bring charges in what became one of the NYPD's coldest cases.

White and father Carl Tyson received a $750,000 settlement from the city after filing a lawsuit. The couple split up about a year after their daughter's disappearance.

Both went on to raise separate families while wondering about the fate of their first born.

Halle Berry's Ex to Judge: I'm The Daddy!

What Do We Say To This

Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry has filed legal documents asking a judge to officially declare him the daddy of 2-year-old Nahla.

TMZ has learned Gabriel Aubry filed a paternity petition on December 30, 2010.

Here's what we know. Sources say Gabriel was afraid things were going to get rocky in establishing who gets to spend time with the 2-year-old, so he wanted to protect his rights.

Turns out ... we're told whatever differences Halle and Gabriel have ... they've been pretty much worked out.

Our sources say the former couple has not filed for child custody, visitation or support and they don't plan to file -- they have an arrangement they worked out between the two of them and don't feel the need to go to court.

One source told TMZ ... on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being nuclear war ... Halle and Gabriel are a 2.

Illegal Alien to Kelis: You Stiffed Me!

She Made Sure She Got Her Money But Doesn't Care About The Next!!!

Kelis' housekeeper claims the R&B singer owes her $900 in unpaid wages -- and according to sources, there's one major problem preventing her from seeking justice ... she's an illegal alien.

We're told Kelis' maid earned $150 a day for her work ... and since she only worked one day a week, that means Kelis somehow fell six weeks behind on her payments.

According to sources, the housekeeper is currently exploring her legal options -- trying to lock down a lawyer to see if she can file anything with the California Labor Commission.

As we previously reported, Kelis' rapper ex-husband Nas has been ordered to pay her over $25,000 a month in child and spousal support. Not too shabby.

Calls to Kelis' camp haven't been returned.

Justin Bieber Fragrance!!

Plans for a Justin Bieber mega-store have been axed according to his rep. Reports had been circulating that a store dedicated to selling merchandise for the teenage star was headed for the Grove shopping centre in Los Angeles. But the 16-year-old's rep, Jennifer Gordon, told the Los Angeles Times that the plans have fallen by the wayside. "I was working with them last year with the possibility of this happening. Toward the end of November, everything had fallen through. It's not happening," she said. The Baby singer already has his own line of nail varnishes and is set to release a fragrance..

SORRY JUSTIN HANG IN THERE IT'A BE ON SHELVES SOON.

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Remembering A Great Soul

We Remember But Are We Appreciative Or Even Care?

"The Dream"

Is the dream still alive
Do people continue to strive
To make this world a better land
Where man is joined hand in hand

Hope, peace, and love is the order of the day
Hate, despair, and bitterness has been cast away
Where every man can make it regardless of his race
To work hard and find his rightful place

Or are we content to dwell in the past
Hoping the efforts of generations gone will last
And the lessons taught long ago won't be lost
On generations not willing to pay the cost

Realizing that freedom is not free
And that the visions that one man was able to see
Is a way of life that should be practiced not merely taught
That's the dream that Dr. King sought

It's a dream that's still possible to find
It's a dream that lies in the heart of all mankind

Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have A Dream"

August 28, 1963- Washington, D. C.

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination.

One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.

This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual.

There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must ever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.
We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote.

No, no, we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecutions and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, that even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow. I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!" And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that.

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."

Bad Parenting At It's Best: Baby Drowns While Mom Playing Game on Facebook

FORT LUPTON, Colo. -- The mother of a 13-month-old boy who drowned in a bathtub told police she was on Facebook in another room when her son died.

Shannon Johnson of Fort Lupton is due in court today on charges of child abuse resulting in death.

According to an arrest affidavit, Johnson's son died on Sept. 20 after she left him alone in the bathroom for a few minutes.

She told police she was playing a game called 'Café World' while her son was in the tub.

According to the affidavit, when police got to her home, Facebook was still up on her laptop.

Johnson told officers Joseph was playing in the tub for 10 minutes and she had checked on him once.

When three minutes passed without the sound of him playing, she went to check on him and found him on his side with his face in the water.

He was flown to The Children's Hospital in Aurora where he died.

Court documents indicate Joseph had been treated for a seizure about a month before his death.

She is being held at the Weld County Jail on a $100,000 bond.

Swizz Beatz Says "Watch The Throne" Has The Potential To Change The Game

My Big Brother Was Biggs Brother

There aren't many artists left who are a guaranteed platinum plus every time they drop an album, but two of them are made an album together. Yet Swizz Beatz, who has been in the studio with them, told MTV that Kanye and big brother weren't trying to make hits with this album.

"I think they're just doing them. I don't think artists nowadays are paying attention to any like, particular formats. Because the industry is not what it used to be — you can't predict a Top 40 record or a #1 Urban record. You just gotta just do what you feel is hot. It's just like you feel like you don't want to rap no more [or] you wanna keep going past the hook, just keep going past the hook. That makes it real hip-hop." he said. "People don't understand that hip-hop got started from being rebellious to any rules. Hip-hop has no rules, and the only reason hip-hop started getting rules [was] because of radio airplay, sales, different spins and trying to reach out to another audience. But Jay and Kanye got the audience already so they can do what they want to do, and I think that's what they doing, which is a great move."

Mr. Alicia Keys, who last work with both emcees on the remix to Kanye's "Power," has played a role in an album he thinks has the potential to change the game. "I'm involved a little bit on the album, and just hearing the different songs it's like 'Wow, they're really taking it to another level.' I'm happy to be a part of it, those are my brothers and [they're] going to continue pushing the envelope," he said before adding that, "'H.A.M.' Will be followed up by tracks that are "just gonna keep getting better."

Swizz is also a big fan of these high profile collaborations. "I think that those being both of my friends, and knowing that people can team up on such a high caliber level — as musicians, as rappers, as friends, as peers — I think it's super positive, and I think that if more of the industry did moves like this it would be a better place for everybody." 

Lloyd Banks Talks Raekwon's Influence

Once Upon A Time Not Long Ago!!

Early on in his G-Unit career, Lloyd Banks was considered by many to be G-Unit's best storyteller. Boasting his talents on songs like 50 Cent's "Don't Push Me" and his own "Til The End," Banks had no problem spinning tales of crime and regret.

So when G-Unit's youngest member got away from his lyrical plots, it took one of Hip Hop's most renowned storytellers to get him back on track: Raekwon of the Wu-Tang clan.

When the Wu member sent Banks an unfinished "Last Train to Scotland" off of Rae's upcoming Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang album, the Queens emcee knew exactly what to do. "Soon as I heard [Raekwon's] verse it was on some storytelling shit, so I already knew what I had to do with it," he said to Vibe.com. "Rae is one of the best at that, so his verse opened up my mind. It wasn't like I had a blank beat to go off of."

"It’s crazy because I’d already planned on going back into the storytelling thing on my next project... that's a cool start for me," added Banks, who collaborated with Raekwon on his recent Hunger For More 2. "It’s actually easier for me to paint pictures as far as stories because it’s less punchlines, it’s more out the mind. It’s different than having to break your brain to come up with a witty line."

Lloyd Banks is looking to drop a mixtape in March, followed by his next studio album in late 2011

Jay-Z And Kanye West Has The World Going Ham

What Do We Really Think Of This Collaboration ?


As expected, the release of “H.A.M.”  by Jay-Z and Kanye West brought instant critical analysis. A roundup of opinions from many of Hip Hop’s fixtures including Miss Info, Peter Rosenberg and DX’s Editor In Chief, Jake Paine, is available at Complex.com.

In addition to some critical analysis, Zack O'Malley Greenburg of Forbes.com’s “The Beat Report” went behind the numbers and analyzed if Hov’s following bars: “Really you got baby money / Keep it real with niggas / Niggas ain’t got my lady money.”

At this point, any commentary about Jay taking subliminal shots at Lil Wayne and Birdman are pure speculation, but the numbers verify his boasts. But as Jay-Z is known for saying, “Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t.”

Foxy Brown Faces $100,000 Lawsuit From Manager

When People Get The Fame And Don't Know What To Do With It

Foxy Brown’s recent erratic behavior, including vitriolic Twitter rants and missed and canceled appearances, has gotten plenty of attention lately. That Twitter outburst cost her her manager, Bernadette Brennan, according to comments made to the New York Daily News. Brennan went on to say, “It's always sad when an artist has everything they need at their fingertips but still displays such self-destructive behavior. I hope she gets the help she needs. I was one of the few people in her corner.”

But that concern for Brown’s welfare will not stop Brennan from taking legal action against the rapper in pursuit of over one hundred thousand dollars. The money is allegedly owed for studio time the star used but never paid for. Brennan plans to file the suit immediately.

Foxy’s legal troubles do not stop there. She is currently awaiting a court date in regards to an altercation between the emcee and another woman.

50 Cent Wants Fans To Miss Him

Do You Miss Me Yet?

50 Cent's fifth album Black Magic has been the subject of a lot controversy and speculation since 50 first announced it. After 50 came out and said the album would feature a lot of up-tempo, dance tracks, he then said that wouldn't be the case. A few months later 50 told fans he may not release the album at all.

That talk didn't last long though, and Curtis was back to discussing the new styles he was using and the producers he was working with. Lately 50 has been pretty quiet on the music front, but according to Curtis that is by design. Yesterday he Tweeted a message to his followers letting them know he was hard at work. 

I haven't been putting out new music cause I think people need to miss me. I go hard everybody knows this.

Black Magic is expected to drop in 2011

Toronto Drug Lords: Two Canadian Nationals Charged with Smuggling 100 Pounds of Cocaine

VALENCIA ( KTLA) Two male Canadian nationals are under arrest in Los Angeles for allegedly trying to smuggle more than 100 pounds of cocaine to Canada, hidden in boxes of romaine lettuce.

Along with the cocaine and lettuce, federal agents also found nearly two and a half million dollars in cash inside a safe inside a warehouse.

Vasile Babuschin, 19, and Sergei Souetov, 32, both from the Toronto area, are expected to be arraigned in Los Angeles County District Court Tuesday for possession of cocaine.

The two men were at a Valencia warehouse on Constellation Road, when the agents and officers moved in.

Besides the safe, investigators found dozens of boxes of romaine lettuce stacked inside the building. Agents believe the cocaine was ultimately destined for Canada and speculate the produce was going to be used to try to obscure the smuggling scheme.

"We believe these suspects were going to attempt to ship this cocaine by truck to Canada, where it would have sold on the streets for more than $2 million," said Claude Arnold, special agent in charge for ICE's Homeland Security Investigations in Los Angeles. "Thanks to some tenacious police work, there are some very unhappy drug dealers north of the border tonight."

Karrine ‘Superhead’ Steffans Says She ‘Got It In’ With Jay-Z Before The I Do's To Beyonce

SuperHeads And Rumors: Two Different Things Or All In One

Reportedly, rumors are spreading that Karrine Superhead Steffans or someone is making claims that she and Jay-Z were ‘getting it in’ at freaky sessions before Jay Z and wife Beyonce got married.

Actually, rumors of ‘Superhead’ and Jay-Z have been around since 2006… since the release of Karrine Steffans’ book Confessions of a Video Vixen which contains stories of a tell-all tale of how she – Karrine Steffans – then a former video vixen nicknamed ‘Superhead,’ marked her life with drugs, sex and bling in the hip hop industry, as reported.

As a hip hop dancer, Karrine reportedly had run-ins with names such as LL Cool J, Usher, Ja Rule, Ice-T, R. Kelly, as well as Jay-Z, and others.

Rumors thickened when a sexually explosive, Karrine Superhead Steffans sex tape leaked online of the video vixen having sex and performing oral on adult film star, Mr. Marcus.

The thing now is that allegedly the rumors claim, it wasn’t during her hip hop dancing sexcapades over 10 years ago when she ‘got it in’ with Jay-Z but allegedly she or someone’s making claims she and Jay-Z ‘got it in’ just a few years ago before Jay-Z’s marriage to Beyonce in April 2008.

As for now, the rumors are purely built around speculation and hearsay.

Snoop Dogg Introduces "Puff Puff Pass Tuesdays"

A Different Flavor Every Tuesday!!

Snoop Dogg’s new album, The Doggumentary, isn’t due until March but fans won’t have to wait until then to hear new music from the West Coast legend. Snoop is joining the long line of artists to offer new music to the masses on a weekly installment plan. Today marks the inaugural day of what Snoop has christened #PuffPuffPassTuesdays.

Just a few hours ago Snoop made his first weekly song available on his twitter feed and on Facebook. The track is called “El Lay”; it was produced by Scoop Deville and features Marty James. The new song is, according to Snoop, a tribute to the upcoming NBA All Star Weekend being held in Los Angeles this February.

Lil Kim Hires Nicki Minaj Look Alike For Music Video

Battle Of The Female Rapper: How Hard Will They Go

Rapper Lil Kim had a number of people doing a double take when a picture was posted by TeamQueenB.com of Lil Kim posing with a Nicki Minaj look alike.

The unknown woman is seen wearing a shoulder-length black wig with blunt bangs, a look Nicki Minaj is well-known for rocking.

The pictures of Lil Kim and the Nicki Minaj look alike were taken while Kim was on the set of her new music video, “Black Friday.”

It is unclear what the Nicki Minaj clone will be used for in the video, but since “Black Friday” is a dis track against Nicki Minaj the possibilities are endless.

“Black Friday” was released in late November and was Lil Kim’s response to Minaj’s verse on “Roman’s Revenge.” On “Roman’s Revenge” Nicki Minaj raps, "Word, that bitch mad ’cause I took the spot? / Well, bitch, if you ain’t shitting, then get off the pot / Got some niggas out in Brooklyn that’ll off your top."

Lil Kim’s Nicki Minaj look alike is yet another shakeup in what seems like a never-ending feud between the two rappers.

Stay Away From This Broad:Woman Accused of Setting Boyfriend's Crotch on Fire!

CITRA, Fla -- Victoria Eltonya Bynes, of Citra, was arrested Saturday after she allegedly doused her boyfriend's genital area with gasoline and set him on fire, reports The Gainesville Sun.

Her boyfriend, Andrew Williams, 42, also of Citra, was transported to Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville with serious injuries.

His condition Sunday was unknown, reports the Sun.

According to Marion County Sheriff's Office reports, Bynes went to William's mother's home looking for him.

Bynes reportedly told the mom that, "Your son has some explaining to do," and left. She then went to another home where she found Williams.

The resident of the second home called deputies to report that a fight had broken out between Bynes and Williams and that Bynes threw a liquid on Williams and lit him on fire, according to the Sun.

When deputies arrived at the scene, Williams was kneeling in the yard, covered in a blanket, with second-and third-degree burns on his genital area and torso.

He couldn't respond because he was in pain, according to the Sun.

When deputies found Bynes at her home, she initially told them she did not know why they were there -- but later she told the deputies she knew what had happened and 'fessed up to the horriific act.

She said she and Williams began struggling over the bottle and knew he was sprayed with gasoline.

She said she was flicking her lighter when she dropped it into Williams' lap.

She also said Williams was sitting on the ground and appeared to be fine as she drove away, according to the Sun.

Bynes was charged with aggravated battery and was taken to the Marion County Jail, where she was released on $10,000 bond early Sunday morning.

Rihanna Admits She Cant Keep Her Hands Off Of Nicki Minaj’s Fat Ass

GIRLS TOUCH GIRLS TOO!!

Rihanna has confessed that she “can’t keep her hands off” rapper Nicki Minaj.

The What’s My Name singer, who has made UK chart history this week, took to Twitter to express her love for Minaj while shooting the video for the rapper’s new single, Fly. RiRi even fuelled rumours that she plans to move in with the Check it Out star, posting a photo on the social networking site of her and Nicki in their “new crib.”

The Only Girl (In Th World) hitmaker accompanied the snap with the post: “Me and Nikki in our new crib, lol! Gettin busy on set of FLY!!! It’s so hard to keep my hands off!”

The 26-year old rapper, responded to RiRi’s Twitter post, replying: “Lol. If we’re gonna liv 2gthr and hook up u gotta learn how 2 spell my name! Lmaooooooo Gossip Gossip ni#@a just stop it!  ”

Rihanna then wrote back to Nicki, tweeting: “b**ch don’t u hear me askin what my OWN name is??? Lol! My bad, I’ll make it up to u *wink*”

Minaj previously claimed that she was “looking forward” to shooting the Fly promo with the Barbadian beauty, telling E! News: “I love RiRi! I mean, when she’s not grabbing my ass, she’s a sweet girl.”

That azz probably feels like a noice and juicy donut.

Brandy Norwood Shuts It Down

She Answers The Pregnancy & Terrence J Dating Rumors

Brandy is laughing off rumors that she is pregnant with her second child.

That website that ALWAYS posts lies (you know the name, we don’t have to tell you) put out a story yesterday claiming that Brandy was expecting a child, possibly with either her ex boyfriend Flo Rida or her rumored new boyfriend Terrence J. However, the R&B (who proclaimed her 6-year celibacy a few months back) has responded to the story herself, telling her Twitter followers yesterday: “Now y’all know dang well I’m not pregnant!”

And speaking of that pesky rumor that she’s dating BET personality Terrence J……Brandy tells Life & Style Magazine that she and the 106 & Park host are just “friends.”

“We’re friends! He’s really nice. I met him on 106 & Park and we’ve always kept in touch. He’s been my friend for about two years now.”

Her rep added: “Right now, Brandy’s just enjoying dating. She’s renewing old acquaintances and getting to know new people. She and Terrence are friends hanging out and getting to know each other.”

So there you have it, Brandy is NOT pregnant and she Terrence J are JUST FRIENDS.

Jay-Z -- Money, Cash, Chicken Wings

What More Can We Say, But The Mind Of A Brooklyn Man!!

Wanna invest like Jay-Z ? Then it's time to put your money where your mouth is ... the chicken wing business! TMZ has learned Jay-Z -- along with his mother Gloria and sister Andrea -- secretly invested in a buffalo wing joint in Brooklyn called Buffalo Boss . It's not just because wings are delicious -- Jay's first cousin Jamar White is one of the owners.

The joint is already making a positive impact in the community -- recently rewarding outstanding students at a local middle school with FREE FOOD! How awesome is that?! Forget the mic ... pass the blue cheese!

Should Toni Braxton Pose for Playboy?

If You Have The Face And Figure To Match Why Not Show It

Don't let Toni Braxton's age fool you.

At 43 years young, Braxton is still featured in a lot of men's beautifully twisted fantasies. While their fantasy may never become reality, they may get a little treat via Playboy sometime soon. "New Year, New opportunities," the singer tweeted. "So I have been considering taking up Playboy's offer to feature me on their cover this year. What you think?"

She assured her followers that the shoot would be done  tastefully and revealed that she'd love to pose with Playboy founder Hugh Heffner. She also called Heff the sexiest man over 30 she knows.

The news comes roughly two months after Braxton announced that she has lupus.What's your take on her posing for Playboy? Should she do it? SOUND OFF!

It's Getting Crazy:Weekend Drug-Related Violence in Mexico Claims 51 Lives, Including 15 People Beheaded

(AFP) - Drug-related violence over the weekend claimed 51 lives across Mexico, including a record-setting 15 decapitations in the beach resort of Acapulco, authorities reported Sunday.

The beheadings, mutilations, drive-by shootings and summary executions were carried out in southeastern Guerrero and northern Chihuahua states, as well as in the Mexican capital, despite the government's five-year, 50,000-troop crackdown on organized crime.

By far the grisliest scene unfolded Saturday at an Acapulco shopping center where the decapitated bodies of 15 men were found on the sidewalk, with their severed heads bunched nearby. Two of the victims were 17 years old, a Guerrero official said.

It was the worst mass decapitation since August 2008, when 12 headless bodies were found in eastern Yucatan state capital Merida, in a crime attributed to the notorious Los Zetas drug cartel.

Another six murder victims were found Saturday in Acapulco stuffed inside a taxi near a supermarket, and four other men were murdered in two separate incidents in the city, Guerrero state police said.

On Sunday, Acapulco officials said police found three more bodies, including one that was decapitated and mutilated, on the side of a road near the city. Media reports said the victims were among 10 people kidnapped late Saturday from a local discotheque.

In Mexico's most violent state of Chihuahua that borders the United States, authorities reported 17 people murdered over the weekend, 14 of them in Ciudad Juarez -- across from El Paso, Texas -- which has the highest murder rate in the country.

In Mexico City, four young men were killed in a drive-by shooting late Saturday outside a grocery store, city officials said.

The latest killings bore the hallmarks of the vicious gangland slayings that have terrorized large areas of Mexico as drug cartels battle it out among themselves and with security forces.

More than 30,000 people have been killed since 2006, when the government of President Felipe Calderon launched a major military crackdown against the drug gangs. Last year alone, a record 12,000 murders were blamed on the drug violence.

WILL THE VIOLENCE EVER STOP IN MEXICO? SEEMS THE DRUG DEALERS HAVE ALL THE CONTROL.

THOUGHTS???

Notorious B.I.G. Murder Investigation Given New Life

Good News Of The Day: Second Suspect Arrested in Videotaped Sex Assaults of Disabled Women

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say a second suspect seen in the videotaped assaults of disabled women is now behind bars.

27-year-old Ernie Lloyd, of Los Angeles, was arrested Saturday, after he turned up at a Hollywood police station. He apparently told police he had seen himself on the news, and knew that he was wanted.

LAPD detectives contacted sheriff's officials late last week, saying they recognized the two men in the tapes, including Lloyd, from two separate investigations in 2007 and 2009.

The other suspect was identified as 42-year-old Bert Hicks of Los Angeles. Police say he is already in custody for a previous conviction.

LAPD detectives saw the story about the sheriff's department investigation, and they called because Hicks was serving time for sexual assault in an LAPD case.

The sheriff's department is not releasing the name of the facility where they believe Hicks worked.

The break comes after authorities released surveillance images of four men on Thursday.

Detectives say eight men were involved in the attacks on at least 10 women who were physically and mentally disabled.

Many of the victims, between the ages of 20 and 40, were bedridden.

"These victims are severely disabled. Many of them appear to be unable to move and most of them are wearing diapers," one investigator said.

Officials say an anonymous individual mailed a computer hard drive containing over 100 hours of video.

At least one suspect, seen in a wheelchair and removing his diaper, is believed to be a patient.

The footage was shot at several locations, including one that appears to be a residential care facility.

The video is not being released but composite drawings of four of the suspects have been created based on the video footage.

Investigators asked for the public's help because they did not know when or where the attacks took place, or who was involved.

LETS PRAY THESE WOMEN RECEIVE PROPER JUSTICE FOR THE PAIN THEY SUFFERED.

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IT'S OVER FOR THE SAINTS!!

NO CHANCE FOR ANOTHER RING AS THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS GET EMBARRASSED BY THE SEAHAWKS.


Hasselbeck threw four touchdown passes and Marshawn Lynch scored on an electrifying 67-yard run with 3:22 left, and the party was on at the NFL's loudest stadium.

The Seahawks (8-9) held a 34-20 early in the fourth quarter before Drew Brees looked ready to lead the Saints (11-6) on one of their patented comebacks. But Lynch broke about a half-dozen tackles for his TD to finish off the Saints.

The Seahawks, the first division winner with a losing record, will play next weekend, either at top-seeded Atlanta or No. 2 Chicago.

Hasselbeck, cleared to play just two days ago because of a hip injury, threw for 272 yards and his four TD passes set a playoff career high. The veteran quarterback threw two touchdown passes to tight end John Carlson in the first half and started the second half with a 38-yard strike to Mike Williams to give Seattle a 31-20 lead.

The game wasn't clinched until Lynch provided a run that'll be replayed in the Pacific Northwest for years. He took a second-down carry with less than four minutes to go and then the highlights began. He broke six tackles on the 67-yard run, tossing in a massive stiff arm that sent cornerback Tracy Porter to the turf and completed the longest scoring run of his career.

Lynch finished with 131 yards on 19 carries, the first Seattle back to top 100 yards all season.

Hasselbeck, Lynch and a strong performance by Seattle's offense extended the Saints franchise misery to 0-4 in road playoff games.

The Saints were considered the second-best team in the division behind the NFC South-winning Falcons. Even though they lost to Tampa Bay in the season finale a week ago and were without running backs Pierre Thomas and Chris Ivory, safety Malcolm Jenkins and linebacker Danny Clark, the Saints were favored by 10 points to advance.

Now they go home.

Brees and the Saints just couldn't keep up with Hasselbeck and the Seahawks offense. Brees led one final drive, hitting Devery Henderson on a 6-yard touchdown with 1:30 left to get within 41-36.

Brees finished 39 of 60 for 404 yards and two touchdowns. But DeShawn Wynn was stopped on the 2-point conversion, Garrett Hartley's onside kick was recovered by Carlson and the Seahawks were home free.

SOURCE

ESPN

Omarion-- After Years Of Questioning We Might Finally Have A Answer

Press Release-Straight From The Sources Mouth--Or Everyone's Else's

Jan 08, 2011 - Twitter was set a blaze on January 6th when The H8terade Blog announced that R&B singer Omarion was gay. Today Omarion, 26, made his only official statement.

“I pride myself in being an honest, God Fearing, respectful man. I have kept my personal life private and wanted to keep it that way. Unfortunately, other’s are interested in profiting from my anguish; so before they can do that, i will clarify things. I am not at all what certain ex-band members are trying to paint me as, I am however a respectable, mature, proud, bisexual man.”

Raz B, a former member of the platinum selling group B2k, along with his brother spoke to H8terade Radio and outed Omarion as gay. Omarion, who is working on his fourth album did not elaborate further

Woman Raped Boy, 13, She Met Playing X-Box Online

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (KTLA) -- A 36-year-old woman is accused flying across the country to have sex with a 13-year-old boy she befriended while playing X-Box Live online.

Rachel Ann Hicks was taken into custody Friday by Orange County sheriff's investigators.

Sheriff's investigator say the woman initially "met" the boy in September in an X-Box live chat room, Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.

The online relationship progressed to phone calls, texting, e-mails and sending sexually explicit images and movies between one another, the sheriff's office said in a press release.

While visiting family members in Florida over the Thanksgiving holiday, Hicks, a married mother of three, drove to the boy's home in Maryland and "engaged in sexual activity" with him, Amormino said.

The boys' family confronted him after finding "romantic" messages from Hicks on his cell phone, and he admitted to the relationship, Amormino said.

Since Hicks used a fake name when communicating with the boy, and claimed to be 23-years-old, investigators worked with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations Child Exploitation Unit to determine her true identity, Amormino said.

She was taken into custody at her Lake Forest home Friday afternoon, and is being held without bail on suspicion of rape, child molestation and sexual solicitation of a minor, Amormino said.

Hicks admitted to having a relationship with at least one other underage boy in California, Amormino said, and authorities are searching for additional victims.

"She flew to Florida and drove to Maryland, so apparently there are no boundaries," Amormino said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact authorities at 1-866-TIP-OCSD or 1-866-847-6273.

Where do we start? X-box, Grown woman with three kids, Flying across the country to have sex with a 13 year old boy?

THOUGHTS???

Tell-All Book At the Root Of Jackson Family War

All This Over A Baby Mama's Rights: What Are Those Again Anyway?

Katherine Jackson 's war with Jermaine/Randy's baby mama Alejandra Jackson is all about a tell-all Alejandra is working on ... sources directly connected with the family and the dispute tell TMZ. We broke the story ... the Michael Jackson Estate has filed legal papers trying to evict Alejandra and her kids, Jaafar, Jermajesty, Donte, Randy Jr. and Genevieve from the family home in Encino, which was owned by MJ and now the Estate. Now TMZ knows what has lead to this legal showdown. Katherine and her lawyers asked Alejandra and her kids to leave months ago, following the stun gun incident with Jaafar. 
Alejandra lawyered up, and the Estate put an offer on the table -- the Estate would give her a condo, but in return she'd have to sign a confidentiality agreement and promise, among other things, not to write a tell-all book. We've learned Alejandra refused to sign a confidentiality agreement and is in "active negotiations" for a tell-all. When Alejandra was in Japan last month with her kids, everyone assumed she was going away for good and Katherine temporarily moved out to remodel the house. But Alejandra came back, moved back in, and refused to leave, stalling the remodel. Sources say Katherine's lawyers called the cops last week to forcibly evict Alejandra, but the police said they couldn't do anything without an eviction order ... which is why the Estate is going to court.

Nas -- Half the Man He Used to Be

I bet he wished he would of had that prenup on deck now.

After an eternity of legal war, the marriage between rapper Nas and singer Kelis is officially over . TMZ obtained legal docs, filed last friday in L.A. County Superior Court, which show that the marriage has been terminated -- but there were still a few more nasty battles to fight ... like child custody and spousal support.

Currently, Nas claims he can't afford to pay Kelis the support ordered by the court. A court ordered Nas last month to pay more than $87,000 in back spousal and child support. The judge also ordered Nas to pay Kelis $10,000 a month in spousal support to stay current. It's unclear how much Nas is required yet to pay in monthly child support. Nas says in the new legal docs obtained by TMZ ... the judge predicated the order on Nas making $152,031 a month, but the rapper says he makes "substantially less than that amount." Nas' lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan , proposed the judge to take another look at the damage to Nas' wallet.

With That Done Nas just had his child and spousal support obligations sliced in half, even through he still has to pay ex-wife Kelis a pretty penny ... TMZ has learned. According to legal docs filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Nas must now pay a tad over $5,000 a month in child support and $20,000 a month in spousal support. It sounds like a lot, but Nas was paying twice that until he convinced the judge the bad economy has even hit the rap biz hard. So this month, Nas pockets an extra $25k for himself. One love

Sexual Assaults Against Defenseless Women

SICK,DESPERATE AND STUPID!

LOS ANGELES ( KTLA) -- (KTLA) Los Angeles County sheriff's officials on Thursday released information about videotaped sex assaults against disabled women in hopes of catching the suspects.

Detectives say eight men were involved in the attacks on at least 10 women who were physically and mentally disabled.

Many of the victims, between the ages of 20 and 40, were bedridden.

"These victims are severely disabled. Many of them appear to be unable to move and most of them are wearing diapers," one investigator said.

Officials say an anonymous individual mailed a computer hard drive containing over 100 hours of video.

At least one suspect, seen in a wheelchair, is believed to be a patient.

The footage was shot at several locations, including one that appears to be a residential care facility.

The video is not being released but composite drawings of four of the suspects have been created based on the video footage.

Investigators say they need the public's help because they don't know when or where the attacks took place, or who was involved.

T.I.'s Wife Gets Off -- Drug Case Dismissed

  From Beating IT To Beating The Case

With her hubbie T.I. behind bars for violating his probation, Tameka ?Tiny? Cottle gets another lease on life. According to TMZ, the former Xscape member?s drug possession case has been dismissed, with the L.A. County District Attorney?s office dropping the charges because she completed 24 sessions of a drug diversion program in Georgia Tiny?s case stems from last September, when she and Tip were pulled over on Sunset Boulevard after they made an illegal U-turn. Upon searching the vehicle, police discovered a controlled substance in the car and booked the couple for possession. Though she got off easy, T.I. is currently serving an 11 month sentence for violating the terms of his probation

T.I. -- Prison Punishment for 'Frisky' Acts with Wife

When You Can't Use Anything Else Your Hands Are Always Willing To Help

Rapper T.I. got in some serious trouble with prison officials this weekend -- after guards caught the most famous inmate in Arkansas getting "frisky" with his wife during visiting hours ... TMZ has learned. T.I.'s wife Tiny confirms ... the two were in a room together during regular visiting hours at Arkansas State Prison when Tiny made like Michael Jackson ... and beat it. According to prison guidelines, inmates are allowed to kiss and embrace at the beginning and at the end of a visit as well as hold hands -- but "the inmate’s hands must remain in plain view of Visiting Room staff at all times." Tiny tells us T.I. was immediately reprimanded and sent to a  "Special Housing Unit" -- which consists of more security and less freedom. Tiny says she hasn't spoken to T.I. since the incident -- but she's hopeful she'll be allowed to visit again soon ... as long as she keeps her hand to herself.
T.I. turned himself over to authorities on November 1 to begin his second stint in the Arkansas prison in less than a year.

The low-security prison is the same facility where the King of the South served nine months last year after he secured a plea deal with Georgia prosecutors stemming from a 2007 gun case. The experimental deal required Tip to complete 1,500 hours of community service and endure home confinement in exchange for a lesser sentence. He was also required to complete a probation period afterward. The rapper was released in March after serving out the remainder of his time at a halfway house.

He was sent back to the facility after an October 2010 arrest in Los Angeles for drug possession after police searched the couple's vehicle following a traffic violation.