Lady Sets Fire to Apartment Because Her Husband Smoked All Their Weed

Linda Lopez is a mess. The 33-year-old from Chicago is behind bars and charged with setting fire inside an apartment on Sunday morning because she was angry at her husband for smoking all their weed. True story.

A tenant, who alerted his neighbors, found a small fire in a planter inside the building. He led the police to the second floor where there was another fire smoldering inside an apartment, the release said. The fire department was called to put the fire out. An investigation revealed that the former tenant of the unit had moved out two weeks prior and a married couple had moved in because the rent was paid to the end of April. The couple had been using the apartment to party and use heroin, according to the release. Police learned that the couple went to the North Riverside Mall on Sunday and had stolen liquor. They returned to the apartment where they drank all day and later drove to Chicago [where Linda performed a sex act for money in an alley and used the money to buy crack.] They then returned to the apartment where they continued to drink and smoke, the release said. [Linda] fell asleep and when she woke up, her marijuana was missing, the release said. She confronted her husband and accused him of smoking her marijuana. The argument escalated to a fistfight and she threatened to stab her husband, the release said. Instead, she punctured a pink plastic bottle of perfume and poured it on a set of towels before igniting it with a lighter. Lopez told police she started the fire because she was angry her husband smoked the marijuana without her, the release said. "The tenants inside the building are lucky to be alive," said Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel in the release. "The two elderly tenants that live in the basement, both in their late 80s and early 90s, one is blind and one deaf. There's no possible way these individuals could have made it out of that apartment on their own if the building had become fully engulfed." There was fire damage to the second-floor apartment door, wall and floor, including the hallway, the release said.

source: Chicago Tribune

Linda and her husband sound like they're perfect for each other. Soul mates, even. She was charged with aggravated arson and ordered held on $20,000 bail.

Mom Beats Son With Electrical Cord After Catching Him Getting a Professional From a Man

Erica Moore from Forest Hill, Texas appeared in court today for a pre-trial hearing stemming from an assault case. Erica has admitted to beating her 15-year-old gay son with an electrical cord after she caught him receiving a professional from her cousin earlier this month. She has rejected a plea deal which would have included one year’s probation, a $1,000 fine and mandatory anger management and parenting classes, but Erica wants the case to go to trial because she's innocent and was just disciplining her son.

According to Moore, one evening she found the door to her 15-year-old son’s bedroom closed. “My cousin at the time he was 18. My son he was 15 and I had walked in the room on [my cousin] giving oral sex to my son and I started whipping my son, and I’m the one who got in trouble as a result of me whipping him,” she said, back in March. Moore has openly admitted striking her son with the electrical cord. She said she used the form of discipline that she was brought up with as punishment, because she doesn’t believe in homosexuality. “When I walked in I saw my son, it was just disgusting to me,” she said. “I actually caught this going on in my house so how was I supposed to react to it? I supposed to just let it go? No! We was taught to discipline our kids and we whip our kids.” After being disciplined the boy’s grandmother took him to the hospital for treatment and police were alerted. Officials with the Forest Hill Police Department said Moore went too far with her discipline, causing bleeding and leaving marks on the boy’s thighs, forearms, hands, torso and back. Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference accompanied Moore to court Tuesday, saying they support her “for exercising her constitutionally protected religious rights and her moral obligation to train up her children in a Godly manner.” Moore’s teenage son continues to live with her. No trial date was set in the case.

source: KTVT

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is a hate group, so we pay them dust. Note to Erica and the SCLC: Just like you can't pray the gay away, you can't beat it away, either. If found guilty -- which we presume she will since she has admitted to the assault -- Erica faces up to one year in jail.

Sidebar: Why didn't she whip her 18-year-old cousin who was pleasuring her child? Why hasn't the state stepped in and removed the boy from the home?

Tranny Keeps Getting Arrested Because She Wants a Reality Show

How far would you go to become famous? Get arrested? OK, we don't know if that's the sole reason 29-year-old drug addict Sole Phillips (real name: Phillip Sole) keeps getting arrested is to get on TV, but it sure is something she's hankering for, because she thinks viewers will find her "hilarious.” Since the fall of 2010, Sole has been arrested eight times and she was arrested last week in Phoenix on drug charges.


source: KNXV

Lady Kidnaps, Rapes 5-year-old Girl

Christina Regusters, 20, of Philadelphia was indicted yesterday on 11 counts including two counts of involuntary deviant sexual intercourse with a child with serious bodily injury, aggravated assault, kidnapping, corruption of a minor and unlawful restraint of a minor after she abducted and sexually assaulted a 5-year-old last January. According to police, Christina -- dressed in a Muslim hijab to appear as the girl’s mother -- gained access to the girl’s classroom and told teachers she wanted to take the girl to breakfast. Christina walked the girl to a nearby home where she was blindfolded and forced to hide under a bed. The girl, who is now 6, was then sexually assaulted. The child was found a day later at a playground wearing only an over-sized T-shirt. The girl suffered severe bodily harm and needed several surgeries to repair the damage.


source: WCAU

Lady Tried to Sneak Poisonous Juice into Starbucks Display Case

A woman is behind bars after she put a "lethal dose" of rubbing alcohol in orange juice bottles that she tried to sneak into a display case at a Starbucks coffee shop in San Jose, California yesterday afternoon. According to eyewitnesses, Ramineh Behbehanian, 50, removed two bottles of orange juice from a Starbucks bag and then placed them on a shelf with other refrigerated items. She then got in line to buy a cup of coffee. A customer alerted store employees, who opened the bottles and noticed a "toxic smell to them." The juice wanted tainted by a lethal dose of rubbing alcohol and nail polish remover. Police say they don't believe she tried to plant poisoned products in other coffee shops -- but, hey, you never know.


source: KGO

City to Tear Down Roadside Memorials That Honor Accident Victims

For families who lost loved ones in accidents on the streets, roadside memorials bring them solace. That's about to change in Independence, Missouri. The city has decided to tear down all of the memorials will be torn down. Councilman Curt Dougherty, who is behind the move, called the memorials "eyesores" and distractions to other drivers. Instead, he has proposed city-made, metal signs with the victim's name and phrases that would hang in place for two years before being taken down and given to family members. Oh, the families would need to pony up $150 for the signs.

source: KSHB

Nurse Sent Home For Being Drunk, Returns a Short Time Later High on Weed

Last Saturday, 41-year-old nurse Brandy Leigh Dalton was sent home from her job at a Nashville, Tennessee hospital Saturday night after her co-workers realized she was drunk. They called a cab, and Brandy went home --- but a short time later, she showed up at the hospital with a marijuana pipe and marijuana residue in a pipe in her shirt pocket. She was arrested and charged with drug possession and trespassing. Here's an interested related/maybe-related story: A nurse whose name is also Brandy Dalton was reported missing last weekend was found "safe" late Monday night. According to her husband, Brandy "disappeared" from her home while he and their sons were running errands. Brandy "returned" home Monday night. Her family said she had "been living in a barn since Saturday." Bwhahahahaha! The family did not release any other details about her disappearance. Are "barn" and "jail" synonymous in Tennessee?




source: WSMV

Virgin America Detains Man For Failing to Flush Toilet

A dark-skinned Italian man has slapped Virgin America with a lawsuit after he claims he was racially-profiled and detained for apparently using the aircraft's toilet and not flushing. In his lawsuit, Salvatore Bevivino claims Virgin suspected him of being Middle Eastern, and jeopardized his job as a business manager for Genentech over what was merely a customer service matter.

Bevivino claims that on an April 28, 2012 flight from Philadelphia to San Francisco has asked a male flight attendant for a soft drink. The steward told him to order it from the screen on the back of the seat in front of him. Bevivino says he preferred to order from a human, and the attendant walked away. A second attendant acted the same way, Bevivino says in the complaint. He says he told the stewards that "he assumed he could have drink brought to him like the other airlines and stated to the attendant that he would consider contacting Virgin America about the situation. Then a third flight attendant brought the plaintiff his soft drink." All this "occurred over a 2 minute period," Bevivino claims. "Plaintiff had no further contact with the flight crew during the flight ... other than to order a meal, which he did by using the touch screen process [as] required. For the balance of the flight the plaintiff purchased Internet access and worked on his laptop." Imagine his surprise when the plane landed and the pilot pulled him aside as a "person of suspicion." The pilot told him to go with six uniformed officers from the San Francisco Airport Police, the FBI and other federal agencies, Bevivino says. "The plaintiff went with the officers, whereupon he was segregated and taken into custody against his will, and escorted to a room in front of the other passengers and the crew where he was asked to make a statement," the complaint states. "After being segregated, plaintiff was detained against his will by the officers and was not free to leave and this directly and intentionally and maliciously interfered with the plaintiff's right to move freely and plaintiff felt an apprehension that force would have been inflicted on him if he attempted to leave." Bevivino told the officers he did not know why he was being detained, and recounted the tale of the soft drink order. While officers were taking statements from the crew, "the pilot came over to the plaintiff, while he continued to be detained and was not free to leave, and asked him why he had been yelling obscenities at his crew. The plaintiff told the pilot that he did not use any profanities during his brief 2 minute exchange with the crew regarding the soft drink order," the complaint states. "The plaintiff was then told by the officers that the crew had stated the plaintiff had used the cabin toilet during the flight and that he had failed to flush the toilet after use. The officer then told the plaintiff the matter seemed to be a customer service issue and then the officers gave the plaintiff a release form and told him that he was free to leave." Bevivino claims the police report states that the pilot said that at no time did his crew feel threatened by Bevivino. He claims that Virgin America, through the pilot, "acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner with respect to this customer service matter." He claims that he contacted Virgin America after being released from custody "and learned that it is the custom and policy of this airline to provide one-on-one soft drink service to passengers when requested."

source: CN

Salvatore is suing the airline for racial discrimination, defamation, false imprisonment and six other charges and is seeking $500,000 in damages, costs and punitive damages.

300 Gallons of Human Urine Found In Home

Police in Newtown, Connecticut are scratching their heads and trying to figure why 300 gallons were being stored in one-gallon jugs inside an abandoned home. After authorities condemned the home on Friday, the state hired a contractor who had to pour the urine into large containers so it could be transported to a waste water treatment plant. Authorities may decide to press charges against the home owner to recoup the cost of clean-up. Sidebar: The average person produces about six cups of urine a day.


source: KCTV

Former NBA Baller Jailed For Trying to Rent Out Stolen Home

Chris Gatling, who played for eight different NBA teams in the 1990s, is facing several charges after he took over an upscale home in Paradise Valley, Arizona, then tried to rent it out.

According to court records, the retired NBA star is facing an assortment of criminal charges which include theft, forgery and stealing someone's identity. A police report states that the NBA All-Star moved into a Paradise Valley home without the owner's permission, which would make Gatling a "squatter." Gatling is accused of breaking into a key box, then setting up house and living in the home for more than a year, from July 2010 to Aug. 2011. The homeowners lived in California and had left the home furnished with the power on, according to the report. However, this strange story doesn't stop there. Investigators believe Gatling wanted to make some money, so he reportedly put an ad on Craigslist to rent the place out. The ad said: 800-dollars - 4 bedroom Ex-NBA - Paradise Valley Home for rent with pool and utilities included. Court records indicate that Gatling took a down payment from one potential renter, but another renter got suspicious and found the real owners over the Internet, then contacted police. [...] The report said that Gatling also listed the Paradise Valley address on his driver's license. The former NBA star is also accused of forging some personal checks from his ex-girlfriend, and funneling the money through College Bound All-Stars, a traveling youth basketball league that Gatling managed and operated.

source: KPHO

A Phoenix grand jury indicted Chris last October and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The 45-year-old ex-baller was arrested in Miami in February and extradited to Phoenix. The trial is set to begin this August. While Chris isn't talking, his attorney said this is "all a misunderstanding." Not much is known about him, but we do know he owed thousands of dollars in back child support for his twin sons. One report claims he owned and operated a barber shop then tried to open a night club. Then he started a mortgage company.

NBA Baller Jason Collins Comes Out of the Closet

Jason Collins, a 12-year NBA veteran has made the biggest move of his career. We don't know who he is. Never heard of him. In a Sports Illustrated essay, the 7’0″, 255 pound center, spent part of last year with the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards announced he's gay, making him the first out male athlete in a major American team sport.

I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, "I'm different." If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand. My journey of self-discovery and self-acknowledgement began in my hometown of Los Angeles and has taken me through two state high school championships, the NCAA Final Four and the Elite Eight, and nine playoffs in 12 NBA seasons. I've played for six pro teams and have appeared in two NBA Finals. Ever heard of a parlor game called Three Degrees of Jason Collins? If you're in the league, and I haven't been your teammate, I surely have been one of your teammates' teammates. Or one of your teammates' teammates' teammates. Now I'm a free agent, literally and figuratively. I've reached that enviable state in life in which I can do pretty much what I want. And what I want is to continue to play basketball. I still love the game, and I still have something to offer. My coaches and teammates recognize that. At the same time, I want to be genuine and authentic and truthful. Why am I coming out now? Well, I started thinking about this in 2011 during the NBA player lockout. I'm a creature of routine. When the regular season ends I immediately dedicate myself to getting game ready for the opener of the next campaign in the fall. But the lockout wreaked havoc on my habits and forced me to confront who I really am and what I really want. With the season delayed, I trained and worked out. But I lacked the distraction that basketball had always provided. The first relative I came out to was my aunt Teri, a superior court judge in San Francisco. Her reaction surprised me. "I've known you were gay for years," she said. From that moment on I was comfortable in my own skin. In her presence I ignored my censor button for the first time. She gave me support. The relief I felt was a sweet release. Imagine you're in the oven, baking. Some of us know and accept our sexuality right away and some need more time to cook. I should know -- I baked for 33 years. When I was younger I dated women. I even got engaged. I thought I had to live a certain way. I thought I needed to marry a woman and raise kids with her. I kept telling myself the sky was red, but I always knew it was blue. I realized I needed to go public when Joe Kennedy, my old roommate at Stanford and now a Massachusetts congressman, told me he had just marched in Boston's 2012 Gay Pride Parade. I'm seldom jealous of others, but hearing what Joe had done filled me with envy. I was proud of him for participating but angry that as a closeted gay man I couldn't even cheer my straight friend on as a spectator. If I'd been questioned, I would have concocted half truths. What a shame to have to lie at a celebration of pride. I want to do the right thing and not hide anymore. I want to march for tolerance, acceptance and understanding. I want to take a stand and say, "Me, too." The recent Boston Marathon bombing reinforced the notion that I shouldn't wait for the circumstances of my coming out to be perfect. Things can change in an instant, so why not live truthfully? When I told Joe a few weeks ago that I was gay, he was grateful that I trusted him. He asked me to join him in 2013. We'll be marching on June 8. No one wants to live in fear. I've always been scared of saying the wrong thing. I don't sleep well. I never have. But each time I tell another person, I feel stronger and sleep a little more soundly. It takes an enormous amount of energy to guard such a big secret. I've endured years of misery and gone to enormous lengths to live a lie. I was certain that my world would fall apart if anyone knew. And yet when I acknowledged my sexuality I felt whole for the first time. I still had the same sense of humor, I still had the same mannerisms and my friends still had my back. [...] I go against the gay stereotype, which is why I think a lot of players will be shocked: That guy is gay? But I've always been an aggressive player, even in high school. Am I so physical to prove that being gay doesn't make you soft? Who knows? That's something for a psychologist to unravel. My motivations, like my contributions, don't show up in box scores, and frankly I don't care about stats. Winning is what counts. I want to be evaluated as a team player. Loyalty to my team is the real reason I didn't come out sooner. When I signed a free-agent contract with Boston last July, I decided to commit myself to the Celtics and not let my personal life become a distraction. When I was traded to the Wizards, the political significance of coming out sunk in. I was ready to open up to the press, but I had to wait until the season was over. A college classmate tried to persuade me to come out then and there. But I couldn't yet. My one small gesture of solidarity was to wear jersey number 98 with the Celtics and then the Wizards. The number has great significance to the gay community. One of the most notorious antigay hate crimes occurred in 1998. Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student, was kidnapped, tortured and lashed to a prairie fence. He died five days after he was finally found. That same year the Trevor Project was founded. This amazing organization provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention to kids struggling with their sexual identity. Trust me, I know that struggle. I've struggled with some insane logic. When I put on my jersey I was making a statement to myself, my family and my friends. The strain of hiding my sexuality became almost unbearable in March, when the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for and against same-sex marriage. Less then three miles from my apartment, nine jurists argued about my happiness and my future. Here was my chance to be heard, and I couldn't say a thing. I didn't want to answer questions and draw attention to myself. Not while I was still playing. I'm glad I'm coming out in 2013 rather than 2003. The climate has shifted; public opinion has shifted. And yet we still have so much farther to go. Everyone is terrified of the unknown, but most of us don't want to return to a time when minorities were openly discriminated against. I'm impressed with the straight pro athletes who have spoken up so far -- Chris Kluwe, Brendon Ayanbadejo. The more people who speak out, the better, gay or straight. It starts with President Obama's mentioning the 1969 Stonewall riots, which launched the gay rights movement, during his second inaugural address. And it extends to the grade-school teacher who encourages her students to accept the things that make us different. By its nature, my double life has kept me from getting close to any of my teammates. Early in my career I worked hard at acting straight, but as I got more comfortable in my straight mask it required less effort. In recent days, though, little has separated "mask on, mask off." Personally, I don't like to dwell in someone else's private life, and I hope players and coaches show me the same respect. When I'm with my team I'm all about working hard and winning games. A good teammate supports you no matter what. I've been asked how other players will respond to my announcement. The simple answer is, I have no idea. I'm a pragmatist. I hope for the best, but plan for the worst. The biggest concern seems to be that gay players will behave unprofessionally in the locker room. Believe me, I've taken plenty of showers in 12 seasons. My behavior wasn't an issue before, and it won't be one now. My conduct won't change. I still abide by the adage, "What happens in the locker room stays in the locker room." I'm still a model of discretion. As I write this, I haven't come out to anyone in the NBA. I'm not privy to what other players say about me. Maybe Mike Miller, my old teammate in Memphis, will recall the time I dropped by his house in Florida and say, "I enjoyed being his teammate, and I sold him a dog." I hope players swap stories like that. Maybe they'll talk about my character and what kind of person I am. As far as the reaction of fans, I don't mind if they heckle me. I've been booed before. There have been times when I've wanted to boo myself. But a lot of ill feelings can be cured by winning. I'm a veteran, and I've earned the right to be heard. I'll lead by example and show that gay players are no different from straight ones. I'm not the loudest person in the room, but I'll speak up when something isn't right. And try to make everyone laugh. I've never sought the spotlight. Though I'm coming out to the world, I intend to guard my privacy. I'm making this blanket statement in part to keep rumors and misunderstandings at bay. I hope fans will respect me for raising my hand. And I hope teammates will remember that I've never been an in-your-face kind of guy. All you need to know is that I'm single. I see no need to delve into specifics.

source: Sports Illustrated

We applaud Jason acknowledging his truth, but he's hardly a big name in the game and his basketball career is pretty much over. If someone at the height of their career like Chris Bosh were to come out, then that would be a story. Just sayin'. Anywho, several male athletes have previously come out after they retired, including the NBA’s John Amaechi, the NFL’s Esera Tuaolo and Major League Baseball’s Billy Bean. But Jason is the first to do so while planning to continue playing. What you gonna do now, Kerry Rhodes?

Man Lived With Roommate's Decomposing Body For Six Months

A man lived with the decomposing corpse of a 72-year-old woman for about six months before court officers serving an eviction notice discovered her body moldering on a sofa in a Detroit-area trailer home. Dennis McCauley, 64, was arrested after letting the officer into the trailer. The dead woman, identified as Annie Marquis, died of natural causes last November. Wait, no one smelled anything?




source: WJBK

AIDS Vaccine Fails

It's the latest setback in the fight against AIDS. Last week, the National Institutes of Health halted a study in the US after the vaccine failed to prevent HIV or reduced the amount of the AIDS virus in the blood when people who'd been vaccinated later became infected.

The study had enrolled 2,504 volunteers, mostly gay men, in 19 cities since 2009. Half received dummy shots, and half received a two-part experimental vaccine developed by the NIH. All were provided free condoms and given extensive counseling about the risks for HIV. It's a strategy known as "prime-boost." A DNA-based vaccine made with genetically engineered HIV material is given to prime the immune system to attack the AIDS virus. Then a different vaccine, encasing the same material inside a shell made of a disabled cold virus, acts as a booster shot to strengthen that response. Neither vaccine could cause HIV. The idea: Train immune cells known as T cells to spot and attack the very earliest HIV-infected cells in someone's body. The hope was that the vaccine could either prevent HIV infection, or help those infected anyway to fight it. A safety review this week found that slightly more study participants who had received the vaccine later became infected with HIV. It's not clear why. But the difference wasn't statistically significant, meaning it may be due to chance. Overall, there were 41 HIV infections in the vaccinated group and 30 among placebo recipients. When researchers examined only participants diagnosed after being in the study for at least 28 weeks - long enough for the shots to have done their job - there were 27 HIV infections among the vaccinated and 21 among the placebo recipients. The NIH said Thursday that it is stopping vaccinations in the study, known as HVTN 505, but that researchers will continue to study the volunteers' health.

source: KFSN

Multiple attempts at creating an AIDS vaccine have failed over the years. A 2009 study in Thailand is the only one ever to show a modest success, using a somewhat different prime-boost approach. Newer research suggests another approach - to try creating powerful antibodies that could work a step earlier than the T-cell attack, before HIV gets inside the first cell.

Lady Pretending to be Nurse Cuts Patients' IVs to Steal Pain Medication

Drugs are the devil. Police in Seattle are looking for a woman who they say posed as a hospital staffer while trying to steal drugs from machines designed to administer pain medication to patients. According to reports, the unidentified woman was seen a patient's rooms manipulating the patient-administered pain medication machine, or PCA, at Swedish Medical Center earlier this month. The patient questioned the woman, who then left. Police said that when the real nurse came into the room, she noticed the line from the PCA to the patient had been cut and that pain medication was dripping on the floor. There were also indications that the suspect had tried to pry the PCA open to get access to the medication. Police said there was a report a short time later of the same woman looking into patients’ rooms on another floor. A staff member asked the woman what she was doing. She allegedly said she was there to check the PCA machines, which the staffer thought nothing of since two PCAs had recently been taken out of service. The woman then went into another patient’s room, where the patient’s family was also present. The family said the suspect acted like she was checking the PCA, but left when the alarm went off. A family member said there was blood dripping on the floor and lines to the patient’s PCA had been cut. Police said about two feet of tubing from PCAs were taken and possibly some pain medication that was in the tubes. The woman, seen in surveillance video, above, also used medical terminology and answered questions from hospital staff confidently.



source: KING

Pizza Delivery Man Gets Carjacked, Delivers Pizza Before Calling 911

A pizza delivery driver says two men carjacked him at gunpoint when he pulled up outside a home in Atlanta recently. He gave the men the car, but instead of calling for help, he delivered the pizza first.


source: WAWS

Trina's Brother Shot, Killed

The brother of rapper Trina was shot multiple times and killed Tuesday morning in Miami. Wilbrent Bain, 19, who goes by the nickname "Gonk," was killed by 27-year-old Ron Dobson after an ongoing feud. Both men were friends and lived around the corner from each another. Ron (pictured, below) was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

source: WTVJ

Lady Jailed For Pulling Ex-Boyfriend's Penis

Laquavia Sharelle Wallace, 22, of Manatee County, Florida, is facing domestic battery after she forcefully pulled on her ex-boyfriend's penis because he didn't want to get back with her. Police say Laquavia went to her ex-boyfriend Antonio Williams' house when she told him she wanted to start dating him again. When Antonio told her he did not want to be in a relationship, she grabbed his penis and began to pulled so hard, it "caused pain to Antonio."

source: WTVJ

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Florida Bans EBT Cards at Liquor Stores, Strip Clubs

The Florida senate passed a bill banning people who receive public assistance from using their EBT cards in liquor stores, smoke shops, strip clubs, and casinos. According to officials, about $93,000 was drawn at these establishments over a 30-month period.

During the House debate, Rep. Joe Gibbons, D-Hallandale Beach, said, “This is another attack on hard-working poor people who are at the low end of the pay scale. Let’s stop beating up on poor people. Pick on somebody your size.” Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, said, “Liberty dying? Really? The only thing dying is liberty’s gambling addiction if she’s using public money because she’s a dancing girl that got her money out of a strip club. At a committee meeting earlier this month, Rep. Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach, said t the “mean-spirited” bills paint an unfair picture of the state’s neediest families. “I think unfortunately that we’re going to be labeling people who have to use these EBT cards as strange people who like to hang out at strip clubs getting drunk,” Pafford said. He said people who work in casinos or other locales may need to use the debit cards at work to purchase things like fruit. Pafford said a new law is unnecessary because he believes the Department of Children and Families, which oversees the program, could impose the restriction itself through the rule-making process. But DCF officials say they do not have the authority to create the rule without the legislature’s permission. “Basically we had almost $1 million spent from the EBT program through casinos and alcohol,” Smith said, overstating by 10 times the amount cited by the 2011 report by Fort Myers-based NBC-2 and substantiated by DCF. “It’s not an apple they’re buying. We’re here to make sure that when our tax dollars are spent, it’s a hand up to help kids keep the roof over their heads and not to help somebody get their entertainment.” [...] The bills would ban TANF recipients from using the cards at liquor stores, casinos, racetracks and adult entertainment establishments as well as any place with a liquor license allowed to sell distilled spirits containing six percent or more alcohol by volume. Debit cards issued for food stamps are already barred from being used at those places. DCF officials said the current vendor for the EBT system does not have the ability to block the cards from being used at certain locations but that the agency’s contract with a new vendor who takes over later that year will require the service. But Pafford said the restrictions are too complicated for EBT users, who may not know what type of license the establishment has where they are trying to use the cards to withdraw cash. “I really don’t know if the legislation would really stop this type of thing. But somebody’s got to run a bill to prove that they’re hard on people that are already having a hard time. I’m so tired of people being able to file bills just to make certain people look bad when there’s no real reason to do it,” he said.

source: Palm Beach Post

The House passed the law by an 89-26 vote. First-time offenders who used their cards at the banned establishments will be ineligible for the EBT program for six months. Anyone who incurred three violations would be permanently disqualified from receiving aid. The law goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2013.

Here's Video of NYPD Officers Struggling to Arrest a Teenager

These police officers need to get in the gym -- or carry Tasers, because this is ridiculous. Last Monday, two NYPD officers were called to a subway station after two people got into an altercation. What Had Happened Was: A Muslim teen greeted a Jewish man wearing a yarmulke with “assalamu alaikum,” or “peace be upon you.” The Jewish man paid him dust. Tensions escalated after an exchange of words. The man took out his cellphone and snapped a photo of the boy, who then snatched the phone and deleted the photo. The man was able to get his phone back and alerted the conductor and police subsequently were waiting at the Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum stop. Which brings us back to the video. One officer struggled to arrest the boy, while he and his partner were berated by boisterous crowd and a girl repeatedly chanting "he didn't do nothing." That same girl, who thought it was wise to spar with the officers, was arrested and charged with obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct after she punched at and kicked an officer. That'll learn her.

source: WCBS

BREAKING: Massive Explosion Levels Entire Town in Texas; Dozens Dead, Hundreds Injured

A powerful explosion rocked the town of West, Texas, on Wednesday evening. According to reports, the blast, which eyewitness say "was like a nuclear bomb went off," occurred at around 8pm was at the West Fertilizer plant. Between "60 to 70" (including firefighters) are reported dead and hundreds are injured. Much of West, which is a small town located 19 miles north of Waco and has a population of 2,800, was damaged. Fearing additional explosions, officials ordered residents to evacuate. Here's live video: source: WFAA

Teacher Accused of Fondling Black Student Says That's Impossible Because She's Racist

Irene Stokes may be a lot of things, but she insists she's not a child molester. The 61-year-old private school teacher was arrested after a female student said Irene touched her "private parts," but upon questioning Irene told police she "doesn’t like to even touch the black children on their hand" and "she shies away when they try to hug her." Say what now?


source: KHOU

Kerry Rhodes' 'Alleged' Gay Lover Shopping Reality Show (Update: Lover Confirms They Were in a Relationship)

It's all making sense now. Russell Simpson, who's alleged to be former NFL player Kerry Rhodes' ex-boyfriend, is shopping a reality show with the working title "This is Hollywood." No network will be ordering that series, so this makes us believe Russell (or someone connected to him) released the compromising photos (see, below) of him and Kerry to drum up some sort of publicity or to publicly out Kerry. It worked. BTW: Kerry, 30, has denied he's gay. *snickers * laughs * gags * He issued a statement that read, in part: "I am not gay. The shots were taken during a past vacation in a casual environment with my entire business team....I know a lot of people are recently talking about athletes struggling to come out to their fans right now, and I support them, as well as with those individuals comfort." LOL.

How you doin' Kerry! Alllrrriiiigght! Sashay! Shanté! Shanté, shanté, shanté! Ehaow!

UPDATE: Russell has confirmed he and Kerry were lovers and were in a relationship for 14 months; he said Kerry even gave him an engagement/promise ring. Oh, they also have matching tattoos. In an interview with Bossip, Russell says: "I was like his wife. I ran the household and took care of all his personal needs. If anyone needed anything from Kerry they came to me! That’s what Kerry loved about me. I didn’t take no sh-t from nobody. Kerry is kinda a dumb athlete, like a dumb jock. So, I took care of things that he didn’t understand. And yes, his teammates did know about me. It was kinda unspoken but I was at all his training camps and events. The other wives knew and loved me too. I was always there. It was no secret!" Asked about their sex life, Russell adds: "It was great! It was very passionate because we were so in love. Of course he was the top! I’m not doing all that damn work! But, we were extremely close. It was very good and he put it on me!" Grrl, TMI. After Kerry's tepid denial he's gay, Russell said Kerry sent him a text that read: Hey baby, can you just not say anything about all this. Russell adds: "We were in love and it was real. But now look at him! He’s lying and looking like a real dumbazz. Why couldn’t he just STFU and no even said anything. He had to deny it like I wasn’t real. Like, I never existed. What the hell?? We filmed that reality show together, he has hours of footage of me and him together for the show. I have NOTHING to hide! I’m grown as hell and have nothing lie about. [...] Kerry Rhodes is gay. That’s the truth." Girl, we believe you. Trust us, none of of this is shocking. Sidebar: Kerry, if you're supposed to be closeted or DL, why date the qayest bottom in all the land? Why are you cavorting with such a young, messy queen? You really must be a "dumb jock" to not understand how that will turn out. You should've joined the Swagger Club, whose members know to keep their mouths shut. Lesson learned. Russell did not say why he's decided to out Kerry now, but you can put two and two together: Kerry probably dumped his ass, cut him off and the queen got mad and is hoping to get even. Mission accomplished. Only thing left for Kerry to do is issue another statement that includes the words: I'm gay, I'm a homo, I like guys.

This video is quite telling. Stock answers from men on the DL. He couldn't even say the word "gay," but his body language and what he did say, spoke volumes. Poor thing.

Update 2: Here's an audio interview with Russell going in! Case closed.


Hey, Kerry. Howard Bragman is calling, pick up the phone.

Is This The Boston Bomber? (Updated)

Investigators believe they have identified (and may or may not have arrested) a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, according to CNN. The breakthrough came from analysis of video from the Lord & Taylor department store near the site of the second explosion along with video from a local TV station. Earlier, police released images of a pressure cooker they believed to be part of the bomb that killed three spectators and injured almost 200 others. But, the keen eye detectives over at 4chan have concluded their investigation and have IDed three possible suspects. This guy is not a suspect. FBI initially passed out images of Salah Barhoun, 17, seeking to gather more information on him, but Salah went to the authorities yesterday to clear his name after he found himself tagged in pictures online. The other man singled out in the images, above, is also not a suspect. The real suspects are below.


Update, April 18: The FBI has officially named these two men as the suspects. The agency released photos and videos (below) of the two men the are seeking. If you know these terrorists, call 1-800-CALL-FBI.

Update, April 19: The suspects have been identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police last night. Dzhokhar is still on the loose. This is believed to be his Twitter account.

Dzhokhar was found hiding in a boat in a Watertown, Mass. homeowner's yard, below. According to reports, shots were fired. The Boston Police has confirmed Dzhokhar is in custody.

I See Your Donkey Booty/Stallion Booty and Raise You an Orca Booty

In the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" battle of donkey booties vs stallion booties here comes Barbie Edwards to snatch some wigs because her double-wide ass doubles as a shelf. It does. The 41-year-old mother of three from Washington state claims to have the world’s largest butt, and within the last six months men have paid her $28,000 to see her balance trays of food and drinks on her shelf, er, butt.

“I often use my butt shelf to balance food on while I’m preparing family meals. It’s also great for balancing cleaning products on when I’m tidying the house or snacks when I’m lying on the sofa at night. [...] I receive hundreds of messages from men every day, requesting pictures of me in my underwear. There is no specific type of man who loves my bum — they range from farmers to business executives. They pay for pictures and some like me to balance things on my bum — often plates of doughnuts or pizzas to show how big it is. At first I found these requests strange, but now I love it because I know it’s making my fans happy.” However, Barbie’s extraordinary figure does cause problems. She admits that her humongous hips regularly get stuck in turnstiles. On planes and trains Barbie requires two seats and she often gets bruises using public toilets because her bottom is so wide that it jams against toilet roll holders. She said: “Often I cannot fit into dressing rooms in shops and at work I have a special chair to accommodate my bottom’s unique width and shelf. I constantly knock over displays in supermarkets when shopping. I am a wide load and sometimes it’s difficult to judge whether I can fit through certain spaces. When eating out I have to phone ahead to restaurants to ensure they have booth seating, because I can never have a normal chair." Barbie, who drives a minivan because cars are too small for her frame, was chubby as a child. But she says her extreme pear-shaped body started to develop when she hit puberty. “I was teased relentlessly at school for my size and lived in tent-like dresses. Looking like this was a daily battle as a teenager and I was very miserable. When I left school I weighed 300 pounds and half of that was in the butt region.” After three pregnancies, Barbie now weighs more than 500 pounds — but is no longer bullied for it. She says: “I am healthy and happy that finally my unusual figure is celebrated rather than criticised. “I work very hard and I am helping my kids with some extra money from my modelling. I want to show other girls with big bottoms you can be sexy and successful. I’m like a giant Kim Kardashian. My bum is a beauty and despite once hating it, I’d never change it.”

source: The Sun

We're not mad at her hustle, but healthy at 500 pounds? Comparing yourself to Barbie and Kim Kardashian? Girl, bye!

Sidebar: This is what she eats on an average day. For breakfast: pancakes, bacon and syrup WITH cereal and toast; For lunch: tacos with cheese (and all the toppings) AND AN ENTIRE chocolate cake; For dinner: large serving of homemade lasagne with bread. AND for snacks, she eats another ENTIRE chocolate cake and a bag of peanut M&Ms.

Man Jailed For Refusing to Pull Up Sagging Pants

Some people just cause problems on themselves. Take Aaron Woodbury, for example. Police in Shreveport, Louisiana, asked him several times to pull up his sagging pants (sagging is illegal in the city), but Aaron refused to follow the officer's orders and -- shock! -- he was arrested. His wife doesn't understand.



source: KSLA

BREAKING: Two Explosions at Boston Marathon Finish Line; Several People Injured, Lost Limbs, 2 Dead

Several people have been hurt in two explosions near the Boston Marathon finish line. According to WBZ, the two "incredibly powerful explosions" occurred "seconds apart" around 2:45pm (three hours after the winners crossed the finish line). Several people were reportedly missing limbs. Marathon officials say the explosions were the result of bombs, which you can clearly see in the video, below. There's a live feed from WBZ, above.


Here's video of the explosions as they happened. (Around the 0:30 mark)



UPDATE 4pm EDT: Boston police officials have confirmed two people are dead and at least 23 more than 130 others were injured. According to the AP, a third explosion was heard about an hour after the first two at the JFK library. Police have confirmed the explosions were caused by bombs and are calling it a terrorist attack.

Update #2: All cellphone service had been shut down in the Boston area to prevent any potential remote detonations of explosives.

Update, #3: President Obama addressed the nation, pledging a full investigation to find out what happened and that individuals or groups responsible for what he called the “senseless” loss will “feel the full weight of justice.”

Update #4: The death count is now 3.




source: WBZ

Man Purposely Tries to Saw Off His Arms at Home Depot

An obviously mentally disturbed man walked into a Home Depot in West Covina, California, gathered several handsaws from the shelves -- including one powerful enough to cut through drywall -- and tried to saw off both of his arms. The man's name was not immediately known because he had no identification and was passed out by the time officers had stopped massive bleeding from both of his arms, which were cut to the bone.





source: KNBC

NeNe Leakes: 'I Don't Know Why Kim is Going Around Telling Everyone We Are Friends Again'

Over the last few years, Linnethia Monique Leakes and Whats-Her-Face have had some amazing fights (remember, "close your legs to married men, trash box"? Classic!) some suspicious reunions, only to have a more spectacular falling out. Linnethia has made it clear: They will never, ever be friends again. Recently, the dueling duo, who've known each other for years and were one-time really close friends, have been exchanging messages on Twitter, which hints that they are friends again -- or being cordial, as the Atlanta housewives like to say. Whats-Her-Face says: "We are in a really good place right now. We have a pact. It's like being married for 20 years. You start to take your partner for granted. We didn't communicate, and we realized it was a lot of 'he said, she said' stuff." But to let Linnethia tell it, the two are not friends. She tells Star magazine: "I don't why Kim is going around telling everyone we are friends again. I think that word is being used very loosely. We agreed to let the past be the past, but it's not like we're friends. It makes no sense to be around each other and not say hi, but my life is over here [in Los Angeles] and her life is over there [Atlanta]. I'm doing other things. It's not my priority." Bloop! Bloop! Bloop!

source: Star, Apr 22, print edition

Lady Who Claimed She Had One-Night Stand With Apollo Nida Tried to Extort Phaedra Parks

We don't know the rules of extortion, but we know that you can't try to blackmail someone using shoddy facts. That was the case of a 20-year-old donkey who failed at trying to extort "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Phaedra Parks by demanding an undetermined amount of cash or she'll expose Phaedra' husband as an adulterer. The unnamed woman claims she met Apollo Nida, 34, last October at a restaurant in Atlanta. According to the donkey, after a few drinks, she and Apollo went to a motel and "enjoyed a night of hot passion." What 20-year-old says that?

The blackmail attempt unfolded in early March when the 40-year-old attorney started receiving calls from a stranger claiming she hooked up with Phaedra's bodybuilder husband Apollo Nida. The woman said she had a hotel receipt as proof of the one-night stand in 2012 and allegedly demanded hush money to keep it secret. But furious Phaedra refused to pay up, and in early April the blackmailer posted an account of the supposed night of passion on an Internet blog. Although the perpetrator described herself as a 20-year-old college student, her post was filled with childish misspellings and twisted grammar. "Apollo told me he was unhappyly [sic] married," she wrote. "I asked him why he didn't have on his ring but he informed me that him and his wife was separated." The post included a Holiday Inn receipt but Phaedra immediately knew that the hotel bill, dated Oct. 24, was a fake. "She and Apollo had spent that day doing radio show interviews together to promote their workout video," said the insider. The extortion attempt came an extremely hectic time for Phaedra, who's about to deliver the couple's second child. She's also working full-time at her law firm and taping her spinoff show for Bravo. Although attractive women have been known to throw themselves at Phaedra's handsome husband, the source said: "She trusts Apollo 100 percent."

source: National Enquirer, April 22, print edition

Apollo says the accuser is "envious" and is seeking "to steal [his] joy," but she nor anyone will come between him and his marriage. He has unleashed his attorney and is seeking a gag order against the accuser. Speaking of women throwing themselves at Apollo, fellow RHoA star Kenya Moore, 42, has make it no secret she thinks Apollo is fine. But things got completely out of order when it was revealed that Kenya and Apollo have been texting one another. In one of those texts, Kenya allegedly told Apollo: "I would do to you what your wife does." Chile. On part three of the reunion, which airs April 21, Phaedra confronts Kenya about it and sets the record straight.

Phaedra brushed off Apollo's texts to Kenya as harmless -- while Kenya's were anything but. "Let's get this clear," the tough-talking attorney tells In Touch. "My husband just asked her for advice on an acting coach. Kenya continued to text him, saying 'Oh, you look nice.'" Then, says Phaedra, "She propositioned him with a sexual act...That's why I called her a whole." (A production source confirms Apollo's texts, which Kenya showed to reunion hosts Andy Cohen, seemed "harmless.") [...] Phaedra says she has faith in her husband, the father of their son, Ayden, 2. "I have a strong marriage," she says. "It's not like Kenya revealed something I didn't know. There's no secrets." Don't look for the women to kiss and make up anytime soon. "Kenya's obsessed with me," says Phaedra. "She wants everything that I have: a family, a successful career, an education -- all things she will never have."

source: In Touch, April 22, print edition

While Apollo's texts to Kenya may be innocuous, given his wife's history with Kenya why was he texting her in the first place? Isn't the Linnethia the actress on the cast? Why didn't he ask her for advice? Just sayin'.

And the Mother of the Year Award Goes to...

..this ↑↑↑ person. DFCS, please take that poor child away.

Gay Man Arrested After Refusing to Leave Bedside of Partner in Hospital

A man from Lee’s Summit, Missouri is angry and demanding answers after a nurse ordered him off hospital property and police arrested him after he refused to leave the bedside of his sick partner. According to Roger Gorley, he went to visit his partner, Allen, (with whom he has been in a civil union for five years) at Research Medical Center, on Tuesday, but when he got there a member of Allen’s family asked him to leave. When he refused, Roger was arrested and charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct. Say what now?


The hospital claims Roger was asked to leave because he was fighting with Allen’s brother inside the hospital room. In a statement on their Facebook page, the hospital said it does not have a restraining order against Roger and he is welcome back at anytime. Their statement goes on to say: “This was an issue of disruptive and belligerent behavior by the visitor that affected patient care. The hospital’s response followed the same policies that would apply to any individual engaged in this behavior in a patient care setting and was not in any way related to the patient’s or the visitor’s sexual orientation or marital status. This visitor created a barrier for us to care for the patient. Attempts were made to deescalate the situation. Unfortunately, we had no choice but to involve security and the Kansas City MO Police Department.”


source: WDAF

Man Flips Off, Curses Out Judge During Bond Hearing

Last night, Jodel Leveille was arrested after he punched his girlfriend repeatedly, then resisted arrest and spit on an officer. During his bond hearing this morning, Judge Ellen Sue Venzer found probable cause against the 24-year-old on the battery charge, and he was none too happy and let the judge have it! "F*ck you, judge! You b*tch! F*ck you!" he yelled. "That b*tch stabbed me! F*cking b*tch! Your officers beat my ass so f*ck you! They beat my ass and stabbed my ass! I had a restraining order against that b*tch! F*ck you!...F*ck you and your court! F*ck you! Can't nobody -- you can't judge me!...I don't give a f*ck what you do. Go to hell. You can go to hell for all I care." Jodel was sent back to his cell and returned to the courtroom this afternoon, still pissed off. "I got nothing to say to you, judge. You and the officers that beat my ass can go to hell," he told teh judge told her. "That girl stabbed me and I am the one to go to prison. I am the victim here. I don't have no apologies to say to nobody." Judge Venzer set his bail at $17,000 and ordered he undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

source: WKMG

Lady Tries to Steal Ship

A mentally unstable South Carolina woman who had been missing was found in San Diego early Tuesday attempting to steal a 120-foot research ship with several scientists asleep on board. She told police she was hoping to sail the ship back to South Carolina.


source: KGTV

Gym Bans Men; These Men Showed Up to Protest

We find it hard to believe that any of these men know their way around a gym. So, we understand why Fitness USA in Taylor, Michigan, locked them out, and citing "business reasons," became a women-only facility this week leaving the men (many of whom bought lifetime memberships) out in the cold. Were these men glaring at women on the gym floor, cruising for dates in the locker room, eating a burger while sitting on the stationary bikes, or destroying the equipment with their heft?


Sidebar: Where was Andrea today?


source: WJBK

Elderly Man Thought He Gave His Wife AIDS So He Stabbed Her and Their Son to Death

A man from Goodyear, Arizona is facing two counts of murder after police said he admitted to stabbing his wife and 27-year-old son to death on Tuesday. Gino Maraventano, 64, called 911 on Saturday to confess.

During a police interview, he told investigators he had been plotting to kill his 63-year-old wife, Janet, and then commit suicide after she tested negative for cancer two weeks ago. Gino Maraventano said Janet Maraventano was sick and he thought he might have given her AIDS or some other sexually transmitted disease because of his secret past with prostitutes. According to the police report, Gino Maraventano grabbed a knife with a 14-inch blade from the kitchen and stabbed his wife while she slept in their bed. Gino Maraventano told police he then went to his son Bryan's room and cut his throat. According to the police report, he said the 27-year-old didn't have a girlfriend and he thought he was disabled because he couldn't get a job, therefore, he didn't think the young man could make it on his own. [...] Gino Maraventano tried to take his life. He told police he cut his wrists and taped a plastic bag around his head, but it didn't work. He remains behind bars.

source: KPHO

Nutty!