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Whitney Houston: The Daughter, The Singer, Her Life and Her Lover(s)

• March 11, 2012 • 4 Comments

Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Drug Overdoses, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
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Chris Rock at L.A.’s Comedy Store Riffs About Being Invited to the President’s 50th Birthday Party

• March 9, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
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Bobbi Kristina Brown Was Said to Have Disappeared For Hours and Was Found Doing Dope After Whitney’s Funeral

• February 19, 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston
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Whitney’s Funeral to be Livestreamed Saturday from New Hope Baptist Church…and More

• February 16, 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American History, Aretha Franklin, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: African Americans, Associated Press, Baptist, Black Women, Blacks, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown, Cissy Houston, Funeral, Gay, Houston, John Russell Houston Jr., Katherine Jackson, Lesbian, LGBT, LiveStream, Love, Marriage, New Hope Baptist Church, New Jersey, Newark, Newark New Jersey, Newark NJ, Peter Tatchell, Robyn Crawford, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sex, Tell All Book, The Eighties, The Nineties, United States, Whitney Houston

Whitney’s Family Told That It Was Drugs and Alcohol That Killed Her, Not Drowning

• February 13, 2012 • 10 Comments

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drug Culture/Industry, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wendy Williams, Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: Accidental Death, African Americans, Alprazolam, Beverly Hills Police Department, Black Women, Blacks, California, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, CPR, Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Funeral, Houston, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Mary Jones, Michael Jackson, New Jersey, Prescription Drugs, TMZ.com, United States, Valium, Wendy Williams, Whitney, Whitney Houston, Xanax

The Ancestors Have Taken Whitney Houston, 48 (w/Update)

• February 11, 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Acting, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drug Overdoses, Film, Health, Love, Race, Sexuality, Suicide, Whitney Houston, Women
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Karl Curtis: Awareness of traumatic brain injuries could prevent tragedies like N.C. shooting October 1, 2016
We don’t know if Keith Scott’s TBI played a role in the shooting, but in any case we must train our first responders to understand and recognize TBI.
Bill Peche: Is Donald Trump really under audit? October 1, 2016
Dear Editor: Donald Trump claimed in Monday's debate that he has been under audit for almost 15 years. Too many people have taken his word at face value and consider it the truth.
Patent drawings as art are celebrated in new exhibition October 1, 2016
An inventor's sketch of a vacuum pump is no doubt a helpful schematic for federal patent officials — but maybe, just maybe, it can also be a beautiful piece of art.
'Riding The Bus with My Sister' finds unlikely new fan base: Bus drivers October 1, 2016
Simon will be at the Madison Library’s Central Branch, 201 W. Mifflin St., at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to read from and talk about the book. The early start time is to accommodate Madison Metro drivers just getting off of their…
Morning briefing: Trump’s bad week is a ‘nightmare’ for the GOP October 1, 2016
Stories that are making the news today in Madison and around the state and country.
Elaborate beadwork connects contemporary Oneida to artists past October 1, 2016
A new show at the James Watrous Gallery in the Overture Center shows how Oneida artists have embraced detailed, colorful beadwork in contemporary ways.
Madison Police recruits learn wearing a uniform means cops are 'under a microscope' October 1, 2016
During the third week of the Madison Police Department pre-service academy, the 23 new recruits assembled their duty belts and were issued their service weapon.
ACLU asks court to overturn Wisconsin voter ID law September 30, 2016
The ACLU on Friday filed a motion in a challenge before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals alleging the state is not giving voting credentials to people who apply for them.

The Chicago Tribune

Judge orders release of man who was convicted in 1957 murder April 15, 2016
A DeKalb County judge Friday vacated the conviction of Jack McCullough, who was found guilty in 2012 of the 1957 murder of a 7-year-old Sycamore girl. Judge William Brady ordered a new trial for McCullough and also ordered that he be freed from custody on his own recognizance. The hearing was held...
Judge won't reduce bond for girls in Slender Man stabbing April 15, 2016
A judge on Friday refused to reduce the $500,000 bond set for two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man. Judge Michael Bohren denied requests by the girls' attorneys to lower the bond amount. The girls have been...
Lucas Museum switch: Olive branch or trap? April 15, 2016
By signing off on a plan to move the museum east of Lake Shore Drive, parks advocates would be trampling on the very principle they used to block the museum.Does Mayor Rahm Emanuel want to tear down the McCormick Place East building to make way for the controversial Lucas Museum of Narrative Art?...
To police, a fatal gang shooting. To parents, the end of a life turning around April 15, 2016
As they gathered at the crime tape, looking down at the body of their son under a white sheet, Raymond and Charisma Pryor were taken off to the side by police and told he was the target of a gang conflict.But all they could see was a man gunned down as he was straightening out his life, going to...
What drives Jonathan Toews? Let's start with the sleepovers April 15, 2016
As a kid, Jonathan Toews threw the worst sleepovers. Just ask Tyler Riel, a friend who went over to Toews' house one night on the southern end of Winnipeg. Riel, then 11, was expecting the usual trappings of a night with buddies — video games, junk food and hockey on the rink Toews' dad Brian built....
Reward offered for Oak Lawn man wanted in 2009 burning, killing of Chicago teen April 15, 2016
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of an Oak Lawn man charged in the burning and killing a teenage boy on Chicago's Southwest Side in 2009, the FBI said Friday morning. Luis Macedo, 28, whose last known address is in the 6200 block of West 90th Place,...
Muslim family kicked off United flight still awaits resolution April 15, 2016
The parents of a north suburban Muslim family abruptly removed from a United Airlines flight last month say the way they and their three children were treated by a flight crew at Chicago O'Hare International Airport went way beyond poor customer service. Yet three weeks later, they still have not...
Demolish McCormick Place East for Lucas Museum site: City Hall plan April 15, 2016
Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to tear down McCormick Place East to create a lakefront parcel for Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas' art museum in an effort to prevent Lucas from taking the project to another city, a source close to the mayoral administration said Friday. The source confirmed the mayor's...

The New York Times

Extremist Imam Tests F.B.I. and the Limits of the Law October 1, 2016
Suleiman Anwar Bengharsa has endorsed ISIS and is suspected of plotting violence on its behalf. But there is no clear evidence that he has broken the law.
Immigrants Eager to Vote Obeyed All the Rules. It Didn’t Pay. September 30, 2016
Nearly a million legal immigrants applied for citizenship in the last year, causing an agency’s backlog to swell. Many will still be in the backlog on Nov. 8.
Roy Moore, Alabama Chief Justice, Suspended Over Gay Marriage Order September 30, 2016
Chief Justice Moore was suspended for the remainder of his term for ordering Alabama’s probate judges to defy federal court orders on same-sex marriage licenses.
Evan Bayh, Long Popular in Indiana, Finds Comeback Unexpectedly Rocky September 30, 2016
Mr. Bayh had seemed to turn a lost cause for Democrats into a sure win when he decided to run for his old Senate seat, but the race is a lot closer than expected.
Bias Suit Filed on Behalf of Disabled Men in South Carolina Meat Plant September 30, 2016
The lawsuit comes after a Times investigation found that several older men with intellectual disability were living in virtual segregation in a seedy bunkhouse in Newberry, S.C.
Postcard From Texas: The Texas-Shaped World September 29, 2016
Our Houston bureau chief explores “the secret, shameless fantasy of the state America loves to debate and berate.”
After Stanford Case, California Governor Signs Bill Toughening Penalties for Sexual Assault September 30, 2016
Gov. Jerry Brown signed the measure, which imposes a mandatory minimum sentence, in response to the jailing for only three months of Brock Turner.
El Cajon Police Release Video of Fatal Shooting October 1, 2016
Footage from a civilian’s cellphone and a restaurant surveillance camera show the shooting of Alfred Olango by a police officer and the moments before it.

The New Orleans Times-Picayune

Woman accused of trying to bring gun into courthouse, Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office says November 10, 2015
A New Orleans woman tried to put a purse with a loaded gun inside through the security belt at Orleans Parish Criminal Court
1 dead, 1 arrested after Uptown SWAT roll, NOPD reports October 1, 2016
The nearly four-hour standoff on Lyons Street began as a well-being check
Uptown SWAT roll ends in arrest of barricaded man October 1, 2016
A man was arrested after barricading himself inside an Uptown home early Saturday morning (Oct. 1), New Orleans police said.
Louisiana's black communities are culturally rich, nothing like hell October 1, 2016
During the first presidential debate of the 2016 election, Republican nominee Donald Trump asserted that black people live in hell, which struck me as an odd statement. I am a native of Louisiana, and my family's roots run deep here....
BP oil disaster might have hurt Bluefin tuna rebuilding, study says October 1, 2016
3.1 million square miles where Atlantic Bluefin tuna spawn was oiled
Trump triggers new round of GOP jitters October 1, 2016
Party officials said they are newly embarrassed by Trump's impulsive behavior and exasperated by his inability to concentrate on his change message and frame the race as a referendum on Hillary Clinton.
John Bel Edwards reworks legal contract for the coastal lawsuits October 1, 2016
Attorney General Jeff Landry had rejected the original contract for the private legal team.
Jury finds widow not guilty on all counts in murder-for-hire case October 1, 2016
In her largest display of emotion during the week-long murder trial, Charity "Katie" Nguyen, 39, continued to sob softly in response to the jury's verdicts.

The Guardian, UK

Syria: Aleppo hospital hit by barrel bombs and cluster bombs, reports say October 1, 2016
Crucial facility in rebel-held district had already been bombed earlier in week in an assault described by UN chief as war crime The largest hospital in the rebel-held side of Aleppo has been devastated by barrel bombs, witnesses have said, as forces loyal to the Russia -backed government intensified their assault on the area with a major weekend offensive.T […]
Hillary Clinton calls Trump 'temperamentally unfit' to lead after Machado spat October 1, 2016
The Republican nominee’s late-night Twitter attacks on a former beauty queen show mental fragility, Hillary Clinton told rallies in the swing state of FloridaHillary Clinton took another swipe at Donald Trump’s mental stability on Friday, declaring at a campaign stop in South Florida that the Republican nominee is “temperamentally unfit” for the White House. […]
Tyson Fury ‘tests positive’ for cocaine but is unlikely to be banned October 1, 2016
• Letter published by ESPN says Fury positive on 22 September• Heavyweight champion faces prospect of losing one or more beltsThe world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who last week pulled out of his proposed rematch with Wladimir Klitschko citing mental health issues, has reportedly tested positive for cocaine.Fury, who holds the WBA and WBO world titles, […]
Hurricane Matthew briefly hits category 5 as it heads toward Jamaica October 1, 2016
Haiti and Cuba also in path of strongest Atlantic hurricane since 2007Jamaicans gather supplies with storm poised to hit on MondayOne of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it roared across the Caribbean on a course that put Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba in the path of potentially devastating winds and rain.Matt […]
Iran builds attack drone similar to captured US model, local media say October 1, 2016
‘Thunderbolt’ drone said to be comparable to RQ-170 Sentinel spy drone, which Iran claimed to have shot down in 2011Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have built a new attack drone which is similar to a US unmanned aerial vehicle that was captured five years ago, Iranian media reported on Saturday. Related: Iran claims to have reverse-engineered US spy drone Contin […]
'Forgiveness can change a country': Colombians on peace deal referendum October 1, 2016
We asked readers in Colombia to talk about the recently signed peace deal between their government and the Farc rebels. Here are some of their viewsColombians will vote on Sunday on whether to approve a historic peace agreement signed by the country’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, and Timochenko, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). […]
Italian Camorra inquiry recovers Van Goghs 14 years after infamous heist September 30, 2016
Paintings stolen from Amsterdam museum have been recovered from house in stronghold of crime syndicate near Naples Two Vincent van Gogh paintings that were stolen from a museum in Amsterdam more than a decade ago have been recovered by Italian law enforcement authorities in Naples after an investigation targeting a powerful organised crime syndicate involved […]
Sons of El Chapo suspected of Mexican convoy ambush that killed five soldiers September 30, 2016
Brazen attack occurred on outskirts of Sinaloa state capital, CuliacánDrug cartel suspected of trying to free wounded prisonerFive Mexican soldiers were killed in a brazen ambush on a military convoy apparently launched by the sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, officials said on Friday.The attack in northern Sinaloa state left two milita […]

The BBC

Syria conflict: Aleppo hospital 'hit by barrel bombs' October 1, 2016
An air raid on the rebel-held eastern half of the Syrian city of Aleppo hits the area's largest hospital for the second time in a matter of days.
Hurricane Matthew heads for Jamaica packing strong winds October 1, 2016
Hurricane Matthew heads towards Jamaica, with wind speeds strong enough to wreck houses and infrastructure.
Roy Moore: Alabama top judge ousted over gay marriage stand October 1, 2016
Alabama's controversial chief justice is removed from office for defying federal court rulings that legalised same-sex marriage.
S Korean leader urges defectors: Come to 'bosom of freedom' October 1, 2016
South Korea's president urges North Koreans to defect, just days after a soldier from the North defected across the heavily policed Demilitarized Zone.
San Diego police release Alfred Olango shooting videos October 1, 2016
Police in the US city of San Diego release video footage of the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man outside a shopping centre on Tuesday.
Bid to block US net handover rejected September 30, 2016
A judge rejects a last-ditch attempt to stop the handover of internet naming power from the US to a non-profit group.
Hawaiian bees are first on US endangered species list October 1, 2016
Seven species of yellow-faced bee native to Hawaii are the first bees to be added to the US list of endangered species.
Mexico: 'El Chapo' Guzman's sons accused of deadly attack October 1, 2016
Members of a notorious Mexican drugs cartel have ambushed a military convoy, killing five soldiers, authorities say.