$1M raised for Genarlow Wilson

(wneg32.com) Supporters of the Georgia man in prison for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year old girl are willing to put up $1 million to secure his release.
According to Genarlow Wilson’s lawyer, the money should secure her clients release before a July 5th hearing.
At that hearing Georgia’s Attorney General plans to appeal a decision [...]

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Pimp my baby’s daddy

(singersroom.com) 50 cent, who pays $25,000 a month in child support and household expenses, might have to get a bigger check. Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of his 10-year-old son, says the current amount is not enough.
The parents of young Marquise Jackson are wrangling over the issue in family court in this Long Island community, where [...]

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Breakdancing in Russia

(moscowtimes.ru) Andrei, aka B-Boy Kolyuchy, has been dancing since the mid-1980s. Back then hip-hop music and break dancing videos were accessible only to two types of people: diplomats returning from abroad and Ulitsa Arbat souvenir or currency peddlers who were in direct contact with foreign tourists.
“There were events three to four times a year back [...]

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“Don’t worry, Bono got us covered”: Exhibit A

Consider this as an addendum to what I wrote about yesterday (”Don’t worry, Bono got us covered“)
Press Release:
Los Angeles County Launches Unprecedented Media Campaign to Fight Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Effort Moves Beyond the Billboard to Reach African American women and Latinas, Gay and Bi-sexual Men
>And what is their way of convincing grown folks who have already [...]

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Good T.V.: Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern

Turtle heart and penis mixed with blood and Saki…
The raw beating heart of a frog…
Rooster testicles…
Deer penis…
These are just some of the interesting delectables consumed by Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern. As a person who always enjoys learning about different cultures, this show is right up my alley. Either Zimmern was born with an iron [...]

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