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FDA Considers Limiting Or Banning Menthol Cigarettes-80% Of Black Teens And 50% of Latino Teen Smokers Favorite Cigs To Choke On…Why?

March 17, 2011

Many citizens are viewing the impending FDA limit and ban on Menthol flavored cigarettes to be an erosion in our personal freedoms, which it is…but it’s one that,if we are going to have limits, I support it wholeheartedly.(WSJ) Why you may ask?…it has a lot to do with a past relationship I had with a […]

New York City Passes A Tough California-Style Outside Smoking Ban At All Public Parks And Beaches…Nicotine Addicts Throwing A Fit!

February 3, 2011

In three months time after Mayor Bloomberg of New York City signs it into law,it will become illegal in the city of New York to smoke outdoor in public parks,beaches, marinas, board walks and pedestrian plazas like Times Square.(WSJ)   The ban prohibits smoking in all 1,700 city parks and on its 14 miles of […]

American Hero Elizabeth Edwards,61, Dies Today Losing Her Courageous Battle Against Breast Cancer…She Was A Popular Political Icon Wed To A Terrible Lying Husband…

December 7, 2010

Less than a day after releasing a statement announcing to the world that she was in the final stages of her mortal battle with cancer, and that any further treatment would be futile, Elizabeth Edwards lost her life and her long battle with breast cancer, and succumbed today at the age of 61.(Source) (Learn more […]

11 Year Old Broadway “Lion King” Star Shannon Tavarez Dies From Leukemia…

November 2, 2010

11 year-old Broadway star of the Lion King, Shannon Tavarez has lost her fight against a rare form of leukemia Monday,succumbing to a blood clot in her brain. Katharina Harf, co-founder of the bone marrow donor center DKMS confirmed the news that the 11-year-old succumbed to her illness despite receiving groundbreaking treatment.(Source) Corbin Bleu,Alicia Keys, […]

11 Year Old Broadway Disney’s ‘Lion King’ Actress Shannon Tavarez, Seeks Bone Marrow Donor In Her Battle With Leukemia…

July 20, 2010

Today I was struck by the news about a bone marrow search for 11-year-old Broadway “Lion King” actress Shannon Tavarez.  Shannon Tavarez, a native of Queens, landed the role of young Nala in the hit musical “The Lion King” on Broadway. Shannon was able to win the part of Young Nala in her first open audition.(SOURCE) […]

Soul Singer And Former Temptations Lead Singer Ali-Ollie Woodson Dead at 58,From Cancer…

May 31, 2010

Legendary Motown singer Ali-Ollie Woodson, who led the quintet The Temptations in the 1980s and ’90s and helped restore them to their hit-making glory with songs including “Treat Her Like A Lady,” has died Sunday at the age of 58.(Perez) [picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=ali-ollie+woodson&iid=8466312″ src=”4/c/9/4/RnB_Live_Hollywood_03e8.jpg?adImageId=13056953&imageId=8466312″ width=”234″ height=”334″ /] The AP is reporting…Woodson died Sunday in […]

Easy Rider And San Diegan Dennis Hopper, 1936-2010, Dead Today At The Age Of 74….

May 29, 2010

Jack Nicholson,Peter Fonda, and the acting profession in general, has lost one of its most uniquely eccentric practitioners of the stage and screen. Dennis Hopper has died today at the age of 74, at his home in Venice, California. It is believed he passed away from his battle with prostate cancer, and it is being […]

John Forsythe Dead At The Age Of 92…Goodnight Charlie!!!

April 2, 2010

[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=john+forsyth&iid=1439556″ src=”7/d/9/d/Joan_Collins_1ece.jpg?adImageId=12031940&imageId=1439556″ width=”380″ height=”508″ /] John Forsythe,the legendary actor who portrayed Tycoon Blake Carrington on-screen in the 80’s, and the mysterious Charlie,head of the “Charlies Angels” security team,off-screen in the 70’s and also starred in “Bachelor Father” in the 50’s and 60’s,died  this week at the age of 92.(TMZ) He passed away […]

Larry Long,33,Drunk And High Father Charged After Baby Found in Oven…Bad Dad Alert!!!

March 17, 2010

Parents should not do drugs or allow themselves to get drunk, around or with their children, especially infants.Anything could happen to the child, and the parents need to be 100% competent and sober to whatever emergency may occur,and be wholly attentive to the needs of the child, which are unpredictable. A bad dad down south […]

Former Sen. John Edwards Finally Admits He’s the Father Of His Jump-off’s Child

January 21, 2010

News flash!!!!..a politician has been caught in a serious lie!!! How could this be??? Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has finally come forward to admit that he fathered a child with his jump-off, a videographer that he hired before his second White House bid.[picapp align=”right” wrap=”true” link=”term=senator+john+edwards&iid=1483077″ src=”d/5/0/6/30th_Annual_Outstanding_a7c9.jpg?adImageId=9362672&imageId=1483077″ width=”234″ height=”308″ /] His daughter,Quinn Hunter, […]