Day: June 8, 2013

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Beauty Entertainment Music Television

Chante Moore Talks R&B Divas: L.A.

Chanté Moore has been making music for over two decades and doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. For Moore, music is a journey and the R&B/Jazz singer is now ready to share that journey on camera for the world to see; on the hit show R&B Divas’ spinoff, R&B Divas: L.A. Moore will be joined by Kelly Price, Lil’ Mo, Claudette Ortiz, Michel’le, and Dawn Robinson in the new season of TV One’s popular series. The show is ideal for fans to get a chance to know more about Moore. There’s a lot people want to know about when it comes to singer, from her in-person personality to her split from husband and fellow R&B singer and frequent collaborator, Kenny Lattimore. While Moore kept mum on some aspects of her personal life, she did share a lot about being apart of the reality show spinoff, her new music, balancing her career with raising her kids, and more.

Read more: http://singersroom.com/content/2013-03-13/Chante-Moore-Talks-RB-Divas-LA-Not-Being-Pristine-New-Music-More/#ixzz2VgKeSkSy

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Featured Healthcare News

Top Plastic Surgeon Being Sued For Chopping Off Patient’s Entire Nose

Plastic isn’t always fantastic. In just the latest example of surgery gone too far, New Yorker Vishal Thakkar is suing Tulsasurgeon Dr. Angelo Cuzalina for chopping off his nose duringsurgery.

Cuzalina, a member of the Oklahoma Medical Board and president of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, completed eight surgeries on Thakkar between 2006 and 2007 before allegedly making the cruelest cut, his lawsuit alleges.

During one surgery, Thakkar claims, Cuzalina took cartilage from his ear to rebuild his nose without his consent.

Thakkar told Fox23 News Tulsa, “I woke up with pain behind my ear and I said to the nurses, what part of ‘Under no circumstances, do not touch my ears do you not understand?”

Thakkar says Cuzalina later emailed him an apology, but then, in another surgery the doctor took cartilage from his rib.

Despite these warning signs — and several infections — Thakkar continued to go under the knife and eventually woke up from one procedure with a gaping hole in the middle of his face, his lawsuit alleges. “[Dr. Cuzalina] told me that there was an infection in there and since I was on the operating table and unconscious he had to make the decision,” Thakkar said.

h/t – radaronline

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Education News

Trustee: Howard U Could ‘Not Be Here in 3 Years’

Howard University students compete in the 2012 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge.

Ominous news for the nation’s second-ranked historically black college: A vice chairwoman of Howard University’s board of trustees recently told the board of the Washington, D.C., school that the institution “is in genuine trouble,” the Washington Post reports.

“Howard will not be here in three years if we don’t make some crucial decisions now,” Renee Higginbotham-Brooks wrote in a letter dated April 24 and published on the Chronicle of Higher Education website.

h/t – thegrio

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Politics

Jesse Jackson Jr. Could Spend Up to 4 Years in Jail

Politico is reporting that the Federal prosecutors are seeking a four-year prison sentence for former Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who has pleaded guilty to illegally diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to personal use.

Under the Justice Department recommendations, Jackson would have to forfeit the $750,000 he stole from his campaign, and pay back another $750,000 to his reelection committee. Prosecutors are asking that someone not related to Jackson be appointed to run the campaign, which would then be “wound down.”

Jackson, the son of well-known civil rights advocate Rev. Jesse Jackson, is scheduled to be sentenced early next month.

In a break for Jackson and his wife — former Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, who also pleaded guilty in the case — prosecutors have requested that their prison sentences be staggered so that both aren’t in prison at the same time. Sandi Jackson faces up to 18 months in federal prison as part of the couple’s illegal scheme. The couple have two young children.

Once a rising star in Democratic politics, the 48-year-old Jackson pleaded guilty in February to using more than $750,000 from his campaign to cover a stunning range of personal expenses in thousands of transactions, including including home renovations, furniture, school tuition, groceries, a $43,000 Rolex watch, fur coats and memorabilia associated with Michael Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Bruce Lee.

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Politics

It’s Official – Cory Booker Is Running for Senate

Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Saturday formally announced he’s in the race to finish the US Senate term of the late Frank Lautenberg.

The 44-year-old Democrat made his candidacy official at a news conference Saturday in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city. He was joined by former US Sen. Bill Bradley, a former pro basketball player who for 18 years held the seat Booker is seeking.

Bradley, who endorsed Booker, called him “the right person for the right office at the right time.”

Booker began raising money for a Senate run even before Lautenberg, who died Monday, announced retirement plans in February. He had raised $1.9 million by the end of the last reporting period in March.

Reps. Frank Pallone and Rush Holt are also planning to enter the Democratic primary. Booker is considered the early front-runner.

Pallone, 61, had $3.7 million in his campaign coffers at the end of March and has deep union support. Holt, 64, a former research physicist, had $800,000 on hand.

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News

Crane Operator had Drugs in His System after Philadelphia Building Collapse

Sean Benschop, 42, was operating a crane on the site of Wednesday’s deadly building collapse. Sources say blood and urine tests found illegal drugs and prescription narcotics in his system. (NBC Philadelphia)

Sean Benschop, 42, had marijuana and prescription painkillers in his blood hours after the outer wall of 2136 Market Street tumbled down onto the Salvation Army Thrift ShopWednesday morning, sources said.

The Center City collapse buried nearly two dozen people under brick, cement and wood. Six people were killed and 13 hurt in the collapse. One woman was buried for 13 hours under rubble before being rescued.

 

h/t/ – thegrio

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Nelson Mandela News

Nelson Mandela Hospitalized: Former South African President in ‘Serious But Stable Condition’

Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa, is in “serious but stable condition” after contracting a lung infection, South Africa officials said.

The 94-year-old Nobel Peace prize winner’s “condition deteriorated and he was transferred to a Pretoria hospital,” early Saturday morning according to statement from the office of South African President Jacob Zuma.

“The former President is receiving expert medical care and doctors are doing everything possible to make him better and comfortable,” the statement said. “President Jacob Zuma, on behalf of government and the nation, wishes Madiba a speedy recovery and requests the media and the public to respect the privacy of Madiba and his family.”

 

h/t – ABCNEWS

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