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Tyson Beckford’s Nephew Charged With Manslaughter

A fatal collision occurred in Greenwich Village early yesterday morning when a truck plowed into a city bus. The bus’ operator, William Pena, was thrown from the vehicle. He later died beneath the wheels of the bus. The driver of the truck was 22-year-old Domonic Whilby of Georgia, reports The New York Daily News.

Just hours before the pre dawn collision, Whilby was celebrating at a birthday bash at club 1 Oak for supermodel Shanina Shaik with his famous uncle, Tyson Beckford. Sources say that after a night of hard partying Whilby was escorted from the club around 3:30 am and was thrown out of Dream Downtown Hotel after he passed out on the second floor. Onlookers say that he became irritated when he was unable to locate the limousine that was scheduled to pick him up. The super at two W. 16th St. apartment buildings, Victor Vega, says that he witnessed Whilby randomly pound on multiple apartment doors.

“He was sweating like a mad dog,” said Vega. “He had to be high on drugs. He started kicking and banging the doors.”

Shortly after, Vega says Whilby jumped into a running 10 Rabbits Granola truck and sped away after the truck’s driver got out to make an early morning delivery. One witness tells NYDN that Whilby blew though a red light just moments before the fatal crash.

“It’s just the wrong place at the wrong time, I guess,” said the victim’s cousin, Edwin Espinal. “That’s what happened to William — an honest, working guy and he paid the consequences. Unbelievable.”

“William was a great person,” added Pena’s brother, Alex Pena. “I can’t say no more about him, great person … He was a great guy every way you can put it.”

Four others were injured in the accident, including a person on a scooter, who was dragged 50 ft.

“He didn’t even brake,” said Eddie Abdelmoty. “My tires blew up … He went right through the red light at the end of the block.”

Police say Whilby suffered minor neck injuries. Once apprehended by officers, he was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was likely tested for drugs and alcohol. He is facing 10 charges, some of which include manslaughter, two counts of grand larceny, three counts of criminal assault, criminal mischief and criminal trespass.

Pena leaves behind a wife and 14-year-old daughter. Beckford’s manager has declined to comment on the tragedy.

– See more at: Madamenoire

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Zimmerman’s Lawyer Thinks Michael Dunn Will Be Found Guilty

As the 12 jurors decide the fate of Michael Dunn, an entire community is waiting for that decision.

First Coast News spoke to criminal defense attorney Mark O’Mara Thursday morning and he believes Michael Dunn will be found guilty.

“I don’t think the jury is going to be able to get past the fact that Dunn did not contact the police right away and that is going to bleed back over into whether or not he was justified in the shooting and they are going to find it was not justified,” said O’Mara.

As we enter day two of verdict watch, Mr. O’Mara said he doesn’t think the length of time a jury deliberates means the jurors are swaying one way or another. With a lot of evidence to go through plus complicated wording in the law, it could take time for the jurors to reach a verdict.

Security was also a big concern for Mr. O’Mara when he defended George Zimmerman. O’Mara believes if a not guilty verdict came back, there could be even more community outrage.

“If he is found not guilty then yes I think that there will be a backlash in the community about a not guilty verdict even more so in this case than the Zimmerman case. The facts of this case do not seem to support self defense near as much as the Zimmerman case did,” said Mr. O’Mara.

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CNN’S Don Lemon Agrees – All Black People Look Alike

Lemon was on a CNN show and somehow felt the need to defend the reporter who mistook Samuel L Jackson for Laurence Fishburne.

Why us Lemon agreeing that all black people look alike? Because apparently people mistake him fie Don Lemon all the time.

“People all the time say to me, ‘You look just like Don Lemon,’ and I would go, ‘I hear that all the time!’” “And after a moment I would go, ‘I am Don Lemon!’”

“When someone is in our tribe, I think it’s particularly easier for us to tell them apart, because we’re used to their facial features.

“Let’s be honest, I’m probably going to get in trouble here –people do look alike! There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar!”

So there you have it people, consider this settled. All black people look alike because Don Lemon looks like Don Lemon.

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Coolest Dismissal Ever – School Principal Raps To “Ice Ice Baby” – Video

Yes, there is a lot of ice on the ground right now. The method used by the principal at Stephens Elementary School in Burlington, Kentucky, is very unique. The song, extremely appropriate.

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President’s Executive Order Raises Wage for Disabled Too

President Obama’s executive order to raise the minimum wage for workers under future federal contracts includes a key provision to address concerns raised by advocates for disabled workers, according to the White House.

The president, who is set to sign the order at a ceremony in the White House East Room on Wednesday afternoon, announced his plan to take unilateral action at last month’s State of the Union Address and hike the minimum wage for low-wage workers to $10.10 from the current rate of $7.25.

Almost immediately after announcing his plan, advocates for the physically and intellectually disabled began pressing the White House to include the group among those getting raises. Under a government program that dates back to 1938, employers could pay certain disabled workers subminimum wages — sometimes for a fraction of the prevailing minimum wage.

But with Obama’s executive order, that practice will be discontinued with disabled workers laboring under federal contracts in the future.

“Under current law, workers whose productivity is affected because of their disabilities may be paid less than the wage paid to others doing the same job under certain specialized certificate programs,” according to a White House memo detailing the order. “Under this Executive Order, all individuals working under service or concessions contracts with the federal government will be covered by the same $10.10 per hour minimum wage protections.”

The White House says Obama will continue to push Congress to back legislation that would gradually raise the minimum wage for all workers to $10.10 by the end of his presidency, but the effort faces stiff resistance in the GOP-controlled House.

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Fight! Fight! Mayor Bill de Blasio vs Al Roker – Your Front Row Seats

America’s favorite weatherman is having his way with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio today, as once again, New York schools are open in the middle of the worst snow storm so far this season – the Nor’easter!

Not one to bite his tongue, Al Roker also lashed out against the governor of Georgia when he tried to blame weather forecasting for the problems his state faced a few weeks ago when snow and ice stranded thousands of Georgians on roadways. This time around, it was Mayor de Blasio’s turn.

Roker took to Twitter to voice his displeasure with the mayor for not closing schools.

In a briefing on the storm, Mayor de Blasio was offered this response to Al Roker’s Tweets.

“I respect Al Roker. I watch him on TV,” de Blasio said. “It’s a different thing to run a city than to give weather on TV.”

Al Roker fired back with another Tweet:

 

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Ted Cruz Causing Major Headaches For Senate Republican Leaders

Is this guy working for the Democrats? LOL… Maybe he is.

On a simple vote to raise the debt ceiling, a move House Republicans had already passed with no strings attached, Ted Cruz made life extremely difficult for his comrades in the Senate. The measure to raise the debt ceiling in the Senate could have passed along party lines with a simple majority vote, but Cruz demanded that a 60 vote Super Majority threshold be met instead, forcing some of his Republican friends already facing heat from their home districts, to change their votes.

While the Senate Republicans scrambled and fight on the Senate floor to come up with enough votes to pass the measure, it has been reported that Senator Cruz sat with his eyes “glued to his mobile device as the chaos he provoked ensnared.”

After what seemed like an eternity, a grim-faced Sen. Mitch McConnell, the party leader who faces a tea party challenge back home, finally voted yes. An equally grim-faced Sen. John Cornyn, the party’s No. 2 leader and Cruz’s Texas colleague, changed his vote from no to yes.

Cruz showed no mercy in exposing Republican leaders to widespread criticism from their primary challengers over a procedural vote on the debt limit after their pronouncements about the imperative of spending cuts. It could have been a simple 50-vote requirement, with Democrats delivering the votes to lift the debt limit, but Cruz insisted

Pressed after the vote about what he made his leaders do, Cruz was unapologetic.

“It should have been a very easy vote,” he told reporters. “In my view, every Senate Republican should have stood together.” He added that the verdict on McConnell “is ultimately a decision … for the voters in Kentucky.”

McConnell’s GOP challenger, Matt Bevin, seized on McConnell’s vote to criticize him. The Madison Project, a conservative group backing Bevin, accused McConnell of giving President Barack Obama “a blank check.”

It wasn’t the first time Cruz, a tea party favorite, had created massive headaches for Republicans. Last fall, he and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, precipitated the 16-day government shutdown with their demand that Obama gut his 3-year-old health care law.

The quest had the backing of the Senate Conservatives Fund and other outside groups that raised millions during the process — and spent a good chunk of it to boost GOP challengers such as Bevin and Chris McDaniel, who is running against Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran.

This week, the conservative groups Heritage Action and Club for Growth urged Senate Republicans to oppose lifting the debt limit. Determined to avoid brinkmanship, the House voted for a debt limit with no strings attache. After Wednesday’s drama, the Senate followed suit.

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Rapper Lil Kim is Pregnant – Here’s The Pic to Prove It

“I’m so excited! I’m a few months along, I can’t wait to be a mom!” the rapper, 39, told Us Weekly.

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A Natural Gas Pipeline Exploded in Kentucky

Adair County, Kentucky remains under a state of emergency after a natural gas line explosion early Thursday morning. Nearby residents told local news that they had just fallen asleep when the blast rocked them awake around 1 a.m.

“I had just got done watching the Olympics and was getting into bed when the whole house shook and it sounded like a big bomb went off. It lit up the sky like it was daylight, it was a great ball of fire,” Bill Kingdollar, who lives 25 miles from the explosion told WLKY.

“I could feel the heat outside my home and debris was falling, rocks and dirt. I was in the Army 20 years and I’ve never experienced an explosion like that,” he added.

The blast in the small rural town of Knifely, about 90 miles south of Louisville, ignited multiple fires. Three homes were set ablaze, two of which were completely destroyed. Two barns and four cars were also incinerated. So far, only one person has been reported injured, although the extent of the injuries are not yet known. Twenty additional homes were also evacuated.

The 30-inch natural gas pipeline was about 100 feet from Highway 76 and buried 30 feet underground. When it exploded, large rocks and sections of pipeline flew into the air. A 60-foot crater was left behind. The pipeline is owned by Columbia Gulf, part of NiSource’s Columbia Pipeline Group, which owns and operates more than 15,700 miles of natural gas pipelines, one of the largest underground storage systems in North America.

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I Always Thought Texans Were Dumb. This Guy Proved Me Wrong – Video

Thanks to people like George Bush, Rick Perry and others like Ted Cruz and those Texans who are willing to forgo their own health care for dumb Republican politics, I always thought Texans were not that smart. It’s wrong of me to generalize like that, yea,  I know. But when you look at the examples above, it’s hard not to come to that conclusion.

I was wrong, and I will be the first to admit that.

A sportscaster from Texas has defied my way of thinking, causing me to take a second look at the intellect of the state. And although the Ted Cruzes are still there, I am changing my way of thinling. His name is Dale Hansen and his commentary on the Michael Sam story is what did it for me.

Michael Sam came out a few days ago telling the world that he was gay. Sam, a college football star is now looking to be picked up by the NFL but since making his announcement, the college superior player is getting blowback from some in the league.

Dale Hansen had something to say about that.

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In Mexico, You Cannot Name Your Baby Scrotum, Hitler or Burger King

What’s in a name? In northwestern Mexico, officials say potentially a lifetime of bullying, so parents in the state of Sonora can no longer opt to name their children Scrotum, Terminator, USNAVY or Facebook.

The 61 banned names include technology-inspired monikers like Twitter and Yahoo, fictional characters Harry Potter, James Bond and Rambo and surgical terms like Circumcision.

Children will also be spared being dubbed Virgin, Hitler, Email, Burger King, Christmas Day, Robocop and Rolling Stone.

“It’s about protecting children,” said Cristina Ramirez, the director of Sonora’s Civil Registry. “We want to make sure children’s names don’t get them bullied in school.”

Ramirez anticipates the list will expand in future as officials discover more objectionable names

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