Showing posts with label woman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label woman. Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2011

Osama Bin Laden Killed

On Monday, the terrorist Osama bin Laden was killed during a raid carried out by the American Navy Seal. He was shot in the head while firing shots at the Seals who stormed his compound. He was then swiftly buried at sea. Three other adult males were also killed in the raid, including one of bin Laden’s sons and a woman who was used as a human shield by a male combatant. Two other women were also injured. Remaining detainees were turned over to Pakistani authorities. Administration used DNA testing to help confirm that it was in fact bin Laden who had been killed.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. Charged with Harassment

The boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been charged with felony counts of coercion, robbery, grand larceny, misdemeanor battery, and three counts of harassment after an incident with his child’s mother in Las Vegas. The woman, named Josie Harris, claims that Mayweather beat her, threatened to kill her, and stole her cell phone during an incident that happened on September 9th. If Mayweather is convicted of all charges, he could face 28 years imprisoned.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Rapper Fat Joe Accused of Sexual Assault

The rapper Fat Joe was detained by police in Madison, Wisconsin after a woman told the cops that the rapper and his entourage sexually assaulted her inside of a Cadillac limo after Fat Joe performed at a concert at the Orpheum Theater on Sunday night. Fat Joe was detained for questioning but was not arrested. He was released this morning.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Beyonce's Father Confirmed as Father of New Baby

A DNA test has confirmed that the father of singer Beyonce, named Mathew Knowles, fathered a child with another woman outside of his marriage to Tina Knowles. The mother of the baby boy, named Alexsandra Wright, says that she had an 18-month affair with Knowles. She filed a paternity suit this past October against Knowles and it was ordered that she temporarily receive $8,200 per month in child support. It has been reported that Beyonce, her cousin Angie, sister Solange, Kelly Rowland, and some of Beyonce's other cousins are going to fly out to Los Angeles today to meet the baby boy.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Beyonce's Mother Files for Divorce

Last month, Beyonce's mother, Tina Knowles, filed divorce papers in Harris County to end her 29-year marriage with Mathew Knowles. In October, Matthew received a paternity lawsuit from another woman who claimed that he is the father of her child. The couple have two children together, which are Beyonce and a daughter named Solange.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Rapper Juelz Santana Accused of Threatening Girlfriend

On Tuesday, the rapper Juelz Santana, whose real name is LaRon James, was charged with making terroristic threats and possessing a weapon after being accused of threatening his girlfriend with a knife at his home in New Jersey. He is currently free on $5,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in Municipal Court on September 9th.

Santana's girlfriend told police that the couple had a verbal dispute that turned physical. Santana told police that the woman was the aggressor and she was the one that had the knife. The girlfriend had minor injuries that didn't need medical treatment.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Tyler Perry's Stalker Arrested

On Wednesday, a woman named Dawne Wilson was arrested outside of Tyler Perry's production studios in Atlanta for stalking Perry. She already had a restraining order against her that was obtained by Perry and has a long history of stalking him. She is considered very dangerous and was arrested on the grounds of aggravated stalking, which is a felony.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Paula Abdul Crazed Fan Died from Overdose

A coroner in Los Angeles has found that the crazed fan of singer Paula Abdul had died from committing suicide by using prescription drugs. The woman, named Paula Goodspeed, was recently found dead near the outside of Abdul's home. She also had been a contestant on season five of the show "American Idol."

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Tyler Perry Wins Lawsuit

The actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry has won a lawsuit that accused him of stealing material from Donna West's play for his movie "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." The jurors found that West did not present evidence that supported her accusation of copyright infringement.

West is accusing Perry of stealing material from her play called "Fantasy of a Black Woman" that has been performed three times in 1991 in Dallas, TX and claims that Perry could have accessed the script in 1998 when he presented his plays to the Dallas Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Perry testified in court that his screenplay is an original work. West was asking the court to receive money for damages and profits made from the film, which earned around $50 million in theaters after it was released in 2005. Her attorneys are planning to seek a new trial.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Dead Woman Found Outside Singer Paula Abdul's House

A body was found inside of a car a few houses away from singer Paula Abdul's Home. The body was a former contestant on the show "American Idol" named Paula Goodspeed. She was a big fan of Abdul and died from a drug overdose. It appears that the woman had been stalking Abdul for a while and cops had been to the house several times before to deal with her. Abdul was not home at the time that the body was found.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Singer Jennifer Hudson’s Mother and Brother Found Dead

The singer Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother were found dead due to gun shot wounds on Friday at a South Side Chicago home. The deaths are assumed to be the result of domestic abuse. A family member entered the home around 3 p.m. Friday afternoon and found the woman shot on the living room floor. The family member left to notify police. When police officers arrived they found a man shot in the bedroom. There were no signs of forced entry into the home.

A 7 year old boy named Julian King that was the grandson of the woman was also abducted from the home by a man considered armed and dangerous and who is also the suspect in the killings. The man is currently on parole and in the past spent almost seven years in prison for attempted murder, vehicular hijacking, and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Rapper T.I. Being Sued for Child Support

The mother of two of the rapper T.I.'s children is suing him for child support. She says that she is having a hard time financially supporting the boys and wants a court-ordered arrangement for payment. The woman, named Lashon Dixon, and T.I. have known each other since teenagers and have children that are 7 and 8 years old. Dixon says that he currently gives her about $2,000 each month to take care of the children but she is sure that he is able to pay more with his successful career. Both Dixon and T.I. appeared in Fulton County Superior Court on Thursday.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

NBA Star Dennis Rodman Pleads No Contest to Spousal Battery

The former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman has decided to plead no contest to a misdemeanor charge of spousal battery in a Superior Court appearance on Tuesday. There were two other counts that were dismissed under a plea deal. He was arrested at a Los Angeles hotel in April after a woman, named Gina Peterson, stated that he struck her during an altercation.

Rodman was sentenced to 45 days of road cleanup work, a year of domestic violence counseling, and three years on probation. He was also warned not to intimidate or use physical force against Peterson.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Employee Arrested at 50 Cent’s Mansion

An employee, named Dwayne McKenzie, was arrested at the rapper 50 Cent’s mansion for attacking a woman. McKenzie was charged with assault, strangulation, breach of peace, and unlawful restraint. He supposedly choked the woman and hit her with a belt during an argument on 50 Cent’s property. He was released after posting the $10,000 bond. McKenzie was already on conditional discharge after an arrest in Hartford for supposedly pistol-whipping a club promoter.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Rapper Remy Ma Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

A judge sentenced the rapper Remy Ma to eight years in prison for the shooting of a woman outside of a Manhattan nightclub. She had the possibility of serving up to 25 years in prison for assault, weapon possession, and attempted coercion.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Singer Mary J. Blige Sets Up Foundation to Help Women with Careers


The singer Mary J. Blige has started a foundation to help women develop careers and increase self-confidence. Its charity will fund scholarships, grants, and programs to help women gain confidence and skills to succeed in their careers. The foundation will focus on the area of Yonkers, New York, first, the place where Blige grew up. It is expected to expand to the rest of New York and then the rest of America.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Yahoo Launches Site for Women

On Monday, Yahoo Inc. launched a site aimed towards women age 25to 54 called Shine. The site is made to give Yahoo Inc. more opportunities to sell advertising targeted towards women. Advertisers in consumer-packed goods, retail, and pharmaceuticals have requested that there be more ways to advertise to women and many women are looking for a site to combine various content and communication tools.

The site Shine offers content and services in parenting, love, healthy living, food, and career and money, entertainment, fashion, beauty, home life, and astrology. The site is in blog form and will have the newest items at the top of the page and commentary from an editor.

Visit: http://shine.yahoo.com

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Woman Stopped While Trying to Bring Skeleton on Plane

A 62 year old woman was stopped at a Munich airport after baggage control handlers found the skeleton of her brother in a plastic bag with her luggage. She and her 63 year old friend were taken away by police after a scan of the plastic bag showed a human skull and other bones. The women were trying to travel from Brazil to Italy.

After questioning, it was told that they woman was trying to fulfill the last wish of her brother to be buried in Italy, who had died 11 year earlier in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The woman gave the appropriate papers from Brazilian authorities for the transport and was allowed to take the skeleton to Italy.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Japan’s Oldest Person Dies at Age 113

Japan’s oldest person was a woman named Tsuneyo Toyonaga who died on Friday. She died days after she was transferred from her nursing home to a close hospital because she had lost her appetite and wouldn’t eat. She had been in a nursing home for the past 12 years. She was born on May 21, 1984 and had 5 children and 10 grandchildren.

Another woman named Kaku Yamanaka is now Japan’s oldest person. She was born on Dec11, 1984 and lives in a nursing home in Aichi, central Japan.

The number of people in Japan that live more than 100 years old has nearly quadrupled in the past 10 years and the number is still increasing. Japan has one of the world’s longest average life spans. This fact is largely due to many people in Japan having a diet that is rich in fish and rice. Japanese women have an average life expectancy of 85.81 years and the men have an average of 79 years.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Woman Stabs Husband Over Christmas Gift

In Rock Springs, WY, a woman, named Misty Johnson, stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife after an argument that began about him opening his Christmas present early and as the argument went on she confronted him about having an affair. She was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and battery. Her husband had to go to the hospital and was treated for a wound to the chest. She was released from jail on $7,500 bail.

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