Illinois Foodstamps Increasing In 2010
More than 30 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits increase thanks to the federal stimulus act, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday.
Sphere: Related ContentMan robbed, beaten in downtown night club
WBBM-AM reports: A man was hospitalized after he was beaten and robbed in the bathroom of a night club in the 150 block of West Ontario Street early today. The robbery appeared to be a random act, police said.
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Sphere: Related ContentIDOC parole agent accused of sexual misconduct
A parole officer with the Illinois Department of Corrections has been accused to forcing a parolee under his supervision to perform a sex act on him, ChicagoChicago reviews
police said this morning.
Robert Rowels, 45, was charged with a count of custodial sexual misconduct in connection with the incident, which occurred on Jan. 6, according to a Chicago police statement.
Authorities began investigating the allegations last month after the
parolee told police that Rowels drove her to a South SideSouth Side reviews
alley after a
scheduled meeting, sources have said. He allegedly forced her to
perform a sex act by threatening to report that she had violated the
terms of her parole if she did not comply.
Police were notified after the woman immediately told a friend and went to a hospital. Evidence was allegedly recovered.
Custodial sexual misconduct is a Class 3 felony, which means Rowels, of the 17000 block of Everett Avenue in South Holland, could face two to five years in prison if convicted.
He is scheduled to make his first court appearance this morning.
Sphere: Related ContentMichigan rep introduces carp bill in U.S. House

An Asian Bighead carp swims in the Great Lakes Invasive Species tank at ChicagoChicago reviews
’s Shedd Aquarium. (Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune)
A U.S. Representative from Michigan introduced legislation at the capitol on today that would force Illinois to close two Chicago-area locks and dams in an effort to prevent invasive Asian carp from entering Lake Michigan.
Rep. Dave Camp (R-Michigan) introduced the bill, dubbed the Carp Act, to essentially achieve the same results as a motion filed before the U.S. Supreme Court last month. The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Michigan’s plea, leaving the issue in the hands of federal and state officials in Illinois.
“It is clear Asian Carp pose an immediate threat to the Great Lakes, its ecosystem and the 800,000 jobs it supports,” Camp said in a released statement.
“The failure of the Supreme Court to act yesterday jeopardizes the future of the Lakes and it is clear we must take additional steps now. So, today, I am introducing legislation that will provide for the immediate closure of all Asian Carp pathways to the Great Lakes. This bill takes necessary action to protect the Great Lakes while minimizing the commercial and environmental impact on Chicago and the State of Illinois.”
Camp’s legislation forces closure of the O’Brien Lock and Dam and the Chicago Controlling Works, the two area locks Michigan’s Attorney General sought to close when he sued Illinois in December.
The Carp Act also tasks the Army Corps of Engineers install permanent barriers in the North Shore Channel and the Grand and Little Calumet Rivers to prevent the migration of bighead and silver carp into Lake Michigan.
Barriers would also have to be built separating the Des Plaines River from the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the I&M Canal from the shipping canal to stop the advancement of carp during periods of heavy rain.
It also grants the Army Corps new authority to control the migration of Asian Carp through the use of fish toxicants, commercial fishing and netting, harvesting, and other means. In addition the corps are required to initiate two new studies for developing alternative flood control measures and commercial routes.
In other Asian carp news Wednesday, the White House formally accepted the offer from the governors of Michigan and Wisconsin to hold a “Carp Summit” at a yet to be determined site in the Midwest or in Washington D.C.
In a letter to Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, suggested a meeting between the governors of Great Lakes states to be held the first week of February. The goal of the meeting is to hash out a plan to try to control the advancement of Asian carp into the Great Lakes and, if possible, eradicate them from Illinois’ waterways.
Sphere: Related ContentSex Orgy Turns Deadly When Russian Roulette Enters The Game

Bruce Lavallee-Davidson, 50, Fred Wilson, 50, and James Pombriant, 60, decided to get together for their ritual sex orgy in their dungeon filled with sex toys in Maine, when a game of Russian Roulette turned deadly.
Amid their usual sex games, this time, Bruce Lavallee-Davidson decided to bring some guns into the game to intensify their orgasms. Unfortunately, things ended up getting way too intense.
Fred Wilson told Lavallee-Davidson to put the gun to his head to intensify his orgasm, he did it the first time, no problem. The second time he did it, though, there was a flash and Lavallee-Davidson was dead. Pombriant was engaged in a sex act with Lavallee-Davidson when he was shot.
The other two men waited a day before calling the police, who discovered the dungeon and what had happened. Wilson face manslaughter charges.
Read more at Gawker.com
Sphere: Related Content4-year sentence in one-punch death
A McHenry County judge today sentenced a Crystal LakeThe Crystal Lake reviews
man to four years in prison for killing a man with one punch in 2007.
The sentence imposed by Circuit Court Judge Sharon Prather was just one year shy of the maximum 32-year-old Dustin Goy faced for his involuntary manslaughter conviction.
The charge stemmed from death of fellow Crystal Lake resident Anthony Carlsen from head injuries suffered outside a tavern — something the judge called “a senseless act fueled by alcohol.”
Prather found Goy guilty after witnesses said he punched Carlsen from the side, knocking down the 45-year-old man instantly. Carlsen, who was five inches taller than Goy and 130 pounds heavier, fell back and struck his head on the pavement. He died a week later.
–The Associated Press
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A former leader of Lake Shore Asset Management Ltd. pleaded not guilty today to federal charges that he bilked investors out of more than $300 million.
Philip J. Baker was indicted last year but had been living in Germany. Authorities said he was arrested in Hamburg in July and extradited to ChicagoChicago reviews
just before Christmas. He appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Morton Denlow in Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago.
Baker, a Canadian citizen, was indicted on 17 counts of wire fraud and three counts of violating the Commodities Exchange Act. The U.S. attorney’s office had moved to unseal the charges against him in June in the hope it would in apprehending Baker.
Baker didn’t immediately fight his detention, but his lawyer, Kurt Stitcher, said his release could be sought soon.
– Jeff Coen
Sphere: Related ContentIllinois logs 8,000 smoking complaints
The Illinois Public Health Department has received more than 8,000 smoking-related complaints so far this year.
2009 is the second year of the Smoke Free Illinois Act, which banned cigarette smoking in public places.
The more than 8,000 complaints this year compare with 5,200 filed in 2008.
Officials also say the complaints called in this year have been more legitimate, and there have been more fines. Sean McDermott of Cook County’s health agency says inspectors who go out actually find people smoking more often.
– Associated Press
White House: Attempted bombing was terrorism
UPDATE: Associated Press says the alleged terrorist has been charged with attempting to destroy an airplane with destructive device.
U.S. officials say a Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria said he was acting on behalf of Al Qaeda when he tried to blow up a flight Friday as it landed in Detroit.
The flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit.
A U.S. intelligence official said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.
The White House said it believed it was an attempted act of terrorism and stricter security measures were quickly imposed on airline travel, but were not specified. Anyone traveling by air could require more time to pass through checkpoints.
Read more HERE on chicagotribune.com.
– The Associated Press
Sphere: Related ContentU.S. Atty.: Landlord refused to rent to African-Americans
The federal government has sued a ChicagoChicago reviews
-area property owner for allegedly refusing to rent properties to African-Americans, the U.S. attorney’s office announced today.
Prosecutors said Terence Flanagan violated the Fair Housing Act by refusing to rent a single-family home in Orland Park to an African-American. According to the suit, the JusticeDark Justice reviews
Department used a white “tester” to attempt to rent the home, and she was asked by Flanagan whether her husband was black.
Flanagan admitted to her that he did not want to rent to African-Americans, prosecutors said.
The U.S. attorney’s office said testers are often used to pose as those interested in housing to ensure that landlords are complying with the act.
The Flanagan case began as a complaint to the South Suburban Housing Center by Kamal Alex Majeid. A lawyer for Flanagan could not immediately be reached for comment.
Sphere: Related ContentLarry O’Donnell: Bishop Who Banned Patrick Kennedy ‘A Political Hack’
Leave it to Larry to fan the flames . . .
On today’s Morning Joe, Larry O’Donnell called the Roman Catholic bishop who barred Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) from taking communion a "political hack."
Interestingly, Mika Brzezinski had a totally different take, arguing the controversy was not about the Church but about Kennedy publicizing the matter in a play to his base. Though Bishop Thomas Tobin sent his letter to Kennedy more than two years ago, its contents didn’t come to light until Kennedy recently revealed them to a Rhode Island newspaper.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: I think this is about Patrick Kennedy . . . All of a sudden this comes out . . . This is about Patrick Kennedy publicizing his rift with the Church so that he can appeal to members of his base.
. . .
LARRY O’DONNELL: This is a political act by a political bishop . . . Political bishops do the church absolutely no good. This guy’s—this bishop is a political hack.
Joe Scarborough was quick to disassociate himself from the lastest from the man he’s dubbed Crazy Larry . . .
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Sister Margaret, I had nothing to do with this conversation, Sister. Nothing at all! I love the Catholic church.
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Maddow at Most Orwellian: Murder of Abortion Doctor ‘Terrorism’ – But Not Ft. Hood Massacre by Jihadist
Rachel Maddow wants you to stop referring to Nidal Hasan as a terrorist. Please. You know what short fuses they have.
Responding to Republicans’ condemnation of Hasan’s actions as terrorism, Maddow furrowed her brow and played devil’s advocate, as befitting an honorary member of the al Qaeda Legal Defense Foundation —
MADDOW: Remember this one? Yes, it is the old paint-the-Democrats-as-soft-on-terror routine. But in order to play that politicizing terrorism, anti-Democrat greatest hit, the Fort Hood case has to be terrorism. Regardless of how you feel about the political issue of politicizing terrorism, it’s worth asking — was Fort Hood, technically speaking, terrorism? It’s not just a political question. It’s not just a judgment call. It’s not just a matter of taste. It’s a question to which there is an answer, a legal answer. And the charges today didn’t include anything related to terrorism.
Terrorism is not just conceptual political jargon. This is a legal term and it has, interestingly, changed over the past few years. In order for something to be legally considered terrorism, do you have to be taking instructions from a terrorist group? Do you have to have some sort of clear political motive behind the violence? Is it about the way that you commit the crime? What sort of weapons that you use in doing? Is it about how many people that you kill in your crime? Is it about the specific type of people you target, whether they’re civilian or military?
If you’re interested in more than just making political hay out of the Fort Hood case, these are the sort of legitimate questions you would want to ask before labeling this, or any case, an instance of terrorism. Those who are calling this terrorism are making their case in large part because Major Hasan is a Muslim and because he is alleged to have said, God is great, before the shootings. And while it might make for exciting politics to argue that murders committed by religious Muslims are presumptively terrorist acts, those exciting political allegations actually say a lot more about the people making them than they do about the real character of the tragedy at Fort Hood and how we as a country should respond to it.
That’s Maddow on her MSNBC show Nov. 12. What a contrast to her first MSNBC broadcast after the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller in late May. Here’s how Maddow described it right at the start of her show June 1 (click here for link to YouTube video) –
MADDOW: We begin tonight with another deadly act of domestic terrorism.
As Maddow said this, a photo of Tiller was shown situated above the word TERRORISM in capitalized block letters, lest anyone miss the point.
Maddow proceeded to describe a chronology of violence in the last two decades by the "modern anti-abortion terrorist movement in America." For good measure, she mentioned the bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, which Maddow said was "a terrorist act committed by an anti-abortion extremist."
Here’s what Maddow also said on June 1 to bolster her contention that Scott Roeder, Tiller’s accused killer, had engaged in an act of terrorism (the embedded video starts with Maddow’s remarks on Nov. 12, then shows a portion from her show on June 1, and finishes with another segment from Nov. 12. The YouTube clip linked above shows the June 1 segment in its entirety) —
MADDOW (initially referring to Roeder): He’s known in extremist, anti-abortion circles. He has had writings published in a newsletter called Prayer & Action News which promotes the idea of killing people who provide abortion services as justifiable homicide. Someone calling himself Scott Roeder had participated in anti-abortion discussions at a website of the group called Operation Rescue.
Much as Hasan’s name appears on "radical Internet postings," the Associated Press reported Nov. 5. "At least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of the law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades," the AP story reads.
More from Maddow on June 1 –
MADDOW: The group’s founder, Randall Terry (of Operation Rescue), spoke at the National Press Club today and celebrated Dr. George Tiller’s death.
A response foreshadowing that of radical imam Anwar al Awlaki (whom Maddow keeps referring to as a "cleric," as if he’s no different than those fiery Christians), who praised Hasan as a "hero" and "a man of conscience."
To bolster her case, Maddow invited frequent guest Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor, on her show Nov. 12. Turley, who as a guest on June 1 was more circumspect than Maddow in describing Tiller’s murder as terrorism, was more receptive to her point of view this time around –
TURLEY: Criminal investigators and lawyers and judges don’t have the luxury that some people have on television to just simply say this must be terrorism, why?, because we want it to be terrorism. Words have meaning in the criminal code and that’s what brings the integrity to the code, it brings its legitimacy. And you can’t just simply say that because somebody kills a large number of people that it’s terrorism. There are plenty of people that act out of rage. If you take away a few of the aspects of this case, you would have a typical disgruntled worker shooting.
Just as if you ignored a "few of the aspects" of the Manson murders — the victims, for example — the man who set their deaths in motion might now be just another graying, pony-tailed hippie.
I’m not a legal scholar, as the saying goes, but it’s my understanding that guilt is determined on the basis of evidence against the accused, by jurors asked to refrain from overlooking problematic "aspects" of a case.
The willful ignorance of Maddow and like-minded leftists in response to the Fort Hood terrorist attack reminds me of a scene in the Steve Martin movie "The Jerk" and the title character’s response to a sniper trying to kill him (1:15 into YouTube clip linked here) – "He hates these cans! Stay away from the cans!"
Sphere: Related ContentU.S. agency: Workers owed $1.5 million in wages, benefits
The federal government is seeking more than $1.5 million in back wages and benefits on behalf of workers at a company that transported U.S. Transportation Security Administration employees to O’Hare International Airport from remote parking lots, officials said today.
The U.S. Department of Labor filed the complaint against Total Enterprise Inc. and company president Kyong Kim and Vice President Frederick Kahl for alleged violations of the prevailing wage and fringe benefits provisions of the Service Contract Act. The matter is pending before the Labor Department’s office of administrative law judges.
Total Enterprise, based in Irving, Texas, contracted with the TSA in 2006 to provide transportation for TSA employees at O’Hare. The government’s complaint alleges that the company failed to pay required prevailing wages and fringe benefits to shuttle bus drivers, parking lot attendants and bus dispatchers. The investigation found that at least 120 employees of Total Enterprise are owed back wages and fringe benefits in excess of $1.5 million.
In addition, the department is seeking debarment of Total Enterprise as well as Kim and Kahl under the act. Debarment would prohibit the company from further contracting with the federal government for up to three years.
– Staff report
Sphere: Related ContentEd Schultz Says Hasan is a Terrorist — And Blames Bush/Cheney for Ft. Hood Massacre
Liberal radio host and MSNBC bobblehead Ed Schultz deserves credit — he’s that rare left-winger willing to throw political correctness to the wind and describe accused Ft. Hood killer Nidal Hasan as a terrorist.
After finding such clarity unsettling, however, Schultz quickly reverts to form.
Here’s what Schultz told his radio listeners on Thursday (click here for audio) –
SCHULTZ: We’ve gotta stop being so damn academic about what a crime is. I think you could easily make the case that the guys that stepped on the planes on Sept. 11, 2001 had the exact same motivation as this guy did, vice versa. And I’m not afraid to take nasty email from people who think that I’m leaning to the right. There’s no left, right, center, blue, green on this. You know, we’re gonna get hung up on definitions on what a terrorist act is. There’s 13 people dead! What was the motivation for that? It was hate. It was ideological. It was religion. It was faith-based, all of that, and we missed it. And now people are dead and many injured.
This is where I cut ties with a lot of Americans when it comes to whether it’s politically correct or not. We have to, in the cable industry and talk radio, we’re going to ask the provocative question about, well, what do you think? But I want to be very clear. I think that this was an act of terrorism. I do, I think it was premeditated. He was out to take people down in an institution that he opposed and he was unfortunately a part of. I think he was a terrorist, I think he’s a murderer and I think he ought to be hung!
By the end of Thursday’s radio show, Schultz’s kneejerk habit of blaming the previous administration for all manner of woe in the world returned with a vengeance (here for audio)–
SCHULTZ: Where the hell was Mr. Tough Guy, Dick Cheney? Because they were checking this guy out during the Bush administration, the Department of Homeland Security under the Bush years, the biggest rearrangement of government in the history of America, the Department of Homeland Security, and all the checks and balances …
CALLER: Is that true?
SCHULTZ: Wait a minute! And all the checks and balances. They knew who this guy was, the FBI did, back in 2007. And they knew exactly what the writings he was having, the contacts he was having. So, where the hell’s Dick Cheney on this one?! Hell, we got hit on their watch again ’cause they didn’t stop us from that guy doing what he did!
CALLER: So, are you telling me that Dick Cheney knew about this guy back in 2007?
SCHULTZ: I think we should ask the question. I mean, come on (crosstalk) this, this happened on, this happened on the Bush administration’s watch! He slipped through the cracks!
Don’t be surprised if Schultz refrains from pushing this line of argument — seeing how it also places the blame for nearly 3,000 Americans murdered on 9/11 squarely on the Clinton/Gore administration.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – It’s been Taylor Swift’s year, and Wednesday was her night as she became the youngest person and the first solo female act in a decade to win the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year award.
Sphere: Related ContentDobbs Excoriates Obama for Double Standard: Compares President’s Post-Cambridge to Post-Fort Hood Remarks
Some of the mainstream media intelligentsia following the Fort Hood, Texas massacre have cautioned people to reserve judgment about the suspect Major Nidal Malik Hasan and have bypassed many key details in order to live up to what could be construed as a politically correct standard. CNN’s Lou Dobbs isn’t one of them.
Dobbs, on his Nov. 10 radio program, didn’t reserve judgment and criticized President Barack Obama for telling people to do so in a speech following the tragic event. Dobbs played a clip from the speech Obama gave last week which he warned, "We don’t know all the answers yet and I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts."
"Isn’t that remarkable, telling the American people not to jump to any conclusions?" Dobbs said. "Not to speculate, not to be curious about what is happening to our men and women, who should be the center of all of our attention and concern and care. Let’s compare that statement by our president to what he said at the end of a press conference about health care shortly after the arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates, his good friend."
In that press conference, Obama said, "I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it’s fair to say, No. 1, any of us would be pretty angry; No. 2, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home."
According to Dobbs, it was just a matter of compare and contrast – the treatment Hasan got from the President versus the treatment the arresting officer in the Cambridge Police situation got.
"So, there are the two Presidents Obama," Dobbs said. "You pick which one is most palatable to you and you try to explain to me if you will how the more recent statement squares with the previous statement."
But then Dobbs showed he was clearly aggravated by Obama’s double standard, especially after the casualties of the Fort Hood tragedy.
"How dare he stand up there and sanctimoniously tell the American people not to rush to judgment, to jump to conclusions," an impassioned Dobbs said. "My God – there are 13 people dead, 29 of them wounded, 29 of our troops wounded at Fort Hood and so I’m going to jump to some conclusions here because all we have are eyewitnesses and surveillance tape and that’s all I’ve got to go on."
And Dobbs wasn’t afraid to call this an act of terrorism, as so many others have shied away from doing. The CNN host said he would indeed be jumping to conclusions and encouraged others to do so as well.
"Let me tell you – this man carried out an act of terrorism against the United States of America," Dobbs declared. "Was he a troubled and dispirited and deeply conflicted person with all sorts of behavioral issues? Yes. And was the United States Army derelict in its responsibility to care for those who they put in the charge of Major Hasan? Absolutely. I’m jumping to those conclusions, Mr. President. I’m curious and I’m going to speculate just like tens of millions of other Americans. It’s a healthy thing, not a bad thing. We’re not in a court of law here – that will be administered by the United States Army, thank God."
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Sphere: Related ContentThe 2006 shooting death of T.I.’s best friend and personal assistant, Philant Johnson, shook the rapper to his core. After a fight at a club in Cincinnati, T.I. and his entourage left in a fleet of vans to escape the escalating situation. While trying to leave amicably, the rapper and his crew were chased down and their cars were sprayed with bullets. The senseless act of violence left three people injured and Philant Johnson dead. Three years later, justice is finally being served.
41-year-old Padron Thomas, who was the driver of the opposing vehicle, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday. Initially charged with murder, Thomas received a lesser sentence after he testified against his brother. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for November 17th, where Thomas could face up to 10 years in prison. He’s currently serving 17 years on unrelated federal drug charges.
His brother, Hosea Thomas, was sentenced to 66 years to life for the shooting. The convicted murderer will not be eligible for parole until 2074 when he’s 100 years old.(Source)
Woman who struck, dragged child charged with misdemeanor
The Daily Herald reports: Fox Lake police said today that Pamela Simone, 36, has been charged with a misdemeanor for an August incident in which the car she was driving struck a toddler and dragged her about 200 feet. A Lake County prosecutor said the accident was “not in any way a willful or wanton act.”
Get the full story: dailyherald.com.
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Your chances of receiving a parking ticket in ChicagoChicago reviews
have shot up from last year, and the pace has accelerated even more in recent months.
A ticketing blitz in the city has led to a 26 percent spike in parking meter violations so far in 2009, according to city records provided to the Tribune in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
The area in and near the LoopA Loop reviews
accounted for half the increase in tickets.
Read more in Getting Around on chicagotribune.com.
Sphere: Related ContentDurbin vows to pursue DREAM Act on immigration
Speaking in ChicagoChicago reviews
today, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said his push for the failed DREAM Act will continue as long as he “draws breath.”
The Democrat from Illinois has sponsored the legislation since 2001.
It’s designed to help provide legal status for undocumented immigrants who are brought to the U.S. as young children and educated here. The act would help those students qualify for financial aid, among other benefits.
Durbin’s comments Friday come as Sen. Charles Schumer of New York is drafting comprehensive immigration reform.
Durbin said Schumer, a Democrat, has promised the DREAM Act will be part of that. But Durbin said immigration reform won’t come until next year because legislators are now focused on health care.
Durbin spoke at an immigration forum at DePaul University in Chicago.
–The Associated Press
Sphere: Related ContentRejected applicant sues U. of I. over ‘clout list’
A rejected applicant sued the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today, alleging unfair admissions practices because the school had maintained a “clout list,” accepting students based on political connections rather than academic credentials.
Jonathon Yard of Taylorville, Ill., filed the proposed class-action lawsuit against the state’s flagship university on behalf of all “non-clout” applicants who had been denied admission from 1999 to 2009. The suit seeks more than $5 million in damages.
Yard was ranked in the top 15 percent of his high school class, scored a 29 on the ACT and was a varsity athlete, said the lawsuit, filed in federal court in ChicagoChicago reviews
.
After applying for admission in 2008, he was wait-listed, then rejected. The lawsuit notes that the university catalog cited academic record, ACT scores, leadership and communication skills among its admissions criteria. “Notably absent from this list of admission criterion is any mention of one’s political clout,” the suit states.
An ongoing Tribune investigation found that subpar candidates were admitted to the university based on political influence. The university president and chancellor have resigned because of the scandal.
University spokesman Thomas Hardy said he was aware of the suit but had not received it yet. Hardy said he could not comment until university administrators reviewed the complaint. Anticipating lawsuits such Yard’s, the university hired the law firm Jenner & Block to provide advice.
–Angie Leventis Lourgos
Sphere: Related ContentMonia New BET Reality Show: Still Standing
After a brief hiatus from the music industry, Monica is back in the spotlight with an intimate, provocative docu-drama that takes a look at her day-to-day world in the new original BET series.
MONICA: STILL STANDING premieres Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 10 ET/ 9C.
In this series, Monica will open her heart and life to viewers every week and take them on her personal journey of survival and enlightenment. Viewers will have the chance to experience the many facets of Monica’s life as she balances family, deals with her own body and health challenges, creates her fifth album and tackles the hardest job of all – being a full-time mother of two young sons.
“It was very scary stepping into the type of situation that would expose me and my life,” said Monica. “But I think that there are so many kids now that are aspiring to do exactly what I’ve done and I felt like that was worth me putting myself on the line so they would really understand what it’s like to try and juggle both a music career and personal life.”
Even with all of the success in her entertainment career as the youngest R&B recording act in history to have two consecutive chart-topping hits, and as an actress, Monica’s life has not been without its challenges. But with the spiritual guidance of her parents, family and fiancée, she has withstood the storms of life and is still standing today. Strong, poised and vivacious, Monica wants to show viewers and fans that anything is possible once you have set your mind to do it.
Don’t miss the premiere. Tune in Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 10 PM/9C.
Psycotic Bridezilla Part 2: Melissa
Monkeys and Butterflies?WTF/
Who pays $10,000 dollars for a wedding when they are still
riding around in a car with plastic for the back window? Then
whosays on national TV that they have two warrants out for them?
Remember what happened last time!
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They poured out onto the sidewalk in their Sunday best, grabbing hands and bowing heads over the blood-stained pavement.

So Karee “Im So Ghetto” Hart decides she wants to
respond to the comments I made this morning regarding
her behavior on the show. Here is what she had to say:


















