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(wneg32.com) Supporters of the Georgia man in prison for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year old girl are willing to put up $1 million to secure his release. According to Genarlow Wilson’s lawyer, the money should secure her clients release before a July 5th hearing. At that hearing Georgia’s Attorney General plans to appeal a decision that threw out a 10 year felony prison sentence for Wilson. "Consent to a bond presented ...More

(singersroom.com) 50 cent, who pays $25,000 a month in child support and household expenses, might have to get a bigger check. Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of his 10-year-old son, says the current amount is not enough. The parents of young Marquise Jackson are wrangling over the issue in family court in this Long Island community, where 50 Cent arrived Friday in an armored SUV equipped with a satellite dish. (more...) The sad ...More

(moscowtimes.ru) Andrei, aka B-Boy Kolyuchy, has been dancing since the mid-1980s. Back then hip-hop music and break dancing videos were accessible only to two types of people: diplomats returning from abroad and Ulitsa Arbat souvenir or currency peddlers who were in direct contact with foreign tourists. "There were events three to four times a year back then, mostly in the Baltic states," Andrei said. Enthusiastic Soviet teens practiced in front of ...More

Consider this as an addendum to what I wrote about yesterday ("Don't worry, Bono got us covered") Press Release: Los Angeles County Launches Unprecedented Media Campaign to Fight Sexually Transmitted Diseases Effort Moves Beyond the Billboard to Reach African American women and Latinas, Gay and Bi-sexual Men >And what is their way of convincing grown folks who have already made up in their minds that protection IS optional? The campaign uses guerrilla marketing tactics such ...More

Turtle heart and penis mixed with blood and Saki... The raw beating heart of a frog... Rooster testicles... Deer penis... These are just some of the interesting delectables consumed by Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern. As a person who always enjoys learning about different cultures, this show is right up my alley. Either Zimmern was born with an iron stomach or his show uses a whole lot of editing. Either way, you will certainly learn ...More