USDA2DAY Staff's Blog – July 2008 Archive (251)

KOBE BRYANT , LEBRON JAMES and CARMELO ANTHONY on the cover of the new SLAM

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 11, 2008 at 10:00am — 8 Comments

Woman loses fingertip in Tampa meat market brawl

TAMPA — The first time Jacqueline Wimbush got into a fight and lost a fingertip, doctors managed to save it.

Not this time.

Wimbush, who has a history of brawling, lost the tip of her left ring finger to another woman at a busy East Tampa meat market Monday, Tampa police say. "Right now it's gone, and there's nothing I can do," she fumed Wednesday.

The separation began Monday before noon when she entered the Aliana Meat… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 11, 2008 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

NEW PLIES VIDEO: Somebody (Loves You)

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 11, 2008 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

THROWBACK FOR YOUR ASS. YOUNG JEEZY TALKS INSPIRATIONS

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 9:43pm — 9 Comments

MICHAEL VICK FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY: Jailed quarterback owes between $10 million and $15 million to creditors.

*Michael Vick, currently doing time on federal dogfighting charges, has filed Chapter 11 papers in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, saying he owes between $10 million and $50 million to creditors.

The seven largest creditors named in the court papers filed Monday in Newport News, VA are owed a total of about $12.8 million, reports the Associated Press.

The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback hopes he "can, after the conclusion of the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 9:11pm — 9 Comments

NATE DOGG HIT WITH FELONY CHARGES: Crooner allegedly chased estranged wife down the 405

*Nate Dogg, 38, will face several felony charges in connection with the alleged stalking of his estranged wife, which included a car chase down a Los Angeles freeway.

The singer, born Nathaniel Dwayne Hale, will be arraigned July 16 on felony counts of making criminal threats, stalking and a misdemeanor charge of driving while his license was suspended for a drunken driving violation.

As previously reported, a woman identifying herself… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 9:06pm — 6 Comments

JEEZY,T.I., FAB, SWIZZ BEATS, NAS, AND MORE AT VIBE LAUCH PARTY.. PICS BELOW

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Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 8:30pm — 13 Comments

<b><u>YOUNG JEEZY AT VIBE LAUNCH PARTY IN NEWYORK</u></b>

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

2-year-old beaten to death

DE SOTO — Taking a toy from his half sister led to one of what police are calling many "torture" sessions for a 2-year-old who died Monday, allegedly at the hands of his father's girlfriend.

Brandy Jean Mabery, 23, was charged Tuesday with felony abuse of a child resulting in death and armed criminal action for striking a child with a stick in the death of Stacey Tolbert-Wyatt.

Paramedics found the toddler in cardiac arrest about… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 12:14pm — 18 Comments

$55,000 cash found hidden in St. Louis County jail bathroom

CLAYTON — It was not the kind of paper you'd expect to find by a toilet.

A St. Louis County jail employee found bundles of cash stuffed behind a tissue dispenser in a prisoner booking area restroom, and officials counted out $55,000 in $50 and $100 bills.

Whose? They don't know. Why? There is only speculation. What happens to the money now? It's still under research.

Perhaps a criminal suspect, wary that discovery of such a… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 12:11pm — 7 Comments

NBA 2ND PICK MICHAEL BEASLEY OUT PLAYS NO. 1 PICK DERRICK ROSE IN NBA SUMMER LEAGUE GAME (VIDEO)

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 12:01pm — 1 Comment

Breaking News: Cory Maggette to Golden State

Former Clipper, Cory Maggette plans to sign with the Warriors for about $5 Mill a yr. Not sure on deal length yet but a quality move. Especially after losin’ Davis. Celtics and Spurs had interest but didn’t wanna pay up.

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 11:41am — 1 Comment

Lil Wayne Back Atop Billboard 200 Chart; G-Unit Barely Breaks 100k

Lil Wayne is back on top. The Cash Money start is sitting on top of the Billboard 200 charts again after moving 156,000 copies of Tha Carter III, besting Coldplay, the brit rock outfit that claimed the number one position the past two weeks.

Weezy’s four-week sales totals now sit at 1.6 million.

50 Cent and G-Unit’s anticipated album, T.O.S., debuted in the top five, but the sales figures of just over 100,000 aren’t up to normal… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 11:32am — 24 Comments

Jay-Z in Vogue Italia’s All Black Issue

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Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 11:30am — 5 Comments

Recovering 8-year-old girl asks 'why' after drive-by shooting

DENVER - Sierra Moore and her Auntie Jessica have learned that adversity can make you stronger.Their families call them two peas in a pod.

Eight-year-old Sierra and 14-year-old Jessica love to spend time together. They were together on June 20 walking home from a friend's house near Curtis Park when they found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"I never thought anything like that could happen. It was so scary. It still… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 11:30am — 4 Comments

THE GAME GETS INTO IT AT DEAD COUSINS FUNERAL

The Game got into an altercation with a family member outside of a church where he had just attended his cousin’s funeral. The fisticuffs were over monies the family say Game owed for his half of the funeral expenses.

Robert “Kirky” Kirkwood tells TMZ that when his sister died, The Game — who he says is his first cousin — volunteered to pay half of the $14k it cost to bury her. But Game later changed his mind and also changed his phone… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 11:28am — 9 Comments

11 year old arrested for break-in

TACOMA — A Tacoma boy who stole a car and talked his way onto airline flights as a 9-year-old is in trouble again.

Semaj Booker, now 11, was arrested in connection with a weekend residential break-in. On Monday, a judge ordered him held in juvenile detention until at least July 17.

Pro-tem Judge John Hill also set that date for a hearing to determine whether the boy has the mental capacity to know right from wrong.

Pierce… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 11:00am — 5 Comments

Man attacks 5 year old on bus

PITTSBURGH -- A 33-year-old Carrick man charged with assaulting a 5-year-year old on a school bus has been arrested.

Police said Thomas Demarko turned himself in to authorities early Tuesday morning after being featured on the Allegheny County Sheriff’s 20 Most Wanted list on Comcast.

The charges against Demarko stem from an incident that happened on Oct. 23. Police said Damarko entered a school bus at the intersection of Brownsville… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 10:00am — 12 Comments

Usher & Son COVERS Essence

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 9, 2008 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Slain Inmate's Family Struggles With Questions of Life, Death

Ronnie L. White lived a life typical of many troubled young men.

He was first arrested at 14 for stealing a car and dropped out of high school not long after. By the time he was found dead in his maximum-security jail cell last week, the 19-year-old had amassed arrests on a number of charges, including drug possession, theft, assault and armed robbery.

The violent end to a somewhat turbulent life has spawned a federal civil rights… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on July 8, 2008 at 8:50am — 2 Comments