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“Police Make An Arrest In Fatal Shooting Of DJ Megatron”

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According to the NY Daily News, police have made an arrest for the murder of DJ Megatron, a popular New York DJ who worked for BET’s 106 & Park.

Police charged William Williams, 21, and Richard Cromwell, 20, with murder, robbery and criminal possession of a handgun. They were awaiting arraignment Wednesday night.

Police say Megatron, real name Corey McGriff, 32, was on the hunt for marijuana around 2 a.m. March 27 when the two men approached him on Osgood Avenue, about a block from his Staten Island brownstone.

McGriff’s 4-year-old son, who was left home alone, may have watched from the doorway of the family residence as one of the suspects shot his father once in the chest.

Williams and Cromwell, who both have lengthy criminal records, rifled through McGriff’s pockets, robbing him of a wad of cash and an inexpensive wristwatch that his 11-year-old daughter had given him as a gift.

The watch held sentimental value for McGriff, according to his grieving mother, Louvenia McGriff, 60. “He loved it because she gave it to him,” she told the NY Daily News from her Georgia home.

Police recovered the watch after it was discarded by McGriff’s heartless murderers. “They threw it away probably because they realized it wasn’t valuable,” she said.

An anonymous caller gave police the tip they needed to apprehend the suspects. “That is a risky thing to do,” McGriff’s mother said of the anonymous caller.

“They’re sacrificing themselves for justice. That speaks volumes about my son. I’m so grateful to everybody for what they’ve done.”

She said the family is preparing to see the alleged killers in court.

“I want to look in their eyes and I want to know why they had to kill him,” she said. “Why kill him?”

“It’s a hard thing to swallow,” said her husband, Leo McGriff. “We’ll be doing a lot of crying.”

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“If The Government Shuts Down Blame The Repubs”

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It looks like the impending government shutdown will indeed occur on Friday, April 8, if the White House and the GOP don’t resolve their budget dispute. The problem is U.S. President Barack Obama’s refusal to approve the budget cuts that the Republicans want.

The government shutdown won’t affect U.S. President Barack Obama or anyone in Congress because they will still get paid.

But it will affect thousands of good people who go to work every day in non-essential services such as parks, museums, etc.

In the meantime, the Democrats are blaming the Republicans for being stubborn and the Republicans are blaming the democrats for not comprising.

Cynthia Tucker, the esteemed syndicated political writer for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, says if the shutdown occurs, blame House Speaker John Boehner and the GOP — not Obama.

More specifically, she points the finger of blame at “the entire far right-wing of the Republican Party” for demanding more than the $33 billion in cuts handed to them by the Democrats.

In the meantime, black people will have to scramble to make ends meet while these political millionaires take their vacations and toil in the hot sun practicing their golf swings during the shutdown.

The 2012 election will be a mess, so please vote responsibly when you go to the polls.

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“So Wendy Williams Was Booted Off Of DWTS?”

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Wendy Williams took home the lowest score, with just 15 out of 30 points for her ‘Last Night a DJ Saved My Life’ foxtrot on DWTS. As Goodman put it it, Williams worked hard but the dance ‘was suited to radio.’ Another judge added that she thought the talk show host took a step backwards this week.

“Despite the stereotypes, this is one black girl who can’t even do the running man,” Wendy said during her post elimination interview.

She’s not too upset about the elimination either.

“I’m relieved,” Williams added. “I’m getting on a jet plane and going back to everything that’s near and dear to me that I’ve neglected personally for this six-week journey. I have a 10-year-old son and any parent knows that 5th grade and being 10 is a child on the brink! I have a 12-year marriage and a talk show that demands my attention, too.”

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“Kristie Alley Hits The Floor On DWTS Last Night”

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Full figured and beautiful actress Kirstie Alley stumbled and hit the floor hard during last night’s telecast of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ . Alley’s dance partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy struggled under her weight and dropped her during a complex dance move. At least she got back up and continued to dance. Good for her.

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“Donna Cobb Aquitted of Stabbing Her Husband to death”

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In the beginning she said her husband was really sweet, charming and attentive to their children but Donna Cobbs, pictured here, killed her husband six months ago and has been trying to resume her life since the acquittal.

Despite the fact that, her husband continuously abused and mistreated her, Donna spent 10 years in an abusive relationship with her husband Kevin.

On the night of the killing, the couple threw a party in their apartment. Kevin, who was unemployed at the time, spent the evening guzzling a bottle of tequila and snorting cocaine.

When a fight broke out, the couple kicked everyone out, but Kevin began muttering threats and accusing his wife of cheating on him.

Donna went into her daughter’s room to sleep (the couple have 12-year-old twins), but said, her husband woke her up by punching her in the face, pulling her out of bed by her hair, kicking and stomping her as she tried to get away from him. She ran into the bedroom, but Kevin gave chase, grabbed her and began choking her.

“I was feeling for anything,” Cobb said. “I felt a knife, and just poked him with it.”

“I didn’t want him to die,” she added. “My kids have to be without a father, and it’s painful.” But at that point, in my opinion, it was her life or his.

Domestic abuse experts say it is not uncommon for victims of violence to make excuses for someone they love.

“Love is complicated,” said Adwoa Akhu, author of “Metamorphosis: Journaling the Path from Domestic Violence Victim to Victor.”

“People stay because things don’t usually start off violent,” she said. “Abusers are good at getting someone to love them.”

Cobb said she is now focused on moving her family out of the apartment where the murder occurred. She said she still is coming to terms with Kevin’s death.

“Throughout all the years of the abuse I experienced … I don’t think that’s something I’ll ever fully recover from,” she said.