Daily 30: Sat 11.08.2014

Breaking News! 4mo
Michael Brown's Mother Facing Charges

2 Michael Brown's Mother Facing Charges Breaking News

FOX 2 has just obtained the incident report involving a reported assault and robbery, first exposed in the Fox Files. Chris Hayes obtained it after a hearing in St. Louis County Court. It went to Court because Michael Brown`s Mom, Lesley McSpadden, asked police not to release the incident report. The City Attorney for Ferguson, Stephanie Karr, wanted to be sensitive while still following the law. So she took it to Judge Maura McShane who said the report needed to be released, according to the law. It involves a reported felony robbery with a weapon, October 18th in the parking lot of Red`s BBQ. It`s the corner of Canfield and West Florissant, just blocks from where Michael Brown was shot and killed.
Mark Cuban: "F**king amazing" 4mo
What It's Like to Be a Billionaire

9 What It's Like to Be a Billionaire Complex

Shark Tank star Mark Cuban sat down with Rolling Stone recently to talk about a bunch of different things, including his ownership of the Mavericks, the crappy investments that some of his players have made, and his thoughts on professional athletes getting themselves into trouble. During the interview, he even talked about the biggest mistake that he's made as the Mavs owner.
New Series 4mo

Story Time With Method Man Grantland

Method Man explains how limericks and songs from 'Sesame Street,' Masta Ace, Chuck Berry, and Rick Dees all contributed to his style of writing music and lyrics.
Say What?! 4mo
Boris Kodjoe: Master Of Tongue

11 Boris Kodjoe: Master Of Tongue TMZ

Boris Kodjoe not only knows how to steal hearts, he is fluent is MULTIPLE languages! So we ask, which is the sexiest language?
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SEALS: 'SHOOTER' A SHAM

17 SEALS: 'SHOOTER' A SHAM The Daily Beast

Bin Laden ‘Shooter’ Story Is FUBAR, Special Ops Sources Say One man says he killed the world’s most wanted terrorist. His former colleagues say that’s a stretch—at best. On Tuesday, Fox News will air a highly-anticipated documentary about a former Navy SEAL named Robert O’Neill, who claims to be the man who fired the shot that killed Osama bin Laden. Several of O’Neill’s former brothers-in-arms are coming forward to say his story is way, way off. In interviews with The Daily Beast, former special operations officials, as well as other sources who are familiar with the events of the 2011 raid on bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, accused O’Neill of misstating key facts and wrongly taking sole credit for killing the world’s then-most wanted man. At issue is who fired the shot—or shots—that hit bin Laden in the head, splitting open his skull and almost certainly ending his life. O’Neill insists that he was the shooter. But others—including a fellow SEAL who was standing within feet of O’Neill when the final encounter with bin Laden went down—say another, still-unidentified man likely fired the round that caused a lethal head wound. In a SEAL version of Rashomon, the ostensibly silent warriors of the special operations community have been going after one another over what really happened that night in Abbottabad. One of their ranks, Matt Bissonnette, who pseudonymously co-wrote a best-selling book in 2012 about his role in the raid, has already come in for a drubbing from former SEALs, who say he broke with tradition by speaking publicly about the mission and revealing inside details of SEAL culture. But Bissonnette is hardly the only man who’s sought to capitalize on his life as an elite warrior. Other SEALs have given paid speeches and consulted for filmmakers and video game designers. O’Neill himself is a paid motivational speaker who talks about his experiences in the SEALs, although he’s never been known to have revealed details of the raid. Sources who know and worked with O’Neill, who was first identified by the special operations blog SOFREP, said his version of events showed cracks almost from the night of the raid itself. One former special operations official said that O’Neill didn’t identify himself as the main shooter in the “hot wash” debriefing that operators conducted immediately after the raid at an air base in Afghanistan. But upon his return stateside, O’Neill identified himself as the trigger-man to members of the public while drinking in some favorite SEAL bars in Virginia Beach, VA. (This account was independently verified by a second source.) O’Neill’s behavior prompted his superiors to counsel him that the operation was classified, the former official said. This much seems beyond dispute. O’Neill was one of three men who fired at the fugitive terrorist in the moments before he died. The two others SEALs were Bissonnette and a third shooter whom multiple sources referred to as the “point man,” because he was standing at the front of the team of SEALs as they climbed a staircase and approached bin Laden’s bedroom on the upper floor of his safe house. According to O’Neill’s version of events, as described in an interview with the Washington Post published Thursday and a 2013 article in Esquire, the point man fired at bin Laden as he poked his head out of his bedroom door. But the point man apparently missed. O’Neill then moved past him, he says, and stepped into the room, coming face to face with bin Laden. O’Neill says he looked at bin Laden long enough to see that he seemed “confused,” appeared “way taller than I was expecting,” and “didn’t appear to be hit. I can’t tell you 100 percent, but he was standing and moving,” O’Neill told Esquire. “In that second I shot him, two times in the forehead,” O’Neill told the magazine. He subsequently told the Post that it was clear he had killed bin Laden because his skull was split open. Shortly after the article was published, Peter Bergen, a long-time chronicler of bin Laden and the only outside observer who was ever allowed to tour bin Laden’s compound after the raid, interviewed an anonymous SEAL Team 6 member who said the Esquire story was "complete B-S.” But multiple special operations sources, as well as Bissonnette’s own account in his book, No Easy Day, say the still unidentified point man fired first at bin Laden and scored a direct hit, striking him in the skull. If true, that was the shot that almost certainly killed the terrorist leader, not O’Neill’s. The point man, according to those who know him, is still serving with the SEALs. He’s described as quiet and not a fame-seeker. It’s unknown whether he has any plans he to write a book or speak publicly about his role in the raid. But the point man has told others outside the military that he was part of the mission in Abbottabad. The Daily Beast asked Fox News about O’Neill’s version of events and how the filmmakers corroborated it for the documentary. The channel said that those questions would be answered in the film, which will air over two nights. Peter Doocy, the 27-year-old Fox reporter who scored the O’Neill interview told the network on Thursday, “We asked Rob O’Neill why his version of the story was a little bit different than what we’d heard before, and he does explain that in the special.” As the body of Osama bin Laden was buried at sea within hours of his shooting, no official autopsy was done, nor did the operators stay in bin Laden’s compound long enough to carry out forensics on the shooting itself, as they were too busy gathering up evidence from the compound to take out before Pakistani authorities arrived. The authorities later razed the building. The real story of who killed bin Laden may have gone to the bottom of the ocean or been plowed back into the dirt in Abbottabad. But if the anonymous “point man” comes forward, O’Neill won’t have the last word.
From The Classic Album! 5mo
Illmatic Live

18 Illmatic Live Nas

The 20th anniversary tour for Nas' classic Illmatic album
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The Grand Finale

19 The Grand Finale Steve Harvey

As the old adage goes, “all things must come to an end,” and for comedian Steve Harvey this week marks an end to a fraction of his 27 year comedy career.  The original “King Of Comedy” will headlines his final stand-up show, "Steve Harvey’s Grand Stand-Up Finale," at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Leave The Lights On Tonight 4mo
Lights Out

20 Lights Out David Sanberg

Lights Out is a short horror film that follows a woman readying herself for bed, only to find that something may be lurking in the shadows. 
What is The Homo Agenda? 4mo
Star on Young Thug

21 Star on Young Thug Vlad TV

Star sat down with VladTV and shared his thoughts on eccentric rapper Young Thug, saying that the "homo agenda is real strong right now," and that while he doesn't know if Thugger is actually gay, he feels the "About the Money" hook man portrays himself to be.
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Loretta Lynch U.S. Attorney General

25 Loretta Lynch U.S. Attorney General Huffington Post

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama intends to nominate the federal prosecutor in Brooklyn to become the next attorney general and the first black woman to lead the Justice Department. Obama's spokesman said Friday that he will announce his selection of Loretta Lynch from the White House on Saturday. She would replace Eric Holder, who announced his resignation in September. If confirmed by the Senate, Lynch would be Obama's second trail-blazing pick for the post after Holder served as the nation's first black attorney general. Obama had planned to wait until after a trip to Asia next week to announce the choice but then moved up the decision after CNN reported that she was his choice. Lynch, 55, is the U.S. attorney for Eastern New York, which covers Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island, a position she also held under President Bill Clinton. "Ms. Lynch is a strong, independent prosecutor who has twice led one of the most important U.S. Attorney's Offices in the country," Obama press secretary Josh Earnest said in a statement. Obama decided against the option of trying to push Lynch's confirmation while Democrats still control the Senate and instead will leave it up to the Republican-controlled Senate to vote on the choice in 2015, according to the people who described Obama's plans. They spoke only on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. Democrats on Capitol Hill have told the White House it would be difficult to win confirmation for a new attorney general during the lame-duck session of Congress beginning next week, especially considering all the other competing priorities they face before relinquishing power to Republicans in January. Pushing through a nominee so quickly could have tainted the new attorney general's start in the office. It's unusual for Obama to pick someone he doesn't know well for such a sensitive administration post. But at a time when Obama is under political fire, Lynch's distance from the president could be an asset in the confirmation process. Another candidate Obama asked to consider the job, former White House counsel Kathy Ruemmler, asked not to be nominated out of concern her close relationship to Obama could lead to a difficult confirmation effort. Republicans are promising tough scrutiny after years of battles with Holder. He is close to Lynch and appointed her as chair of a committee that advises him on policy. Since Lynch is unfamiliar to many on Capitol Hill, senators will have to get up to speed on her record quickly. One lawmaker in particular — in the House — is familiar with her work. Lynch filed tax evasion charges against Rep. Michael Grimm, a Republican accused of hiding more than $1 million in sales and wages while running a restaurant. Grimm, who won re-election Tuesday, has pleaded not guilty and is to go to trial in February. Lynch has overseen bank fraud and other public corruption cases, including the March conviction of New York state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. after he was caught accepting bribes in a sting operation and the 2013 conviction of former state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. for looting taxpayer-subsidized health care clinics he ran. She also charged reputed mobster Vincent Asaro and his associates for the 36-year-old heist of $6 million in cash and jewelry from a Lufthansa Airlines vault at Kennedy Airport, dramatized in the movie "Goodfellas." During her first tenure in the Eastern District, Lynch helped prosecute police officers who severely beat and sexually assaulted Haitian immigrant Abner Louima. Lynch grew up in North Carolina, the daughter of a school librarian and a Baptist minister. She received undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard, where Obama graduated from law school seven years after her. Personally, she goes by Loretta Lynch Hargrove, having married Stephen Hargrove in 2007.
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Jay Z buys ‘Ace of Spades’

26 Jay Z buys ‘Ace of Spades’ New York Post

Jay-Z has a few million reasons to toast. The rap impresario has long been associated with Armand de Brignac — the Champagne known as “Ace of Spades,’’ due to its distinctive insignia — and now he owns it. Or at least he owns an indeterminate chunk of the brand produced by Champagne Cattier, a French vintner since 1763, as details released on the deal on Wednesday were murky. Jay-Z specifically bought the interest in Armand de Brignac held by Sovereign Brands, a New York-based wine and spirits company owned by the Berish family, after submitting an offer a Sovereign spokeswoman said “we simply couldn’t refuse.” It was also an offer they wouldn’t divulge. Industry metrics, however, indicate the brand in its entirety is worth between $25 million and $30 million. Jay-Z bio author Zack O’Malley Greenburg puts the wholesale price per Armand de Brignac bottle at $225. Greenburg also suggests “Ace of Spades’’ generates annual revenue of $13.5 million and using an industry multiple of 2.1 times sales would make Armand de Brignac worth $28.3 million. In his 2011 book, Greenburg estimates a production cost of $13 per bottle, which translates into a 94 percent profit margin.
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Wer

27 Wer Universal Pictures

Witness the rebirth of a legend in this spine-tingling descent into true terror. When a vacationing family is brutally murdered, an intrepid attorney, Kate Moore (A.J. Cook), is assigned to defend Talan (Brian Scott O’Connor), the main suspect and mysterious loner with a strange medical condition. As she delves into his shadowy past and runs scientific tests to prove his innocence, Talan’s darker instincts soon surface with unparalled violence. As Talan slashes and shreds his way to freedom, Kate must stop the atrocity she’s unleashed before the city is torn apart limb by bloody limb.
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Beyond The Lights

29 Beyond The Lights Relativity

BEYOND THE LIGHTS is the story of Noni, the music world’s latest superstar. But not all is what it seems, and the pressures of fame have Noni on the edge - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a young cop and aspiring politician who’s been assigned to her detail. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their career ambitions ahead of their romance. But it is ultimately Kaz's love that gives Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
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Let's Kill Ward's Wife

30 Let's Kill Ward's Wife Well Go USA Entertainment

Everyone hates Ward’s wife and wants her dead, Ward (Donald Faison) most of all. But when his friends’ murderous fantasies turn into an (accidental) reality, they have to deal with a whole new set of problems—like how to dispose of the body and still make their 3 p.m. tee time. It  is a blackly comic caper about helping a friend out of a bad relationship by any means necessary.