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Speaking of head- scratching moments, this Halloween get-up took the cake for Hot-mess-of-a- Halloween Costume . Here's a little Ghetto Folklore for you: His name is Negrobone "Every Halloween a drunken, chicken eatin ' hoodrat lurks the ghetto with a box of fried chicken screaming, " Chikin -treat," while terrorizing all who stand before him. Beware! He is armed with pointed chicken bones that dart out from his hair, a broken glass of malt liquor and a thick Afro containing ????? " Check out these Kooky , funky, odd, cute and down-right-hot-mess Halloween costumes ...and have a safe, fun-filled Halloween night. Boo!

Nuyorican Dream Storyline A gripping portrait of one Puerto Rican family living in NYC. Roberto, 29, the eldest son gay and living in Greenwich Village. Marta the family matriarch, living in Brooklyn and raising the grandchildren that have, for the most part been abandonded by their parents. Danny, 23, returning from Riker's Island after spending yet more time in jail. Beatriz, vanishing periodically to indulg her crack cocain habit. Hip-Hop and Latin music serve as the sound track to this honest but often painful portrait of an American family. Join Nuyorican Dream on Facebook Buy your copy HERE Deconstructing Sundance : Nuyorican Dream Q: What does the term "Nuyorican" mean? A: WiKipedia defines the term Nuyorican as a blending of the terms "New York" and "Puerto Rican" and refers to the members or culture of the Puerto Rican diaspora located in or around New York State especially the New York City metropolitan area , or of their descendants (es...

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CHARGES DROPPED Use extreme caution when you judge. Especially when you're accusing someone of a heinous act/crime. You will shape the rest of their lives. Cynthia Sommer is a prime example of this. This woman, a mother of four and the widow of a United States Marine Sergeant, was accused of poisoning her husband, Todd Mitchell Sommer , with a massive dose of arsenic in order to get breast implants, sleep with different Marines and throw wild parties. Cynthia Sommer fell apart after the sudden death of the man she described as the love of her life. She didn't get rich. She paid off HIS bills with the SGLI money, got her breasts enlarged and tried to move on with her life. She grieved in a manner that put her in a bad light, but that shouldn't have branded her a murderer. The alleged arsenic in Todd's system is as big a fairy tale as Cinderella and it has been clearly proven yet the DA filed a motion to dismiss the case WITH PREJUDICE. What?! Read on for the entire stor...

By Alicia Cruz The Black Urban Times The Department of Defense announced Friday, the death of a Pope Air Force Base airman who died supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Senior Airman Mark Forester was killed while conducting combat operations in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan on September 29, 2010, The DOD press release stated. Forester,29, a Tuscaloosa, Alabama native was assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., according to the Air Force Special Operations Command public affairs office at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

By Lisa Daniel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2010 - October 25 starts Red Ribbon Week for drug awareness, and this year Defense Department officials hope to shed light on what may be a disturbing new trend in substance abuse by servicemembers, according to the department's director of health promotion and preventative services policy. While illegal drug use has held static for several years, according to the department's annual Survey of Health Related Behaviors Among Active Duty Personnel, the misuse of prescription drugs and legal substances is growing. In 2005, the survey showed an uptick in servicemembers' misuse of legal substances such as prescription drugs, inhalants, and compounds known as "designer drugs" marketed on the Internet often as herbal remedies, Lynn Pahland said in a Sept. 28 interview with American Forces Press Service. Unsure whether the increased reporting reflected real use or was a misinterpretation of que...

By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2010 - President Barack Obama signed legislation yesterday extending the Retroactive Stop-Loss Special Pay deadline through December 3, DOD officials said today. Officials estimate about 80,000 eligible service members, veterans and beneficiaries have yet to apply for the special stop-loss pay. "It's important that all those eligible for this benefit take the opportunity to apply for what they've earned," said Lernes Hebert, the Defense Department's acting director of officer and enlisted personnel management. "We encourage those eligible to apply as soon as possible, to avoid the last-minute rush, which can increase processing time." The program was due to run out Oct. 21, 2010. The extension is part of the continuing resolution that funds federal government operations. Congress has not yet passed authorization or appropriations bills for fiscal 2011. The program affects military members ...

By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2010 - Veterans of the first Gulf War as well as current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan now have a smoother path toward receiving health-care benefits and disability compensation for nine diseases associated with their military service, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today. A final regulation published in today's Federal Register relieves veterans of the burden of proving these diseases are service-related: Brucellosis, Campylobacter jejuni, Coxiella Burnetii (Q fever), Malaria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Nontyphoid Salmonella, Shigella, Visceral leishmaniasis and West Nile virus. Shinseki added the new presumptions after reviewing a 2006 National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine report on the long-term health effects of certain diseases suffered among Gulf War veterans. He also extended the presumptions to veterans of Afghanistan, based on NAS findings that ...

Army Pfc. Dominick Skompski, right, an Iraq-deployed armor crewman with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, U.S. Division–Center, passes out soccer balls to Iraqi children in a rural area of Baghdad Sept. 13, 2010. The soccer balls were donated by Americans through the Winning Hearts and Minds Project, a charity created by Skompski's father, Joe D'Alessandro, the president of the Cohansey Soccer Club in Upper Deerfield Township, N.J. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger By Army Sgt. Mary S. Katzenberger U.S. Division Center BAGHDAD, Sept. 29, 2010 - A U.S. soldier deployed here teamed with his father to deliver free soccer equipment to appreciative Iraqi children. Armor crewman Pfc. Dominick Skompski and some of his fellow soldiers distributed more than 30 donated soccer balls to Iraqi children living at various farms in the Baghdad area Sept. 13. Skompski, who has played soccer since he was a chil...

ROTC cadets from Duke University, University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University listen as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks at Duke University in Durham, N.C., Sept. 29, 2010. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday he anticipates that more women will serve in military special operations in the future. "My guess at some point is that there will be a careful step in that direction with the special operations forces," Gates told about 300 ROTC students here at Duke University. Women already serve in a limited capacity within the special operations community -- primarily in civil affairs, mission information support and aviation capacities, a U.S. Special Operations Command official confirmed. However, most special operations billets, including Navy Sea, Air and Land teams, more commonly known as SEAL teams,...

By Heather Forsgren Weaver American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2010 - Heather Forsgren Weaver of American Forces Press Service is a regular contributor to Family Matters. In this blog, Heather urges servicemembers and their families who are living and serving away from their home of record to exercise their right to vote by using an absentee ballot. Absentee Ballots Do Count When I first moved East, I lived... .MORE