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Was the woman spotted in Las Vegas actually Mitrice Richardson ? Nancy Grace has the very latest in this case. SEE: Richardson's mother files wrongful death suit The Disappearance of Mitrice Richardson Is She Alive and Being Held Against Her Will? Authorities in California are investigating several reported sightings of Mitrice Richardson , the 25-year-old woman whose mysterious disappearance following her release from a Los Angeles County sheriff's substation nearly a year ago prompted a massive search. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore, investigators have received "credible sightings" of Richardson in the Las Vegas area, The Associated Press reported . "You're not in trouble, you're not subject to arrest," Whitmore told AP. "We just want to know you're OK. Please contact police or a family member." Richardson was arrested on Sept. 16 after she exhibited bizarre behavior at a Malibu restaur...

Police in California are searching for two sisters accused of running an illegal silicone injection clinic.

Authorities are hunting for three convicted murderers who escaped from a Kingman, Arizona, prison on Friday night. The Arizona Department of Corrections and the Flagstaff police said on Saturday that the three disappeared from a medium-security facility and are considered to be armed and dangerous. State and local authorities are searching for the men, who were discovered missing after the 9 p.m. count in prison. All three suspects were serving time on murder convictions. Early Saturday morning, Flagstaff police said.... MORE

Since Usher’s Behind The Music debuted on VH1 a few days ago, blogs have been on fire discussing the episode. One thing in particular stood out in the episode. Usher discussion of his ex-wife Tameka Foster. Granted, Tameka does make herself seem foolish occasionally with her outbursts on Twitter and in interviews concerning her marriage and the way she is generally viewed by the public. However, before she even opened her mouth, she was unaccepted as a whole. Then there is the theory that people hated her because they felt she was not good enough for Usher. Could it be something deeper than that? Am I on to something here? Could part.... READ MORE HERE

Take a trip with me back to the days of old. Remember: Jelly jackets and Jelly shoes? Sheepskin coats and Gazelle glasses? Name plates, belts and webo belts? Leg Warmers and bolero jackets? Playing Scully in the square. Playing Hopscotch with my friends. Remember Operation? Monopoly? Sorry? trouble? Life? Kerplunk? Bobbie Trap? Twister? I Loved the Smurfs. I loved my Baby Alive doll. My Barbie Dream and Townhouse. My barbie Corvette and my Tree Tots. I was ecstatic when I got my first Tasty bake Oven ! The worse thing we did when I was little was play spin the bottle and everybody would ohh and ahh as you kissed someone. Judy Blume novels were as close as I came to sex until I met my husband. Remember: Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself Then Again, Maybe I won't Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great Superfudge Iggie's House and who could forget Wifey and Forever? We passed those books around in...

By Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own backyard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that...

Sharwline Nicholson, mother of four and domestic violence survivor set a precedence in how the Department of Child and Family services in NY dealt with future victims of domestic violence who had children when she filed a civil suit against ACS in New York back in 2001. Judge Weinstein presided over Nicholson's case and cited (amongst others) the Fourteenth amendment in his decision in Nicholson's favor. I'm not sure exactly how ACS is handling these types of cases today, but Nicholson's lawsuit helped to save a lot of families from being torn apart. Now we're hoping to see other states, whose agencies are still persecuting and prosecuting victim's of domestic violence by removng their children from their custody, follow in the steps of the "reformed" New York ACS. Sharwline Nicholson, in her writing, underscored what guided Susan Schechter herself: "keeping a mom safe will result in safety for the child." She is an immigrant woman fro...