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Chris Brown is back with a new single. From what it looks like, Chris Brown’s new “I Can Transform Ya” video should have been the theme song for Transformers. Don’t get me wrong, the video is hella tight! It’s the same Chris Brown with his brilliant dance moves, but this time with his newfound sense of swagging on the roll.

The video features multi-platinum recording rapper Lil’ Wayne and rapper and producer Swizz Beatz. It has been confirmed that the new video, I Can Transform Ya, will be released Tuesday, October 27.

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In Richmond, California, a 15-year-old girl was gang raped near Richmond High School after attending her homecoming dance Saturday night, according to ABC 7 News. Police are looking for eyewitnesses and four to seven actual rapists in this case. Police believe there were about a dozen spectators who stood by and did nothing. To top it all off, police say some of the witnesses may have recorded the entire rape on camera!

There have been two arrests made in this case so far. Authorities pulled a 15-year-old Richmond High School student out of class for questioning in connection with the Saturday night gang rape. He was later arrested Monday night and charged with rape. Another Richmond High School student was taken in for questioning, but was later released.

Manuel Ortega, 19, is in a county jail in Martinez on suspicion for rape and robbery. Ortega, who is not a Richmond High School Student, was caught fleeting the scene when police arrived at the brutal gang rape that lasted about two and half hours.

The 15-year-old victim was raped, beaten, and robbed. Her injuries were so bad she had to be transported from the scene to the hospital by helicopter.

The girl said she left the dance to “catch a ride from her dad.” It was about 9:30. She then joined a group of kids drinking in a dark alley right off of school campus. She must have known one of her assailants. According to school officials, there were plenty of chaperones at the Richmond High School homecoming dance. However, no one in the supervising staff inspected the surrounding campus.

The 15-year-old girl who was brutally beaten and raped is still hospitalized as of this writing. Richmond High School is part of the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD), according to Wikipedia. It is also considered the second safest school in the WCCUSD by Richmond Police Department statistics.

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The Jodie Sweetin We Know

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Do you remember Jodie Sweetin? She’s the girl on “Full House” who played Stephanie Tanner. She was definitely one of my favorite characters on the ABC television show. She was always so sweet and cute, almost like a perfect angel sent from up above. However, what I’m hearing today does not sound like the Stephanie Tanner we know.

“Unsweetened” Jodie Sweetin: I was high on cocaine!

According to the New York Daily News, Jodie Sweetin has written a new autobiography called “Unsweetened,” a memoir about her life and past struggles with alcohol and drug abuse. Apparently, the 27 year-old actress is finally coming clean for real this time. She admits to being high on cocaine even while traveling to universities across the country to talk about drugs.

“I thought for sure that one of the professors would take one look at me and kick me out,” she writes. “But none did. They wanted to hear about the trials and tribulations of Jodie Sweetin, or at least the Jodie Sweetin I had created.”

Jodie Sweetin says she started taking drugs to prove she was not as innocent as the goody-two-shoes Stephanie Tanner everyone knew.

Alcohol, Drugs, and DUI – Nothing new with Jodie Sweetin

I, personally, was not aware Jodie had a problem with alcohol and drugs. I’m now just finding out. Apparently, she was getting drunk even before she set foot in high school.

According to other reports, in 1994, Jodie was so drunk at co-star Candace Cameron’s wedding she passed out in the bathroom. Even worse, her 8 month-old daughter was taken away from her last year when her estranged husband accused her of being an unfit parent, claiming she even drove under the influence of alcohol with the baby in the car! A California judge ruled against Jodie, forbidding her from seeing her daughter without supervision.

Jodie Sweetin should be applauded for her autobiography, Unsweetened. I give her credit for having the courage to come out in public and share her story. Let’s just hope this time it’s for real for real.

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A 6 year-old evicted?

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The idea of a 6 year-old getting evicted is completely ridiculous. At that age, you could care less about getting a new car, a fancy home, or personal loans for emergency needs. So why would anyone insinuate such an idea? Well, in this story, that’s exactly what happens.

Kimberly was only six months old when she moved in with her grandparents. The state government discovered her mother was a chronic drug user, thus, little Kimberly was sent to live with her grandparents in their retirement condo in Florida. For the past years, 6 year-old Kimberly has been living there against strict regulation and is now facing eviction.

Struggling to Keep a Home

Jimmy and Judie Stottler live in a retirement community, a place where no one below the age of 55 is permitted to live in. However, that did not stop them from taking in their 6 year-old granddaughter. The Pinellas Park homeowners association is now demanding to remove the girl from the residence because of the estate’s strict rule against children living there. They want her out and have even taken the matter up to a judge to do it.

Jimmy and Judie are willing to relocate for their beautiful grandchild. However, since the initial housing market downfall, their plans to sell their home became hopeless. Apparently, the couple recently lowered the price of their home from $255,000 to $129,000. Even still, with the housing market still in dumps, the Stottler’s might just end up on the streets as well.

Where will she go?

Regardless of the situation, the elderly couple is refusing to throw out their granddaughter. “They will have to drag me out in handcuffs and tear her from my arms,” said Judie. “I’m not putting her out on the streets.”

If the homeowners association’s court claim is successful, young Kimberly would have to be sent somewhere else. She could end up in a foster home. A foster home! This is not to say foster homes do not serve their purpose, but I do know that many children in foster homes get lost in the system and are constantly moved from place to place. Besides that, I’ve never heard of a foster home taking in a 6 year-old who got evicted from a retirement home. This young child needs to be with her grandparents where she will receive proper care and most importantly, love.

Despite the retirement community regulation, I hope they resolve this matter with compassion at heart. The life of a 6 year-old is at stake. Young Kimberly deserves to be with the people who love her.

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There’s Always a Price

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There’s a price for everything. Just about everything in life comes with a price tag, whether it’s physically or financially. I’m sure Yovanna Guzman would agree.

In Love with the Baddest and Finer Things

Yovanna Guzman was a beauty queen and former model. At age 19, she met the infamous Wilber Varela who was the leader of North Valle Cartel, one of the most powerful drug cartels based out of Columbia. After eight long years, Yovanna Guzman is finally coming out to share her story about her dangerous love affair with one of the most wanted Columbian drug lords. Like many young women who fancied fancy cars and shiny jewels, Guzman was dazzled by all the fine things Varela constantly showered her with.

Everything Drug Money Can Buy

“There were the vacations, the cars and the luxury SUVs and, of course, jewelry. There was always jewelry. But there were small details too like flowers,” she said in a recent CNN interview.

Yovanna Guzman told CNN that she now understands that she was being bought and admits to selling herself. She was wooed with everything drug money can buy. But as time went by she began to ask herself, “Where is the love and my principles?” She had all the material luxuries in the world and still felt nothing but emptiness.

“I feel all of us have a price up to a point. Sometimes you feel luxuries like the designer clothes, shoes and handbags are important. But afterward you realize you’re empty inside,” she said.

A Bloody Price to Pay

It was not long before Yovanna Guzman’s love affair with Wilber Varela turned bitter and perilous.

“He was very jealous, and what’s his is his and belongs to nobody else and nobody can touch it, look at it or mess with it,” she said.

As police authorities fought harder to hunt down one of the most brutal cocaine traffickers, Guzman’s time with Varela grew slim. Despite how long or how often Varela was away, he always seemed to know exactly where Guzman was and what she was doing. He had eyes all over the place. Varela became very jealous towards Guzman. He was so jealous to the point he even ordered one of his lieutenants to shoot her in the leg.

“When I got shot, I was supposedly never going to walk properly again. The bullet could easily have hit me somewhere else and killed me. But I pulled myself together and I said I’m not going to be crippled,” she told CNN.

Yovanna Guzman is working on a new book detailing every horrific event that took place over the past eight years. I hope her story will help other young women on the quest for easy money.

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