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--- In ThePhenomenalWomen@ yahoogroups. com, P C
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>
> All drugs containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are being
> recalled.
> STOP TAKING anything containing this ingredient. It
> has been
> linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in
> brain)
> among women ages 18-49 in the three days after
> starting use
> of medication. Problems were not found in men, but the
> FDA
> recommended that everyone (even children) s! eek alte
> rnative
> medicine.
>
> The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine
> :
>
> Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite Suppressant
> Acutrim Plus Dietary Supplements
> Acutrim Maximum Strength Appetite Control
> Alka-Seltzer Plus Children's Cold Medi cine
> Effervescent
> Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine (cherry or or ange)
> Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original
> Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold &Cough Medicine Effervescent
> Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold &Flu Medicine
> Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold &Sinus Effervescent
> Alka Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine
> BC Allergy Sinus Cold Powder
> BC Sinus Cold Powder
> Comtrex Flu Therapy &Fever Relief
> Day &Night Contac 12-Hour Cold Capsules
> Contac 12 Hour Caplets
> Co ricidin D Cold, Flu &Sinus
> Dexatrim Caffeine Free
> Dexatrim Extended Duration
> Dexatrim Gelcaps
> Dexatrim Vitamin C/Caffeine Free
> Dimetapp Cold &Allergy Chewable Tablets
> Dimetapp Cold &Cough Liqui-Gels
> Dimetapp DM Cold &Cough Elixir
> Dimetapp Elixir
> Dimetapp 4 Hour Liquid Gels
> Dimetapp 4 Hour Tablets
> Dimetapp 12 Hour Extentabs Tablets
> Naldecon DX Pediatric Drops
> Permathene Mega-16
> Robitussin CF
> Tavist-D 12 Hour Relief of Sinus &Nasal
> Co ngestion
> Triaminic DM Cough Rel! ief
> Triaminic Expectorant Chest &Head
> Triaminic Syrup ! ! Cold &am p; Allergy
> Triaminic Triaminicol Cold &Cough .
>
> I just found out and called the 800# on the container
> for Triaminic and they informed me that they are
> voluntarily recalling the following medicines because
> of a certain ingredient that is causing strokes and
> seizures in children:
>
> Orange 3D Cold &Allergy Cherry (Pink)
> 3D Cold &Cough Berry
> 3D Cough Relief Yellow 3D Expectorant
>
> They are asking you to call them at 800-548-3708 with
> the lot number on the box so they can send you postage
> for you to send it back to them, and they will also
> issue you a refund. If you know of anyone else with
> small children,
> PLEASE PASS THIS ON. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF!
>
> DO PASS ALONG TO ALL ON YOUR MAILING LIST so people
> are informed. They can then pass it along to their
> families.
>
> To confirm these findings please take time to check
> the
> following:
> http://www.fda. gov/cder/ drug/infopage/ ppa/
>
> PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR CHILDREN IN CASE THEY GIVE
> IT TO THEIR CHILDREN OR TO FRIENDS WHO HAVE CHILDREN
> AND GRANDCHILDREN.

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Untold Truths
Blurb
By: Desiree Hall

After following her gut instincts Imani Prescott hires a private
investigator to track her famous husbands' wear-a-bouts and
discovers that he is not only cheating but has another family in a
different state. Left with no other alternatives she files for
divorce and ends her thirteen year marriage on the premise of
infidelity. Once her kids are settled and use to their new life
Imani decides to turn her passion for reading into a career and
opens a publishing agency geared strictly towards famous faces with
a story to tell. The night of her grand opening she is approached by
Simon Diggs, a famous gay interior designer whose face everyone
recognizes from his prime time series on television to his numerous
appearances on the Opera Show.

Weeks after Simon signs his contract with her firm he confesses to
her that he is not really gay and it's all just a show, at first she
is taken off guard but the two soon start a secret love affair.
Everything is fine in Imani's world until Nina Lyons; the highest
paid tabloid photographer in the industry decides their affair is
her business. She approaches Imani and Simon one day about some
risqué photo she's has of the two. She threatens to sell them to all
the top magazines unless her demands were met by Simon. Imani's
concern for his reputation as her client put her on the defense and
she is willing to do what ever it takes to keep their secret, until
she finds out what Nina wants and more importantly why.

When Imani is faced with the truth of Nina's blackmail her life is
changed forever. She finds herself consumed with hatred and vows
revenge and pay back.

MISSING TEEN

CONTACT: Adrienne P. Baylor
03/09/2006 04:57 PM

To: PUBLIC
cc: BLOGGERS
Subject: Missing person



HELLO EVERYONE. MY GIRLFRIEND'S NEICE IS MISSING AND SHE'S ASKED ME TO FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN TO HELP IN THE SEARCH FOR HER. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES JUST IN CASE YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN HER. THEY ARE FROM DELAWARE HOWEVER SHE COULD BE ANYWHERE. THEY THINK SHE MET A MALE PERSON ON THE INTERNET AND HOOKED SCHOOL TO GO SEE HIM. WE ARE NOT SURE HOW OLD THIS PERSON IS OR HIS REAL NAME. SO PLEASE LOOK AT THE PICTURES. IT'S BEEN 6 DAYS SINCE HER PARENTS HAVE SEEN HER. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

--TIA
>



> Hi. Everyone Thank you all for sending this email. The power of the Internet is amazing.
>
> My neice is still missing, but attached are updated photos that was taken of her. Please send these to your family and friends just in case her identity has been changed.
>
> Thank you again and thank you for keeping my family in your Prayers.
>
> Love you all.
> Clarinda Boyd - Clare to some.
>
> .Hello Family & Friends,
> Yes this is a real e-mail my daughter has been missing since 2/09/06 and there are no updates or leads, I thank you for keeping us in your prayers she is 16 years old and may be as far as New York ( if that ) I ask that you please pass this e-mail to all your family and friends and help me to get the word out (please)
> Thank you all & God Bless
> Sabrina and Family

Nobel winner says AIDS came from Laboratory!

October 9 Wangari Maathai


On this date in 2004, Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai restated her claim that the AIDS virus was a deliberately created biological agent. The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner said "Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys (since) time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that. "Us black people are dying more than any other people in this planet."

Maathai spoke at a press conference in Nairobi a day after winning the prize for her work in human rights and reversing deforestation across Africa. "It's true that there are some people who create agents to wipe out other people. If there were no such people, we could have not have invaded Iraq." Maathai, also the Kenyan deputy environment and natural resources minister, and fearless speaker said. "In fact it the HIV virus is created by a scientist for biological warfare. Why has there been so much secrecy about AIDS? When you ask where did the virus come from, it raises a lot of flags. That makes me suspicious."

Africa accounts for 25 million out of the estimated 38 million people across the world infected with HIV, and the vast majority of infected Africans are women, according to UNAIDS estimates. The United States congratulated Maathai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, but tempered its praise over her claims about AIDS. "She said (HIV/AIDS) was invented as a bio-weapon in some laboratory in the West," a senior State Department official said. "We don't agree with that."

A WORD ON BLACK LOOKS

Black Looks: Plastic Surgery and the Stigma of Looking White
By Kevin R. Scott, Special to AOL Black Voices
Historically, elective plastic surgery was something reserved for our white counterparts or our own eccentrics like Michael Jackson and Lil’ Kim. And although it’s become a standard and popular practice, African Americans still exhibit reluctance disproportionate to most other populations. “People of color, we’re a little bit behind the times in some things and certainly plastic surgery is one of them” explains Dr. Anthony Griffin, renowned Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, author of ‘Surgery Without Scars, A Worry-Free, Multi-Cultural Guide to Plastic Surgery Today’ and the host of ABC’s ‘Extreme Makeover.’


Griffin has found that “the biggest concern people of color have with plastic surgery is that they don’t want to look white. They want to still look like themselves. They want to fit right into their own culture.” This very same concern was shared by Patti LaBelle who admits to having a “nose reduction” over ten years ago. “I was afraid people would be able to look at me and say, ‘Oh yeah, she had a nose job!’ I also wanted to make sure I still had a black nose,” says LaBelle who underwent the surgery at the risk of altering her now Grammy award winning vocals.

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“I was concerned about scarring. I was afraid people would be able to look at me and say, ‘Oh yeah, she had a nose job!’ I also wanted to make sure I still had a black nose. I didn't want to go extreme and have a very small nose. I was also afraid that it would change my voice, but it didn't make it better or worse, it stayed the same.”

Type of Surgery? “A nose reduction.”

Plastic Surgeon? “Dr. Julius Newman. He died about 3 months ago. I called him "Dr. Nose."

Would you do it again? "Of course, in a heartbeat."


Celebrity Plastic Surgery
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The stigma of ‘looking white’ has been over dramatized by those that go overboard with their enhancements. Griffin refers to these types of patients as “frequent flyers” and admits that celebrities like Michael Jackson have become the poster children of the very thing African Americans fear with regard to plastic surgery, especially when it comes to procedures like rhinoplasty. “His plastic surgeon is a great surgeon, however there must have been a breakdown in the communication,” says Griffin who turns away nearly 1/3 of his patients wanting enhancements that are socially and psychologically inappropriate.


LaBelle’s decision to reduce the size of her nose was driven by her own personal satisfaction and not pressure from industry insiders. “I didn't feel pressure to do it, I just knew I needed to,” she says. “I saw Stephanie Mills, she came to my house for dinner and something looked cute about her and I asked her if she had gotten any work done and she told me she had gotten her nose fixed. I had been thinking about having it done and I knew a lot of television opportunities would be coming up but I was afraid of the pain, but she told me it didn't hurt.”


As pioneers like Dr. Griffin continue to research and specialize in elective plastic surgery for people of color, the negative connotations are slowly dissipating, largely in part to reality shows like ‘Extreme Makeover.’

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“When they can actually see people on television transformed by a surgeon every week, they say ‘oh ok’ and the realization that they still look like themselves or have retained their inherent ethnic features,” explains Dr. Griffin.


The concerns of scarring and the development of keloids for people of color is just as significant as the stigma of ‘looking white.’ Recent advances in research and technology has allowed Dr. Griffin to reduce the occurrence of scarring and the formation of keloids. “Fear of scarring, more than any other single factor, keeps some population of patients from seeking elective plastic surgery” Griffin offers.


With the practice of preconditioning the skin with Retin-A six weeks prior to any surgery, which increases blood supply and controls the production of collagen, introducing a three phased antibiotic administration, the use of an anesthesia with adrenaline, and meticulous incision closure; Griffin has been able to significantly reduce scarring in people of color, making marks in most cases imperceptible.


Griffin is confident that as the new procedures continue to be demonstrated on television and become apparent in A-list celebrities, many of which are his clients, that the number of procedures elected by people of color will continually increase. His practice already has a year long waiting list for procedures such as his two specialties, the Brazilian Butt Lift© and the Six Pack Tummy Tuck©.


Overall, Griffin believes elective plastic surgery will become as commonplace as routine dental work. Although Griffin is credited with helping the paradigm shift, he admits that it’s often a difficult and thankless job with all the glory going to Mother Nature. “I do work on a fair amount of A-List celebrities and they don’t want tell anyone. If you do a good job, nobody thanks you!”


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“I was concerned about scarring. I was afraid people would be able to look at me and say, ‘Oh yeah, she had a nose job!’ I also wanted to make sure I still had a black nose. I didn't want to go extreme and have a very small nose. I was also afraid that it would change my voice, but it didn't make it better or worse, it stayed the same.”

Type of Surgery? “A nose reduction.”

Plastic Surgeon? “Dr. Julius Newman. He died about 3 months ago. I called him "Dr. Nose."

Would you do it again? "Of course, in a heartbeat."

NSA Gave Other U.S. Agencies Information From Surveillance

Fruit of Eavesdropping Was Processed and Cross-Checked With Databases

By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 1, 2006; A08

Information captured by the National Security Agency's secret eavesdropping on communications between the United States and overseas has been passed on to other government agencies, which cross-check the information with tips and information collected in other databases, current and former administration officials said.

The NSA has turned such information over to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and to other government entities, said three current and former senior administration officials, although it could not be determined which agencies received what types of information. Information from intercepts -- which typically includes records of telephone or e-mail communications -- would be made available by request to agencies that are allowed to have it, including the FBI, DIA, CIA and Department of Homeland Security, one former official said.



At least one of those organizations, the DIA, has used NSA information as the basis for carrying out surveillance of people in the country suspected of posing a threat, according to two sources. A DIA spokesman said the agency does not conduct such domestic surveillance but would not comment further. Spokesmen for the FBI, the CIA and the director of national intelligence, John D. Negroponte, declined to comment on the use of NSA data.

Since the revelation last month that President Bush had authorized the NSA to intercept communications inside the United States, public concern has focused primarily on the legality of the NSA eavesdropping. Less attention has been paid to, and little is known about, how the NSA's information may have been used by other government agencies to investigate American citizens or to cross-check with other databases. In the 1960s and 1970s, the military used NSA intercepts to maintain files on U.S. peace activists, revelations of which prompted Congress to restrict the NSA from intercepting communications of Americans.



Today's NSA intercepts yield two broad categories of information, said a former administration official familiar with the program: "content," which would include transcripts of a phone call or e-mail, and "non-content," which would be records showing, for example, who in the United States was called by, or was calling, a number in another country thought to have a connection to a terrorist group. At the same time, NSA tries to limit identifying the names of Americans involved.

"NSA can make either type of information available to other [intelligence] agencies where relevant, but with appropriate masking of its origin," meaning that the source of the information and method of getting it would be concealed, the former official said.

A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq By The Associated Press

Thu Dec 29, 5:56 PM ET

As of Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at least 2,175 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,705 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.

The AP count is two more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated at 10 a.m. EST Thursday.

The British military has reported 98 deaths; Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 2,036 U.S. military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,596 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

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The latest death reported by the military:

• A soldier died Thursday when an explosive detonated near his vehicle outside of Baghdad.

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The latest identifications reported by the military:

• Army Spc. Lance S. Sage, 26, Hempstead, N.Y.; and Army Pvt. Joshua M. Morberg, 20, Sparks, Nev.; killed Tuesday in Baghdad when an explosive detonated near their vehicle; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

• Army Chief Warrant Officer Richard M. Salter, 44, Cypress, Texas; and Army Chief Warrant Officer Isaias E. Santos, 28, Ancon, Panama; killed Monday in Baghdad in a helicopter accident; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Tookie's Timeline

Follow a timeline of Stanley Tookie Williams' life from his birth to his Dec. 13, 2005, execution by lethal injection:

Dec. 29, 1953 -- Stanley Tookie Williams III is born in New Orleans Charity Hospital to a 17-year-old mother and a father who deserted the family before Williams' first birthday, according to his autobiography, Blue Rage, Black Redemption.

1959 -- Williams and his mother ride a Greyhound bus to California and settle in an apartment in South-Central Los Angeles. Williams recalls it as an affluent-looking neighborhood -- "a shiny red apple rotting away at the core."

1971 -- Williams joins the Crips street gang, already formed by high school friend Raymond Washington. In one version of the story, the original name of the gang was the Cribs, but drunken members of the gang routinely mispronounced the name as Crips, and it stuck. A rival gang member murders Washington in 1979.

1976 -- The U.S. Supreme Court allows capital punishment, suspended in 1967 when the court rules it to be "cruel and unusual punishment," to resume.

1977 -- The California Legislature reinstates the death penalty for the state. California currently has the nation's biggest death row population, with nearly 650 inmates. Eleven inmates have been executed in California since 1977.

Feb. 28, 1979 -- Prosecutors say Williams and three friends smoke PCP-laced cigarettes and drive to an industrial area east of Los Angeles in search of a place to rob. The four find a convenience market, and according to testimony at Williams' trial, Williams takes the lone employee, Albert Owens, 26, to a back room. Williams shoots out a security monitor and then kills Owens with two execution-style shots to the back. The robbery netted Williams and his associates about $120. Williams has consistently denied killing Owens.

March 11, 1979 -- Prosecutors say Williams, on his own, breaks into the office of the Brookhaven Motel in South-Central Los Angeles. Once inside, according to prosecutors, he kills three members of an immigrant family from Taiwan who owned and operated the motel: Yen-I Yang, 76, his wife Tsai-Shai Yang, 63, and their visiting daughter, Yee-Chen Lin, 43. As with the Owens killing two weeks before, there are today no surviving witnesses to the crime. But three of Williams' friends -- all with criminal histories and motivation to lie, Williams says -- testify that he confessed to the killings. A ballistics expert links a shotgun shell at the motel to Williams' gun. Williams has also steadfastly maintained his innocence in the Yang killings.

1981 -- Williams is tried and convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court of all four murders, plus two counts of robbery, and is sentenced to death. He arrives at San Quentin's death row on April 20.

1987 -- Williams is placed in solitary confinement for 6 1/2 years after committing a string of violent incidents behind bars, including assaults on guards and other inmates.

1988 -- The California Supreme Court affirms Williams' death sentence, and he files his first federal appeal to the U.S. District Court.

1996 -- Williams, with co-author Barbara Cottman Becnel, publishes the first of a series of anti-gang books aimed at children, Gangs and Wanting to Belong.

April 1997 -- Williams writes an apology for his role in creating the Crips street gang. "I am no longer 'dys-educated' (disease educated). I am no longer part of the problem. Thanks to the Almighty, I am no longer sleepwalking through life," Williams writes.

2001 -- Williams publishes a memoir of his years behind bars on San Quentin's death row. He says the tone of the book is intended to warn kids away from following his life of crime. "To get a feel for what it's like to live in a prison cell, test yourself," Williams writes. "Spend ten hours -- nonstop and alone -- in your bathroom." Williams is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the first time by Mario Fehr, a member of the Swiss Parliament. He has been nominated for the prestigious award a total of six times.

2002 -- The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Williams' conviction. But in a rare move, the panel urges then-Gov. Gray Davis to consider commuting the death sentence to life behind bars, citing Williams' anti-gang efforts.

2004 -- Williams publishes his autobiography, Blue Rage, Black Redemption.

Oct. 11, 2005 -- The U.S. Supreme Court denies Williams' petition for writ of certiorari, which asked the high court to review the lower court rulings in his case.

December 2005 -- The California Supreme Court rejects a request to reopen Williams' case because of allegations that shoddy forensics connects him to at least three of the shotgun murders.

Dec. 8, 2005 -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who reportedly met with Williams in the 1970s while working out in Venice Beach, holds a clemency hearing to help decide whether Williams' sentence should be commuted to life in prison. In a behind-closed-doors meeting, Williams defenders and prosecutors each have 30 minutes to plead their case to the governor. The last California governor to grant clemency was Ronald Regan in 1967, who spared the life of a mentally ill killer. After the meeting, Schwarzenegger gives no indication which way he will decide.

Dec. 12, 2005 -- Gov. Schwarzenegger denies Williams bid for clemency. In a written statement, he says: "The facts do not justify overturning the jury's verdict or the decisions of the courts in this case."

Dec. 13, 2005 -- Williams is executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison.

Sources: Associated Press, Reuters, BBC.com, About.com, 'Blue Rage, Black Redemption'

Follow a timeline of Stanley Tookie Williams' life from his birth to his Dec. 13, 2005, execution by lethal injection:

Dec. 29, 1953 -- Stanley Tookie Williams III is born in New Orleans Charity Hospital to a 17-year-old mother and a father who deserted the family before Williams' first birthday, according to his autobiography, Blue Rage, Black Redemption.

1959 -- Williams and his mother ride a Greyhound bus to California and settle in an apartment in South-Central Los Angeles. Williams recalls it as an affluent-looking neighborhood -- "a shiny red apple rotting away at the core."

1971 -- Williams joins the Crips street gang, already formed by high school friend Raymond Washington. In one version of the story, the original name of the gang was the Cribs, but drunken members of the gang routinely mispronounced the name as Crips, and it stuck. A rival gang member murders Washington in 1979.

1976 -- The U.S. Supreme Court allows capital punishment, suspended in 1967 when the court rules it to be "cruel and unusual punishment," to resume.

1977 -- The California Legislature reinstates the death penalty for the state. California currently has the nation's biggest death row population, with nearly 650 inmates. Eleven inmates have been executed in California since 1977.

Feb. 28, 1979 -- Prosecutors say Williams and three friends smoke PCP-laced cigarettes and drive to an industrial area east of Los Angeles in search of a place to rob. The four find a convenience market, and according to testimony at Williams' trial, Williams takes the lone employee, Albert Owens, 26, to a back room. Williams shoots out a security monitor and then kills Owens with two execution-style shots to the back. The robbery netted Williams and his associates about $120. Williams has consistently denied killing Owens.

March 11, 1979 -- Prosecutors say Williams, on his own, breaks into the office of the Brookhaven Motel in South-Central Los Angeles. Once inside, according to prosecutors, he kills three members of an immigrant family from Taiwan who owned and operated the motel: Yen-I Yang, 76, his wife Tsai-Shai Yang, 63, and their visiting daughter, Yee-Chen Lin, 43. As with the Owens killing two weeks before, there are today no surviving witnesses to the crime. But three of Williams' friends -- all with criminal histories and motivation to lie, Williams says -- testify that he confessed to the killings. A ballistics expert links a shotgun shell at the motel to Williams' gun. Williams has also steadfastly maintained his innocence in the Yang killings.

1981 -- Williams is tried and convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court of all four murders, plus two counts of robbery, and is sentenced to death. He arrives at San Quentin's death row on April 20.

1987 -- Williams is placed in solitary confinement for 6 1/2 years after committing a string of violent incidents behind bars, including assaults on guards and other inmates.

1988 -- The California Supreme Court affirms Williams' death sentence, and he files his first federal appeal to the U.S. District Court.

1996 -- Williams, with co-author Barbara Cottman Becnel, publishes the first of a series of anti-gang books aimed at children, Gangs and Wanting to Belong.

April 1997 -- Williams writes an apology for his role in creating the Crips street gang. "I am no longer 'dys-educated' (disease educated). I am no longer part of the problem. Thanks to the Almighty, I am no longer sleepwalking through life," Williams writes.

2001 -- Williams publishes a memoir of his years behind bars on San Quentin's death row. He says the tone of the book is intended to warn kids away from following his life of crime. "To get a feel for what it's like to live in a prison cell, test yourself," Williams writes. "Spend ten hours -- nonstop and alone -- in your bathroom." Williams is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the first time by Mario Fehr, a member of the Swiss Parliament. He has been nominated for the prestigious award a total of six times.

2002 -- The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Williams' conviction. But in a rare move, the panel urges then-Gov. Gray Davis to consider commuting the death sentence to life behind bars, citing Williams' anti-gang efforts.

2004 -- Williams publishes his autobiography, Blue Rage, Black Redemption.

Oct. 11, 2005 -- The U.S. Supreme Court denies Williams' petition for writ of certiorari, which asked the high court to review the lower court rulings in his case.

December 2005 -- The California Supreme Court rejects a request to reopen Williams' case because of allegations that shoddy forensics connects him to at least three of the shotgun murders.

Dec. 8, 2005 -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who reportedly met with Williams in the 1970s while working out in Venice Beach, holds a clemency hearing to help decide whether Williams' sentence should be commuted to life in prison. In a behind-closed-doors meeting, Williams defenders and prosecutors each have 30 minutes to plead their case to the governor. The last California governor to grant clemency was Ronald Regan in 1967, who spared the life of a mentally ill killer. After the meeting, Schwarzenegger gives no indication which way he will decide.

Dec. 12, 2005 -- Gov. Schwarzenegger denies Williams bid for clemency. In a written statement, he says: "The facts do not justify overturning the jury's verdict or the decisions of the courts in this case."

Dec. 13, 2005 -- Williams is executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison.

Sources: Associated Press, Reuters, BBC.com, About.com, 'Blue Rage, Black Redemption'

Richard Pryor's Bio

Birth Name: Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor
Birthdate: December 1, 1940
Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois
Occupations: Comedian
Claim to Fame: Told true stories in base language, caught fire while freebasing cocaine

Significant Other(s):
Wife: Flynn BeLaine, married October 1986, divorced January 1987, remarried April 1990, divorced
Wife: Jennifer Lee, married August 1981, divorced March 1982, remarried 2001
Wife: Deborah McGuire, married September 22, 1977, divorced 1978
Wife: Shelly Bonus, married 1968, divorced
Wife: Patricia Price, married 1960, divorced
Notable Girlfriends: Maxine Anderson, Pam Grier, Geraldine Mason


Family:
Father: Buck Pryor
Mother: Gertrude Thomas
Daughter: Renee, born 1957. Paternity not established
Son: Richard Jr., born 1961 to Patricia Price
Daughter: Elizabeth Anne, born April 1967 to Maxine Anderson
Daughter: Rain, born July 1969 to Shelly Bonus
Son: Steven, born fall 1984 to Flynn BeLaine
Son: Franklin, born 1987 to Geraldine Mason
Daughter: Kelsey, born fall 1987 to Flynn BeLaine


Awards:
1974: Grammy Award, Best Comedy Recording
1975: Grammy Award, Best Comedy Recording
1976: Grammy Award, Best Comedy Recording
1981: Grammy Award, Best Comedy Recording
1982: Grammy Award, Best Comedy Recording
1998: First annual Mark Twain Prize from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
1973: Emmy for best writing in a comedy-variety show in 1973 for Lily, a Lily Tomlin special

Facts & Figures: All You Need to Know About the Comedic Genius

Richard was the son of a prostitute and the grandson of a churchgoing madam. He watched his mother turn tricks and was molested from an early age by a pedophile.

He dropped out of school at age 14 and began shining shoes and working in pool halls and strip joints.


In 1958, he joined the army but was jailed after he stabbed a white recruit who was fighting with a black soldier.


In 1963, Pryor, working as a comic, made it his goal to appeal to white audiences and become more popular than Bill Cosby. His early material was straitlaced and wholesome enough for the whole family.


He received great acclaim for the role of a drugged-out piano man in Lady Sings the Blues, one of his earliest film roles.


Through the years, he sired multiple children by multiple women and was married multiple times. He achieved commercial success with movies and comedy albums despite his womanizing, drug use and drinking.


During the birth of his daughter Elizabeth Anne, Richard was in jail for marijuana possession.


One of his daughters, Rain, starred as T.J. Jones on Head of the Class.


Pryor was sentenced to a year in jail and fined $10,000 for failing to pay his taxes from 1967 to 1970. The fine was reduced to $2,500, and he served only 10 days in jail.


The Richard Pryor Show, a 1977 variety program, lasted just four episodes. Pryor fought network censors and his own doubts throughout the short run.


He cowrote (but didn't star in) the classic Mel Brooks western comedy Blazing Saddles. He also wrote for Sanford and Son and The Flip Wilson Show.


Pryor suffered his first heart attack while high and in the middle of a threesome.


Pryor was once arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after shooting wife Deborah McGuire's Mercedes with a .357 Magnum to prevent her from leaving. She later dropped the charges.


While freebasing cocaine, Pryor doused himself with cognac and lit himself on fire in what he later called a suicide attempt. While on fire, he ran from his home through the streets. He spent more than six weeks in the hospital recovering from third-degree burns that covered over 50 percent of his body.


He hosted the half hour children's show Pryor's Place that ran in the mid 1980s. The series featured guests like Sammy Davis Jr., Willie Nelson, Robin Williams and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.


Pryor adopts stray dogs and opposes the use of animals in laboratory testing. He has sent out Christmas cards asking friends not to donate to groups that harm animals.


In the summer of 1986, Pryor was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disease of the central nervous system that causes vision and motor-skills problems.


In May 1991, Pryor suffered a massive heart attack, his third. He survived quadruple-bypass surgery and vowed to make the most of his latest chance at life.


His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, awarded to him for his work in motion pictures, is at 6438 Hollywood Boulevard.


His film Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is an autobiographical look at Pryor's career and was filmed on location in Los Angeles and Peoria, Illinois. He wrote, directed, produced and starred in the film.

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Law & Disorder: DMX received a 70-day sentence for violating his parole and being late to court. X originally faced 60 days, but the judge tacked on an extra 10 after he showed up late to court the day before. It’s safe to assume that X loves doing bids!

• Roger Friedman reports that Steve Stoute was slapped with a $500k sexual harassment suit by an ex-employee of his boutique marketing/branding firm. “Mr. Stoute denies the allegations and will vigorously defend himself,” his attorney, Adam Gilbert, told Friedman. “We’re also looking into whether or not she’s defamed him in these papers.”

• The National Legal and Policy Center filed an FEC complaint against Sean Combs, contending Combs violated election law in his 2004 "Vote or Die" campaign by promoting Democrat John Kerry and opposing President George W. Bush. 17,000 years later!

• Mark “Brother Marquis” Ross, formerly of 2 Live Crew, hit Ice-T and Jay-Z with a lawsuit over the lyrics to Jay-Z’s hit song “99 Problems.” In his lawsuit, Brother Marquis claims he’s been paid just $10,000 in royalties, despite being prominently featured on the original version. Furthermore, Brother Marquis claims that Jay-Z owes him royalties after recording an updated version of “99 Problems,” produced by Rick Rubin. After leaving 2 Live Crew, Brother Marquis had a spiritual awakening and entered the church, but still tours with a reincarnation of the group. That’s right, tithing ain’t cheap, cutdacheck!

Oh Really: Swizz Beatz appeared in family court in to answer to a child support case. Swizz appeared with his wife Mashonda. Nicole Levy, the child’s mother, originally filed for the support request on Dec. 22, 2004 after paternity was established via blood test. A court decision is pending. Raoul Felder represented Misa Hylton-Brim and now represents Levy. According to a spokesman in Felder's office, Levy is suing for the child to have the "same lifestyle that he would if he lived with the father." Same lines, different couple…Felder is about to change the game again!

The Daily News reports that Lauryn Hill has everyone working on the Fugees album scratching their heads. "She makes everyone in the recording studio, even Wyclef and Pras, call her 'Miss Hill,' every single day," reports a Lowdown spy. "These are people she grew up with! She's beyond a diva. She thinks her s- don't stink." A rep for the Fugees conceded Miss Hill's strict edict, but insisted that it didn't apply to the other two Fugees. "If you talk to her, she will say, 'Call me "Miss Hill," because that is who I am right now,'" said the rep. "It might be a respect thing. But what you need to know is that Wyclef and Pras call Lauryn whatever they feel like calling Lauryn." I hope she doesn’t act this way around her kids, if so they’re f*cked!

RollingStone.com spoke with Pharrell and asked of all the people he's collaborated with, who works the hardest in the studio. "The ones who are really successful work really hard," he said. "Beyonce works hard. I appreciate that. Justin [Timberlake], Usher and Jay-Z work hard. They're not in the studio to fu** around. We all have fun, but when it's time for us to put our Jedi hats on, we put our Jedi hats on and battle it out with the creativity that exists in oblivion. We reach in and snatch it out and carve away until it's right." So, what’s that say about all the other people he’s collaborated with?

Usher is offering Visa gift cards emblazoned with his image for the holidays. A portion of the proceeds will go to Usher's New Look Foundation, a nonprofit aimed at giving disadvantaged kids more educational and real-world opportunities. "It's very important for me to give back," Usher said. The cards are available at suntrust.com/usher. Um, if it’s so important to give back, why aren’t all the proceeds going to the foundation?

Music World/Bizz Updates/Ventures: The Buzz: There are rumors circulating that Bad Boy Entertainment is looking to sign Ashanti. The Bizz:A mass email was sent out to various industry parties from Jill Thompson, regarding Sanctuary Group management. Headlined “BLACK FRIDAY,” the e-mail reads: “This past Friday, Sanctuary Group terminated the contracts of all of their African American managers for cause. The managers, Tony Davis (Nelly, Lil’ Wayne), Troy Carter (Eve, Kelis, Fat Joe, Mario), Julius [Jay] Erving (D-12, Tierra Marie), Max Gouse, Mathew Knowles (Destiny’s Child) have retained famed litigator Larry Stein to launch a $100 million dollar lawsuit against the company.” Howard Weitzman, attorney for the Sanctuary Group, confirmed that Troy Carter, Tony Davis and Julius “Jay” Erving were indeed dismissed for cause. Weitzman told The Rumor Mill, “Terminating someone for cause is never easy and is only used when facts call for such action. Any guess that these decisions were based on reasons other than pure business considerations are untrue. Based on the situation, Sanctuary took appropriate steps.” dun,dun,dun That’s gotta hurt! The Ventures: Snoop linked a deal with Platinum One Media to launch foot-long hot dogs. According to the Boston Herald, “SnoopDoggs,” is being launched with partners Franco Petrucci and Jeff Earp. Earp is a former owner of a Joe & Nemo’s in Massachusetts, a popular hot dog business that was started in 1909.

• 50 Cent is launching a hip-hop book line called G-Unit Books, featuring street fiction about members of G-Unit. What’s next a cooking show? An exercise tape?

Upcoming Projects/Shows/Movies Etc. Shows: Steve Harris is set to appear in Heist an NBC drama pilot. Harris stars as one in a group of thieves who plan to simultaneously rob a trio of Rodeo Drive jewelry stores during an awards show.

• Morris Chestnut has linked a show deal with NBC. The show is called 'Dante,' and Chestnut will play a former football player whose ego is so big, he is out of touch with reality. Flicks: Wesley Snipes is set to star in Hard Luck. The flick centers on the lives of bootleggers, drug dealers and a serial killer. Snipes plays a former drug dealer who tries to get straight, only to reconsider after finding a major stash of drugs. Mario Van Peebles and Cybill Shepherd also star. Sounds like a snoozefest!

• Wanda Sykes and Rainn Wilson have joined the cast of Super Ex! Sykes and Wilson play boss and friend to Luke Wilson. Wilson breaks up with his controlling girlfriend (Uma Thurman), a superhero who subsequently uses her powers to torment him.

• Dennis Haysbert is set to star in Breach. Haysbert will play an investigator in the based-on-a-true-story thriller following a wannabe FBI agent (Ryan Phillippe) handpicked to work for a potentially corrupt and powerful operative (Chris Cooper). Laura Linney also stars. Etc: The 2006 Essence Music Festival is moving to Houston since New Orleans continues to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Officials said the move is a temporary one. The event is scheduled for July 1-3 at Reliant Park. The festival will feature several concerts, a marketplace and empowerment seminars. A portion of the event will be aimed at helping victims of Katrina. Participating artists will be announced in the upcoming weeks and tickets will go on sale Dec. 1st

Albums/Music Etc: Ja Rule will release Exodus, a greatest-hits album, on Dec. 6th.

• Tommy Boy is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The label is releasing a 12-CD flashback, called Hip-Hop Essentials 1979-1991, the first four volumes are in stores now, the next four will be released Jan. 24th and the final set on Mar. 7th. The album features Run-DMC, LL Cool J, Ice-T, Grandmaster Flash, N.W.A, The Beastie Boys, Salt-N-Pepa and Eric B. & Rakim.

QuickBits: Oprah will appear on The Late Show with David LettermanDec. 1st. Oprah once vowed never again to appear on Letterman's show because he made fun of her. D*mn, what ever happened to sticks and stones?

• The Daily News reports Jay-Z recently bought the condo he'd been renting in the Time Warner Center. After paying about $40,000 a month, he's believed to have spent about $15 million for the 76th-floor unit with four bedrooms, six bathrooms and a private terrace.

• Nia Long was spotted all in Larenz Tate’s grill after her birthday bash at Cain in NYC.

• Halle Berry has been named the new face of Versace.

• Roger Friedman reports Patti LaBelle had a breast-cancer scare last month, but didn't tell anyone in her family about it. LaBelle made the announcement at Denise Rich's biannual Angel Ball for Cancer Research.

CoupleNews/Blues: The extravagant two-day wedding event of LisaRaye McCoy and Honorable Chief Minister Michael Misick, has been postponed. The couple stated: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, the readiness of the venue, and holiday travel limitations, we have decided to postpone the nuptials. Please note that we apologize for any inconvenience to our guests. We hope you have a fulfilled and pleasant holiday. Peace and blessings to all." Was I the only one trippin’ off the fact that LisaRaye’s boo on All of Us was named Payton, like her long time boo Gary Payton?

• Morris Chestnut and his wife Pam are getting a divorce. A spokesperson for the couple said that the marriage is being dissolved due to irreconcilable differences.

• Countess Vaughn and her husband of three years Jaylen James are getting a divorce. The couple has a two-year-old son, Jaylen James.

AGiggleBit: Steppin' Out spoke with Triumph The Insult Comic Dog for a Q&A and asked the pretend pooch what was the most misunderstood thing about him. "That wasn't me on Eminem's video ['Ass Like That'], that was a stand-in," he said. "No way would I let Eminem put his hand up my ass. That thing's been inside Mariah Carey."

AlleyChat: Johnny Gill broke his silence concerning the rumors about his long-standing friendship with Eddie Murphy. In a phone interview with Patty Jackson in Philly, Johnny confirmed that he is "100% all man" and "there's nothing that another man can do for Johnny Gill." He also went on to say, "As long as you're secure and you know who you are, you can't worry about what other people say." Johnny also claims that this picture which has been circulating the net, was somehow altered. *cough* b*llsh*t *cough*

• The Post reports that L.A. Reid let MTV video his son Aaron's 16th birthday bash at 40/40 Club for "My Super Sweet 16," with Jermaine Dupri and Swizz Beatz on the 1and2, and Kanye West and Tierra Marie performing, for the likes of Jay-Z, Sean Combs and Kevin Liles.

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