Koran Gets No Respect

With nothing better to do with his time
a U.S. soldier decides to take target practice
at the Koran. This type of action is not acceptable
wither or not you agree or disagree with it's teachings.
one should not go around disrespecting another's
religion.


U.S. commanders moved swiftly to avert a crisis after a soldier deployed in Baghdad was found to have used a copy of the Koran for target practice.

The incident had the potential to inflame Muslim opinion against the U.S. military and compromise the delicate alliance it has been forging with Sunni Arab communities against religious extremists.

Local leaders accepted an apology from senior U.S. commanders, and the military said Sunday that the soldier responsible had been disciplined and pulled from Iraq.

Col. Bill Buckner, a U.S. military spokesman, described the incident as "serious and deeply troubling" but emphasized that it was an isolated case.

"This incident is not representative of the professionalism of our soldiers or the respect they have for all faiths," he said in a statement.

Iraqi police found the desecrated copy of the Muslim holy book on May 11 at a small shooting range near a police station in Radwaniya, a mostly Sunni district on Baghdad's western outskirts, Buckner said. The volume was riddled with bullets and had graffiti inside the cover.

Community leaders were outraged and threatened to stop helping the U.S. military fight the Sunni Arab militant group Al Qaeda in Iraq, said Ayad Jabouri, a tribal leader and member of the country's largest Sunni political party. The U.S. command ordered an immediate investigation.

"Commanders have since briefed local leaders on the results of the investigation and expressed their deep regret," Buckner said. "They have also undertaken disciplinary action against the soldier who was involved, and he has been removed from Iraq."

The military did not release the soldier's name or detail how he would be disciplined, saying that the case was still being adjudicated.

A CNN crew was present when Army Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, the commander of U.S. troops in Baghdad, met Saturday with tribal leaders in Radwaniya to offer an apology before a crowd of angry protesters.

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Suge Put To Sleep

If Suge night is to rebuild his empire then
he must let this incident pass and chalk it
up to a misunderstanding. Sure his ego will
be a little bruised but time will take care of
that. Beside what's more important rebuilding
his company or his ego?


The man who claims to be behind Suge Knight's knockout punch has emerged.

According to TMZ.com, dude is a barbershop owner in Los Angeles who is friends with the man Knight was trying to defend in the now infamous altercation outside of Hollywood's Shag nightclub.

The brawler, who would not give his name, yet is pictured on TMZ, says he was playfully arguing about money with the mutual friend when the former music mogul misunderstood and thought it was serious.

When Suge tried to defend his friend, fisticuffs jumped off and the barber – all of 5'10" and 173 lbs – delivered the punch that knocked 6'3", 315 lb Knight unconscious for a good three minutes, according to the Web site.

View TMZ's photo gallery of the "knockout kid" here.

Meanwhile, the author of a new book about Knight's former Death Row partner, Dr. Dre and West Coast hip hop, fears a war may have been started by the knockout punch.

Bruce Williams

Bruce Williams, whose book "Rollin' With Dre" is in stores now from Ballantine/Random House, said in a statement Monday: "Although it goes against my gut feeling of how he’ll handle this situation, I hope and pray that Suge doesn't do anything stupid and lets this thing go."

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The Fires Still Burn In Our Minds

Below is the story of one cities trials after the
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. This
story should be read and studied by those
that were not around at the time so they'll
know the frustration that blacks went through
at that time in history.


Forty years ago today, the District was emerging from three days of riots that began after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Hundreds of stores had been looted or burned. Thousands of federal troops were standing by to prevent further disturbances. And residents had witnessed chilling scenes that would remain vivid in their minds for decades.

In April 1968, students and store owners, civil rights activists and politicians, police and firefighters had encountered a wave of rage, pent-up frustration and lawlessness that devastated the commercial strips along Seventh and 14th streets NW and H Street NE.

Trouble began barely an hour after King's death on April 4, a Thursday. When a brick crashed through a window of a Peoples Drug Store at 14th and U, it was the beginning of a frenzy of looting, burning and violence.

Washington's disturbances were a visceral reaction to King's assassination, but they were also a response to racial tensions in a city where blacks were angered by inflated prices at neighborhood stores, real or perceived cases of housing and job discrimination, and incidents of brutality by a predominantly white police force.

During the first 24 hours, police and firefighters struggled to keep pace. Fires had consumed whole blocks by the time the first of 13,000 federal troops arrived Friday afternoon.

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Hillary Can't Get Off The Ropes

This campaign reminds me of the last fight
Muhammad Ali had with Larry Holmes. The
old rope-a-dope didn't work then and it ain't
going to work now. So why doesn't she just
throw in the towel before she does greater
damage to the democratic party?


The flow of Democratic superdelegates to Sen. Barack Obama continued today, and at least two media outlets reported that their tallies show him catching Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the last significant voting category in which she had claimed superiority.

ABC News put Obama slightly ahead, and the New York Times counted them even. The Associated Press, the tally used by the Los Angeles Times, still gave a slight advantage to Clinton -- with Obama closing quickly.

The five new endorsements include at least one defection. Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-N.J.), an early African American supporter of Clinton, jumped ship this morning, telling the Newark Star-Ledger that he backed Clinton when he thought Obama's campaign was "just a trial balloon."

Among the previously uncommitteds now behind Obama: Ed Espinoza, a Democratic National Committee member from Long Beach, who also urged uncommitted superdelegates to make their declaration by May 26.

"This needs to be over and done with by Memorial Day," Espinoza said.

Evidencing the kind of behind-the-scenes lobbying underway, Espinoza said he backed Obama in part at the urging of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, for whose presidential campaign he had worked before Richardson dropped out.

Vernon Watkins, a Democratic National Committee member and superdelegate, also shifted to Obama this morning, the Associated Press reported. Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.) announced his support for Obama and was scheduled to campaign with the Illinois senator this morning. The fifth new superdelegate was John Gage, president of the American Federation of Government Employees.

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Her Hero Was A Hero!

Do you remember going somewhere special with
dad or mom and what made it so special was that
it was just you two. None of your other brothers
or sisters competing with you for attention. Well
that special day for Kaniyah Richardson and ended
in tragedy and one she may never forget.

A minister’s son died as he shielded his 4-year-old daughter from an out-of-control car Monday night on the South Side, apparently saving the girl’s life, police and relatives say.

Joseph Richardson, 39, was walking his daughter Kaniyah to a McDonald’s for burgers when a car jumped the curb at 95th Street and Wentworth Avenue, according to police.

Richardson grabbed his daughter just before the car slammed the two into a fence, police and family say.

“He held the baby up to keep the car from destroying the baby, but it totally destroyed him,” his father, the Rev. L.V. Richardson, said this afternoon. “It’s hurt me pretty bad, but the Lord’s going to keep me moving on.”

Richardson was pronounced dead at the scene. Kaniyah was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in serious condition.

Charges are pending against the driver of the car, a 33-year old Chicago man, as police investigate whether alcohol or drugs were involved. Witnesses say the man was driving erratically before the accident.

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Rodman Back In the News

Dennis Rodman is making headlines these days
and it's not all good either.


Former basketball player Dennis Rodman was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of domestic violence, authorities said today.

Rodman was arrested at 10:15 p.m. in Century City at a hotel in the 2100 block of Avenue of the Stars.

"During the investigation, police learned he had hit a woman and she suffered injuries to her arms," said Richard French, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Rodman was booked at the Van Nuys jail at 2:50 a.m. today. He was released less than two hours later on $50,000 bail.

Steve Simon, one of Rodman's managers, said Rodman has been struggling to cope with a recent divorce. Simon said his client has not been able to see his children.

"He's been really heartbroken about it, and it hasn't been a great time for him," said Simon, who was reached at the offices of the Prince Marketing Group.

Simon said that alcohol was involved in the altercation, which left the woman with a bruise. Rodman has sought help for substance abuse problems in the past.

"The legal process will sort itself out," Simon said. "I'm kind of waiting for the facts to unfold because it's really uncharacteristic for him."

Rodman played on five NBA championship teams, first with the Detroit Pistons and later with the Chicago Bulls. On the court he was known for his defensive prowess, twice earning NBA defensive player of the year honors.

Off the court Rodman earned a reputation for his flamboyant personal life, making headlines for cross-dressing, ever-changing hairstyles, body piercings and tattoos. There was also his quickie, and short-lived, Las Vegas wedding to actress Carmen Electra.

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