MMR on news in your area: Ohio school bands all black hair styles

The Lorain Horizon Science Academy in Ohio is facing heat from the natural hair community after a copy of a letter to parents that included a ban on afro puffs and 'small twisted braids' was posted online.
The letter details changes to the dress code for the upcoming school year and includes the line:
Afro-puffs and small twisted braids, with our without rubberbands, are NOT permitted.
It's unclear what the administration means by small twisted braids, but if they are referring to box braids they are banning a protective style that black girls have worn for generations. Afro-puffs are essentially the black version of the ponytail (when pulled back our hair puffs out instead of laying down), and yet the rules do not have a ban on ponytails for students of other ethnicities.

Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/ohio-school-bans-afro-puf_n_3490920.html

MMR on News in your area: Walmart

Police are calling this a crime of the unthinkable, something that most people would never imagine doing. On Monday, police were called to a Louisiana Walmart under the suspicion that a customer was shoplifting food. According to the complaint, a Walmart worker radioed security about a suspicious woman in the meat aisle. Security cameras filmed 33-year-old Shaniqua Johnson shoving sausages under her shirt. CCTV footage then shows the woman walking to the bathroom, where she remained for at least 30 minutes. The male security guard says he knocked on the bathroom door several times but the woman did not respond. He then announced he was entering. What he found behind the door of the unlocked stall is something he said will “haunt his dreams forever.” The security guard reports when he entered the stall, Johnson was inappropriately pleasing herself with a Jimmy Dean package of sausage. He said that when he entered “She didn’t even stop. She just stared at me and kept going.”

Read More: http://now8news.com/jimmy-dean-sausage-in-walmart-bathroom/

MMR on Ent News: Should your children be exposed to your habits???

Sources close to Tyga say he would never put his son King Cairo in danger and that includes leaving him in the vicinity of marijuana ... when it's lit.
Kylie's BF posted a vid this week of his 3-year-old playing near a bag of what appears to be marijuana on a table.
Our sources say Tyga was totally shocked when people called him out for questionable parenting, because he didn't even know it was there. Tyga is adamant he's a responsible dad, pointing out there were a lot of people in the room, including Tyga's mom, and he has a strict "no blazing" rule around King.
We're told Tyga says he would never do drugs around his kid -- or allow anyone else, for that matter -- and there's plenty of hard proof he's daddy of the year. Like King's recent birthday.


Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2015/10/22/tyga-son-king-weed-video/#ixzz3pIvbur5o

MMR on Entertainment News: Tracey Morgan returns to the stage

Live from New York, it's the return of Tracy Morgan!
After much anticipation, the comedian returned to the Saturday Night Live stage for the first time since suffering a traumatic brain injury in a June 2014 car accident.
In true Tracy style, however, the actor proved this wasn't going to be a mournful night. It was going to be all about laughs and yes, even the accident was fair game.
"People are wondering, 'Can he speak? Does he have 100 percent mental capacity?'" the 49-year-old shared with the audience. "But the truth is, I never did! I might actually be a few points higher now."
He continued, "I'm back. It feels so good to be here. If you didn't see it on the news, I was in a terrible car crash a year ago. It was awful. But it also showed me how much love and support I have in this world."
With Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey and other close friends in mind, Tracy made it clear that he always imagined the possibility that "he could come home."
During the opening monologue, however, he was able to do that and so much more.

 

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After looking back on a 2012 episode of 30 Rock where his character almost died, Tracy was reunited with Fey, Alec Baldwin, Jack McBrayer and Jane Krakowski.
"As you can see everything is going to be just fine," Tracy shared with the audience after the skit. "I've got my family with me, I've got my cast and crew. And I've got Lorne Michaels. So let's be funny."Like we said before, we're so happy to have you back Tracy! Saturday Night Live airs Saturday nights at 11:30 p.m. on NBC.

Read More: http://www.eonline.com/news/707630/tracy-morgan-returns-to-saturday-night-live-with-a-huge-30-rock-reunion-everything-s-going-to-be-just-fine

MMR on News in your area: Police officer of 5 years gunned down

An NYPD housing officer was killed Tuesday night, shot in the head by a trigger-happy perp during a chase and gunfight on a pedestrian overpass above FDR Drive in East Harlem, police said.
Officer Randolph Holder, 33, was shot in the forehead by the callous gunman, who had stolen a bike and was being pursued by cops along the promenade hugging the East River around 8:30 p.m., Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said. The brave officer died at 10:22 p.m. at Harlem Hospital.
A suspect, shot in the legs, was arrested. Holder, who emigrated from Guyana, was a third-generation police officer, following in his father and grandfather’s footsteps in the line of duty, Bratton said during a somber press conference at the hospital.
NYPD COMMISSIONER BRATTON MOURNS DEATH OF OFFICER HOLDER
The unmarried immigrant joined the NYPD in July 2010 and worked in Police Service Area 5, wearing Shield No. 13340 as he patrolled the public housing projects of East Harlem.

Read More: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-officer-shot-gunman-east-harlem-sources-article-1.2405114

MMR on Lamar & Khloe reunite??

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian formally cancelled their pending divorce on Wednesday, with the court approving the couple's withdrawal of papers that would have ended their marriage.
Odom signed the "Request for dismissal" on Tuesday, according to court documents.
Odom, 35, is recuperating in a Los Angeles hospital following his collapse last week after a three-day binge at a Nevada brothel, with police reporting they had been informed he used cocaine and sexual-enhancement supplements.
He and Kardashian were estranged at the time of the dramatic that led to a frantic 911 call from staff at the Love Ranch brothel and left the former Los Angeles Lakers forward and NBA Sixth Man of the Year fighting for his life.
Laura Wasser of Wasserman, Cooper and Carter represents Kardashian, and is a high-profile lawyer that specializes in the dissolution of celebrity marriages. She filed the paperwork on behalf of Kardashian when the reality television star first sought divorce in December 2013. Paperwork signed by both parties was delivered to the court pending approval and ratification in July of this year.
According to a second person with knowledge of the situation, Odom and Kardashian rekindled their relationship during his stay at the Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, where he spent six nights before being transported to Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles for further specialized care. The person asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the situation.

Lamar Odom, Khloe Kardashian call off divorce

Read More: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2015/10/21/lamar-odom-khloe-kardashian-call-off-divorce/74343594/

MMR on Tidal Concert

Last night, Tidal, a music streaming service that is owned by Jay Z when he remembers, put on a huge concert in Brooklyn's Barclay's Center. Like any event of its scale, its objectives were manifold: to celebrate 1 million subscribers, to promote a new HTC phone, to raise money for "nonprofit organizations dedicated to advancing positive community relations and effecting systemic change for the development and sustainability of just societies." It was also, as with previous Tidal X events, a show of force from the star-studded array of artist-owners that still seems to be Tidal's only real claim to fame.
Read More: http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/21/9583374/tidal-x-1020-charity-concert-review-beyonce-nicki-minaj-jay-z