It’s the first of the month! We are still getting April showers but lets pretend the sunshine is already here in Chicago. Here’s your dose of morning news you can use
♦ A gas explosion at a Florida penitentiary site has killed 2 inmates and injured over 100 inmates and guards. The four-story central booking facility in Escambia county, which held roughly 600 inmates, was to be partially leveled.
♦ He’s at it again and this time he’s seeking help. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has taken a leave of absence to seek treatment for drug addiction as new photos emerge of him handling a crack pipe. Marion Berry who?
♦Apparently common sense is lost on some, even judges. A judge sentenced rapist, 20-year-old Sir Young, who was arrested in 2011 after raping a 14-year-old girl at the high school they both attended, to 45 days in jail and 250 hours of community service to be served at the Dallas Area Rape Crisis Center.
♦The sudden death of mother of two Peaches Geldof may have been caused by heroin overdose.
♦It’s been over 2 weeks and still no word and many many questions on how over 200 girls remain missing in Nigeria. Parents and citizens have demand the government do more to rescue the girls abducted by boko haram militants and reportedly married and sold off. So sad.
♦ AT&T has expressed interest in buying satelite dish company Direct TV.
♦ Now that he’s been banned FOR LIFE, several high profile names have surfaced in bid to purchase the LA Clippers including billionaires Oprah Winfrey, David Geffen and Larry Ellison. Let’s not forget about Frankie Muniz, Floyd Mayweather et all. The team that was bought for $12.7million is now roughly worth over $500million
♦ Newly single Prince Harry will be in the US, specifically Memphis, Tenn for a wedding this weekend. Gird yer loins ladies.
♦ Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni resigned Wednesday after less than two not so stellar seasons on the job.
♦ Designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of Dolce & Gabbana have been sentenced to 18 months in jail after a lengthy tax fraud trial and conviction, sh!t. But will they design their own prison jumpsuits?
