CHILD PORN SUSPECT DID COMMIT SUICIDE

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INVESTIGATORS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT DON DOUGLAS, THE MAN BEING HELD ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES DID HANG HIMSELF WHILE IN CUSTODY.

DOUGLAS'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED JAN. 12, BY GUARDS, WHICH JUST HAPPENED TO BE THE DAY BEFORE THE 40-YEAR-OLD WAS DUE TO PLEAD GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT INOVA ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL AND ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES HE HUNG HIMSELF IN THE SHOWER.

ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS DOUGLAS HAD ADMITTED TO HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL AND TOOK SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS OF HER. SO FAR, FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE DECLINED TO COMMENT ON BOTH THE CASE OR DOUGLAS'S DEATH.

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SASHA GETS A LITTLE VISIT

TODAY OUR NATION'S FIRST COUPLE, DECIDED TO PAY LITTLE SASHA A VISIT AT HER SCHOOL, SIDWELL FRIENDS, AT THE BETHESDA CAMPUS.

THE VISIT FOLLOWS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S "TEASING" OF HOW BADLY DMV RESIDENTS HANDLE A "LITTLE ICE".

ACCORDING TO REPORTERS, THE OBAMAS LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE AROUND 8 A.M. IN A MOTORCADE HEADED FOR THE BETHESDA CAMPUS. NEITHER SASHA OR MALIA COULD BE SEEN IN THE MOTORCADE, WHICH INDICATES THAT THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN CLASS.

OBAMA TELLS WASHINGTONIANS TO "TOUGHEN UP"

YES YOU HEARD IT CORRECTLY. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WAS NOT TOO PLEASED WITH THE CALL THAT MANY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING SASHA AND MALIA'S SIDWELL FRIENDS SCHOOL, MADE TODAY TO CLOSE SCHOOL.

IN FACT HE SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPLY SOME FLINTY CHICAGO TOUGHNESS TO THIS TOWN." "I'M SAYING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO WEATHER, FOLKS IN WASHINGTON DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THINGS," OBAMA SAID.

ACCORDING TO THE NEW EDUCATION SECRETARY, ARNE DUNCAN, CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE TO NEVER BE CANCELLED BECAUSE OF WEATHER WHILE HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN FACT, THE LAST TIME CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR WEATHER WAS IN 1999.

SO ARE WE WIMPY?

WELL ACCORDING TO CHICAGO EDUCATION OFFICIALS, SCHOOL CLOSINGS ARE REALLY NOT AN OPTION DUE TO THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CHILDREN COME FROM HOUSEHOLDS WHERE THERE IS NO ALTERNATE CHILDCARE.

SO WILL MR. OBAMA AND EDUCATION SECRETARY DUNCAN MAKE SOME NEW SCHOOL RULES? WELL ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

I FOR ONE WAS NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO ICE SKATING TO CLASS TODAY. I DON'T THINK I WOULD WANT MY SEVEN YEAR OLD NIECE TO HAVE TO ICE SKATE EITHER.

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INVESTIGATION OF TEEN AND MOM SHOT TO DEATH CONTINUES

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INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL WORKING ON THE SHOOTING DEATH CASE OF A LOCAL TEEN AND HER MOTHER IN UPPER MARLBORO.

THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WERE FOUND FATALLY WOUNDED IN THEIR PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY HOME TUESDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE TEEN, WHOSE AGE HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC PLACED A 911 CALL ABOUT 2:30 A.M. SAYING THAT SHE AND HER MOM HAD BEEN SHOT AND NEEDED ASSISTANCE.

THE HOME, LOCATED ON THE 10800 BLOCK OF SOUTHALL DRIVE IN UPPER MARLBORO, Md., IS FIVE MILES AWAY FROM ANOTHER UPPER MARLBORO HOME IN WHICH TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD ON JAN. 14. POLICE ARE SAYING THAT THE SLAYINGS ARE UNRELATED.

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OBAMA, BUSH, AND CHENEY ARE RELATED?

WOW
-SOULJA BOY

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA INAUGURATION & ADDRESS

...IN CASE YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE OR HEAR HIS SPEECH

COLOMBIA HEIGHTS EXPERIENCES MORE VIOLENCE

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LAST NIGHT, A TEEN MALE WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED OUTSIDE OF A RECREATION CENTER IN THE COLOMBIA HEIGHTS AREA OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON.

THE SHOOTING, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON GIRARD STREET, OCCURRED AROUND 7:30 PM. THE VICTIM WAS HIT BY ONE OF THE MANY ROUNDS FIRED TOWARDS THE RECREATION CENTER.

ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, THE RANDOMNESS OF SPOTS THE BULLETS STRUCK IS AN INDICATION THAT THE VICTIM MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TARGETED. FOUR OF THE BULLETS FIRED HIT THE WINDOWS OF THE RECREATION CENTER.

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WELL HE COULDNT MISS BREAKFAST AND PE... 6 YEAR OLD TAKES MOM'S CAR TO SCHOOL

ON YESTERDAY IN VIRGINIA, A 6 YEAR OLD BOY DROVE HIS MOM'S FORD TAURUS FOR MORE THAN 10 MILES AFTER MISSING HIS SCHOOL BUS.

THE CAR CAME TO A STOP AFTER THE CHILD SLAMMED IT INTO A UTILITY POLE ALONG NORTHUMBERLAND HIGHWAY. AFTER THE INCIDENT THE BOY'S PARENTS WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FELONY CHILD ENDANGERMENT.

ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THE FATHER, DAVID DODSON WAS UNDER A COURT ORDER NOT TO LEAVE THE 6 YEAR OLD OR HIS 4 YEAR OLD BROTHER ALONE WITH THEIR MOTHER, JACQULYN WALTMAN.

THE BOY MADE IT ACROSS A BRIDGE AND TWO INTERSECTIONS, ALL WHILE NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. THE BOY ONLY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND STILL MADE IT TO CLASS AT NORTHUMBERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

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HIGH SCHOOL 101: TODAY BOY STABS GIRL

AT ST. CHARLES COUNTY'S MCDONOUGH HIGH SCHOOL, A 16 YEAR-OLD MALE STUDENT STABBED A 17 YEAR -OLD FEMALE STUDENT IN THE BACK WITH A STEAK KNIFE.

THE INCIDENT HAS LEFT THE GIRL SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. IT HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE NOON OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL'S CAFETERIA. ACCORDING TO DIANE RICHARDSON, SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THE ATTACK WAS SUDDEN AND NOT A RESULT OF CONFRONTATION.

FRIENDS SAY THE TWO WERE KNOWN TO BE ACQUAINTED BUT DETAILS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS NOT YET CLEAR. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH TWO STAB WOUNDS.

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SASHA AND MALIA ARE OFF TO SCHOOL

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THE NATIONS TWO FIRST KIDS-TO-BE TOOK BEGAN THEIR FIRST DAY AT THEIR NEW D.M.V SCHOOL, SIDWELL FRIENDS, LOCATED IN UPPER NORTHWEST WASHINGTON AND BETHESDA.

MALIA, 10, AND SASHA, 7, HAVE BEEN STAYING WITH THEIR PARENTS AT THE HAY-ADAMS HOTEL SINCE YESTERDAY. THEIR MOTHER, MICHELLE OBAMA, ACCOMPANIED THEM THIS MORNING ON THEIR RIDE TO SCHOOL.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, BOTH GIRLS ARRIVED AT THE CAMPUSES, MALIA'S IN NW AND SASHA'S IN BETHESDA, A FULL HALF HOUR BEFORE THE SCHOOL OPENED.

INAUGURATION DAY A.K.A. NEW METRO RULES DAY

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IN PREPARATION FOR THE FAST APPROACHING INAUGURATION DAY, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON JANUARY 20TH, 2009, METRO IS BEGINNING TO RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC THE NEW "RULES" THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR THAT SPECIAL DAY.

THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ACCOMMODATE 1.5 TO 3 MILLION PEOPLE HAS BEEN A LONG ONE ACCORDING TO METRO ORGANIZERS. THE FIRST SET OF "RULES" RELEASED ARE RELATED TO METRO STATION PARKING ON JAN. 20.

ACCORDING TO METRO THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC AUTOMOBILE PARKING JAN. 20 AT THE GREENBELT AND MORGAN BOULEVARD STATIONS IN MARYLAND, THE VAN DORN STREET STATION IN VIRGINIA, AND THE MINNESOTA AVENUE STATION IN THE DISTRICT. THE MINNESOTA AVE. STATION WILL BE USED FOR METRO EMPLOYEE PARKING.

THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLANS TO USE THE OTHER THREE LOTS TO ACCOMMODATE CHARTER BUSES. ALL PARKING LOTS ARE EXPECTED TO OPEN AS EARLY AS 3:30 AM AND A $4 FEE WILL BE CHARGED FOR USE OF THE LOT. ONLY CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED.

IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS, YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE REPORTS AND DETAILS ABOUT ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSINGS AND RESTRICTIONS. THAT INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED BY THE SECRET SERVICE, WHO IS THE LEAD AGENCY IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR THE SWEARING IN DAY OF PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA.

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RUMORS: SUGABEAR HAS A HEART ATTACK? [CONT.]

CONT. FROM GOADOME TALK LIFESTYLE

[FROM D.C. SISTA GIRLS]

Sugar Bear Crankin!!
Go-Go Pioneer Gregory "Sugar Bear" Elliott who plays bass and sings with EU /Maiesha & the HipHuggers, had a close call recently due to heart failure.

Sugar Bear got his start with EU which stands for Experience Unlimited. EU is one of DC's original go-go bands. The group formed in the late 1970's and helped define, refine and combine the musical components of the DC Go-Go Culture. EU produced the most recognized song in go-go history, "Da Butt " which was featured in Spike Lee's 1988 film "Skool Daze" after Lee saw the band perform. Also, the song "Livin' Large included a version of "It's Your Thing," performed with Salt-N-Pepa. After its hits, they toured clubs and colleges world-wide.

EU is the only go-go group to score a #1 spot on the R&B singles charts. EU was partly defunked and members Ju-Ju and Bear started with a new band called Maiesha & the HipHuggers in the late 1990's. When Maiesha starts singing, Bear gets to bassin and William "Ju-Ju" House gets to crankin on the drums - hang it up you will start zoning.....

Popular EU & Maiesha & the HipHugger songs include "Freeze," "Shake it Like a White Girl," "People in the House - Let's Roll Call," and "Um Bop Bop" "Take da picture".

N.E. FIRE CLAIMS SIXTH LIFE

IN THE DISTRICT, AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY DIED YESTERDAY OF INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN A HOUSE FIRE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON.

THE BOY, OSCAR WILSON III, DIED ABOUT 1:30 PM AT CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, BRINGING THE INCIDENT'S DEATH TOLL TO SIX. TWO OTHER CHILDREN KILLED IN THE BLAZE WERE WILSON'S 10-YEAR-OLD COUSIN, JOSEPH WILSON, AND KANIYA GANT, 4. KANIYA'S PARENTS, KEITH NELSON, 23, AND TAWANA GANT, 22, WERE ALSO KILLED. THE SIXTH VICTIM, CHARLES SMITH, 72, RESIDED IN THE HOME WITH OSCAR AND HIS PARENTS.

ACCORDING TO FIRE OFFICIALS, THE BLAZE WAS ACCIDENTAL. INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT IT STARTED WITH ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN WIRING IN SPACE BETWEEN THE BASEMENT CEILING AND FIRST FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.

THE WILSONS HAD BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS SINCE JAN. 20, 2007, WHEN THEIR 17- YEAR -OLD DAUGHTER, TALESHIA FORD, WAS KILLED BY A STRAY BULLET AT A NW WASHINGTON GO-GO CLUB NEAR THE U STREET CORRIDOR.