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VIDEO: Hear What Kelly Rowland Has To Say About Mathew Knowles Being Her Father

Izzo Ya'Know!!! — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:09:04 +0000

Do Beyonce and Kelly Rowland share the same daddy? Hear what Kelly Rowland has to say about Mathew Knowles being her father when she stopped by 100.3 The Beat. Read more..

VIDEO & FULL STORY: Shortage of Medical Marijuana, growers cant keep up with demand!

Izzo Ya'Know!!! — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:34:42 +0000

“>ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) – Len Goodman can’t grow enough marijuana to keep up with demand.
He is one of just 11 growers approved by New Mexico to produce pot for all of the state’s 2,000 registered medical marijuana patients, and his customers routinely wipe out his supply. Once a strain of marijuana is harvested, dried and cured, he sends an announcement that patients can place orders, and the pot is usually gone in 24 hours.
New Mexico has been so cautious in licensing and regulating growers under its 3-year-old medical marijuana law that the small number of providers can’t grow enough, creating a shortage that has forced some patients to the street to buy illegal drugs.
The dilemma in New Mexico could have ramifications elsewhere because the state’s program has been held up as a national model, with other states looking to replicate its strong regulatory structure to avoid the chaos that has prevailed in places like California.
Prospective pot growers are subjected to a painstaking screening process before being granted a license. Once that happens, they are limited to 95 plants and seedlings and an inventory “that reflects current qualified patient needs.”
The providers’ identities and locations are kept secret, avoiding the kind of storefront dispensaries that have flourished in Colorado and California.
State Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil says he must balance patients’ needs against preventing so much legal pot from being grown that it ends up in the illegal market. He said the program is being expanded methodically to ensure sufficient oversight and to get to know producers and how they operate.
He also opposes having hundreds of producers and many thousands of patients, which he said “absolutely takes it out of the arena of use for in-state patients and into the arena of defacto legalization.”
Medical marijuana patient Larry Love sees New Mexico as an example of what not to do. He contends the department approves new growers much too slowly.
Love, who runs a radio blog and has been highly critical of Vigil, got his medical marijuana card in June 2009 but said it was November before he could get a supply from an authorized grower. He said that drove him and other patients to the illegal market, despite the risks.
Goodman’s Santa Fe County business, NewMexicann, has 650 registered patients — five times the number of patients he said he can supply. Other producers are in similar shape, he said.
As a result, he has to ration pot to patients who are chronically ill.
“Sometimes they don’t have enough so they use it when it’s really severe, which is not good,” he said. “It’s like seniors cutting down on their meds because they can’t afford it.”
The situation in New Mexico is being closely watched by other states as medical marijuana becomes increasingly popular nationwide.
New Jersey, Iowa, Maine, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Colorado, Washington, D.C., and some California municipalities have called about New Mexico’s law, Health Department spokeswoman Deborah Busemeyer said. They have been asking how the state manages producers and how it’s kept some control over legal pot while avoiding problems with federal agencies, since marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
New Jersey and Rhode Island have laws that are closer to New Mexico’s system than California’s much more freewheeling one.
New Mexico passed its medical marijuana law in 2007 with a groundbreaking provision to license production and distribution.
The Health Department spent more than a year crafting regulations, electing to go with a state-licensed system of nonprofits that places strict restrictions on how much pot they can grow.
Patients can get licenses to grow their own, but most turn to the state-sanctioned growers. The first producer wasn’t approved until March 2009. The health Department OK’d four more in November, then six more last week. It takes five to six months for a grower to ramp up to production.
In the meantime, patient rolls have grown to about 2,000. New Mexico approved 200 patients in the program’s first year; now it’s approving about 200 a month.
While Love praised the approval of the new producers, he said New Mexico still will have only about half the supply it needs for current patients. He claims the state needs at least 10 more producers by the end of the year to keep up.
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Handcuffed teen tricks Police Officers and escapes from cruiser…LOL

Izzo Ya'Know!!! — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:46:35 +0000

Police in central Florida say a man who was handcuffed somehow managed to open a police cruiser's door and escape after complaining he was claustrophobic and couldn't breathe. Altamonte Springs police say the officer had opened the windows slightly for 19-year-old Ridgh Genesis Achille, who had been arrested Friday night on a shoplifting charge. On the way to the jail, the man somehow opened the door fr... Read more..

VIDEO/AUDIO:Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter speaks with Izzo about his recent trip to the gulf region, The life of MJ, and more.

Izzo Ya'Know!!! — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:23:20 +0000

Izzo speaks with Philadelphia’s Mayor Michael Nutter about his recent trip to the gulf region to view the horrifying damage that BP’s oil spill has caused. Izzo also talks to the Mayor about the death of Michael Jackson, creating a law that will force Jermaine Jackson to get a hair cut, and Izzo changing his last name to Nutter! (WHAT!..LOL) Read more..

Rihanna lends a helping hand to save the life of 11-Year Old Broadway Star Shannon Tavarez.

Izzo Ya'Know!!! — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:36:16 +0000

The platinum-selling music superstar is lending her name and using her influence for something other than promoting a product; the ‘Pon De Replay’ singer is urging her fans to help save the life of Shannon Tavarez, an 11-year-old star of Broadway’s hit musical ‘The Lion King’ who was recently diagnosed with Acute Leukemia.

“Being a performer myself I know what it’s like to be given the opportunity of a lifetime at a young age and I would have been destroyed if that was taken away from me,” the Def Jam Records chart-topper and Cover Girl cosmetics spokeswoman said. “Shannon deserves to live and share her beautiful voice with the world.”

Rihanna, who Tavarez considers her idol, got wind of her plight and felt she had to do something to help – urging her fans to register with DKMS at WWW.GETSWABBED.ORG to save the life of Shannon’s or another leukemia patient’s life.

Tavarez, who performed four shows a week as Young Nala in ‘Lion King,’ needs as much support as she can get with a bone marrow transplant. Her mother is African American and her father is Dominican. According to a spokesperson, only eight percent of the seven million registered donors are African American which means that only seventeen percent of African Americans in need of a transplant will receive one.

“When I found out, it hit me really hard, like someone was throwing a ball at me,” the talented tween, who currently lives at Schneider Children’s Hospital in Long Island where she receives daily chemotherapy treatments, said. “It was shocking and I thought, why me?”

Brought to America in 2004 by Katharina Hart, the organization’s mission is to save lives by recruiting bone marrow donors for leukemia patients. More than 20,000 DKMS donors have helped save lives by donating their bone marrow. Founded in 1991 by Peter Hart in Germany, DKMS is the largest bone marrow donor center in the world with over 2 million registered donors.

“When I listened to Shannon’s voice, I got really sad. Her voice is so beautiful. She should be performing on Broadway, but she is confined to her bed, fighting for her life. Shannon needs to find a bone marrow donor to survive. I urge all my fans to register with DKMS,” said Rihanna., who has close ties to DKMS.

The cost to DKMS for registering a new potential bone marrow donor is $65. DKMS does not make paying the fee mandatory, but we depend on public donations and appreciate any contribution. We are grateful for every dollar.

Snoop Dogg Sued By R&B Legend Over Samples

Izzo Ya'Know!!! — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:54:55 +0000

Snoop Dogg and a number of other West Coast rappers are being sued by a legendary bassist who claims the artists illegally sampled a record and never paid him.

Michael Henderson cut his teeth touring with Stevie Wonder and recording extensively with Miles Davis, before he launched a successful solo career and released eight critically acclaimed albums. His music has been sampled by artists like Jay-Z, Eminem, Notorious B.I.G. and others.

Lawyers for Henderson filed a lawsuit against Snoop Dogg, MC Eiht, Goldie Lo, Kam, Doggy Style Records and Universal Music on Tuesday (July 6th).

According to the lawsuit, which was filed in the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern District, Snoop and company illegally sampled “Riding,” a song on Henderson’s 1979 album Do It All.

Henderson accuses the rappers of incorporating his music into their song “Riding” and also “Hands on the Wheel, “which were both available for stream, download and purchase.

In the complaint, Henderson claims “Flashbacks” featuring Warzone (Goldie Loc, Kam and MC Eiht) was released on a mixtape, which was used to promote Snoop’s album Ego Trippin’, which was released in March of 2008.Henderson also says “Hands on the Wheel” illegally incorporated his music and was used to boost ticket sales for Snoop’s West Fest tour in June of 2008.

Henderson is suing for copyright infringement, unfair competition and unjust enrichment. He is seeking unspecified damages in a trial by jury.

How Que (Formerly Of Day 26) Asked Dawn From Dirty Money To Marry Him

Izzo Ya'Know!!! — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:21:32 +0000

Yesterday, R&B singer Que (from Diddy's Making The Band) asked his longtime girlfriend Dawn (from Dirty Money) to marry him. But he decided NOT TO DO IT in a romantic setting ... but by TWITTER!!! As of this morning Dawn didn't respond (via Twitter at least).... Read more..

Granny used 8-year-old to shoplift….SMH! You must read this story.

Izzo Ya'Know!!! — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:37:40 +0000

In southwestern Pennsylvania, a woman accused of leaving her eight-year-old granddaughter behind with stolen goods will face trial. Fifty-year-old Elaine Weimer of Connellsville has been ordered to stand trial on shoplifting charges. She also faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child, and corruption of minors. Workers at a Wal-Mart store testified they confronted Weimer about shoplifting on June 23, after which the girl re... Read more..

Randall Cunningham’s Son Drowns In Hot Tub

Izzo Ya'Know!!! — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:22:32 +0000

Former NFL star Randall Cunningham’s 2-year-old son was found drowned in a backyard hot tub at his Las Vegas home, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported late Tuesday. The child was discovered at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday by a woman and several children at Cunningham’s house. The woman removed the boy from the water and attempted to perform CPR, Las Vegas police Lt. Dennis Flynn said. The death was being investigated by abuse and neglect dete... Read more..

LOL…John Legend’s Hairline Becomes a Trending Topic on Twitter and He Was Not “Nappy” About It!!!

Izzo Ya'Know!!! — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:18:51 +0000

John Legend received the BET Humanitarian award last night at the 2010 BET Awards. BET observed John Legend’s selfless acts while the rest of the world observed his jacked up hairline and made it a trending topic.... Read more..