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 The state of Georgia is in a state of emergency now that all its dirty secrets have been revealed.  The Peanut Corporation of America has been sending peanut butter and other peanut byproducts out to the masses tainted with Salmonella.  The reports of dirty containers in the plant were all discovered in October, yet there had not been an inspector to follow-up on a order to “clean up” until this month. (more…)

Three years later, Hurricane Katrina has residents living in trailers, half fixing on their homes, with the others becoming a sort of modern diaspora, being dispersed throughout the country.  Now, of all things, a mayor has lied to authorities about damage in his city and used the money to fix an investment home he owns. (more…)

 The Catholic faith should’ve done serious damage control after paying out almost a billion dollars in lawsuits against them in recent years.  But, the latest investigation is the residuals of past cases.  A cardinal and the archdiocese in Los Angeles is being investigated for an alleged cover-up. (more…)

A young woman’s dreams have been dashed at the age of 20 after becoming infected with a rare disease.  The young woman was a finalist that was going to represent Brazil in the Miss World competition.  The model was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection that seemed to rapidly worsen resulting in an infection that is extremely resistant to most antibiotics. (more…)

 What’s up y’all?!  Here is the dirt…

Old School R&B singer Case is getting ready for a comeback!  The veteran crooner is set to release his new CD “The Rose Experience” on March 24.  Now I know many of you all are wondering who in the HECK gave him a record deal…a SECOND time but this time around he is releasing the CD on his own imprint, Indigo Blue Records.  Even though I have never been a “huge” Case fan, I wish him much success.  (more…)

 A Louisiana inmate was able to break out of prison and get approximately 100 miles away. But, all of a sudden something came over him.  He was cold.  He was wet.  And he was hongry.  It appears he became homesick.  He needed to get back to his, in inmate speak, “3 hots and a cot.”  (more…)