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Man Engulfed In Flames Walks In To Taco Bell Looking For A Drink Of Water

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And people on fire want ice water.

A man engulfed in flames walked into a Phoenix Taco Bell and begged for a glass of water, officials said.

Customers spotted the man on fire Thursday night in a parking lot the taco chain shares with an Arby’s restaurant. At least 90 percent of his body was burning, witnesses said.

It’s unclear how or why he was set ablaze.

“He was just standing there,” Lindsay Riedlinger, a manager at Arby’s, told KTVK. “He wasn’t screaming, he wasn’t yelling or anything. He just looked like in complete shock.”

Riedlinger grabbed a fire extinguisher when her customers told her about the man and ran outside to help.

She found him nearly naked — his burning clothes were in a pile next to him. She sprayed him down with the extinguisher, putting out most of the flames.

Then, the still-smoldering man turned around and walked into the Taco Bell, where he asked for some water to drink.

The smoke coming off of the man forced the Taco Bell to evacuate.

“I went in after him as well and the place started getting really smoky real fast,” Riedlinger said. “There were kids and families in there.”

Medics took the man to a local hospital.

He is in critical condition with second- and third-degree burns covering 90 percent of his body.

Ohhh-kaaaaaay…

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91-Year-Old Woman Wakes Up While In Body Bag After Being Pronounced Dead

Never underestimate the healing power of a good nap.
A 91-year-old woman in Poland was declared dead November 6 and sent to a funeral home, only to wake up 11 hours later in cold storage, CNN’s Polish affiliate TVN reported. Now she’s home and doing fine.
The doctor went to the home of Janina Kolkiewicz in the town of Ostrow Lubelski on November 6 after her family said she’d stopped breathing, TVN reported.
“I checked the pulse on the forearm artery, carotid artery also,” the doctor told TVN. “I listened to the heart, to the breathing. I also examined the pupils. There were no reflexes. Typical symptoms of death.”
The doctor signed the death certificate, and Kolkiewicz’s family began planning services, according to TVN.
Then the funeral home called.
Authorities are trying to find out what happened.
“We are investigating whether the doctor exposed the woman to imminent danger of loss of life, as the lady was moved to a funeral home and kept in cold storage,” Beata Syk-Jankowska, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office in Lublin, told TVN.

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Better late than never?

The NFL’s ain’t isht commissioner is finally making up for not putting any black women on the NFL’s special panel to advise them on domestic abuse issues.

According to NY Daily News reports:

Goodell met for two hours Friday at NFL headquarters on Park Ave. with nearly a dozen civic leaders who belong to the Black Women’s Roundtable Public Policy Network.

The meeting came about two months after the NFL honcho named a special panel to advise the league on domestic violence matters. The group he selected was comprised of three white women, including Lisa Friel, a former Manhattan prosecutor.

Melanie Campbell, the president and CEO of the D.C.-based National Coalition of Black Civic Participation, was outraged that none of the panelists were black despite the fact that about 70% of NFL players are African-American. She fired off a letter to Goodell pointing out the lack of diversity on the panel and requested a meeting with the commissioner. Since then, at least one black woman was added to the advisory group. The meeting with Goodell happened on Friday.

Campbell said the meeting “covered a lot of ground” and described it as “very productive.”

The NFL has been in damage-control mode since Ray Rice was captured on video knocking his then-fiancée unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator. The former Ravens running back initially drew just a two-game ban, but was suspended indefinitely after the video surfaced. He is seeking reinstatement.

At the NFL offices Friday, Campbell said the roundtable members provided Goodell with a list of community-based organizations in the cities where the NFL has teams.

“We’re not just victims,” she said. “We’re part of the solution.”

It’s about time… But is it too little too late? Some folks are fed all the way up with Roger Goodell and have been for some time. One more scandal like Ray Rice’s and homeboy needs his walking papers!

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Naya has no apologies for her shade…

Naya Rivera Posts Unapologetic Instagram Message After Criticizing Kim Kardashian

Earlier this week, GLEE actress and former Kim Kardashian wannabe Naya Rivera shocked more than a few people when she openly criticized Kim’s raunchy Paper Magazine cover on Instagram.

Naya’s two cents were later met with slander from the masses, including Kim’s close friend Jonathan Cheban, who blasted Naya for her shameless efforts to mimick Kim’s look in the past while now firing shots at her to stay relevant.

Neither Naya nor Kim have directly commented further on the not-so-subliminal social media beef, but Naya did take to her IG page with this photo and caption shortly after her comments went viral.

She didn’t say much…..but she also didn’t apologize. Sounds like she’s sticking by her shade, right?

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Having your best friend date someone you can’t stand is a very sticky situation.

You want to support your friend, but what does support even mean in that instance? Does it mean being nice to her new boyfriend? Or does it mean telling your friend you think the guy is bad news? Here’s how to deal when you find yourself thinking, “I hate my friend’s boyfriend!” every single day… Continue

Why is he sweating so hard when the song STARTS?

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What got into her?

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Chris Brown’s Painting Collaborations Shown In LA Gallery

Apparently when he’s not busy singing, dancing, and typing up Instagram rants, Chris Brown is a rather talented visual artist. Going under the artist name “Konfuzed,” Breezy has long been known to do graffiti-style art, but last night he ventured into the high art world through a collaboration with photographer Karen Bystedt for her “Andy Goes Street” Exhibition. Breezy painted over one of her famous photos of the late artist Andy Warhol in his own street art style:

Nice! Hit the flip for more pics of Breezy’s brush with art…

Damn they got Quavo and them!

Migos Robbed At Stadium Strip Club

The Twitterverse is currently ablaze with rumors that Atlanta rappers Migos were assaulted and robbed for their chains at Washington D.C.’s Stadium strip club. Photos have been circulating online of their stolen jewelry…

including a photo from Chief Keef who may or may not have had something to do with it considering their beef with GBE’s Fredo Santana.

 SMH…this story is still developing.

What do YOU think about this latest chain snatching/rap beef????

Baller Alert/Prince William ATLPics

SMH…

Couple Takes 7-Month-Old With Them To Commit Robberies

Parents of the year!

The New York Daily News reports:

A Georgia couple busted for burglary have confessed to taking their 7-month-old tot along with them on the raids.

Keith Sylvester Evans, 35, and his live-in girlfriend Johnna Lee Rayman, 26, now face additional child cruelty charges, reports AccessNorthGA.

The Gainesville duo were detained on suspicion of robbing at least four homes in south Hall County.

During police questioning they revealed that they had brought their unsuspecting baby along with them on the alleged crimes.

Evans was charged with burglary, child cruelty, possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, police said.

He is also accused of violating a state probation warrant.

Rayman, meanwhile, faces one count of burglary and second-degree child cruelty charges.

The infant is now in the care of the state’s Department of Family and Children Services, reports AccessNorthGA.

Evans and Rayman are in custody without a bond.

Hall County Sheriff Deputy Nicole Bailes told the Gainesville Times that “the two were taking mostly electronics” and were suspected of other burglaries.

Are these two the epitome of bad parents???? What do YOU thin Bossip fam???

Oh, good Lord!

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Timbo was NOT happy with Aaliyah’s made-for-TV movie…

Timbaland Expresses Disappointment With Lifetime Aaliyah Biopic

Nobody was particularly excited for the Wendy Williams-produced Lifetime Movie about the life of Aaliyah, but few were more outraged about its existence than Timbaland. Having been very vocal about his disdain for the film since the very beginning, he was in particularly rare form as it aired last night:

But as the night wore on and Timbo reposted more and more hilarious memes blasting the film, its casting, and horrible writing, people began to wonder if Timbaland himself was watching the movie he swore to boycott. Peep what he had to say after the jump.

Well damn!

Stripper Attacks Bartender With Stiletto

A South Carolina woman is in police custody after authorities say she attacked a bartender at the club where she pole pops with a clear plastic high-heeled shoe.

The Smoking Gun reports:

A stripper wielding a “clear plastic high-heeled shoe” attacked a fellow employee early today in a South Carolina club, leaving the victim with puncture wounds in her scalp and other injuries, according to a police report.

The 2 AM stiletto assault occurred in the bathroom at Chez Joey, a Myrtle Beach gentlemen’s club.

Ashley Michaels-Hoder, 24, told cops that she was grabbed by the hair by Carolyn Wright, 22, who allegedly then “began striking her with a clear plastic high-heeled shoe that was in her left hand.”

Michaels-Hoder, a bartender at the strip joint, said that she was unable to defend herself since Wright was holding her head down.

Michaels-Hoder said that when she managed to lift her head, “the offender struck her multiple times in the face with the same shoe,” police reported.

Michaels-Holder, who was interviewed while being treated at a hospital, suffered a swollen left eye, swelling to her forehead, and two puncture wounds that a doctor said would require staples.

Wright has not been arrested in connection with the incident, which police have classified as aggravated assault, a felony.

Wright has been arrested twice this year, for disorderly conduct and assault.

She served short jail sentences in both cases.

SMH…so Carolyn Wright is clearly about that life. Do better!

Yet ANOTHER reason to just say no…

Bra-Wearing Man Arrested For Blocking Customers From ATM In Florida

There are a couple of ridiculous things you can do that will get you instantly arrested and one Florida man found that out the hard way.

via Huffington Post

You don’t see this everyday.

Police in Florida encountered a man wearing a jacket and brassiere, and riding a bicycle in front of a bank branch that prevented customers from using the ATM.

Fort Pierce police asked Gregory Herndon to empty his pockets and, though it got him into trouble, the 33-year-old allegedly agreed.

Out came a pair of women’s undergarments, a crack pipe, two needles for drug use, a pill bottle and brass wool, according to Off the Beat, which recently obtained the Nov. 3 arrest affidavit.

Records from the St. Lucie County sheriff’s office says Herndon faces charges of possession of drug equipment and resisting an officer without violence. Bond was set at $15,500.

Herndon has landed in jail previously for allegedly manufacturing meth in his home and attempting to flee from cops during an ill-fated cocaine purchase.

SMH.

Damn… It looks like a really good time!!!

NDN

Lawd have mercy

Toddler Falls From Third Story Window During Diaper Change

Via WESH

A toddler was flown to the hospital after falling from a third-floor window in Viera.

Brevard County Fire Rescue District Chief Scott Jurgensen said the incident occurred at the Highlands Apartments near the county’s government center Sunday afternoon.

He said the girl fell from a window around 1:15 p.m. and landed in bushes. She was described initially as stable, with possible serious injuries.

However, after she was checked and treated at Arnold Palmer Hospital, the Sheriff’s Office said the girl did not have any fractures.

Cpl. Dave Jacobs said that the fall appears to have been accidental and the child pushed out the screen while she was on a changing table.

The case is still under investigation.

How the hell do you change a toddler’s diaper right next to an open window? Sounds fishy to say the least…

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Dear Bossip,

Let me start off first by saying that I love your column and I read it every day. Anyhow, my son’s father is truly a thorn in my side.

My son is 11 years old and I believe I’ve been more patient and compromising than most baby mommas would be. He was never around when he was growing up. He would pick him up here and there, sometimes. My daughter’s dad was and is there for him still.

Things recently have gone over the top because I thought we were at a place where we could be cordial enough with one another. For the past few years we have been able to come up with a plan where he would get our son on the weekends and holidays and then he can get him weekdays in the summer and I’d do weekends.

He’s currently married and he wants me to give him custody, all the while he’s texting and calling leaving voicemails asking how to spell our son’s name (He can’t even pronounce it correctly mind you), and for his social security number. He wants me to allow my son to go live with him so that he can get extra food stamps (this is his own words) because they need it for their 4 kids and I only have our son and a daughter, and I’m also single so I don’t need much. I told him HELL NAW! That’s an issue for him and his wife to solve.

So, he kept my son for a week and wouldn’t let him call me to pick him up. In case you’re wondering I do have his address and phone numbers for him, his wife, his mom and her address and their work phone numbers. So, my son called me from his school and I picked him up and when next weekend rolled around I didn’t let him go with his dad because he didn’t want to, and I always told my kids they don’t have to go anywhere they’re not comfortable besides school.

He told me he doesn’t like to go over there because all he does is watch his siblings while his dad and wife do nothing. I felt bad because I assumed he didn’t call me because he was having fun; when normally he calls when he’s somewhere uncomfortable.

When I told my baby daddy that our son wasn’t going to go with him he told me that’s not right and I shouldn’t keep him from his child because I’m not BLACK enough (as in dark-skinned, him and my son both have dark complexion) to raise a dark-skinned male child in this day and age. I told him to take me to court because he sounds stupid.

So, we go to court and again it’s the same argument about me being light-skin and being a women and him being a black male. We were able to agree on a visiting schedule once again and he agreed to weekends during the school year, their birthdays, and father’s day.

The first weekend after the court process he didn’t even call or come pick him up. Then, on his birthday he called me to get him because he wasn’t doing anything, even though he assured me he had a party planned, due to his history of not doing anything for him on Christmas or birthdays. I had planned a trip for his birthday for when he came back. So, I picked him up and took him to his grandparents (which are actually my daughter’s grandparents), who’ve been calling him their grandson since he was 2 years old. They wanted to spend some time with him and give him gifts.

Well, when my baby daddy called to get him a few days later I told him he’s with his grandpa and he flipped out saying, “You’re always keeping him from me, and what mother would take their child from his biological father and take him to people who aren’t biologically related to him.” I kindly reminded him that he blew up my phone all day while I was at work asking me to pick him up, and just because people aren’t biologically related doesn’t stop them from genuinely showing love and affection for our child and he should be thankful.

My sis thinks he still likes me in a odd way because he always wants to know whose car I’m driving, what I’m doing, and so on. He’s always threatening to bludgeon me to death amongst other things. Mind you we only dated a year out of high school before we broke up and that was the extent of our relationship.

Now, that I filled you in on a little sample of the drama, my question is how can I provide my son with a better understanding of what’s going on, since it’s court mandated. He has to go with his dad even though he doesn’t want to. I feel bad because I’m not sure how to explain it other than the court says so. – Baby Daddy Drama

Dear Ms. Baby Daddy Drama,

Well, damn! He is drama, drama, drama!

It sounds like he is harboring some anger toward you, and the real issue is not your son, but between you and your child’s father. As is always the case. But, something happened in your relationship, or how it ended, which seems to be still lingering for him. No, I don’t think he still likes you. I really think that something happened and he hasn’t let it go.

Notice that he keeps throwing up in your face that you are intentionally keeping his child away from him, and that you don’t know how to raise a dark-skinned child because you’re a light-skin woman. Uhm, really, he is throwing in the “color” card? Why do people like throwing around color amongst each other? So, does he resent you and your light-skin? Does he not love himself and his dark-skin? And, why is he using this as some type of defense in court? He sounds ignorant, dumb and stupid.

Sadly, as I read your letter, it sounded as if your son was a pawn. He was some object, some “thing” being passed back and forth between you and his father. It didn’t sound like true and endearing love and concern for your son, but he’s more of a tactic, a ploy between you two. He’s being tossed around being ignored as if he doesn’t have feelings. I truly feel sorry for your son. What’s even sadder is that he doesn’t know how to pronounce his own son’s name, and he doesn’t know important and pertinent information about him. He really doesn’t want to spend time with his son, he is using him to get back at you.

I recommend that you start keeping a record. Document everything and every time he is supposed to pick up your son and he doesn’t, especially holidays and birthdays. Has he been making child support payments on time? If not, then document it. And, I would explain to your child the importance of being happy, and reiterating not being someplace he feels uncomfortable. I would then petition the courts and let your child speak for himself. Let your child explain to the court how he feels going to his father’s house, though his father may accuse you of making him say those things. But, it’s all the ammunition you will need to prove and make your case.

Also, hire an attorney, someone who specializes in child custody cases. You need assistance in building your case. If you keep going back and forth to court over little things your child’s father is accusing you of it’s because he is setting you up, and he’s making every attempt to get your son full-time. Notice that the court keeps making the adjustments. You need a professional attorney who can argue on your behalf.

If that doesn’t work, and the current custody remains in place, then ask for supervised visitations for your son. Let the courts know that your son doesn’t feel comfortable in that environment, and, again, share all the documentation that he’s said to you, and done to you. Share with the courts about the food stamps incident. Let them know he’s threatened you and your life. Don’t take any of these things lightly. He’s going for broke and throwing you under the bus in the hearings, so you keep everything documented, and share it with the courts.

It’s unfortunate that you two can’t be two adults, two parents, and work together for the sake of your own child. There is so much hostility between you two that it is affecting your parenting. And, your son is witnessing all of this. So, he will grow up knowing how much you two didn’t like one another, how you two complained and cursed one another out, and fought constantly over him. And, what’s really sad is that your child’s father doesn’t see how he is doing more harm than good by accusing you of keeping him from him, yet, his behavior is far worse than anything he is saying. As much as he wants to “teach him about being a man in today’s day and age,” he is acting like the buffoon he wants to prevent his son from becoming. SMDH!

Lastly, stop answering your phone off-hours by your child’s father. You know the schedule, and you have a routine. So, if you have your son for the week, and he has him for the weekend then he shouldn’t call you until Friday when he is on his way to pick him up, and on Sunday when you are going to pick him up. Other than that, there is no need for you two to communicate. Not unless something happens, something needs tending to, or something is related to your child. No other conversations, dialogue, or exchanges need to take place. Good luck to you and make sure you document everything. You’ve got 7 more years of this. Build your case. – Terrance Dean

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