Chris Brown Only Gets A 5 -Yr. Probation For Beating Rihanna!

According to the judge in the case,Chris Brown should be commended for taking "responsibility" for his "conduct."And Rihanna is "pleased" with the fact that he will only get a 5-yr. probation & community work.

Some people are outraged by the outcome of this case.I say that it is up to Rihanna to be "pleased" or "outraged".She's the one that got the crap beat out of her.Not me.Here's more from The Times Online:

"As his ex-girlfriend Rihanna was preparing to testify against him in a US court yesterday, American R&B singer Chris Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting the pop star in February.

Brown entered his plea to one count of assault before a preliminary hearing – which was attended by Rihanna – was set to begin in Los Angeles.

The 20-year-old spoke softly throughout the hearing as he waived his rights and told the Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg he understood the gravity of his plea.

“I think it's commendable you took responsibility for your conduct,” Judge Schnegg told the singer.

Brown will be sentenced in August, but the terms of the plea deal call for him to serve five years of formal probation and six months — roughly 1,400 hours — of community labour. Brown will be able to complete his probation in his home state of Virginia; he will have to do either graffiti removal or roadside cleanup for his service.

He will also complete a year of domestic violence classes, and pay fines. In exchange, he pleaded guilty to felony assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury. If he violates his probation, Brown faces four years in jail."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Do Not Eat Any Pre-Packaged Nestle Toll House Cookie Products Because They May Contain E-Coli!!!

In this day & age,why would anyone eat raw cookie dough that was produced in a factory?It's best to make cookie dough from scratch if you want to eat it raw!

Right now,Nestle Toll House has issued a recall on all varieties of their prepackaged cookie dough.Apparently,people who ate it raw contracted E.coli.They are saying that it's not safe to bake it,either.

Here's more information from InjuryBoard.com:

"Consumers are being warned by the federal Food and Drug Administration not to consume the popular Nestle Toll House prepackaged, refrigerated cookie dough.

The company is recalling all varieties of the dough products due to the risk of contamination with E. coli 0157:H7, a bacterium that causes food borne illness.

Consumers, restaurants and retailers are advised to throw out the product. Even cooking the dough is not recommended because of the possibility the bacteria can transfer to hands and cooking surfaces.

66 reports have come in from 28 states since March of illnesses, usually vomiting, abdominal cramping, bloody diarrhea. Healthy individuals can usually recover within a week, but the bacteria can lead to serious kidney damage and death among the most susceptible, the very young and elderly."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

CNN'S Paul Begala Brings To The Forefront The Issue Of Rescission In Health Care!

There is a very serious issue with health care that has not received much attention in the media at all.But,thanks to Paul Begala,the practice of rescission is being brought to the forefront!

Rescission is used by insurance companies to deny ill patients the coverage they so desperately need!And that is unacceptable!

Here's an excerpt from Paul Begala's article on CNN.com:

"You probably have never heard of Robin Beaton, and that's what's wrong with the debate over health care reform.

Beaton, a retired nurse from Waxahachie, Texas, had health insurance -- or so she thought. She paid her premiums faithfully every month, but when she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer, her health insurance company, Blue Cross, dumped her.

The insurance company said the fact that she had seen a dermatologist for acne, who mistakenly entered a notation on her chart that suggested her simple acne was a precancerous condition, allowed Blue Cross to leave her in the lurch.

Beaton testified before a House subcommittee this week. So did other Americans who thought they had insurance but got the shaft. As Karen Tumulty of Time magazine (who has been the journalistic conscience of health care coverage) wrote, other witnesses included:

"Peggy Raddatz, whose brother Otto Raddatz lost his insurance coverage right before he was scheduled to receive an expensive stem-cell transplant to treat his lymphoma. Why? Because Fortis Insurance Company discovered his doctor had found gall stones and an aneurysm on a CT scan -- conditions that had nothing to do with his cancer, that never bothered him and that he wasn't even aware of. And Jennifer Wittney Horton of Los Angeles, California, whose coverage was canceled because she had been taking a drug for irregular menstruation. Now, she can't get coverage anywhere else. 'Since my rescission, I have had to take jobs that I do not want, and put my career goals on hold to ensure that I can find health insurance,' she told the subcommittee."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.