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MADONNA LIST

If her MDNA tour demands are any indication, it seems Madonna is still a Material Girl! The pop star’s backstage rider states she is traveling with a whopping 200-person entourage including 30 bodyguards, personal chefs, a yoga instructor, an acupuncturist and even an on-site dry cleaner.

Kids were on our neighborhood playground and a Church van pulled up.  The youth from their ministry got out and offered the kids Popsicles to talk about VBS and hand them pamphlets. 

The kids took the Popsicles....some of them ran.

The pastor could NOT understand how he had done anything wrong.

They thought they were saving souls and we thought they were opening kids up to Stranger Danger!

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RODNEY KING

Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers led to some of the nation's most destructive race riots, has died at age 47.

His death was confirmed to the Associated Press by Suzanne Wickham of Harper Collins, who published King's 2012 book The Riot Within My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption.

King was stopped for speeding in March 1991 by four officers who hit him more than 50 times, kicked him and shot him with stun guns. A bystander videotaped the beating.

50 SHADES OF GREY

If you are one of the millions reading the best-seller series Fifty Shades of Grey, it looks like you’ll be able to wear it too.

The author E-L James has just signed a licensing deal to bring “Fifty Shades” eyeshadow and clothing products into a store near you.

Some items from the trilogy that could soon be on store shelves include lingerie, apparel, fragrances, make-up, home furnishings, jewelry and other types of products aimed at adult women.

DADS VALUE

I need a raise!

We hear some women complain that they aren’t paid equally to men. Well, ladies as it turns out you are worth more than us guys.

A new survey says that fathers are worth about one-third as much as mom around the house.

Insure.com released its annual Father's Day, finding that dads are worth about $20,248 -- approximately $1,000 less than the inflation-adjusted value of 10 years ago.

The website matched government wage data to 13 different fatherly household tasks to calculate the index.

GIFTS FOR DAD

If you haven’t shopped for a dad or your dad yet, good. We have the items that dad doesn’t want this Father’s Day.

We all can agree, trying to figure out what someone wants without directly asking him is hard, and in your desperation you may just pick out the first thing you see.

The key to picking out a Father's Day gift is to avoid being generic.

If it's something generic, odds are that he already has it.

So what should children or wives avoid when shopping for Father's Day gifts.

COST OF RAISING A CHILD

THE PALINS ARE BACK

Being a single mom is hard work under normal circumstances, but when your family is the subject of constant media scrutiny, it's even more difficult.

Bristol Palin, the daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is learning that lesson all too well, as her struggles raising her 3-year-old son, Tripp are documented on her new reality show, "Life's a Tripp."

THE GIFT

Need your help folks.

My wife’s sister Lisa and Lynne were discussing what to give their cousin for his wedding gift. 

She (Lisa) said she asked people she worked with and her friends in FL and they all said something off of the registry that was put together for the shower. 

Lynne’s says her practice has always been to give money...typically she would give money to cover the cost of my plate.  Normally around $50 per person.