It’s been a year since our star was taken away from us and yesterday, the FBI released its files on a trio of investigations conducted on behalf of Whitney Houston. The records show that the FBI conducted one investigation into an alleged extortion attempt in 1992, but agents and prosecutors determined no crime occurred. The 128-page file covers the height of the Grammy-winning singer’s popularity but does not contain any new personal details. [HuffPost]
Classes at Oberlin College in Ohio were canceled after a person wearing a KKK hood was spotted near the Afrikan Heritage House. The college, which has seen a recent uptick in “hate-related incidents on campus” was planning activities to celebrate tolerance and solidarity on Monday. Campus police are investigating. [DailyBeast]
Now this is a sticky situation. A surrogate mother for a couple fled across country to give birth to the baby after the parents urged her to abort the fetus due to severe abnormalities they discovered the baby would have. The parents offered her $10K, but Crystal Kelly refused. She had the baby, who is neither in the care of the surrogate or the biological parents. Read more here. [DailyMail]
Here we go again. Miss Delaware Teen U.S.A. is in trouble again just a week after it was discovered that the 18-year-old appeared in a porn video on the internet. Melissa King has two outstanding police warrants in Maryland stemming from underage possession of alcohol and theft charges. [DailyMail]
Progress! A bill that bans the manufacture and sale of high-capacity magazines in Colorado and places a limit on them to only 15 rounds per magazine passed in Colorado Senate committee on Monday evening. [HuffPost]
