NEWS: DeFarra Gaymon, Maxine Waters, MJ, Louis Smith, Ronaldo

Terrence Howard joins Law & Order: Los Angeles.

New Jersey LGBT groups request independent investigation into fatal shooting of DeFarra Gaymon. Activists also request "cease and desist" of sting operations "targeting gay men in Essex County."

Michael Jackson's first posthumous album of "sensational" unreleased material from Bad to be released in November.

Gymnastics bronze medalist  Louis Smith tours London's new Olympic stadium.

Ricky Martin memoir due in November.

The Boy Scouts of America has seen its "membership plunge by 42 percent since its peak year of 1973." Are the declining numbers related to their discriminatory policies?

All work and no play for Cristiano Ronaldo in LA?

BlackBerry to release BlackPad to compete with iPad? "The new device will have roughly the same dimensions as iPad, which has a 9.7in diagonal screen. It will also include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technology. It will be priced in line with the iPad, which starts at $499."

  Rep. Maxine Waters becomes the second high profile Democrat this week to face charges of misusing her office and opt for a public trial. A House Ethics subcommittee will charge the California  Democrat with improper communications regarding a bank "her husband owned stock in while it was applying for a federal bailout in 2008. This after the start of a similar proceeding on Thursday for Rep. Rangel of New York."

And tragedy this weekend: Floods kills at least 800 people and destroy thousands of homes in Pakistan.

Comments

[Rockaway]

Thanks for staying on the Gaymon shooting, especially since you're out of the country Rod.

Too often these types of stories get swept under the rug in our black community, even in our black SGL community. No matter what happened, the man was unarmed and didnt deserve to die.