I just read an update regarding the two Rex Middle school teachers who were jailed in Clayton county after fighting over a love triangle involving facebook. In case you missed it, Chaka Cobb and Ebony Smith were arrested for arguing and fighting in front of students after discovering they each were involved with the same man, who is also a teacher at the school.

Each were charged with misdemeanors in the case and faced termination from their employer, however employment records obtained by the AJC on Wednesday show Smith resigned in lieu of termination while Cobb is currently serving a 19.5-day suspension without pay. According to the records, she is scheduled to return to her position Dec. 4th.

Cobb was only charged with disorderly conduct, while Smith was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct. I can only assume that is why she faced termination while Cobb remains employed. It’s also being reported that the man they were fighting over, Rex Mill physical education teacher Derek Green, was also suspended for 10 days without pay, although he was not directly involved in the incident and was not charged with a crime.

An internal investigation by school officials found all three teachers violated the “professional conduct” section of the Georgia Code of Ethics for Educators, along with the school board’s ethics policy. Administrators also filed a complaint against the two female teachers with the Georgia Professional Standards Commission, which licenses all teachers in Georgia.

“There was swinging and hitting and profanity between the two,” the complaint reads. Green was not referred because his actions did not occur at school, district spokesman Charles White said.

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In case you missed it:

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Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was arrested earlier today at LAX airport after a scuffle with the paparazzi. According to TMZ, Tyson was arrested at LAX and charged with misdemeanor battery after a bloody confrontation with a photographer outside the United terminal. Reports were that the former heavyweight boxer punched the pap in the face and knocked him out cold and there was blood everywhere.

Reports claim the photographer was taken to a hospital and Tyson was taken into custody. The photographer states (more…)

This social networking this is way outta control. First a MARTA bus driver gets suspended after a passenger twitpics him using his cell and now a teacher has been forced to resign over Facebook photos! Ashley Payne, a former Georgia high school teacher is smack dab in the middle of the most recent social networking controversy. Payne was forced to resign, after school administrators questioned the material posted on her Facebook page. Payne says she had pictures of her trip to Europe on the site and wrote about a game she plays with friends. She says none of the material was inappropriate, but a parent complained about a picture of her holding a drink in her hand.

I had no idea how a parent could have seen something like that on my page cause I had everything set to private. I wasn’t friends with any students. I didn’t give any access to students or parents.

The photo below is one of the pics that got Payne fired. She was holding a glass of Guinness Beer after visiting a brewery in Dublin:

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Comedian Katt Williams, who was recently arrested and charged with burglarizing a home in Newnan, has been released on $41,000 bond. The 34-year-old was arrested in suburban Atlanta, Georgia Sunday, November 8th after allegedly breaking into a house located in Newnan, about 38 miles southwest of Atlanta and stealing $3,555 worth of jewelry and collectible coins. He was said to be holding a crowbar when he entered the building.

Katt is NOT holding his tongue about the incident as he tells television news reporters recently that the charges are absolutely absurd, adding that he never resulted to stealing when he was homeless and he certainly wouldn’t do it now that he’s a multi-millionaire! Katt, who’s staying at the home while filming “The Obama Effect” in Newnan, has also been accused of holding a 17 year old boy hostage just days prior to the burglary arrest. On November 3rd this 911 call was made:

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I know that there have been quite a few false alarms, but my sources have verified that as of November 4, 2009, Usher Raymond IV has officially gotten that monkey off his back! The divorce filed against Tameka Jonelle Foster Glover Raymond Jackson Brown is now complete and each are free to go their separate ways.  According to Fulton County Superior Court where the divorce was filed, the final judgment and decree has been entered. Stick a fork in it. It’s DONE!

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Jermaine Dupri and Shawntae Harris aka Da Brat have been hit with a lawsuit over an assault that occurred in Studio 72 several years ago. Shayla Stevens, a former Atlanta Falcons and model, has filed a civil lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court, claiming Da Brat struck her in the face with a bottle, causing serious injuries. The lawsuit claims Da Brat, born Shawntae Harris, has a criminal record and violent past record of assaulting other women.

Stevens was an employee at Dupri’s Studio 72 nightspot, located just outside of Atlanta. Her lawsuit also (more…)

While some are still debating Morehouse College’s New Dress Code Policy as being an act of discrimination, there are also Washington University students who have experienced being unfairly targeted because of their dress and even barred from a Chicago nightspot under the guise of a “baggy jeans” policy. In case you are naive enough to think that having a Black president means that racism has been eradicated, check out this email I received yesterday about an experiment done by a group of Black WU students that proved a venue they were visiting in Chicago was discriminating against Black students while White students who dressed in similar attire were allowed entry:

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