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Jesus Take The Wheel: Man Fatally Shoots Estranged Wife Before Taking His Own Life Outside Of A High School

What made him snap? Man Shoots Wife Then Himself This sad situation went from bad to as worse as it gets in less than 24 hours. According to Mail Online An estranged husband fatally shot his wife in the back parking lot of a Texas school, then returned home to kill himself. Gregory Robinson, 54, attacked Valerie Robinson, 46, outside Tompkins High School in Katy, at 6:11 am on Friday morning. Mr. Robinson then drove away in a truck before barricading himself in his Brookshire house, leading to a tense standoff with authorities. Ms Robinson had just arrived for her shift in a car when she was approached by her ex-partner. According to the Houston Chronicle, police deputies arrived on the scene of the first shooting to find two coaches performing CPR on the injured woman. The couple’s son, Gregory Robinson Jr, and other family members looked on from the street. Officers stormed the house just after 10.30 am and found Mr Robinson dead inside. ‘A lot of times that I seen him (Gregory Robinson) he was pretty much to himself. From time to time, you know, you’d see things that wasn’t too pleasant,’ Upshaw added. KHOU reported the couple had been married for 26 years. The school stated on their website that parents could come and pick up their children during the day if they felt the need. Why do this outside the high school where kids could see? SMH. KHOU Continue reading

Damage Control: TV Station Apologizes To Julie Chen For News Director Saying She Looked Too Asian

Better late than never. TV Station Apologizes To Julie Chen This was wrong on so many levels. Glad too see the station taking responsibility and apologizing. According to Mail Online An Ohio television station has issued an apology to CBS reality show host Julie Chen after she revealed that she had undergone surgery to look ‘less Asian’ in response to remarks from her then-news director. Chen, 43, best known as the presenter of the Big Brother show, made the admission on The Talk Wednesday, describing how as a young reporter, she was told by her supervisor at WDTN-TV in Dayton that she would never be an anchor because she looked too Chinese. The same sentiment was echoed some time later by a talent agent, who told Chen that her eyes were too small and inexpressive. Chen’s revelations sparked an outcry online, prompting the management of WDTN to release a statement apologizing to the TV personality for the comments made by a news director at the station nearly two decades earlier. ‘We are sorry to hear about what happened to CBS’ Julie Chen in 1995 when she was a reporter at WDTN-TV,’ Joe Abouzeid, the station’s president and general manager, stated. ‘The station was under different management and ownership during that time. At WDTN and WBDT, we don’t tolerate racism or discrimination of any kind.’ Do you believe their apology is sincere? Continue reading