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In a tearful interview on Hot 97, DJ Mister Cee admitted that he has had oral sex with transgender men, and solicited transgender prostitutes in the past, but hasn’t since his arrest in May.

On Sept. 11, an audio clip surfaced from popular male blogger, Bimbo Winehouse, where a voice was heard that was allegedly DJ Mister Cee, soliciting sex from him, agreeing to pay $100 for sex. The famed DJ announced his resignation that day — however, he came back on air on Sept. 12 for a new interview.

Is Mr. Cee Resigning From Hot 97 After Prostitution Scandal?

In May 2013, Mister Cee, whose full name is Calvin LeBrun was arrested for soliciting a prostitute, and admitted on Hot 97 he had “an addiction…to prostitution.”

On the 11th, Mister Cee said on air that the video surfaced is from a year ago, and later in the segment announced he was retiring. Shortly after, General Manager and Senior Vice President of Hot 97, Alexandra Cameron released the following statement:

Due to some personal circumstances that have become public, after 20 years of service, Mister Cee has chosen to resign. We feel that this is in the best interest of both HOT 97 and Cee’s personal well-being. While we do not endorse the alleged activities, he is clearly facing a personal dilemma that is for him and only him to comment on. We are saddened by his departure; his contributions here at HOT 97 were great and we know him as a friend, a caring individual and significant hip hop advocate. We wish Mr Cee the best and will always consider him a family member of HOT 97. Moments ago, he officially signed off, on the air and will finish out his last show today on September 11, 2013, an already sad day for New York City.

Mister Cee took to twitter, writing: “I announced my resignation today from the job I loved to do at Hot 97 , please understand I never intended to let NY/NJ/CT all my fans down.”

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SEASIDE PARK, N.J. — A fire that started at a New Jersey frozen custard shop in Seaside Park, N.J., and spread to other boardwalk businesses, including FunTown Pier, has now reached Seaside Heights, N.J., police said.

Emergency personnel arrived at the boardwalk in Seaside Park for a report of smoke about 2:30 p.m. A plume of gray smoke stretches as far north as Ortley Beach, N.J., as fire crews fight to douse the blaze. The cause of the fire is still unclear.

The fire that started at Kohr's Frozen Custard quickly compromised buildings on the west side, including what was left of FunTown Pier — the site of the roller coaster that was pushed into the ocean during Superstorm Sandy. A strong wind has worsened the firefighters' attempts, Police Chief Francis Larkin said.

Part of the FunTown Pier building has collapsed.

Seaside Heights firefighters will use construction equipment to remove sections of the town's newly rebuilt boardwalk in hopes of stopping the advance of the blaze, borough administrator John Camera said.

Read More:http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/12/seaside-nj-boardwalk-fire/2806627/

 

SEASIDE PARK, N.J. — A fire that started at a New Jersey frozen custard shop in Seaside Park, N.J., and spread to other boardwalk businesses, including FunTown Pier, has now reached Seaside Heights, N.J., police said.

Emergency personnel arrived at the boardwalk in Seaside Park for a report of smoke about 2:30 p.m. A plume of gray smoke stretches as far north as Ortley Beach, N.J., as fire crews fight to douse the blaze. The cause of the fire is still unclear.

The fire that started at Kohr's Frozen Custard quickly compromised buildings on the west side, including what was left of FunTown Pier — the site of the roller coaster that was pushed into the ocean during Superstorm Sandy. A strong wind has worsened the firefighters' attempts, Police Chief Francis Larkin said.

Part of the FunTown Pier building has collapsed.

Seaside Heights firefighters will use construction equipment to remove sections of the town's newly rebuilt boardwalk in hopes of stopping the advance of the blaze, borough administrator John Camera said.

Read More:http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/12/seaside-nj-boardwalk-fire/2806627/

Miss Kansas Sgt. Theresa Vail showed off something different and a lot more permanent to the Tuesday preliminary swimsuit round of the Miss Americacompetition. She was the first contestant to expose her tattoos during the competition,according to People.

“Why am I choosing to bear my tattoos?” Vail told the magazine. “My whole platform is empowering women to overcome stereotypes and break barriers. What a hypocrite I would be if I covered my ink. How can I tell other women to be fearless and true to themselves if I can’t do the same? I am who I am, tattoos and all.”

Her tattoos of the U.S. Army Dental Corps on her left shoulder and the Serenity Prayer on her right side were clearly visible as she hit the stage in a red bikini.

Vail is also only the second member of the military to compete for the crown. She joined the Kansas National guard at 17 and is an expert M16 marksman. She also hunts, skydives, boxes and used to ride a motorcycle. Something she had to quit after breaking all over fingers on her right hand.

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Bill de Blasio – who needs 40% of the vote to avoid a runoff with Thompson – celebrates with his family. Photograph: Kathy Willens/AP

Bill de Blasio, the unabashed progressive who lit up the New Yorkmayoral campaign, faced a nervous wait to find out whether he would be the Democratic candidate on Wednesday as he hovered around the 40% needed to win the nomination outright.

A pledge by second-placed Bill Thompson to wait for the official totals mean it could be days before De Blasio finds out if he will run against Joe Lhota, who secured the Republican nomination.

But while the precise result may still be in the balance but the message from New York Democrats could not be more clear. The battle to succeed Michael Bloomberg as the next mayor of the biggest city in theUnited States will be an ideological fight led by a candidate determined to distance himself as far as possible from the billionaire incumbent.

Christine Quinn, the city council leader and Bloomberg ally who started the race as frontrunner, bowed out in a dismal third place with only 15% of the vote, her hopes to break ground as the first woman and first gay mayor dashed.

The final result will not be known until next week at the earliest: New York's 1960s lever-pull voting machines will not be opened until Friday, and 19,000 paper ballots not due to be counted until Monday. If the result is still close – and New York's Board of Elections is notoriously inefficient – Thompson could demand a recount. He declined to concede the race on Wednesday, vowing to wait until the official result.

Thompson told supporters on Tuesday night that he would wait for the official count instead of conceding defeat. "We took Mike Bloomberg on and we almost beat him. Now we're gonna finish what we started," said Thompson, who was the Democratic nominee in 2009 but lost to the incumbent billionaire.

"Every voice in New York City counts and we're gonna wait for every voice to be heard. We're gonna wait for every vote to be counted. So my friends this is far from over."

According to tallies collated by WNYC radio, Thompson had 26.10% of the vote on Wednesday morning, with Quinn in third place on 15.47%. Anthony Weiner, who had also looked strong earlier in the campaign, suffered the ignominy of a fifth-place finish with just 4.91% of the vote. After a tear-filled concession speech, in which his wife Huma Abedin was notable by her absence, Weiner made an inglorious exit: a picture showed him giving a one-fingered gesture of insult to reporters as he was driven away.

Read More…. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/bill-de-blasio-democratic-nomination-new-york-mayor

 

Anthony Weiner's ill-fated mayoral campaign ended with a a final embarrassment when his sexting partner Sydney Leathers tried to crash his primary night rally.

Outside a "victory" party where supporters mourned a disappointing fifth-place finish in the Democratic primary, cameras crowded around Leathers, the 23-year-old whose sexting with the former congressman brought his once-high-flying campaign to a screeching halt.

"Why not be here?" Leathers asked reporters. "I'm kind of the reason he's losing. So, might as well show up."

Leathers, who has launched a porn career since the scandal broke, said Weiner needed "to stop being an embarrassment to the city of New York. He's going to continue this behavior. If it's not going to be me, it's going to be some other girl."

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Twelve years after the Sept. 11 attacks, these images still resonate, reminding of the absolute physical and emotional devastation that so many people experienced that day.

(Many of the photos below contain graphic content.)

In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, American Airlines Flight 175 closes in on World Trade Center Tower 2 in New York, just before impact. (AP Photo/Carmen Taylor, File)

In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, American Airlines Flight 175 closes in on World Trade Center Tower 2 in New York, just before impact. (AP Photo/William Kratzke)

In this September 11, 2001 file photo, smoke pours off World Trade Center Tower 1 as flames explode from Tower 2 as it is struck by American Airlines Flight 175, after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the buildings. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong)

A fiery blasts rocks the south tower of the World Trade Center as the hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston crashes into the building September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Poeple stand on a dirt mound at the Vince Lombardi Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike as they watch smoke billowing from the remains of the World Trade Center in New York after planes crashed into each of the twin towers Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Gene Boyars)

A person falls from the north tower of New York's World Trade Center Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001 after terrorists crashed two hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and brought down the twin 110-story towers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

People hang out of broken windows of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

The south tower of New York's World Trade Center collapses Tuesday Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Pedestrians on Park Row flee the area of the World Trade Center as the center's south tower collapses following the terrorist attack on the New York landmark Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

This 11 September 2001 file photo shows Marcy Borders covered in dust as she takes refuge in an office building after one of the World Trade Center towers collapsed in New York. Borders was caught outside on the street as the cloud of smoke and dust enveloped the area. The woman was caught outside on the street as the cloud of smoke and dust enveloped the area. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

People run from the collapse of one of the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center in this Sept. 11, 2001, file photo. (AP Photo/FILE/Suzanne Plunkett)

Survivors of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks make their way through smoke, dust and debris on Fulton St., about a block from the collapsed towers, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 in New York. (AP Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)

A tennis shoe and debris, photographed one block from the World Trade Center, are coated with dust after the collapse of the twin towers in this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 in New York. Paper records, documents and correspondence from the towers littered the streets following the collapse. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

The rubble of the World Trade Center smoulders following a terrorist attack 11 September 2001 in New York. (ALEX FUCHS/AFP/Getty Images)

View of smoke and flames at the Pentagon shortly after a hijacked jetliner was crashed into building, Washington DC, September 11, 2001. The crash was part of a coordinated, terrorist attack on the United States that also felled both towers of the World Trade Center in New York. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

Mounted police make their way along an access road leading to the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 through the early morning fog 12 September 2001 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The plane was hijacked and crashed killing all 45 on board. (DAVID MAXWELL/AFP/Getty Images)

Photographs of missing people from the 11 September 2001 World Trade Center attack sit on a television truck outside Bellevue Hospital in New York 12 September, 2001 where family members and friends stand vigil in hopes of getting information from authorities and help from media exposure. (JOHN MOTTERN/AFP/Getty Images)

A firefighter breaks down after the World Trade Center buildings collapsed September 11, 2001 after two hijacked airplanes slammed into the twin towers in a terrorist attack. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

(Photo by Corey Sipkin/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Firefighter covered with ash after World Trade Center collapsed in terrorist attack. (Photo by Thomas Monaster/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

An injured man is tended to after a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. (Photo By: Susan Watts/NY Daily News via Getty Images)

An injured man waits for help as others take refuge in a bank near the World Trade Center towers 11 September, 2001, in New York. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

An American flag flies in the foreground as one of the World Trade Center towers burns in the background 11 September 2001 in New York. Two hijacked airplanes crashed into the two landmark skyscrapers. (DOUG KANTER/AFP/Getty Images)

People seek refuge inside a bank building after the first tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. (Photo by Corey Sipkin/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Firefighter Kevin Shea of Ladder 35 lies semi conscious in debris field with Firefighter Ritchie Nogan of 113 standing over him. Shea was the only survivor of his unit. He was carried out by Nogan, two EMS workers and photographer Todd Maisel. (Photo by Todd Maisel/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

Read more about Shea's story here.