In “What Were They Thinking?” News
August 10, 2010 by blackgirlgrown
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Flight Attendant Gone Wild
A flight attendant cursed out passengers, grabbed a beer then triggered an emergency chute Monday at a JFK Airport terminal, authorities say.
New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said it “appears” Steven Slater was quitting.
“It’s a strange way to quit, let’s put it that way,” he said. “I don’t think he’ll be able to come back.”
Police arrested Slater for allegedly triggering the emergency escape chute, a spokeswoman for the district attorney said.
American Idol Makes Sex Tape Debut
According to a CNN.com report, Paula Cook, of North Carolina, is alleging that [Fantasia] Barrino engaged in a “covert adulterous affair” with her husband Antwaun, causing the pair to separate in June. On Wednesday, Cook filed a petition for divorce in Mecklenburg County District Court and is seeking child custody, alimony and other monetary support.
In the court documents, Cook alleges that Barrino treated her husband, a T-Mobile store employee she met in August 2009, “to a lavish lifestyle makeover over the course of their affair.” Cook goes on to allege that the couple “at times recorded their illicit sexual activity.”
HP CEO Resigns in Scandal
Hewlett-Packard Co. said CEO Mark Hurd is stepping down following a sexual-harassment probe that found other violations of company standards.
HP said Friday that Hurd decided to leave after the investigation into a sexual-harassment claim made against him and the company by a former HP contractor. The probe concludes that the company’s sexual-harassment policy was not violated, but that its standards of business conduct were.
At the end of the day, none of them were thinking!

