Wendy Reed

Before he became Jesse Pinkman, the beloved character on AMC's "Breaking Bad", Aaron Paul was just like us. In 2000, he was just a 21-year-old kid attending a filming of "The Price Is Right", and then magic happened. Check it out after the jump!

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Washington DC police and the FBI have said that there's a report of a shooter inside of a military building at the Washington Navy Yard.

Police have responded to reports of shots fired, and an FBI spokeswoman has said that there's at least one victim.

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UPDATE: (2:20pm) The Belding police have confirmed that the body of 10-year-old Devon Morrison was found in the Flat River just before 1pm on Monday.

Police will continue their investigation into the cause of his death.

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Marianne Theresa Johnson-Reddick's children endured a lifetime of abuse at the hands of their mother. So, when she passed away recently, her children had no problem airing the family's dirty laundry in the form of Johnson-Reddick's obituary. The obit starts out with the statement "She is sur­vived by her 6 of 8 children whom she spent her lifetime torturing in every way pos­sible," and gets worse from there. 

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This past Thursday kicked off the National Football League's season and it seems that that there are still some people out there who consider football to be a purely male sport. Not only are all of the players men, people seem to think that that only men can enjoy watching the sport. How do we know? Well, because of some extremely sexist posts by people on Twitter! See what I mean after the jump.

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The mother of one of the 26 victims of last year's Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has written a powerful letter to the teachers of America. Nebla Marquez-Greene had two children attending Sandy Hook Elementary that day. Her daughter, 6-year-old Ana Grace, was killed in the massacre, but her son was uninjured in the attack. Her letter, which was posted on the Education Week website is powerful, and gut-wrenching, and encouraging all in one. Read it after the jump.

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The Michigan State Police has confirmed the death of a trooper from injuries in a shooting during a Mason County traffic stop Monday evening. The trooper, identified as Paul Butterfield of the Hart Post of the MSP, died during emergency surgery at Munson Hospital in Traverse City.

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The Michigan State Police are on the hunt for an inmate who escaped from police custody Monday morning.

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It seems the state agrees with developers and a new hotel is needed on the Medical Mile. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. recently gave Third Coast Development Partners a $3 million loan for a new five-story, 149-room hotel it will build.

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I've mentioned before that I find it really super gross when people announce their pregnancies on Facebook by posting pictures of positive pregnancy tests, but this is taking the gross-out factor to a whole new level. You can now buy positive pregnancy tests (you know, ones that have already been peed on by pregnant ladies) on Craigslist. I could barely even type that without gagging.

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Grand Rapids is getting some more love from the folks at Forbes Magazine. They've already named us one of the ten happiest cities to work in, and the number one city to raise a family in, and now they've bestowed us with the honor of being names one of the top 15 cities with emerging downtowns!

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UPDATE (7:50am): Deputies are reporting that Quenton Moomey has been found in Byron Center. We'll have more details as they become available.

Police are currently searching for twelve-year-old Quenton Moomey, and autistic boy who has been missing from his home in Byron Township since late Tuesday night. 

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