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Before I begin with this indirect, yet very direct letter to Jimmy Iovine, I would like to congratulate Mr. Iovine on his many accomplishments in the music industry. I must also point out that I personally feel that some of my writing and production is a part of what helped build the Interscope Records empire. In 1991, I wrote and produced a few songs for the Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch project, including the platinum ‘Good Vibrations’, the gold ‘Wildside’, and more songs from the platinum album ‘Music for the People’. At that time, we were proud to offer music that was created specifically for the radio, and for teaching Mark Wahlberg’s followers the spiritual principles Hip-Hop Culture what Peace, Unity, Love and Havin’ Fun. I could never take away the entertainment value of an artist’s record, no matter the subject matter. However, when our brother Chief Keef announced that his next album would: “Raise the murder rate up” , Jimmy Iovine should have immediately ma...

To get a divorce, you can file: a  Complaint for Divorce , if you are the only one who wants a divorce a  Joint Petition for Divorce , if you and your spouse want to file a "no fault" divorce together. If you and your spouse file a joint petition, you also need to file an affidavit that your marriage has broken down and cannot continue (called an affidavit of irretrievable breakdown of the marriage) and a notarized separation agreement. File a Complaint for Divorce if you are the only spouse that wants the divorce. Can I file in Massachusetts? You can file for divorce in Massachusetts if: you have lived in the state for a year, or you lived together as a married couple in Massachusetts and what happened to cause the divorce (the "grounds" for divorce) happened in Massachusetts. If either of these two things is true, then you can file for divorce in Massachusetts, even if your spouse lives in another state, or you do not know w...

Pepsi plans to put the real thing into some colas this summer: sugar. The soda giant -- whose colas, like much of the industry, have been hit by a continuing sales decline -- plans to roll out three types of Pepsi-Cola sweetened with real sugar and not with high fructose corn syrup, reports Beverage Digest, the industry trade publication. Pepsi confirmed the planned roll-out to USA TODAY, but did not comment further. The three offerings: "Pepsi Made With Real Sugar," "Pepsi Vanilla Made With Real Sugar," and "Pepsi Wild Cherry Made With Real Sugar," says Sicher. The strategic move by Pepsi comes at a time the $76 billion carbonated soft drink industry is on the decline. The big soft drink makers are eager to devise new products and marketing moves that spark consumer interest. At the same time, some consumers are increasingly showing concern over the use of high fructose corn syrup as well as artificial sweeteners in soft drink...

When You're In Dire Straits By DailyFinance Staff Late on rent? Can't fill your car with gas to get to work? Assuming all available funds and traditional sources of credit are tapped out, here are 25 ways to raise cash in a few days.  Keep in mind, while all of these ideas are legal, some of them are not something we would encourage.  From being an Amazon Mechanical Turk to banking your sperm we share DailyFinance's 25 ideas for raising cash in a hurry in order of the least to the most desperate. Sell Your Body Parts: Plasma, Hair And Breast Milk In a truly free market economy, you'd be worth a lot of money in organs alone -- selling a kidney or lung could solve your money woes. However, the government and our sense of propriety permit you to only cash in on plasma, hair and (maybe) breast milk. You can legally trade plasma for cash in the U.S. , the fluid in which your blood corpuscles and other tiny bits circulate through your blood sys...