President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago

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Surprise wedding first dance by Clay Family! U GOTTA C IT!!!

Group Dances to Mary J Blige - "Just Fine"

Picture of Tank After Arrest

Filed under: Happy they kicked my ass?
R&B singer/producer Tank was arrested and tasered in the early morning hours of Feb 18 at the House of Blues in New Orleans. Officers state the singer was allegedly intoxicated and uncooperative. Oddly, Tank is accusing the New Orleans Police Department of police brutality. That didn't stop him from smiling for the camera while in handcuffs. Looks like the "brutality" evidence just went out the window.

It's KJ's BIRTHDAY!!

Today Kiss FM's personality, KJ, celebrated a birthday....we can't tell you how old he is haha!! The real question is, what was he thinking when he took this picture!!! Can anyone guess when this picture was taken and how old KJ was at the time?! Leave your comments haha!

Richmond Braves Call It Quits

By DAVID RESS AND MICHAEL MARTZ
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERS
This will be the final season for the Richmond Braves in the city they've called home for more than four decades.
The parent Atlanta Braves gave up on Richmond after months of waiting for a ballpark proposal promised by Mayor L. Douglas Wilder and years of talks over failed proposals for a stadium downtown, in Fulton Bottom or on the Boulevard.

They will move their class AAA Richmond farm team to Gwinnett County, Ga., in suburban Atlanta, for the start of the 2009 season. "It was delay, lack of clarity on financing and this opportunity coming along," Michael Plant, Atlanta Braves executive vice president, said yesterday when asked the reasons for the move.

"We've been at this for a long time, and there was no clear end in sight," he said, referring to the team's efforts to nail down a place to play ball in Richmond. The Braves' announcement came days after the city unveiled a consultant's plan to redevelop the Boulevard, including building a new ballpark. In June, the city told the Braves it would hire a consultant and outlined a timeline for the plan -- more than a year after Wilder declared the Boulevard would be the Braves' home after the collapse of his proposal to move the team to Fulton Bottom.

"No, they didn't hit it at all," Plant said when asked if the city met that schedule.
"Between June and January, I talked with someone for 45 minutes," Plant said. "I rest my case."
He would not comment when asked if the Georgians offered sweeter financial terms than the $15 million, 20-year lease the Braves had said they were willing to sign in Richmond. The team offered to pay five times as much rent for a new Richmond stadium as they now pay for The Diamond but was unable to get local governments to agree.

The Braves -- to be called the Gwinnett Braves -- will leave what Plant called the worst ballpark in Triple-A baseball for a new facility.

Gwinnett started talking seriously about building a ballpark two years ago. At the time, Braves officials told the county they weren't interested in moving the team from Richmond, Plant said.
"I'm not angry. I'm surprised," Wilder said.

He said baseball teams had approached city officials as recently as two months ago, but added that the city did not actively pursue the opportunity because they believed they were negotiating in good faith with the Richmond Braves. He said two teams had already called the city. City officials would not name them.
"The mayor and his people need to understand that what they don't do has an impact on all of us," said Charlie Diradour, a Richmond real estate investor. "What they do and what they don't do has an impact on this city."
"What do I tell my 6-year-old who says, 'I want to go to a baseball game.'? I have to say, 'Honey, there are no baseball games.'"

Longtime fan William Sawyer, a Midlothian engineer who takes his grandson to The Diamond a dozen times a year, said he thinks Wilder and his top officials created an unfriendly environment for the Braves.
"They really just messed up -- this is a lost opportunity," he said.
City Council President William J. Pantele was also frustrated.

"What the hell are we supposed to do? This was the mayor's project." As for the Braves, Pantele said, "I think they tried and did everything they could, and they were not treated well by the Wilder administration."
City officials and the Braves have been talking about where the team would play since 2003, when plans to renovate The Diamond stalled after developers and the Braves began pushing for a Shockoe Bottom park.
"Baseball's like any business. After five years, you've got to say, 'How long are we going to wait?"" said Jon Newman, cofounder of The Hodges Partnership, a marketing firm. He said it will take a major effort to woo a new team -- with the key issue still unresolved.. "Even a Double-A or Single-A team is going to want a new stadium, and you're right back at square one," he said.

Henrico County Manager Virgil R. Hazelett said the Braves might have been frustrated by the slow pace of progress, but added: "They had accepted that timetable. They understood what was going on."
Hazelett said he was surprised by the news. So were Braves' neighbors at The Diamond.
"It kind of just shakes everybody up," said Rhoda Elliot, owner of Bill's Barbecue, which operates a restaurant on the Boulevard across from the stadium and another a few blocks away near West Broad Street.
"It's the unknown that people are not crazy about," Elliott said. "Having a business down there, the unknown is not that great for me, either."

Contact David Ress at (804) 649-6051 or dress@timesdispatch.com.
Contact Michael Martz at (804) 649-6964 or mmartz @timesdispatch.com.
Staff writers Cynthia McMullen and Will Jones contributed to this report.

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KISS CLIP OF THE WEEK!!

BARACK OBAMA WINS IN IOWA: He is now the front-runner to head Democratic ticket for president.

*Could Barack Obama actually become the first black president? If what happened Thursday night in Iowa is any indication, he could very well be on his way to fulfilling that goal. The Illinois senator captured the first Democratic prize on the road to the White House with a comeback win over former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, who edged out one-time front-runner Clinton for second. "We are choosing hope over fear, we are choosing unity over division and sending a powerful message that change is coming to America," Obama, 46, told thousands of cheering, chanting and foot-stamping supporters. The third-place finish was a huge blow for Clinton, 60, the former first lady who a few months ago was considered in some quarters the almost certain Democratic nominee. She now faces immense pressure to turn around her campaign in New Hampshire over the next five days. "Today we are sending a clear message that we are going to have change, and that change will be a Democratic president in the White House," Clinton, with husband and former President Bill Clinton at her shoulder, said in Des Moines. Senator Barack Obama and wife Michelle and their daughters after his victory in Iowa Obama's win effectively makes him the candidate to beat among Democrats, and a win next week in New Hampshire could put him in prime position to capture the nomination. After Nevada on January 19, the next big contest would be in South Carolina, where more than half of the voters in the Democratic primary are likely to be black. Obama finished with 38 percent of the vote, easily beating Edwards at 30 percent and Clinton at 29 percent. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson finished fourth at 2 percent. Huckabee finished with 34 percent of the vote, ahead of Romney's 26 percent. Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson were tied at 13 percent, with Texas Rep. Ron Paul at 10 percent. Entrance polls showed Obama won big among young voters and even beat Clinton among women voters as his message of change resonated with voters.

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Kiss FM's 1st Blog

Hey listeners!! We here at Kiss FM hope all of you had a wonderful Holiday Season and are looking forward to a great year ahead. One of our new features on http://www.yestokiss.com/ is our NEW BLOG!! We love our listeners so much that we decided it was time to "stay connected" with them as much as possible. From now on we hope that YOU will comment, give us shout outs, leave requests, and much much more! Kiss FM wants to stay connected and we hope you will use this feature to bring the Kiss FM family into your everyday environment. Thanks and keep listening to Kiss FM 99.3/105.7!