FLINT, Mich.– The ferociousness that won Claressa Shields (pictured) an Olympic gold medal melted away as she climbed on the podium to claim it.

She giggled and grinned as she caressed it, the prettiest thing the 17-year-old boxer ever had. She shimmied and bounced. She belted out the national anthem with gusto. Finally, unable to contain herself any longer, she held the medal high in the air, threw her head back and laughed.

“This gold medal,” Shields said, “will make my life a lot better.”

Truth is, she can thank herself for that.

“It took a lot for her to get to where she is, because she so easily could have gone in a different direction,” said Mickey Rouse, who along with husband Jason Crutchfield, Shields’ coach, has taken Shields in.

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Unwilling to accept a life of poverty, crime or worse, Shields found her family, her passion and her way out through a small, dark basement gym.

“If you want something,” she said, “you’ve got to get it

Police in Charlotte, N. C., are delving into a case involving a high school student who thought his technical education, Ellen Vick, needed more junk in her trunk. So the student allegedly made the decision to spike her coffee with butt enhancement pills during class, according to Gawker^[1].

Local authorities claim the drug that was put in Vick’s coffee is called “GluteBoost,” which is a supplement that claims to plump butts up. School officials discovered an empty package of the supplement–three capsules had been emptied and one was left untouched. It is not known where exactly the packet was found.

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The supplement, which on its site^[3] claims to be “the most powerful all-natural butt enhancement supplement available,” sells for upwards of $42 per bottle.

Police are still investigating Vick’s allegations and so far, there have been no arrests.  School administrators state that the student has been disciplined according to the district’s code

Former Chicago homicide detective, James Griffin, 77, shot and killed his son, Michael Griffin, 48, after mistaking him for an intruder in their Northwest Side home, reports the Chicago Tribune.^[1]

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According to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, Michael was shot once in the face and his death was ruled a homicide. The elder Griffin was rushed to the hospital with chest pains following the incident.

The Tribune ^[3]reports:

Stephen Griffin said his brother had been watching television with his father when he went outside. Michael Griffin was shot when he came back into the apartment.

“They were watching television together and they fell asleep, and my brother went out of the house and my dad assumed he was home, sleeping,’’ Stephen Griffin said.

He said another brother called him in the middle of the night and told him “something happened at dad’s house, that he shot an intruder,” Stephen Griffin said.

“At

The presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican hopeful Mitt Romney shifted tides after many analysts felt that the Oct. 3 debate^[1] between the pair swung in favor of the GOP.

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The focus now switches from domestic policy to the intricate world foreign issues – an area in which the Obama camp feels Romney is weakest. Employing some tough talk ahead of Thursday’s Vice-Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was extremely critical of Romney’s take on global affairs during a press call held on Monday afternoon.

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Responding to Romney’s speech at the Virginia Military Institute , the Obama For America campaign team organized the call featuring the analysis of the former Secretary of State. She was relentless in her criticism of Romney’s speech, checking the former Massachusetts governor on his flip-flopping stances and p