Katheryn Deprill: 'Burger King Baby' looks for her mom

Katheryn Deprill, the so-called “Burger King Baby,” was left as an infant at a BK fast food restaurant nearly three decades ago, before social media sites were even invented. Now, the 27-year-old Pennsylvania woman is using Facebook to search for her birth mother. According to UPI on March 5, Deprill posted a picture on her Facebook page holding a sign and reaching out for assistance. Katheryn’s sign reads: Looking for my birth mother. She gave birth to me September 15th 1986. She abandoned me in the Burger King bathroom only hours old (in) Allentown, Pa. Please help me find her by sharing my post. Maybe she will see this. Thank you. As of the writing of this article, Katheryn’s page had either been taken down or went offline. (I will keep checking and link her page if it comes back up.) However, I was able to find a post of her story on Facebook here, as carried by the Facebook page "One Thing at a Time to Make a Difference." “It looks like so far there's 2,000 shares and I've seen people share it in Mexico,” Deprill said. “I feel like there's a piece of me missing.” Katheryn was found as a newborn on the bathroom floor of a Burger King on South 4th Street in Allentown. “Someone had heard me crying and they notified the staff and they came in. I was laying there on the floor,” Deprill explained, adding that she has had a happy childhood. “I'm not looking to replace my brothers and sisters now or my family, my mom and dad, 'cause it was great, we had the best childhood,” she said. Her adoptive mother, Brenda Hollis, is fully supportive of her step-daughter’s plea. “I think it's just kind of fun, like there's so many questions to be asked and it's just, I am so excited about it,” Hollis said. Deprill is married with three boys. She said she has no legal concerns, and is not searching for her mother to chastise her or seek needed emotional closure. “I really want to see her and just ask her why and see if I have any brothers and sisters and anyone that looks like me,” she said. “We're not coming after you for anything. We're not angry. I just want to see you. I want to say thank you for not throwing me away, literally.” Being a mother, Deprill can relate to the pressures of raising a child, and conceded that some young moms simply cannot take the strain. “I came to realize, especially now being a mother, it's very hard, things are very expensive and I would guess she just couldn't give me the life that she wanted, which is why she left me in a warm, public place,” Deprill speculated. “If she's a young girl, was a young girl, I would hope that we could be friends, that she could be a friend to her.” Please share this article and help Katheryn possibly reunite with her family.

Conan O'Brien Hosting MTV MOVIE AWARDS

Conan O'Brien has been announced as the host of the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. "After eight years of intense negotiations, I am honored to announce I am hosting MTV's second most prestigious awards show," O'Brien said in a written statement. The late-night host, 50, has become a favorite of MTV's millennial audience through the expansive digital and social presence that his self-titled TBS show has built in recent years. This news comes ahead of the nominations announcement set for Thursday, March 6. The 2014 MTV Movie Awards airs Sunday, April 13, at 9 p.m. ET/PT from Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

Report: Hillary Clinton Says Putin Behaving Like Adolf Hitler

Hillary Rodham Clinton reportedly compared Russian President Vladimir Putin’s incursion into Ukraine to the behavior of Adolf Hitler. Clinton, the former secretary of state and a potential presidential candidate in 2016, made the remarks at a private fundraiser Tuesday night in Long Beach, Calif., according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram newspaper. “Now if this sounds familiar, it’s what Hitler did back in the ’30s,” she said at an event for the Boys & Girls Clubs, according to the newspaper. “The ethnic Germans, the Germans by ancestry who were in places like Czechoslovakia and Romania and other places, Hitler kept saying they’re not being treated right, I must go and protect my people. And that’s what’s gotten everybody so nervous.” Putin has justified the Russian incursion into the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea by saying that ethnic Russians there need to be protected from attacks. Secretary of State John Kerry and other Western leaders have said that claim is false. An attendee at the fundraiser, Harry Saltzgaver, a newspaper executive, told Buzzfeed that Clinton clarified that “while that makes people nervous, there is no indication that Putin is as irrational as the instigator of World War II.” Clinton said that Putin has been giving Russian passports to anyone with Russian connections, the Press-Telegram reported. Putin “believes his mission is to restore Russian greatness,” Clinton said, according to the report. “When he looks at Ukraine, he sees a place that he believes is by its very nature part of Mother Russia.”

SON OF GOD: REVIEW

In the "Son of God" movie, a compilation of old footage from last year's History Channel "The Bible" series and previously unreleased scenes that were not included in the television show that opened in theaters on Friday, the film's producers and spokespeople, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey present their case for the third identity. The two hour and 18 minute film opened on Friday, Feb. 28, and stars Diogo Morgado as Jesus, Sebastian Knapp as John, Darwin Shaw as Peter and Amber Rose Revah as Mary Magdalene. Christopher Spencer directed "Son of God" and also co-wrote it along with Richard Bedser, Colin Swash and Nic Young. The bulk of Son of God's potency comes from exploring Christ's equal parts carnal and divine natures — the former of which comes much more strongly on a screen than through text. In the film, Jesus (Diogo Morgado) stumbles awkwardly into Peter's (Darwin Shaw) fishing boat, weeps when he sees his dead friend Lazarus and collapses to the dusty ground multiple times as he attempts to heave the cross to Golgotha. These small details reinforce the fact that although Jesus possessed unblemished morality, he was still physically constrained and subject to the limitations of a human body. The film also depicts a compassionate Christ, who finds himself moved by the plight of humans and who refuses to condescend to them. Jesus tenderly touches the face of the disgraced adulteress and forgives her sins, moments after challenging the hypocrisy of her would-be killers. He sends a lame man walking after morally restoring him as well. Before nourishing their souls, he attends to the physical needs of thousands who have gathered on a hill to hear him by feeding them. A challenge that the film had to wrestle with was depicting both the loving Jesus, and incorporating the deeply subversive nature, that God in human form assumed. The majority of first century Jews had two prevailing expectations for what identity the "Promised One" would assume. The religious leaders generally figured that God's representative would slap their backs for how faithfully and piously they had continued practicing, despite a 400 year lull in new revelation. For Jewish zealots fed up with toiling under a corrupt regime, they had little imagination to conceptualize a Christ that did not alleviate their frustration under the Empire. In his three year ministry, Christ dashed both hopes. He rolled his eyes at the Pharisaical do-gooderism that left little room for mercy and his non-violence preaching likely rankled those who had thought a superman would revolutionize their lives with a sword. But Jesus shied away from only offering verbal critiques — instead, he also spent dozens of hours with individuals who had been rendered irrelevant to any religious or political discussion: women, the uneducated, the mentally ill, and the contagiously sick. It is this side of Jesus that seems to receive less screen time in "Son of God." For the most part, Jesus' interactions with society's dirty, disgusting, and leprosy-ravaged are almost entirely omitted consequently understating the fact that Jesus possessed no notions of a Jewish kingship or establishing his own religion for its own sake: that he was there to find worthiness from and bestow worthiness to those society had deemed disposable. Composer Hans Zimmer is well-known for his stirring scores, and at times in "Son of God" the musical score is breathtaking. However, one quibble I felt slightly was at the build up to the crucifixion, where the music crescendos so frequently that, for me, it ultimately struggled to build tension and narrative. Some other small details also stood out for me; such as Jesus' perfectly combed mane also seemed at odds with the scruffy hair of his disciples and crowds. Christ may have been pure morally but it's unlikely his hair stayed as an unblemished as his conscience. For the film's challenges, only about half of it focuses on Christ's three years of ministry and through its extensive coverage of Pilate (Greg Hicks) and Caiaphas (Adrian Schiller) amorally struggling to remain relevant, and its incorporation of a political backstory in the Jesus-focused narrative, the latter portion of the film does a much stronger job showcasing a revolutionary "Son of God." From the onset, the filmmakers make it clear that the Jews viewed the Romans, understandably, as a menace. At one point they senselessly cause the death of a young boy when his father's broken cart clogs up a road. In another, Pilate's men ambush and massacre nearly 50 Jews. A frame in the opening of the movie, shows a hill with at least a dozen crosses bearing dying Jewish bodies. These scenes help drive home the point that Jesus' crucifixion, far from being unique, was consistent with how Romans dealt with the most extreme rabblerousing commoners — which Caiaphas accuses Jesus of being to Pilate. Further, they suggest that once again Jesus' incarnation confounded expectations of who God was. The Son of God eschewed glory and power to live a brief, poor, and often solitary human life before dying a brutal, lowly and common death at the hands of manipulative and unscrupulous religious and political leaders. This movie astonishes and leave you feeling good.

$250K in property stolen from Khloe and Lamar's home:

The disappearance of nearly $250,000 in property from a California home belonging to Khloe Kardashian and former NBA star Lamar Odom is being investigated, law enforcement sources told NBC News. There were no immediate signs of forced entry at the divorced couple's home in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, a source said. LAPD spokeswoman Sara Faden said officers were called to the residence around 4 p.m. local time (7 p.m. ET) on Monday. A criminal investigation has been launched, she added. The missing property totaled almost $250,000, according to the source. In January, the West San Fernando Valley home was listed for sale for $5.499 million. The couple divorced the previous month. According to property records, the couple bought the house for $3.95 million in December 2009. Kardashian then oversaw a complete makeover of the 8,400-square-foot dwelling. According to the listing, the six-bedroom home is filled with “exquisite designer details” including textured wallpaper, stone and mosaic accents.

Ukraine Crisis: What's the Obama administration's next move?

The U.S. has already suspended military engagement with Russia. It has also pulled out of prep meeting for the G-8 summit in Sochi and is threatening to boot Russia from the G-8 altogether. Putin, for his part, seems unfazed. Tough economic sanctions are probably the next items on the U.S. agenda, according to William Pomeranz, deputy director for the Kennan Institute, a Russia-focused group at the Woodrow Wilson Center, a nonpartisan policy organization in Washington. "I think there will be a strong, growing demand in Congress and potentially across the U.S. itself for heightened sanctions against Russia," Pomeranz said. "Russia is one of the few issues that brings out bipartisan support. We're going to see growing momentum for sanctions." House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce on Tuesday called for "crippling sanctions on Russian high-ranking officials, state-owned banks and commercial enterprises, and key individuals behind the Russian intervention." According to The Associated Press, the U.S. on Tuesday was already preparing sanctions against Russia unless Moscow deescalated the crisis and called its troops back to their barracks on the peninsula.

What will Ukraine need to rebound? In Kiev on Tuesday, Kerry paid tribute to those who died in the bloody protests last month — and pledged $1 billion in a loan guarantee program to Ukraine as the country tries to stave off bankruptcy. "In addition to making sure the election takes place on time, Ukraine is going to need significant financial aid," Pomeranz said. "It will likely come from the European Union and the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and international financial institutions." Yatsenyuk on Tuesday called on Western powers to dole out political and economic support as the Kiev stock market plummeted a record 12 percent and the Ukrainian national currency dropped to new lows against the dollar and euro. Weiss said that the European Union — perhaps fronted by Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel — will be a "key actor" in the coming days and weeks. And the IMF will "probably provide some sort of 'band-aid' support that carries Ukraine to the May elections."

OFFICIAL Album Release Party of THE INTRODUCTION! Derek McKeith MARCH 14, 2014

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Los Angeles approves sweeping e-cigarette restrictions

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved sweeping new regulations that would treat e-cigarettes like conventional cigarettes, after one of the most personal debates to be heard on the council floor in years. On a 14-0 vote, lawmakers outlawed "vaping" -- the practice of inhaling the vapors produced by e-cigarettes -- in most work sites and many public places, including parks and certain beaches. Lawmakers voted to continue allowing e-cigarette use in so-called vaping lounges, where patrons can try the various e-juices that are loaded into the battery-powered devices. And they narrowly defeated a push by the e-cigarette industry to let the practice continue in 21-and-over establishments, such as bars and nightclubs. The debate saw lawmakers share their own experiences with tobacco and the hazards that come with it. Councilman Mitch O'Farrell, who pushed for the new restrictions, spoke of his unhappiness at breathing secondhand smoke during his days as a waiter in the early 1990s. Councilman Joe Buscaino spoke of a relative's decision to turn to e-cigarettes after years of smoking. And Council President Herb Wesson, in the most passionate speech of the day, described his decades-long addiction to cigarettes, a habit he told his colleagues would almost certainly kill him one day. Wesson said he began smoking because he wanted to be cool. "When you’re 15, you want to be cool," he said. "And I will not support anything -- anything -- that might attract one new smoker." The debate brought to light the strong views on each side of the e-cigarette debate. Backers of the battery-powered devices portray them as a godsend for those looking to quit conventional smoking. They also warned the research has not yet proven that second-hand emissions from e-cigarettes are harmful to others. Buscaino introduced an amendment to allow bars and nightclubs to be removed from the new regulations. But his measure received only six votes -- two shy of the amount needed for passage. E-cigarettes “are not tobacco,” he said. “And I don’t think they should be regulated exactly the same way.” Foes of e-cigarettes said they threaten to make smoking socially acceptable after years of public opinion campaigns to discourage the habit. Young people who get hooked on the nicotine in e-cigarettes may then turn to tobacco use, said Jonathan Fielding, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. "We don't want to risk e-cigarettes undermining a half-century of successful tobacco control," he said.

City Writes Tickets For Street Cleaning It Isn’t Doing, AND WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T RECEIVE STREET CLEANING TICKETS

The fines are pretty regressive (more of a hardship on the poor), They'll "disproportionately affect working-class families in Hollywood, Koreatown, Westlake and other neighborhoods packed with apartment buildings and too few parking spaces." Still, the number of tickets has decreased How do other cities do it? Torrance/El Segundo fine for street sweeping: $43. Pasadena: $46.50. South Pas/Malibu/Rancho Palos Verdes: no street cleaning tickets. WHY IS IT THE WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T DO STREET CLEANING TICKETS. Think about that! Despite street signs restricting parking every week for street cleaning, some gutters in Hollywood are filling up with trash and sludge. Why is the city continuing to write thousands of dollars in street cleaning tickets on days the streets are never swept. I think if the sign says street cleaning, then they should be cleaning the streets. “I’ve never seen them,” in the 10 years I've lived on Hawthorn. But from the trash and sludge, it was clear the City hasn't been by ever. “I think that if their not gonna do street cleaning, they should give the citizens one of the street cleaning days back to the neighborhood. Monday and Tuesday! REALLY!, they should stop ticketing on Tuesday’s at least,”. We all know that you don't need to clean the street two days in row. JUST NOT FAIR! ANOTHER WAY FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE OUR MONEY. The City should evaluate all streets to see if signs should be taken down.

Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi far from rich from 'Captain Phillips' PAID $65,000

Barkhad Abdi was up for Oscar gold Sunday, but real wealth eludes him. Abdi has been widely praised for his role in "Captain Phillips" as the desperate pirate Muse, and even ad-libbed the film's signature line: "I'm the captain now." But a New Yorker profile reveals that he earned $65,000 for his performance in the $55 million film — more than two years ago. Now he finds himself struggling. There's no saying Oscar might changed his life. He already won a BAFTA for best supporting actor, and is now reading scripts in search of his next role. After filming "Captain Phillips," he went to work at his brother's mobile phone store in Minneapolis. But he decided to quit when the film premiered. 'Captain Phillips' Director Paul Greengrass Explains Why the Closing Scene With Tom Hanks Was So Authentic "How I thought about it was, like, When the movie came out, reviews either gonna be good or bad," he told the New Yorker's Dana Goodyear. "Either way, I cannot be working here." When Abdi is in Los Angeles to promote the film, Goodyear reports, he subsists on a per diem he can use at the Beverly Hilton, where the studio puts him up. A town car is available to the former limo driver, but only for official publicity events. He wears borrowed clothes. Abdi recently asked if he could stay at a hotel near LAX, to be closer to a friend, a Somali cabdriver from Minneapolis, who will drive him places for free. Abdi himself formerly drove a town car for his brother's limousine company. After the Oscars, Abdi plans to move to L.A. and live with fellow "Captain Phillips" actor Faysal Ahmed. Still, his life is better than it might have been. The 28-year-old was six when war broke out in Somalia, and rape and killing suddenly became common. His mother evacuated the family, first to be with Abdi's father in Yemen, where he was teaching math. Eventually they settled in Minneapolis in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, home to many Somalis. He was working for the limo company when he saw an announcement that a film was looking for actors to play Somali pirates. Interestingly, Abdi received more for "Captain Phillips" than fellow Best Supporting Actor nominee Jonah Hill did for "Wolf of Wall Street." But the news that Hill, a relative veteran, had received $60,000 for his role was greeted with widespread surprise. He said he agreed to work for scale for the chance to be in a Martin Scorsese film.