Avalisa Morris, 26, spent all day cooking in her Queens home on Saturday, preparing Caribbean dishes like oxtail, goat, and rice and peas for a friend's surprise birthday party. Within 24 hours, she was dead, having been shot by an unwanted guest who crashed the St. Albans party to confront a female guest. more ›

Amazing: Last night, the fameballing couple who crashed the first Obama state dinner were stopped by the Secret Service last night in the vicinity of the White House, where the Obamas' second state dinner was being held. Michaele and Tarez Salahi's limo driver ran a red light and then entered a restricted area. ABC News reports the vehicle was stopped and the driver and occupants were questioned: "A source familiar with the situation says Michaele Salahi was wearing a white mink coat, while Tareq Salahi was in a suit." Still, a DCist commenter imagines that Michaele, who wore a sari to the first state dinner, "was in a Lucha libre outfit, with mask, tights, boots, and cape worn by Jack Black in Nacho Libre." more ›

White House social secretary Desiree Rogers told Chicago Sun-Times reporter Lynn Sweet she was stepping down from her position because "As we turn the corner on the first year, this is a good time for me to explore opportunities in the corporate world," adding that it was "an honor and a privilege to serve this president and First Lady, in what has certainly been a historic presidency." more ›

The director of the Secret Service told Congress, "I take responsibility" for the fame-seeking, aspiring reality TV show couple that managed to get into the Obamas' first State Dinner without an invitation. Director Mark Sullivan added, "Pure and simple, this is a human error,. We could have had the best technology. ... But that still would not have prevented this from happening." more ›

The couple accused of waltzing into President Obama's first State Dinner uninvited and mugging with dignitaries and VIPs—and the President himself—appeared on the Today Show this morning and to insist they were invited to the event. Tareq Salahi said the incident has been "the most devastating thing that has ever happened" to himself and wife Michaele, emphasizing they "did not party-crash the White House." more ›

No chance of a Larry King Live revelation tomorrow night from the State Dinner crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi who still managed to mingle with President Obama. The NY Times reports, "Television industry executives said on Saturday that Michaele and Tareq Salahi had postponed plans for an interview Monday on CNN’s 'Larry King Live' and were seeking top-dollar bids for their first television interview... A television network executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the network does not publicly comment on payments, said the couple’s asking price for an interview was in the hundreds of thousands of dollars... Programs quietly pay steep fees for photographs and videos to secure interviews in some cases." more ›

The White House released a photograph showing State Dinner crashing couple Michaele and Tareq Salahi meeting President Obama. The Washington Post reports, "The security breach has caused hand-wringing inside the White House, bewilderment among Tuesday night's guests -- and late on Friday, prompted an apology from the Secret Service." Secret Service director Mark Sullivan said the agency was "deeply concerned and embarrassed by the circumstances surrounding the State Dinner." more ›

The couple who apparently crashed the Obamas' first State Dinner on Monday has now caused the Secret Service to investigate how a couple with reality show dreams managed to get through the security. Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan wouldn't given details on how Michaele and Tareq Salahi managed to attend the event, "We're being intentionally vague on that. All we are saying is that procedures we have in place weren't followed." more ›

While the Obamas' first State Dinner was hailed as a glamorous evening, one thing is looking bad: The security, because a couple from the now-filming "Real Housewives of D.C." managed, somehow, to crash the dinner and mingle with the VIPs. While the Secret Service emphasized that no one was in danger because of the "magnetometers and several other levels of screenings," a spokesman did admit there was "a Secret Service checkpoint which did not follow proper procedure to ensure these two individuals were on the invited guest list." more ›