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via BBC News The US soldier accused of leaking thousands of government secrets struggled with emotional problems and gender issues, a court has heard. Private Bradley Manning faces 22 charges of distributing state secrets to anti-secrecy site Wikileaks. But his defence have questioned whether he should have been given access to the sensitive documents in […]
This stat is shocking! One in five American women will be raped in the course of her lifetime, according to a survey released by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. The shocking detail was part of a comprehensive report on various types of sexual violence. The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey is […]
via CNN Additional child sex charges were filed Wednesday against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, raising the total number of alleged victims from eight people to 10 people, the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office said. Sandusky was arrested Wednesday on the new charges, which include four counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and […]
How evangelicals are finding a way to support Gingrich.By David Weigel. The last time Pastor Robert Jeffress elbowed into the presidential race, he was warning a crowd of “values voters” about the dangers of nominating a Mormon. Jeffress, who leads the First Baptist Church in Dallas, wanted them to pick Rick Perry instead: He was […]
via CNN Bishop Eddie Long, head of one of the nation’s largest mega churches, announced Sunday he will take “time off” from the pulpit to work on his family. The announcement came three days after his wife Vanessa filed for divorce. Although her husband’s church issued a statement Friday, attributed to Vanessa Long, saying she […]
he via BBC News US presidential hopeful Herman Cain has said he is suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination. He blamed political and media pressure on his family in the wake of “false” allegations of sexual harassment and a 13-year-long extra-marital affair. “I am not going to be silenced and I’m not going away,” […]
via CNN Attorneys for alleged victims of Jerry Sandusky lashed out Saturday at a new interview with the former Penn State football coach, with one calling it “another failed attempt to manipulate the public.” Howard Janet, who represents the person identified as Victim 6 in the grand jury report that led to Sandusky’s indictment, said […]
via CNN Life has come to a standstill in the western German city of Koblenz, where 45,000 people — nearly half of the city´s population — have been evacuated after the discovery of several dangerous World War II bombs. “It´s the largest German evacuation since the end of the war,” fire brigade spokesman Ronald Eppelsheim […]
via CNN A fast-food worker whose run-in with two unruly customers was captured on cell phone video last month will not be indicted on assault charges, prosecutors said Saturday. A grand jury voted against indicting Rayon McIntosh, who was seen allegedly swinging a metal object against two patrons at a McDonald’s restaurant in Manhattan’s Greenwich […]
via Talking Points Memo While Herman Cain weighs whether to stay in the race after being accused of carrying on a decade-plus affair, the campaign is looking to repair the damage his various alleged improprieties have caused with women supporters. His website just went live with a new “Women For Cain” section where female supporters […]
This week on February 7, 2011 marked the 11th year of the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. With all of the information dispersed out here for us, the numbers of infected African-Americans women and men are still rising. Why?
By Matthew Yglesias The full details of the NBA labor agreement still aren’t in, but it’s difficult to read the basic terms as anything less than a huge victory for management. The most fundamental issue at stake is that under the old labor agreement, owners committed to paying out 57 percent of Basketball-Related Income in […]