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...listened to her describe being abused. She said that she’d been cursed at, slapped, kicked, threatened and finally robbed at knifepoint and beaten up in public by a man she loved and willingly followed from home to home. She described a rape by her then-boyfriend: “I kept saying, ‘I don’t wanna have no sex.’” I looked left and right, at jurors number 9 and 11, trying not to make eye contact. I wondered what they were thinking...

Author: By Sarah M. Seltzer, | Title: I Fought (for) the Law | 7/16/2004 | See Source »

...ladies and gentleman of the jury,” my grin was gone. This wasn’t “Law and Order.” In the next days, we listened to Ariane, police officers, her mother and sister, several other minor witnesses and, finally, her ex-boyfriend, the defendant. Saul told us that he had never hit his girlfriend (except for the time that there were witnesses) and that her testimony was made up because she had caught him sleeping with another woman. He was calm and smooth and made every effort to appear earnest...

Author: By Sarah M. Seltzer, | Title: I Fought (for) the Law | 7/16/2004 | See Source »

...begin, Jo Anna Cartwright, who manages the rural public bus system in northern Arkansas, said she had not yet encountered any terrorists in her job, as far as she knew. "We got a terroristic phone call the other day," she said, "but it turned out it was just the boyfriend of an employee." Her bus drivers pay special attention to a gentleman from Afghanistan who recently married a regular rider, she said. Cartwright had come to the training to learn what else she could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eyes And Ears Of The Nation | 7/5/2004 | See Source »

After BRITNEY SPEARS strutted down a Las Vegas chapel aisle in ripped jeans to wed a childhood friend six months ago, the nuptials lasted just 55 hours. This time Spears, 22, is undergoing a waiting period--er, engagement--before she gets hitched to boyfriend KEVIN FEDERLINE. Federline, 26, was a backup dancer for Spears' ex, singer Justin Timberlake. The groom-to-be has a 2-year-old daughter and a baby due in July with former Moesha star Shar Jackson, who has trashed the couple in the press since they started dating in April. We wonder if Spears' mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oops! She's Getting Ready To Do It Again | 7/5/2004 | See Source »

...boyfriend got me a computer three years ago. I'll admit it does make things a lot easier. When I was working on a typewriter and I whited out a line, often I would choose a word to go in the space just because it fit. Now I don't have to do that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for David Sedaris | 6/21/2004 | See Source »

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