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...program may face charges of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl who sought his help in becoming a model, ABC News reported late last week. According to the complaint filed with the New York Supreme Court—and first posted on the Web site of The Smoking Gun, which requests government documents under the Freedom of Information Act and posts them online—Epstein “demanded oral sex” from Maximilia Cordero in 2000 in exchange for launching her modeling career. Cordero explicitly stated her age to Epstein, who promptly “shut...
...symptoms of depression, but that only a few students had received or sought counseling. “We were probably more distressed about the data that concerned the mental health of students,” she said. Six percent of Boston public high school students said they carry a gun, and more than 40 percent of all students said it would be easy to obtain a gun, according to the study. Half of those carrying a gun were involved in gangs, the study found. The report did indicate some improvement in student outlook, as more students reported feeling safe while...
...always been the case in war, the more junior the officer, the less concerned he is about the weapon he is bringing to the fight. The gun doesn't faze Captain Justin "Moon" McKinney from Albany, Georgia, who has spent nearly 200 hours flying the V-22 over the past year. McKinney, 30, and his fellow "Thunder Chickens" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 from Jacksonville, N.C., are now in Iraq. "I think the weapon," he said as he readied for the deployment, "is very sufficient...
...Bianca recalls why Jones' original scheme for a bigger gun was scrapped. "It was primarily cost, to be honest with you," he said. "I was in the room when [the contractors] were basically told that 'this was our price-tag limits to develop this weapon' and they came back with a price tag and were told, `Well guys, you just designed yourself out of a weapons system.'" The gun's ultimate cost - $1.5 million a copy - ended up being too expensive in the Pentagon's eyes. That price - barely more than 1% of the V-22's current cost - ultimately...
...review the bidding on the leading candidates: Rudy Giuliani, the national front-runner in the polls, supports abortion rights, supported gun control, supported Democrat Mario Cuomo for Governor, moved in with a gay couple when his second marriage fell apart - and, pause for breath, well, isn't that enough? Mitt Romney, the front-runner in Iowa and New Hampshire, was a liberal when he ran for the Senate from Massachusetts and a moderate when he ran for Governor. He has disavowed his former positions on abortion, gay rights - and now seems even to disavow the groundbreaking state health care plan...