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...Owners of America, described on its website as a "no-compromise gun lobby," has called for a boycott of Smith & Wesson, and one wholesaler has said it will stop buying the company's guns. This has prompted the attorneys general in three states--New York, Connecticut and Maryland--to launch an antitrust investigation into whether the gun industry is colluding to punish Smith & Wesson...
...recent front-page story out of Maryland presented a nightmarish scenario for teachers and other adults who work with children as volunteer coaches, tutors or scout leaders. The story concerns a gym teacher who was accused of sexual misconduct--hugging, fondling and sexual remarks--by seven middle-school students. The teacher's reputation, unblemished through 32 years in the classroom, was in ruins--until the kids eventually recanted their stories...
While the incidence of false accusation is extremely rare--less than 1% of sexual-abuse accusations prove unfounded, according to Federal Government estimates--the Maryland case highlights the great care that adults who work with children should take not only to protect kids from sexual abuse but also to protect themselves from misunderstandings or accusations...
...goal away from being undefeated this season, its only loss came against No. 7 Maryland...
...vowed to stop the boy from leaving Lazaro's house might react. Then there's the drama of Elian's own reunion with a father he's known only via the telephone since last November's trauma. And even the question of whether a sojourn in a tony Maryland suburb leads Juan Miguel to contemplate a change of address. The drama that began last fall appears to have reached its season-finale cliffhanger, and the outcome is anything but predictable...