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...prosecution, for its part, defended the disorderly conduct statute. "This statute keeps us within the bounds of a civilized society," said prosecutor Christopher Renz. At the same time, the prosecution upheld the actions of the Metropolitan Airports Commission security officers in conducting sting operations in restroom stalls...
...only been three weeks since a bathroom sting operation made U.S. Sen. Larry Craig a household name, but already Royal Zeno is sick of talking about it. "I don't know nothing about what goes on in no bathrooms," he says whenever asked about the infamous stall where the Republican Senator from Idaho was arrested. Unfortunately for Zeno, it doesn't look like the talk will stop anytime soon, as the shoeshine shop he's run for the last 45 years adjoins the newest tourist attraction Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has to offer...
JOHN ROACH, North Texas district attorney, accusing state police of mishandling a child-sex sting while filming for Dateline nbc's "To Catch a Predator" series...
...misfortune; private indiscipline conspires with collective exclusiveness to bring about their tragedies. Born on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts himself, though brought to Leeds as a boy, and now living in New York, Phillips has seen the struggle from both sides. What gives his accounts their particular sting is that even good intentions seem of no avail. Barber, for example, was treated with unwavering kindness by Johnson, who had him educated, saw him almost as a son and worried about what would happen to him after his own death. The Barber story is narrated by a self-styled philanthropist...
...teams then were so distinct, with instantly recognizable jerseys, and the players seemed more rounded than today's. It was footy pre-corporate box, pre-media saturation, and in its honor Nable penned a script - his first - that is nostalgic yet so gritty you can almost feel the sting of a painkilling needle. He took the script to a friend, businessman Anthony Coffey, who with Nable and director Andrews formed The Three Scallywags, a production company that would turn Nable's words into Winter, which opens Sept. 6 in Australia and later in the year in New Zealand...