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Merrionette Park firefighters charged with attempted sexual assault at party
Two south suburban firefighters face charges over allegations that one of them tried to rape a passed-out woman at a party Friday while the other was on lookout. Merrionette Park firefighters and Chicago residents Marvin Buhle, 24, and Michael Haas, 20,...Tags: Greenwood, Prosecution, Mount Greenwood, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault
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Molestation cases highlight patients' potential vulnerability in exam room
After being accused of improperly touching two patients during treatment procedures, Winter Garden acupuncturist Ragu Nath was recently banned by state health officials from treating females by himself. It's the latest example of a Central Florida...
Tags: Prosecution, Health, American Medical Association, General Practitioners, Incest
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Women wage national campaign against sexual assault
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)RALEIGH, N.C. In Chapel Hill, a college student gets a tattoo, a small "IX" Roman numeral on her ankle. On the West Coast, another "IX" is inked on another woman's ankle. The tattoos signify two women compatriots and friends coming together and...Tags: Dartmouth College, Health and Safety at School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Minority Groups, Blindness
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LETTER: Soldiers Need Better Protection
In reading about sexual assaults in the military, I was appalled by the responses of our military leaders, and one senator in particular, to this rampant problem [June 5, news, "Pentagon Blasted On Sex Assaults"]. Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss of...Tags: Martin Dempsey, Assault, Sex Crimes, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Department of Defense
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Christine Flowers: Assault in the military, or assault on the military?
Philadelphia Daily NewsThere is an iconic scene from one of my favorite movies, "A Few Good Men," in which an enraged colonel Jack Nicholson cuts down major Tom Cruise with five fierce words: "You can't handle the truth." On celluloid, that moment was designed to convince us...Tags: Government, The New York Times, Carl Levin, Rape, Tom Cruise
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$100K bail for man who tried to sexually assault woman, 72
Tribune reporterA judge today set bail at $100,000 for a property manager from Skokie who is accused of breaking into a 72-year-old woman’s apartment and trying to sexually abuse her last week in Chicago's Lake View East neighborhood, authorities said. Malik...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Judges
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Senate Armed Services panel approves defense bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a $625 billion defense bill Friday that would raise the cost cap on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and free up nearly $2 billion to restore cuts from sequestration. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the...
Tags: U.S. Military, Mark R. Warner, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Timothy M. Kaine, U.S. House of Representatives
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U.S. House votes to block Obama plan to close Guantanamo
Reuters* Defense bill sets $638 billion for Pentagon * Steps remain before measure becomes law * Sexual assault measures toughened By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive defense bill on...Tags: White House, Washington, DC, U.S. Military, Barack Obama, National Defense Authorization Act
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House votes to block Obama plan to close Guantanamo
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive defense bill on Friday that includes measures to block President Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, underscoring the tough fight ahead for the White House as...Tags: White House, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, U.S. Military, National Defense Authorization Act
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Texas Air Force recruiter sentenced to 27 years for sex offenses
ReutersBy Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, June 14 (Reuters) - An Air Force recruiter was sentenced on Friday to 27 years in prison for sexually assaulting women who went to his Houston-area recruiting station to ask about joining the military, a Lackland Air Force...Tags: Justice System, Prisons, U.S. Military, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice
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Man accused of sex act during massage
A DNA test led to the arrest Wednesday of a Fort Lauderdale massage therapist accused of performing a sex act on a sleeping client, the Broward Sheriff's Office said. Scott Lloyd Price, 55, was a massage therapist at the Center for Wellness, 4001 N....
Tags: Chemical Industry, Personal Service, Fort Lauderdale, Sex Crimes, Biotechnology Industry
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For U.S. military, an enemy within
The Philadelphia InquirerThe following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, June 13: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been leading the charge against the sexual assault crisis in the military, which has been struggling to curb the culture that yielded 26,000...Tags: Prosecution, U.S. Military, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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