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U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 30, 2007 @ 3:10pm neoform

BBC News -- The acquittal of a US army colonel on charges relating to the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib means no officers have been found criminally guilty. The episode stained the reputation of the US military and may well have acted as a recruiting agent for.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 14, 2007 @ 10:16pm neoform

FOX News -- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, the largest payout to date in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press learned Saturday. Attorneys for the archdiocese and allege.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 19, 2007 @ 11:43am neoform

FOX News -- Several civil lawsuits have arisen from allegations of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church, but few have gone to trial. Most were settled out of court. In what victims' lawyers called a powerful message to the church, a jury on Friday found the n.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 18, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

FOX News -- A woman was charged with abuse of a corpse Thursday after police found the remains of a baby in her freezer. Police charged Christine Hutchinson, 22, of Pittsburgh, after interviewing her Thursday evening, several hours after the remains were found in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 3, 2007 @ 7:40pm neoform

www.katu.com -- Two middle school boys facing sex abuse charges in connection with "spanking" incidents at Patton Middle School in McMinnville are back home with their parents after appearing in court on Tuesday. The two boys, ages 12 and 13, face the equivalent of fe.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 16, 2007 @ 5:00pm neoform

CNN -- An 84-year-old woman who confessed to having sex with an 11-year-old boy in her foster care reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted sex abuse, officials said. Georgie Audean Buoy will serve 36 months in prison, said Les.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Feb 11, 2007 @ 2:48pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Illegal drug use in the United States has dropped sharply since 2001 but abuse of prescription drugs remains a problem, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy said Friday. John Walters said that President Bush's anti-dru.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 6:32pm neoform

SF Gate -- An Albany father used a 100,000-volt stun gun on his 18-month-old son, police said Monday. Rian Whittman, 23, has been accused of assault and criminal mistreatment. Police said he used it "multiple times" over three weeks. A police spokesman said there.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 18, 2007 @ 9:40am mrmdc

SF Gate -- A 13-year-old girl's father and stepmother were arrested after the teen told police she had been locked in a room for nearly two years, allowed out only for meals, chores and one-minute timed bathroom breaks, authorities said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 26, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Three women pleaded not guilty Wednesday to child abuse and other charges involving a 5-year-old boy who was burned, starved and beaten. A Superior Court commissioner received the pleas in an abuse case against the boy's mother, 24-year-old Starkeisha.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 21, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Profound' effort to confront sex abuse Benedict’s journey will be best remembered for his repeated comments about the shame of the church’s clergy sexual abuse crisis. He held a dramatic private meeting with five abuse victims from the scandal-scar.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 17, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

CNN -- A custody hearing scheduled to begin Thursday morning will decide the fate of more than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch in central Texas amid allegations of abuse. Two weeks after pulling all children from the YFZ (Yearning for Zion) Ran.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 22, 2007 @ 5:35am neoform

USA Today -- Cardinal Roger Mahony approved a record clergy abuse payout, opened the files of the Roman Catholic priests involved and looked into the cameras and apologized last week for the victims' treatment. And it still might not be enough to satisfy some. To f.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 17, 2007 @ 11:41am neoform

USA Today -- —Hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid goes to countries where girls as young as 12 are forced to marry, a rights abuse that is the focus of legislation to be introduced in Congress this month. In 2006, $623 million in U.S. funds went to 16 of 2.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 15, 2007 @ 11:37am neoform

BBC News -- The Catholic Church in Los Angeles has reached a financial deal with more than 500 people alleging sexual abuse by priests, the plaintiffs' lawyer says. The deal, said to be for $660m, has yet to be approved by a judge. It would be the biggest compe.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 14, 2007 @ 10:16pm neoform

CNN -- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will settle its clergy abuse cases for at least $600 million, by far the largest payout in the church's sexual abuse scandal, The Associated Press learned Saturday. Attorneys for the archdiocese and alleged vi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 12, 2007 @ 12:58pm neoform

FOX News -- Girls at a Mississippi detention center were sometimes shackled for 12 hours a day and subjected to "horrendous physical and sexual abuse," a youth advocacy group claims in a federal lawsuit. The Mississippi Youth Justice Project sued the state Wednesd.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jun 7, 2007 @ 9:00pm neoform

CNN -- Police on Thursday denied claims that a 15-year-old girl found Wednesday in a locked closet in a West Hartford, Connecticut, house was being protected from abuse at home. Instead, they and an attorney for Danielle Erica Cramer's parents hinted that the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 17, 2007 @ 5:04pm neoform

FOX News -- A man who said his 6-year-old daughter disappeared after an argument over a cookie was indicted on charges including child abuse resulting in her death, prosecutors said Thursday. The 60-count indictment came 18 months after Aaron Thompson reported Aar.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 27, 2007 @ 8:48pm neoform

FOX News -- A noted child psychiatrist pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he molested seven boys in his care, and his lawyer said the accusers had mistaken routine physical examinations for sexual abuse. William Ayres, 75, appeared briefly in San Mateo County Su.. Read More