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In the Mind of a Pedophile?
As Penn State continues to deal with the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky case, another university is also dealing with its own child sexual-abuse scandal. On Sunday, Syracuse University fired assistant baskeball coach Bernie Fine, who faces an investigation for child-molestation claims. Though the emerging details of the Syracuse case get more bizarre by the…
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Your Take: We Need Black Foster Parents
To say that America and the world are in crisis is an understatement. The world economy is careering off a financial cliff. And in America, Wall Street and corporate greed have resulted in a trail of high unemployment, record foreclosures and nonexistent savings and 401(k)s. Yes, it appears the good times that we enjoyed in…
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President Obama: Soul-Searching at 50?
This week, after achieving a political milestone with the cliff-hanger on the debt-ceiling crisis, President Obama can now face a personal milestone: He turns 50 on Aug. 4. For any man reaching 50, this midpoint in life is rife with emotions. First and foremost, there is the reality that no matter how young you feel,…
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