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Almost 20 percent of the female cadets at The Citadel ( a public, coeducational college established as the Military College of South Carolina in 1842) last spring reported they had been sexually assaulted since enrolling at the military college, according to results of a survey released by the school Wednesday. Approximately 4 percent of the male cadets also reported being sexually assaulted since joining the formerly all-male school, according to the results of the survey. ( ... ) All the women and about 30 percent of the men were asked to complete the anonymous online survey, says Citadel spokesperson Charlene...

In another setback to the prosecution in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case, the Colorado Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal of a key ruling that allows the NBA star's attorneys to tell jurors about the accuser's sex life.District Judge Terry Ruckriegle last month ruled that the defense can use information about the woman's sexual activities in the three days before her hospital exam, which occurred 15 hours after her encounter with Bryant. In their one-page order, justices did not explain why they decided against considering the appeal. The order was released as Bryant's final pretrial hearing got...