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Teens, 12-Year-Old Say They Were Grabbed, Groped At Wilmington Horse Auction NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- State police are searching for a group of young Amish men who they say indecently assaulted three girls recently in Lawrence County. The incident happened Sept. 2 at a horse auction that the girls attended with their parents on Route 208 in Wilmington Township, police said. Five Amish men who were "allegedly under the influence of alcohol and controlled substances" groped and fondled two 13-year-old girls and a 12-year-old girl, according to a police report. "If the victims did not heed their demands, they were...

When Americans think of poverty, we tend to picture people who can’t adequately shelter, clothe, and feed themselves or their families. When the Census Bureau defines “poverty,” though, it winds up painting more than 40 million Americans — one in seven — as “poor.” Census officials continue to grossly exaggerate the numbers of the poor, creating a false picture in the public mind of widespread material deprivation, writes Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Robert Rector in a new paper. “Most news stories on poverty feature homeless families, people living in crumbling shacks, or lines of the downtrodden eating in soup...

Was it a call to bring the revolts and violence of the “Arab Spring” now sweeping the Middle East to Russia? That is the question that swirled throughout Moscow when a top imam called for the addition of the Islamic crescent moon symbol to the Russian emblem. The surprise call by Talgat Tadzhuddin during an interview with a leading Russian newspaper was met with alarm because the imam heads the Central Spiritual Association of Muslims of Russia, a major regional Islamic association. As quickly as the word of the proposal became public it ignited a wave of condemnation. “According to...

CANONSBURG - After weeks of controversy about whether a nativity scene should remain in front of the Canonsburg Borough offices, Janet Moeller wanted to make sure that Christ remains part of Christmas. Moeller and her sister, Dale Seamon, braved frigid temperatures and lightly falling snow Sunday to join about 100 others for an evening that included a live nativity scene and Christmas carols. The scene was set up in a lot adjacent to the borough building. Earlier this month, a crèche that has been in front of the borough building for the past 57 Christmas seasons was moved after a...

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Teen Claims Man Was Already Dead At Time Of Crash Friday, Sep 07, 2007 WHITEHALL, Ohio -- A local teenager is trying to clear her name after being connected to a fatal hit-and-run crash. The suspect spoke exclusively to NBC 4's Lauren Diedrich about the moments that changed her life. During the early morning hours on Sunday, a man was hit while riding his bicycle on East Main Street near the Interstate 270 bridge on Columbus' east side. Tina Maharath, 16, was behind the wheel of the vehicle that hit him. But Maharath claims the man, 32-year-old Andres Gonzalez, had...

Assault Of 5-Year-Old Alleged In Store Dressing Room HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- According to state police, a 5-year-old girl was molested with a clothes hanger in the dressing room of a department store in Westmoreland County. Police said the girl showed her mother what she said a man did to her at the Gabriel Brothers store on Route 30 in Hempfield Township. Police said Clint Helmick, 44, of Canonsburg, Washington County, was in the store returning merchandise when he noticed the girl shopping with her mother, brother and aunt. While the adults weren't looking, police said Helmick used a clothes...

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Sex Symbols: Messages Hidden In Jewelry Jewelry may hide a secret message about some child molestors. Some pedophiles are wearing symbols of their sexual attraction to kids as part of a bigger movement to justify who they are and what they want. Pendants in the shape of a heart, for young girls, or a triangle, for young boys, are being worn by some pedophiles to show their preference as part of a pro-pedophile movment. They want people to believe they are not monsters, but people with natural sexual feelings toward children. “I think they believe they are coming out the...

Dad poisoned kids' soup to try to get cash from Campbell's 09:40 PM CST on Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Associated Press ATLANTA – A Georgia man admitted Tuesday that he tampered with his children's soup in an attempt to get money from the Campbell Soup Co., U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said. William Allen Cunningham, 41, of Stockbridge pleaded guilty to communicating false claims, Nahmias said. "He admitted that he put potentially life-threatening foreign substances into soup, which he fed to his two young children and then placed a call to Campbell Soup Co. falsely claiming that the soup had been...

MOSCOW — Prosecutors said Thursday they are investigating allegations that workers at a central Russian hospital taped infants' mouths shut to keep them from crying, in a scandal that has sparked widespread outrage. In a second incident, prosecutors in the Far Eastern city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk said they had opened a criminal probe at a kindergarten where an employee gave unauthorized injection to children to help them sleep. According to a BBC report, all or some of the babies were orphans. Click here to view the BBC report with link to video of gagged babies. The alleged mouth-taping at Hospital No....

Roosevelt Wants To Cut 130 Administrators POSTED: 10:37 am EST March 15, 2006 UPDATED: 5:56 pm EST March 15, 2006 PITTSBURGH -- The new superintendent of Pittsburgh Public Schools, Mark Roosevelt, wants to cut 130 administrators positions and make the district's administration less of a bureaucracy and more of a support system for principals and teachers. Roosevelt has already won support for his plan to right-size the district by closing 22 schools this fall. That move would keep the district's 31,000 students in only the city's highest-performing schools. Roosevelt said the district also has too many administrators, and that cutting...

Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting 2-Year-Old POSTED: 4:09 pm EST March 3, 2006 UPDATED: 5:05 pm EST March 3, 2006 Email This Story | Print This Story PITTSBURGH -- City police have charged a man with sexually assaulting a toddler in Lawrenceville. Police were called to a home on Garwood Way shortly before 10 a.m. on Friday. Police said Frank Love, 43, of Swissvale, had taken a 2-year-old girl and her grandmother to do errands Friday morning -- a trip that included a stop at West Penn Hospital because the grandmother had an appointment. While the grandmother was inside, police...

www.kciraqtaskforce.org Is planning a protest where they will wear a photo of each soldier who lost their life in the Iraq war in protest of the war. Please, If you have lost a loved one don't let them use them for their political leftist peace and love fest. from their page: Question: Why are we naming U.S. service persons who have died in Iraq during the March 19th event? Answer: The death of each service person is a loss to all of us. By acknowledging this loss by name we recognize each sacrifice made by each individual and his or...

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Woman's concerns lead to sex abuse probe Wednesday, January 25, 2006 By CONNIE BAGGETT Staff Reporter EVERGREEN -- A 58-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were being held without bond in the Conecuh County Jail Tuesday as investigators worked to unravel a disturbing case of alleged sexual abuse of a teen-aged boy and a 3-year-old girl, according to District Attorney Tommy Chapman. The two adults remained in custody due in part to the diligence of a woman who saw one of the children, believed something was wrong and pressed authorities for days to check on the child, Chapman said. Chapman...

More Teenagers Getting Into Serious Trouble Former Juvenile Judge Blames Easy Access To Guns POSTED: 10:30 pm EST January 6, 2006 UPDATED: 11:06 pm EST January 6, 2006 COLUMBUS -- More teenagers are getting into serious trouble in Franklin County, according to the latest juvenile crime numbers from the prosecutor's office. Serious crimes, with the exception of murder, are all on the increase when it comes to juveniles, NBC 4's Nancy Burton reported on Friday. Deciding that young offenders should be treated as adults despite their age is also on the rise. Two years ago, the court caseload involving juveniles...

<p>ASHVILLE, Ohio -- Police believe a child was raped inside her home last week.</p> <p>Neighbors said they contacted authorities several times about one of their neighbors and the treatment of her 6-year-old daughter. But what they allegedly saw inside the Ashville apartment frightened them, NBC 4's Barbra Flannigan reported.</p>

<p>OSHKOSH, Wis. — A 4-month-old girl died when her inebriated mother fell asleep on top of her while breast-feeding, prosecutors said. Lorinda Hawkins told police she fell asleep about 15 minutes after she started breast-feeding the baby Feb. 23 because of her intoxication, a criminal complaint said. When she woke up about an hour later, the baby was pale and wasn't breathing, the complaint said.</p>