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Jonathan Bernstein asks: Sullivan believes that Palin's birth story for her youngest son is implausible. I think he has a good case for that, for what it's worth. As I've read over the last two years, I've seen three possible explanations. The first is the wild one, that the baby isn't really hers; she's covering for someone else's inconvenient pregnancy and has adopted that child. The second is that she was an irresponsible mother, and took terrible risks given the dangerous nature of the pregnancy. The third is that she made the whole thing up, or most of it: she...

Agents began dismantling a massive Southie drug factory yesterday where MIT graduate Kevin McCormick was found dead after an apparent wild weekend sex romp gone wrong. Police say they found hundreds of chemicals used to concoct club and date-rape drugs such as crystal methamphetamine and “Special K.” “This is probably the largest (meth) lab we’ve seen in the Northeast in the past 10 years,” said an investigating agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration who refused to give his name. “This is not a small lab. This is not a mom and pop lab.” Investigators found chemicals used to manufacture crystal...

A former Mercy General Hospital nursing employee who molested sedated male patients during pre-surgery preparation was sentenced Friday to 14 years in state prison. Devery Wilkerson, 41, was convicted by a Sacramento County Superior Court jury of sexually assaulting eight men - ranging from age 30 to 80. Wilkerson was assigned to shave the legs, chest and pubic areas of patients before surgery. One patient awoke to find Wilkerson performing oral sex and reported it to the nursing staff. Another patient reported being molested the same day and an investigation turned up six other victims. "Mr. Wilkerson, as a hospital...