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The pop star, formerly of the girl group Dream, accused Carter of rape. She opens up to Amy Zimmerman about the harassment, doxxing, and industry silence she’s endured since. ===================================================================== When she was 12, Melissa Schuman earned a place in Dream, a girl band that made its mark in the early aughts with hits like “This Is Me” and “He Loves U Not.” None other than Diddy signed Dream to Bad Boy Records, and they joined a pantheon of pop groups that were peaking in the 2000s. It was a whirlwind. “Basically, I was in Dream from 12 to 18,”...

Ex-Dream singer Melissa Schuman accused Nick Carter of rape in graphic blog She alleges that Carter performed unwanted oral sex on her in 2002 incident Schuman claims that Carter then forced her to perform oral sex on him She alleges he then took her to his bedroom and forced her to have intercourse Schuman said she told her manager about alleged rape but was told Carter had powerful legal team and if she pursued charges her career would be ruined She wrote in the blog that she came forward after a story was published about a woman alleging she...

A proposal to grant medals for "courageous restraint" to troops in Afghanistan who avoid deadly force at a risk to themselves has generated concern among U.S. soldiers and experts who worry it could embolden enemy fighters and confuse friendly forces.

"We can't be everywhere... we've... got to focus on achievable objectives," he told the BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner. "I think security where we know the population is living, freedom of movement on the key highways – that means the Afghan economy can start to kick-start itself, and that people can begin to take a stake in their community – is the way in which we will achieve success." His comments follow those of a series of senior military leaders in both the UK and the US. This week, the new head of the British Army, General Sir David Richards,...