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Strauss-Kahn Countersues Rape Accuser for $1 Million

Embattled French politician Dominique Strass-Khan is countersuing Nafissatou Diallo, the hotel maid who claimed he sexually assaulted her, in the same court she’s suing him.

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Belvedere Vodka Retracts Offensive Ad, Flubs Apology

Belvedere celebrates its vodka’s superior drinkability — but a new ad for the liquor producer is hardly in good taste.

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Doonesbury Calls Texas Abortion Law 'Rape' in New Comic Strip

Creator Garry Trudeau calls a Texas statute “rape,” leaving many newspapers up in arms over whether they should publish the strip.

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Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy May Have Had Accomplices

Two Chicago lawyers have reason to believe the “Killer Clown” may have had help in at least three of his 33 homicides

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“Some of these kids don’t have basic hygiene skills. Teaching a person to shower at the age of 12 or 14 sounds strange to some people, but people who work with troubled youth will tell you there are a lot of… people who have to be taught basic life skills like how to put soap on their body.”

— KARL ROMINGER, attorney on Jerry Sandusky’s defense team, suggesting to ABC a possible defense for former assistant coach who’s admitted to showering with young boys. Sandusky’s been charged with more than 40 counts of sex abuse.

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Report: ‘Austin Powers’ Actor Accused of Murdering His Cellmate

The actor who played Dr. Evil’s shoe-throwing sidekick in the first Austin Powers movie is suspected of killing his prison cellmate.

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Rosa Parks’ Archived Writing Reveals Attempted Rape

Before she was known for her defiant act that catapulted the American civil rights movement into prominence — and placed her at the center of it — Rosa Parks had long been a human rights activist and crusader for social justice. But the clues to why she was such a passionate activist may come from [...]

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Lawyer: Julian Assange Was in Hiding — from Sarah Palin

Julian Assange could not be reached by the Swedish authorities who are investigating sex-crimes allegations against him because the WikiLeaks founder had become spooked by “death threats” issued by American politicians, including Sarah Palin, Assange’s Swedish lawyer told a British court on Tuesday.

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Courtroom Conflict: Julian Assange’s Prosecutor Accused of Anti-Men Bias

The extradition hearings in London Monday of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange drips with intrigue: a mysterious Australian hacker accused of sex crimes by two Swedish women. Now add this to the mix: Monday, a retired female judge accused the female Swedish prosecutor attempting to extradite Assange  of having a “biased view” against men.

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The New York Weathercaster Scandal: Police Charge Woman With Fabricating Rape Claims

New Yorkers are buzzing about the sad, strange case of Heidi Jones – the television meteorologist who is facing a year in jail for lying to the police.