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Rape on the rise in aftermath of Haiti quake
5:32 PM on 03/16/2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - With no lighting and no security, they are menacing places after sunset...
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Director of Fugees video 'Killing Me Softly,' charged with impregnating daughters
1:38 PM on 03/12/2010
An award-winning video director was unmasked Thursday as a brutal, bizarre serial breeder who repeatedly raped his daughters to create a "pure" bloodline...
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NJ man accused of raping, beating five daughters
1:54 PM on 03/11/2010
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three...
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Will Roethlisberger get the Michael Vick treatment?
10:15 AM on 03/10/2010
OPINION - Ben Roethlisberger, a white athlete, is innocent until proven guilty, but for black athletes, rapper Jay-Z said it best: Guilty until proven innocent...
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'Precious' girls are everywhere
7:54 AM on 03/07/2010
Though the movie was based on fiction, the circumstances that Precious faces are happening to many African-American girls and the counselors who work with them...
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Ex-NBA All-Star accused of sex trafficking
5:04 PM on 02/26/2010
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Alvin Robertson has been charged with trafficking an underage child for purposes of sex and forcing a sexual performance by a child...
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Ex-sportscaster Marvell Scott pleads not guilty to rape in NYC
12:36 PM on 02/24/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - A former New York City sportscaster was indicted Tuesday on charges he raped a 14-year-old runaway working as a prostitute...
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Duke lacrosse rape accuser charged with attempted murder, arson
9:16 AM on 02/19/2010
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Crystal Mangum, 31, was arrested late Wednesday on charges including assaulting her boyfriend, Durham police said in a press release...
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Crystal Gail Mangum, stripper in Duke lacrosse rape case, charged with arson and attempted murder
3:52 PM on 02/18/2010
The stripper who falsely cried rape and ruined the reputations of three Duke University lacrosse players was charged with trying to stab her lover, police said Thursday...
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DNA evidence exonerates NY man of 1976 rape
2:26 PM on 02/05/2010
VIDEO - A mentally ill New York man who spent nearly six years behind bars for a 1976 rape he insisted he didn't commit was exonerated Thursday after DNA testing showed he was innocent...
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Ex-NFL star Michael Irvin accused of sexual assault
1:37 PM on 02/05/2010
MIAMI (AP) - A woman claims in a lawsuit filed only days before the Super Bowl that former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin sexually assaulted her at a South Florida hotel...
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Ex-football star Michael Irvin accused of rape at Hard Rock
8:34 AM on 02/05/2010
Irvin's lawyer, Larry Friedman, called the accusations ``totally untrue.''
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Man exonerated after 35 years in prison
6:04 AM on 12/18/2009
VIDEO - A man who spent 35 years in prison has been freed after DNA evidence exonerated him of raping a child.
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DNA testing clears man who served 28 years on rape, murder charge
9:28 AM on 12/16/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who spent 28 years in prison for a rape and murder has been freed after DNA testing showed he's innocent...
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South African lesbians live in fear of 'corrective rape'
10:58 AM on 12/08/2009
LESBIANS in South Africa are being dragged off the street and raped to "correct" them, it has been claimed. Sky News has found evidence of widespread abuse against the lesbian community, resulting in a new trend of so-called "corrective rape." In the the township of Khayelitsha on the outskirts of...
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Man charged with raping and killing Shaniya Davis
8:20 AM on 11/20/2009
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A man charged with raping and killing a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was expected in court Friday, a day after authorities revealed what they believed happened to her in her final days...
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Cleveland case teaches lessons about the dangers of addiction
9:01 AM on 11/09/2009
All seven of the victims identified so far battled addictions with drugs or alcohol, according to their families and court records. One father says, "We wanted our children to understand what has occurred, to understand how people go missing"...
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Cleveland murders are a product of our own values
8:30 AM on 11/09/2009
OPINION - The Anthony Sowell case is one that requires us to stop and reassess our values. Why are some people considered to be less worthy of police protection than others?
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Families' mistrust hinders ID of Cleveland slaying victims
9:12 AM on 11/06/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police say there's only one way for the families of missing women to know for sure if their loved ones are among the victims found in suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell's house...
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Authorities find at least 11 victims at Cleveland sex offender's home
6:24 PM on 11/04/2009
CLEVELAND (AP) - Authorities say they have confirmed a total of at least 11 victims whose remains were found in the Cleveland home of a sex offender...
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VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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