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Girls Soccer Coach Arrested for Sexual Abuse Involving 12-Year Old

The alleged victim in this case was an unrelated 12-year old player on a club team coached by the suspect.

(OREGON CITY) - 43 year old Joseph Christopher Leonetti, a local club soccer coach in the Oregon City area, was arrested today on five counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree.

A news release from the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, relates Leonetti having a lengthy history of coaching girls soccer, including coaching the West Linn High School Girls' soccer team from 1997-2006.

Jack and Jill on Blueberry Hill

A fable based on a true story.

(WASHOUGAL, WA.) - Abe & Ole were two crusty old -been there and done it - guys retired from the ad and financial consulting business, out taking a drive in the country out West one beautiful spring day a few years ago.

When they stopped at a little mom and pop county gas station to wet their whistle and the thistles in back.

Central Banks Scale Back Protective Measures

I'm sure there are stock and banking gurus out there who know exactly what measures and how much scaling and support is going on, but the average investor, who is driving the market, has no idea what the five-word-phrase means.

(SANTA ROSA, CA) - Google, "Central banks scale back supportive measures," and you will get a whole host of stories about the stock indexes taking a down turn due to this "scale back."

What you are not likely to find, however, is any stories directly relating to what a "scale back," is exactly, or what measures they are talking about. Which banks? What measures?

Aging Behind Bars (Infographic)

Between 1981 and 2010, the number of state and federal prisoners age 55 and over increased from 8,853 to 124,900.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The elderly population in prison is rising at staggering rate.

The consequence of mass incarceration and strict sentencing policies at the federal and state level, older prisoners require more expensive care at a time when their danger to society at large is waning. Most are likely to die in prison, as programs designed to release such prisoners on compassionate grounds are rarely invoked...

Zimbabwe: Raid on the Offices of LGBTI Rights Organisation GALZ

The latest incident comes in the context of a very difficult climate for LGBTI rights defenders in Zimbabwe.

(YORK, UK) - On 6 June 2013, at approximately 11:00 a.m., five unknown assailants wielding hammers forced entry into the Harare offices of human rights organisation Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)

GALZ is an association founded in 1990 that advocates social tolerance for sexual minorities and the repeal of homophobic legislation in Zimbabwe.

`BETTER DAYZ,` May Your Dreams Come True!

New song unleashes rage on capitalism, Palestine, and Monsanto GMOs, or “genetically modified organisms.”

(TUCSON) - With the world in a state of chronic crisis, are there better days ahead? Jamal Belica and his crew at Aldin Entertainment think so.

On the surface, the prospect looks bleak. With the United Nations’ dismal record in ensuring world peace seemingly destined to make that organization as historically irrelevant as was its predecessor the League of Nation, the hope for better days seems audacious, to say the least.

Did you Know, Should you Know, Why Don`t you Know?

It is amazing what you find about the US when you surf the net and look at foreign news sources.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - We live in a nation where almost everything is now a "state secret", and so looking for news about the US in foreign news sources is often much more informative than the mainstream US corporate news outlets.

Two very recent stories surfaced in the foreign press, with not a whiff of information in the US, are illustrative of this point.

Oregon Medical Board and Medical Marijuana Permits and Their Foolish, Illogical Requirements

Who do they think they are?

(PORTLAND, OR) - When Oregon first legalized medical marijuana in 1998, medical conditions which made a patient eligible for a permit were cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's, Cachexia/Anorexia, pain, nausea, seizures and spasms.

These medical conditions were on the state application forms and the marijuana doctor was supposed to just check which of the medical conditions that the patients had to get the permit to grow, carry and use marijuana.

NSA has Direct Access to Servers of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple and Others

Breaking: New PRISM slide leaked by the Guardian...

(WASHINGTON DC ) - Breaking news -- this is one of the biggest stories of our lifetime -- it is critical for all internet users to read and understand this.

The Guardian has just released a new slide today from its collection of 41 PRISM slides detailing the top secret NSA spy program that has, for years, granted the U.S. government "back door" access to the servers of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple, AOL, Facebook and others.

FDLR: Why President Kagame Will Not Negotiate

President Kikwete will not apologise because his statement was based on facts. We ask Rwanda to take this advice. Our President cannot apologise for the truth

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) remain a topic of much debate among those who research and spend time in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

There are a few schools of thought as to who this group is and what their motives are.