Warde vandalism may be 'lowe blow

Warde vandalism may be 'lowe blow
Connecticut Post - Oct 05 4:40 AM
Fairfield Warde High School's football field was vandalized over the weekend.

Indiana Lawmakers Seek to Ban, Control Assisted Impregnation
The NewStandard - Oct 05 8:43 AM
A legislative commission in Indiana may recommend the state adopt strict new rules governing medically-assisted reproduction. The proposed legislation would bar unmarried people from having babies...

Tears as man alleges psychologist abuse
News Interactive - Oct 05 7:54 AM
A 44-year-old man wept as he told the Supreme Court in Launceston how a psychologist sexually abused him as a 10-year-old.

New lawsuit alleges sex abuse at school
Seattle Times - Oct 03 8:23 PM
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of eight men who claim they were the victims of "horrific" physical and sexual abuse at the now-defunct...

Letters to the Editor
The Burlington Free Press - Oct 05 3:00 AM
A headline in the Burlington Free Press (Sept. 29) referred to the Supreme Court case on "Oregon's Suicide Law." Oregon does not have a suicide law. The Supreme Court case is the result of John Ashcroft's attempt to preempt the states' right to control the practice of medicine.

Episcopal churches told to vet staff, volunteers
Denver Post - Oct 05 2:08 AM
The Episcopal Diocese of Colorado has begun requiring churches to run comprehensive background checks, including sweeps of sexual abuse registries and criminal records, on all staff and volunteers who work with children and youths.

Funding for family violence programs in jeopardy
Canyon Lake Times Guardian - Oct 05 8:10 AM
In 2003, nearly three Texas women were killed each week due to family violence, totaling 153 women killed by their intimate partners.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 05 7:06 AM
Network Ten will change the format of its next Big Brother Uncut series, after the broadcasting watchdog found this year's show breached the industry code with too much sex. -

Carrying of condoms compulsory for Assam Rifles jawans
Navhind Times - Oct 05 8:33 AM
PTI Shillong Oct 5: Facing a new enemy, the Assam Rifles is readying itself for an all-out war against HIV/AIDS with an unprecedented strategy it has made mandatory for all its personnel to carry a packet of condoms.

Sex abuse victim rejects church's payout
ABC News via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - Oct 04 9:06 PM
The Anglican Church's negotiations with the sex abuse victim, whose case was linked to the 2003 resignation of former governor-general Peter Hollingworth, have broken down.

OESD to discuss STAR Test; COLAS
Oroville Mercury-Register - Oct 04 11:34 AM
Oroville Elementary School District Trustees will hear about the district's STAR Testing Wednesday night. Director of Instruction Lynne Vincent is set to discuss the testing at the start of the meeting which begins at 6 p.m. in the conference room of the district office, 2795 Yard St.

Questionnaire gives hints of Miers' views on homosexuality
World Peace Herald - Oct 05 7:12 AM
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers answered "yes" when asked in 1989 if homosexuals should have the same civil rights as heterosexuals, but she opposed repealing a Texas sodomy statute that criminalized private sexual behavior between homosexuals at the time.

T and A in Afghanistan
Stars and Stripes - Oct 03 4:06 PM
While T and A in the States has decidedly sexual connotations, the phrase refers to something very different in Afghanistan. Nearly all Afghan women can be seen in cities and villages wearing the traditional burqa a full-body-length gown that covers just about every bit of female skin.

Community-level intervention program successfully delayed sexual debut and increased the use of condoms
News-Medical-Net - Oct 04 4:06 PM
A community-level intervention program aimed at young adolescents delays early intercourse, increases condom use and reduces the type of risky sexual behavior that can result in sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, a Yale researcher reports in AIDS.

Gay rights activists in Hong Kong protest human rights training by Christian group
The Advocate - Oct 04 6:42 PM
Gay rights activists in Hong Kong said Tuesday they were staging demonstrations and a hunger strike to protest a government decision to let a conservative Christian group educate schoolteachers on human rights issues.