Assault reports rise at three military academies
A Pentagon report for 2010-11 shows 65 sexual assaults involving cadets and midshipmen at the Naval Academy Army Academy and Air Force Academy, up from 41 the previous year. Officials cite increased reporting and ongoing outreach as possible reasons.
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Pentagon
Defense Department
U.S. Naval Academy
U.S. Military Academy
U.S. Air Force Academy
Department
Mass protests as Syria allows Arab League monitors in Homs
Tens of thousands of protesters march in Homs demanding the execution of President Bashar Assad as Arab League monitors arrive to verify Syria’s plan to halt the crackdown. Activists report government forces fired on protesters while monitors were present, with casualties confirmed by the observatory.
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Beirut
Homs
Bashar Assad
Arab League
League
Assad
Syria
Syrian Observatory For Human Rights
Chavez promises amid housing shortage in Venezuela
Thousands remain in disaster shelters in Caracas as government claims progress on housing. Opposition says the state has built far fewer homes than claimed, with about 30,000 people still waiting and a goal of 150,000 units this year.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Hugo Chavez
Chavez
Christian Ortiz
Ortiz
Julio Borges
Borges
Fee funds inquiry into medical effectiveness
Washington officials outline a 2012 start for a $1 per insured person fee to fund research on what treatments work best. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute will publish evidence to guide decisions, but critics warn findings could influence coverage. insurers anticipate using results to steer care and plan designs.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Congress
Treasury Department
IRS
Institute
Kathryn Nix
Conservative Heritage Foundation
Joe Selby
Selby
Death of Indiana girl raises sex offender concerns in trailer park
In Fort Wayne Indiana 9 year old Aliahna Lemmon was killed after Michael Plumadore allegedly bludgeoned her with a brick and then dismembered her body The suspect lived near a group of convicted sex offenders at a rural trailer park where the victim had been staying to help her ailing father James Lemmon a fellow sex offender died earlier in December Local residents described long familiarity with the offenders and investigators have not yet filed formal charges against Plumadore
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Tarah Sauders
Indiana
Greg Shumaker
Souders
Aliahna Lemmon
Michael Plumadore
Shumaker
Aliahna
James E. “Shorty
Lemmon
Plumadore
Sheriff's Department
Cpl
Jeremy Tinkel
Indiana Department of Correction
Sauders
Richard Patee
Liv
Ing
Patee
Tinker
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Loras
Iowa
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