Law Loophole Allows Sex Offenders To Live Near Schools
- May
- 15
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One thousand feet, about three city blocks, that’s the distance Missouri sex offenders have to put between their home and schools or daycares.
But of the 8,200 sex offenders in Missouri’s registry, we found many are not following that law.
Some are so close they can look out their windows and see kids in class.
And there’s nothing [...]
Pope Benedicts apology
- April
- 21
Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States reopens the wound of the child sexual abuse scandal that has left many victims angry and dispirited over the church’s mishandling of pedophile priests and its lax response to the larger problem. It was an issue certain to confront the pope once he arrived, and when asked [...]
Pope Benedicts apology
- April
- 21
Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States reopens the wound of the child sexual abuse scandal that has left many victims angry and dispirited over the church’s mishandling of pedophile priests and its lax response to the larger problem. It was an issue certain to confront the pope once he arrived, and when asked [...]
Is this the face of a killer?
- January
- 16
An Italian newspaper called her the Dark Lady of Seattle, but it is the
nickname she gave herself on her blog, Foxy Knoxy, that has stuck. Amanda
Knox, a 20-year-old American student, is a key suspect in the sexual abuse
and murder of her British flatmate, Meredith Kercher, 21, in the
otherwise-idyllic hill town of Perugia in Umbria on [...]
Our favorites of #146;07
- January
- 7
While everybody is busy chilling the champagne and
formulating resolutions for the year to come, we asked some of Newsday’s regular book reviewers to look back at 2007 and share their favorite reads of the past 12 months. Critics are a notoriously idiosyncratic bunch, and the choices here range the gamut: from a comic novel about [...]
2007 in books Best reads of the year
- January
- 7
While everybody is busy chilling the champagne and
formulating resolutions for the year to come, we asked some of Newsday’s regular book reviewers to look back at 2007 and share their favorite reads of the past 12 months. Critics are a notoriously idiosyncratic bunch, and the choices here range the gamut: from a comic novel about [...]
Top public safety stories in 2007 include 145 animals
- December
- 28
March: A 36-year-old Avondale woman and her 5-year-old twins died when their Jeep Cherokee drove into a canal near 107th Avenue and Thomas Road in Avondale. Hallannah Marie Harris suffered from a seizure disorder, according to police and medical examiner’s report. Police were unable to determine the cause of the crash or whether Harris’ condition [...]
European women looking for love on Texas’ death row
- December
- 17
LIVINGSTON, Texas %26#8212; Romina Deeken is a classic beauty %26#8212; cascading blond hair, green eyes set in alabaster %26#8212; not the type of woman who needs to solicit attention from men.
But last year, the 24-year-old German reached out to a convicted killer on Texas’ death row. Her motives were altruistic, she said, not romantic. In [...]
From sexual trauma to healing sex
- December
- 14
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With holiday cheer festooning all my favorite lube stores in the Castro with slippery mistletoe, I’m reminded that it’s the time of year many people see family. While some of us stay put with sweethearts and eggnog-flavored condoms, or look forward to seeing siblings, others are not so lucky %26mdash; nowhere is this more evident [...]
The original superstar diva
- December
- 13
‘She was a megastar of the 19th century. Today, we would compare her popularity with a Hollywood star,” says Cecilia Bartoli of her latest muse. In recent years, the Italian mezzo-soprano has explored neglected areas of 18th-century operatic repertoire, with albums devoted to Gluck, Salieri and Vivaldi. But Maria, her latest recording, and her upcoming [...]
