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The former president of Charlotte's LGBT Chamber of Commerce has resigned after he came under fire from a conservative group, which noted that he is on a sex offender list and questioned his role in supporting the city's expanded nondiscrimination ordinance. Chad Sevearance-Turner had been the president of the chamber, which supported the newly expanded ordinance that gives legal protection for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals. . . . Sevearance-Turner was arrested in 1998, when he was 20, and charged in Cherokee County, S.C., with a "lewd act, committing or attempting a lewd act upon a child under 16."...

Brock Pleads Guilty Wife of Supervisor enters into plea deal. PHOENIX (AP) _ The wife of a Maricopa County supervisor has pleaded guilty in a sexual misconduct case involving a teenage boy. Prosecutors say Susan Brock pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to three counts of attempted sexual conduct with a minor.  The Pinal County Attorney's office released a statement stating, "....Brock's plea agreement was accepted by the court.  She will be sentenced to between seven and 15 years in prison for one of the three counts. The plea agreement stipulated that the sentence for the other two counts will be...