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Hundreds of teachers in Chicago’s public school system raped, sexually assaulted, and groomed students last year. According to a report released by Chicago Public Schools’ Office of the Inspector General, the 2021-2022 school year saw 772 investigations into teachers for allegedly raping, sexually assaulting, or grooming students.

I run one of the original, Daniel Okrent fantasy baseball leagues that we started in 1988. Daniel Okrent named it Rotisserie baseball after the Rotisserie Restaurant in New York, where he penciled the first rules that became known as fantasy sports. Over the years, we learned how to spot baseball players who were on steroids. Their batting average leaped by as much as 80 points, and the power increase was obvious. We believe that McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds took high doses of steroids when they passed Babe Ruth's 60–home run record. Roger Maris obviously did not take steroids, but his...

Troy Smith and Ohio State did it all, overwhelming Michigan with offense, winning the Big Ten title and streaking into the national title game. The Wolverines may have another shot at the Buckeyes though -- they, too, can still make it to the BCS title game in Arizona. Smith and the top-ranked Buckeyes put their dazzling speed on display with a barrage of big plays, and they needed every one of them to beat an inspired Michigan team, 42-39 on Saturday. The Game of the Century, the first 1 vs. 2 matchup in this storied rivalry, was played a day...

There is a madness in today’s liberal thinking. It insists on policies that tie our hands to defend ourselves while giving free reign to the jihadists intent on killing us. It is dangerous because it is becoming the thinking, and law, of the land, as well as the Western world. Never before in history has a country and civilization made it impossible to defend itself from its enemies. Never before in history have the elites running a society done as much to cause national suicide. It didn’t start yesterday. When the modern war of Jihad began decades ago, the liberal...

TAMPA, Fla. - An attorney defending a fired college professor against federal charges of aiding Palestinian terrorists rested his case Thursday without calling a single witness to refute nearly five months of prosecution testimony. Defense attorney William Moffitt called the prosecution an "all-out assault on the First Amendment" and the right to free speech, and then rested his case for Sami Al-Arian. Attorneys for three co-defendants began presenting their cases, which could take weeks more. Because the trial was continuing, neither side was immediately available for comment. Al-Arian, 47, who was fired from the University of South Florida, and his...

Cowboy admits role in fatal crash Goodrich's confession in hit-and-run came as police were following tip 01/16/2003 By ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News Police investigating the hit-and-run deaths of two men early Tuesday were pursuing a tip pointing to Dallas Cowboy Dwayne Goodrich when the player's attorney called midafternoon with his client's confession, police officials said Wednesday. At his attorney's Dallas office, Mr. Goodrich provided details about his reckless driving, which killed Joseph Wood and Demont Matthews after the football player's visit to a Dallas topless club. Although the 24-year-old backup cornerback was then allowed to go...

A631 Has Passed the New Jersey Assembly ASSEMBLY, No. 631 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 210th LEGISLATURE PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2002 SESSION Sponsored by: Assemblywoman NELLIE POU District 35 (Bergen and Passaic) SYNOPSIS Provides that convictions records for a violation of the domestic violence laws are not subject to expungement. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel. An Act concerning expungement of records and amending N.J.S.2C:52-2. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. N.J.S.2C:52-2 is amended to read as follows: 2C:52-2. Indictable Offenses. a. In all...

Vicar jailed for keeping loaded gun The gun was brought into England from the US A vicar has been jailed for four months after keeping a loaded gun hidden in a grandfather clock at his vicarage in Greater Manchester. On Tuesday Salford Magistrates' court heard how the Reverend Michael Daggett, 54, kept the gun for protection. Daggett, a US citizen, came to the UK in 1984, before becoming vicar at The Church of the Holy Rood, Swinton, in 1990. He pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited firearm and possession of ammunition. The court heard how police visited the vicarage in...