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WASHINGTON -- A military jury on Thursday acquitted a former Naval Academy quarterback of raping a female midshipman in her dormitory room. But jurors convicted Lamar S. Owens Jr. on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and disobeying a lawful order. "They have determined, obviously, that the consensual act took place," said Cmdr. John Maksym, the trial judge. He added that the jury of five Naval officers found that Owens "wrongfully entered the room without permission and wrongfully engaged in consensual sex." Owens, standing at attention as the verdicts were read, showed no emotion. He remains free without bond. He...