"The suit, filed in August 2001, maintains that Clear Channel violated federal and state anti-trust statutes via a bevy of unfair business practices."
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two fwds from L Moss Sharman - Child Porn Hearing Opens - South County husband and wife are accused of 90 felony counts each, including videotaping and molesting a 5-year-old girl. By Mai Tran 4/9/04 "The videotape gave authorities a roadmap that led to a locked chest stored in a bedroom closet of the couple's home containing 216 videotapes and CDs, many of them depicting the couple having sex with children, investigators said. Investigators said they did not know who sent them the tape or who had the access or time to record snippets from so many movies. Thursday's testimony offered a first glimpse into the case against David Hwang, 31, and his wife, Sheila Sikat, 23. The hearing, which was continued until April 20, will determine whether the couple should stand trial. Orange County sheriff's investigators contend the tapes and CDs reveal six children being molested." http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-molest9apr09,1,3749389.story?coll=la-headlines-california
Man accused of killing family members had mass suicide plan Brian Skoloff, 4/8/04 AP "Marcus Wesson devised a plan nearly a decade ago for his children to kill themselves if authorities came to retrieve the clan, according to a police detective testifying at a preliminary hearing on charges Wesson murdered nine of his kids. Wesson maintained strict control over his many children and would inflict "weeklong spankings" if they broke his rules, which included not talking to men outside of the family, Fresno homicide detective Carlos Leal testified that one of Wesson's adult daughters told him. The 20-year-old girl said the family was forced to study the King James Bible twice a day and listen to Wesson preach, Leal said, adding that she claimed Wesson began molesting her and her sisters when they were as young as 5." http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/04/08/state1703EDT0122.DTL
>From American Journal of Public Health - The Economic Burden of Hospitalization Associated With Child Abuse and Neglect Posted 04/02/2004 Sue Rovi, PhD; Ping-Hsin Chen, PhD; Mark S. Johnson, MD, MPH Abstract and Introduction Abstract Objectives: This study assessed the economic burden of child abuse-related hospitalizations. Methods: We compared inpatient stays coded with a diagnosis of child abuse or neglect with stays of other hospitalized children using the 1999 National Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Costs and Utilization Project. Results: Children whose hospital stays were coded with a diagnosis of abuse or neglect were significantly more likely to have died during hospitalization (4.0% vs 0.5%), have longer stays (8.2 vs 4.0 days), twice the number of diagnoses (6.3 vs 2.8), and double the total charges ($19266 vs $9513) than were other hospitalized children. Furthermore, the primary payer was typically Medicaid (66.5% vs 37.0%)." http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/472527
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C1FC177A-9A9F-4933-9F33-73CD512990A0.htm
US attack belies Bremer's Falluja 'truce'
Friday 09 April 2004, 15:12 Makka Time, 12:12 GMT
Fierce fighting in Falluja has left over 300 dead
US occupation forces have bombed the Iraqi�town of Falluja, belying administrator Paul Bremer's announcement that his forces were suspending military operations�there.
"As of noon today coalition forces have initiated a unilateral suspension of offensive operations in Falluja," Paul Bremer told reporters on Friday. But, the US-led occupation's deputy director of operations, Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, denied the reports of a ceasefire. Minutes after�Bremer's announcement, US forces carried out a fresh offensive on Falluja bombing the town from the air. Scores of residents were injured in the attack, reported our correspondent. "There is no brokered agreement for a ceasefire in Falluja," Kimmitt told AFP. "There is no agreement between the rebels and the coalition forces." .... The fierce confrontations have left more than 300 people dead and over 500 wounded, our correspondent reported, citing hospital sources.
http://www.westword.com/issues/2004-04-08/news.html/1/index.html
Clear Sailing
A jury may finally get to hear a juicy suit against Clear Channel.
BY MICHAEL ROBERTS
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John Johnston "an April 2 ruling on a lawsuit pitting local promotion firm Nobody in Particular Presents against Clear Channel, a San Antonio company that leads the nation in radio-station ownership and the sale of concert tickets. The suit, filed in August 2001, maintains that Clear Channel violated federal and state anti-trust statutes via a bevy of unfair business practices ("Taking on the Empire," August 23, 2001).
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