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Donna Coughlin, who administers the SAT in Winnetka, Ill., says the surge in "midget" test takers makes for "a brutal morning." Young kids ask endless questions, do more fidgeting, need more bathroom breaks and are more apt to throw...
...actress Ashley Judd (an old friend), he throws back some red wine, tells a few stories about Frank Sinatra, leaves a rambling cell-phone message for Judd's husband gently informing him that his wife has been kidnapped by a rock band, and then sneaks off to the bathroom for a cigarette. (Bono thinks the rest of U2 doesn't know he smokes; they know.) After 15 minutes, guitarist the Edge, who adopts a kind, paternalistic role toward his childhood friend and band mate, glances toward the bathroom and says nervously, "Bono's allergic to red wine." Sure enough, Bono...
...actress Ashley Judd (an old friend), he throws back some red wine, tells a few stories about Frank Sinatra, leaves a rambling cell-phone message for Judd's husband gently informing him that his wife has been kidnapped by a rock band, and then sneaks off to the bathroom for a cigarette. (Bono thinks the rest of U2 doesn't know he smokes; they know.) After 15 minutes, guitarist the Edge, who adopts a kind, paternalistic role toward his childhood friend and band mate, glances toward the bathroom and says nervously, "Bono's allergic to red wine." Sure enough, Bono...
...Louima's story horrified the nation and rocked many New Yorkers' faith in their police force: In August 1997, Louima spent a brutal summer night in the bathroom of a Brooklyn police station, being sodomized with the handle of a toilet plunger...
...police union paid Louima $8.7 million in settlement of his claims. The three men who allegedly hoped to cover up the crime, Charles Schwarz, Thomas Wiese and Thomas Bruder, were charged and found guilty of obstructing justice. Schwarz, who was identified as the second officer in the bathroom during the attack, was also convicted of violating Louima's civil rights. Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the obstruction-of-justice convictions, citing lack of evidence. Schwarz's civil rights conviction was returned to the lower court, where prosecutors hope to initiate a new trial within the next...