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By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIt started with a picture -- 2nd. Lt. Emily J.T. Perez. In her United States Military Academy photograph, she holds her feathered hat, grips her sword and smiles.Perez had a lot to smile about. She was the first minority female command sergeant in West Point history. And she was the first combat death from the class of 2005, also known as the class of 9/11. In 2006, a roadside bomb south of Baghdad killed her. ...
Wrong Number: Phone Harassment on the Rise in Egypt
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyIt's a wrong number in so many ways. The BBC reports on the rising number of women in Egypt who report being sexually harassed over the phone, often by strangers. A recent survey put the number of women who were harassed or stalked over the phone at almost one out of four, mostly by men who are essentially cold-calling random numbers in the hopes of hearing a female voice on the other end of the line. Once they do, the calls keep coming. The upswing in harassment could be blamed on a number of factors: lack of enforcement of harassment laws, discomfort with reporting harassment, the harassers ...
David Letterman Admits Affairs With Employees; Extortion Suspect Arrested
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyDavid Letterman admitted on "Late Night with David Letterman" on Thursday that he "had sex with women who work on this show." He also told his stunned audience that he had testified before a grand jury that afternoon about being blackmailed by a CBS employee who threatened to go public with the affairs unless Letterman gave him $2 million. Letterman did not say how many employees he'd had relationships with nor give a time frame of the affairs. In March, Letterman married Regina Lasko, his girlfriend of 23 years and the mother of his 5-year-old son. CBS producer Robert "Joe" Halderman was ...
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Miami Herald Clears Carol Rosenberg of Harassment Allegations
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyWhat's so often missing when someone is charged with egregious conduct, as Miami Herald correspondent Carol Rosenberg was, is the follow-up. It won't happen this time. As far as her employer is concerned, the Rosenberg case has been dismissed. ...
Palin's Latest Troopergate Explanation
By David Knowles - Politics DailyWe've heard Sarah Palin give varying accounts as to why she fired Walt Monegan, each one meant to assure the public that his refusal to fire Palin's ex-brother-in-law was not the real reason. Well, here's her latest explanation, via ABC News:Fighting back against allegations she may have fired her then-Public Safety Commissioner, Walt Monegan because he had a "rogue mentality" and was bucking her administrations directives."The last straw," her lawyer argued, came when he planned a trip to Washington, D.C., to seek federal funds for an aggressive anti-sexual-violence program. This project, ...
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