PRINTABLE PAGE Many Seniors Get ‘Woefully Inadequate’ Pain Treatment, Study Says Andre Picard, Public Health ReporterOriginally published in The Globe and Mail, April 25, 2001 Pain among elderly nursing-home residents is prevalent, persistent and poorly treated, according to a new…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Thousands March for AIDS Drug in South Africa Originally published by Reuters Health, May 2, 2002 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) — Thousands of South African AIDS activists marched Thursday to demand access to nevirapine as the state appealed…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Court Sets Limits for Sex Offenders By Gina Holland, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, January 23, 2002 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court made it harder Tuesday for states to keep sexual offenders locked up…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Hate-Crime Reports Reach Record Level By Jeff Coen, Tribune staff reporterOriginally published in the Chicago Tribune, October 9, 2001 WASHINGTON — Leaders of Muslim and Arab-American advocacy groups are braced for a backlash if U.S.-led military strikes in…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Massachusetts Enacts Law Forcing Clergy to Report Abuse Originally published by Reuters, May 3, 2002 BOSTON (Reuters) — A bill requiring clergy to report information about suspected abuse cases to state social workers became law on Friday in…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Spam Advertising Child Porn is on the Rise By Leslie Brooks SuzukamoOriginally published in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, December 17, 2001 ST. PAUL, Minn. — ”Hello dear friends!” reads the cheerful e-mail greeting. “I am Russian underage…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Test Can Prove Rape Days Later By Anil AnanthaswamyOriginally published in New Scientist, February 28, 2002 A test that can prove a woman has been raped even if no sperm are found should be widely adopted, the first…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Why Is He Free?: Convicted Rapist Evades Prison For 13 Years By Jack SullivanOriginally published in The Boston Herald, July 27, 2001 A 72-year-old convicted rapist has avoided prison for 13 years by claiming he’s too sick and…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Woman Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old Boy Originally published by The Associated Press, August 3, 2001 READING, Pa.— A 25-year-old woman who said she was seduced by a 12-year-old boy has been sentenced to one to 10 years…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Women Lift the Veil On Abuse By Teresa Puente and Noreen Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune staff reportersOriginally published in the Chicago Tribune, June 3, 2001 When she heard about the slaying last summer, Naila knew it was time to…