PRINTABLE PAGE They Think They Feel Your Pain By Jenn Shreve (e-mail: jenn@jennshreve.com)Originally published by Wired News, June 6, 2001 When Pam Cohen, a 41-year-old bereavement counselor, first heard about the Kaycee Nicole Swenson hoax, her first thought was Munchausen.…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Man Gets Life For Abusing 11 Girls Sendai sex offender also thought to have assaulted 100 other minors Originally published in The Japan Times, March 28, 2002 SENDAI (Kyodo) — The Sendai District Court sentenced a 26-year-old man…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Toll-Free AIDS Hotlines Open in 2 African Nations Originally published by Reuters Health, August 22, 2001 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Two African countries hard hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic have launched toll-free hotlines that provide callers with…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Sex Offender Freed by Court, Charged Again Assaults in Alberta: Parole ruling calls Ducap ‘untreated sexual delinquent’ By Francine DubéOriginally published in the National Post, July 25, 2001 A man charged with sexually assaulting three young women in…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Port Man Jailed For Incest Fathered three children with his daughter, prosecutors said By Carl HamiltonOriginally published in the Cecil Whig, June 5, 2002 A Port Deposit man who fathered three children with his daughter received a five-year…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Mailed Prozac Samples Cause Stir Originally published by The Associated Press, July 4, 2002 WASHINGTON (AP) — Someone sent free boxes of once-a-week Prozac to south Florida depression patients—people who don’t take regular Prozac and hadn’t even discussed…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Little-Known Rule Allows Pets in Federal Housing By Diane C. LadeOriginally published in the Sun-Sentinel, February 5, 2002 For four years, Velvel has been Harvey Schiller’s roommate and possibly his best friend. He was there when Schiller was…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Hazelden Closing Speaks to Dilemma in Youth Treatment Originally published in Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly 14(24):1, 5-6, 2002 Introduction This month’s announcement that the nationally renowned Hazelden Foundation will discontinue its adolescent outpatient recovery services in and…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Ethics and Orphans: The ‘Monster Study’ By Jim DyerOriginally published in The San Jose Mercury News, June 7, 2001Part 1 of 2 The package came in the twilight of Mary Tudor Jacobs’ life. She stood in the doorway…
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PRINTABLE PAGE New Jersey Couple Excommunicated From Jehovah’s Witnesses For Speaking Out Against Abuse By Beth Campbell, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, May 11, 2002 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — A woman said she and her husband have been…