VAN NUYS, Calif. — The Supreme Court issued a final, stinging rebuke of a lower court’s decision on three separate occasions to dismiss the assault conviction of a grandmother in the shaking death of her 7-week-old grandson.

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HEATH and Deborah Campbell have three children: Adolf Hitler, 5, Aryan Nation and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie, both 3. They insist they aren’t racist – they just like the names. Heath and Deborah Campbell have covered their house in swastikas and have swastika tattoos. But still, they insist they aren’t racist – they just like swastikas.

IT’S a new dangerous drinking fad dubbed “drunkorexia” and gripping NSW — women starving themselves so they can booze and not gain weight. Medics say the growing craze is most common among university students faced with the challenge of staying slim and peer-pressure drinking.

Child molestation is a disease. The child molester is a sick person with an illness that he is unable to control or stop on his own. He has a preoccupation and a sexual desire for young children. In order to stop, he needs help through treatment, supervision or incarceration. In our collective experience working with this population in the Jewish community, approximately one-third of pedophiles have a preference for boys, one-third prefer girls, and one-third have no preference. Some pedophiles also have distinct preferences within select age groups. And one predator may abuse dozens or hundreds of children. What can we — as parents, educators and a community — do to protect and respond to sexual abuse?

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Priests accused of child abuse appear beyond the reach of law

Editor’s note: Gary Tuchman reports on allegedly abusive Catholic priests who are living, unsuspected, in communities across the country on CNN Presents, Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on CNN.

Los Angeles (CNN) – Former LAPD Detective Federico Sicard still remembers the Monday he arrived at a school to interview children who said a priest had molested them, even though the visit took place 23 years ago. Sicard found four children at the school, Our Lady of Guadalupe in East L.A., who said they’d been abused by Nicolas Aguilar Rivera, a priest who’d recently arrived from Mexico. But police never had a chance to interview Aguilar.

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Dad Facing Death Penalty

CINCINNATI — A prosecutor said Friday he will seek the death penalty against a Cincinnati father accused in the abuse death of his 2-year-old son, who was recently returned to his birth parents from foster care in a decision that triggered outrage and an independent review of the county’s social services agency.

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Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting And HOG-TYING Up 14-Year-Old Girl In Basement – Then Dumping Body In Field

A man accused of tying up a 14-year-old schoolgirl in his Ohio basement in 1967 before killing her and dumping her body was convicted Friday of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Robert Bowman, 75, took the witness stand before his sentencing to deny involvement in the killing after hearing the victim’s sister describe how Eileen Adams’ death tore her family apart.

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OXFORD– An Oxford man is in jail after he apparently called a national hot-line to say he was stalking a 13-year-old girl. Kelly Hoose reportedly told the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children he had been following the girl for months.

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http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/10/26/oxford-man-arrested-after-calling-hotline-to-say-he-was-stalking-girl/

ALHAMBRA– A man working as a student aide at an Alhambra elementary school has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Johnny Lagunas, 20, is accused of molesting the young girl earlier this year while working at Garfield Elementary School at 119 W. Mclean St. Lagunas, an El Monte resident, was arrested Friday after the girl told school staff, who then alerted police.

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SACRAMENTO, CA — A state report triggered by the death of a Fresno child reveals that hundreds of sex offenders are living or working in foster-care facilities and homes. The audit was requested by Fresno Assemblyman Henry T. Perea following the death of 10-year-old Seth Ireland who was beaten to death by his mother’s boyfriend in 2008.

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PASADENA, CA — Police have launched a criminal investigation into a pair of videos that show shocking and abusive treatment of youngsters at a Pasadena boot camp, according to Deputy Chief Darryl Qualls. The videos, obtained by the Pasadena Star News, feature Kelvin “Sgt. Mac” McFarland, the operator of Family First Growth Camp in Pasadena.

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