| Former Mormon missionary gets prison in Nevada child sex case
A former Mormon missionary was sentenced Thursday to two to six years in prison after a judge ruled he violated terms of a plea deal that called for him to complete counseling and community service. The judge decreed John Misseldine, 26, guilty of lewdness with a child under the age of 14 and coercion, and ordered him to register and submit to monitoring as a sex offender. The felony charges, dating to 2003, had been stayed under terms of the October 2005 plea deal. ``I still maintain my innocence in this case,'' Misseldine said when Clark County District Judge Donald Mosley asked him to speak. The judge dismissed Misseldine's assertions that the claims against him were false and a scheme by the girls' families to get money from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mamiit stakes unbeaten run vs Japan No. 2
Fil-Am Cecil Mamiit stakes his unblemished slate in Davis Cup play as he takes on Japan No. 2 Takao Suzuki in Friday's start of their 2008 Asia-Oceania Zone Tie before an expected sizeable crowd at the Rizal Tennis Center. Mamiit, 31, has never lost in 13 straight matches including nine singles triumphs since joining the RP Davis Cup team two years ago but the reigning Southeast Asian Games gold medalist thinks it's now a different ballgame. "That's in the past. It's a new tie now, a new year, a different type of competition," said Mamiit referring to his toughest Davis Cup match to date. RP No. 2 Eric Taino, however, will get on board first as he plays the 23-year-old Go Soeda, the highest ATP ranked Japanese at 200th, at 10 a.m. followed by the Mamiit-Suzuki duel at 1 p.m.
UW forces way past 'Cats
A record fell. Bodies fell. Even foul shots fell. In a rugged Pac-10 encounter not for the meek, Washington got back on its feet and Arizona did not, with the Huskies slipping out of Edmundson Pavilion on Thursday night with a 75-66 victory and splitting the season series. Among all the pushing and shoving, UW freshman guard Venoy Overton came through with a career-high 19 points, five more than his previous best, before fouling out. Most importantly, he led a free-throw shooting revival, sinking all nine of his attempts, all in the second half, for the Huskies (15-12 overall, 6-8 Pac-10). Teammate Ryan Appleby gave the near-capacity crowd of 9,529 something to cheer about early by becoming the Huskies' career 3-point record-holder with a pair of first-half treys.
Paris in the City of Brotherly Love
Paris Hilton headed to a mall in Philadelphia yesterday to do some promotional work for her upcoming movie The Hottie and the Nottie. She played with one of our favorite toys, the fabulous Flip camcorder while she chatted it up with local radio stations. Paris also met lots of screaming fans, and when asked about her appeal, she said, "I think maybe it's because I'm real. People can relate to me. They see things that have happened in my life. And that I'm sweet. I feel that when you truly are a good person, it will shine through in your eyes - shine through from your heart to your eyes - and people will see that. Princess Diana, who I love, she had that." Somehow, "real" isn't the first word that comes to mind when we think of Paris, but we do give her credit for heading to the mall to meet fans instead of hitting the stores.
Unflinching Rangers pile on pressure
RANGERS upped the ante ahead of the second Old Firm match of the season and reminded Celtic that, in this campaign, they will have to fend off a challenge if they want to retain the title. For Hibs there was just more misery.When these teams last squared up, at Ibrox in October, Hibs were on an unbeaten run of nine games, and added Rangers' scalp to the collection with what remains the Old Firm side's only home league defeat of the season. Since then, the Easter Road side have endured a massive downturn in fortunes.Going into this one on the back of one win in ten games, without key players such as the injured Steven Fletcher, David Murphy and Abdessalam Benjelloun and minus a manager, there was a sense of dread in the stands.In recent times the capital side's record against the Old Firm sides has negated those worries.
Disrupting the Lawyer Ratings Paradigm
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A circle finally closes
The University of Washington Board of Regents rightly has approved awarding honorary baccalaureate degrees to Japanese American students incarcerated in relocation camps during World War II. It is a welcome redress of one of the nation's darkest moments. More than 400 undergraduates were uprooted from their studies after President Franklin Roosevelt in 1942 signed an executive order sending some 120,000 West Coast residents of Japanese ancestry to internment camps.The regents' decision last week capped an extraordinary, collective endeavor on the part of a university librarian, an alumni-magazine editor, UW faculty and administration, and the Japanese American and UW alumni communities, among others. "It's a fantastic effort, from many areas," says Tetsuden Kashima, professor of American ethnic studies who, along with associate professor Gail Nomura, presented the resolution to the regents.
The Legions of Frozen Yogurt Push East
Since the Korean chain Red Mango opened a store directly across from California-based Pinkberry in Greenwich Village in December, New York has become the second major battleground for the restyled, fluffed up, fruit-topped new wave of frozen yogurt. "I'd call it a quiet face-off on Bleecker Street," said Dan Kim, Red Mango's president for North America. Since 2006, Pinkberry has opened nine stores in New York, Red Mango has opened four, and competitors like Flurt, Berrywild and Yolato are scrambling to stay in the game. California is already gripped by tribal conflicts among Pinkberry partisans, Red Mango loyalists, and the fans of Yogurt World, a San Diego emporium where multiple flavors of yogurt and hundreds of toppings are available via self-serve: patrons wander around with an empty bowl and a wad of cash.
Suki exposed
The rest, like Faizal and Alif, also had their fair share as well, you can read it all at forums or blogs on OIAM. I think these gossips are normal. The bad stories about me, like I cant sing and stuff like that, I take it as a challenge and Ill work hard to be better, hopefully in the long run, I can change these peoples negative views of me. The good ones, of course Id like to thank them for their support. lets talk about something fun. of all the top 12 oiam contestants, who do you think is cute and sexy? For cute, Id say Mimi, shes very cute, not just her face, but in her attitude and how she brings herself as well. If sexy, this is obvious, its Anny and Dayang. who are you close to? Farah. She is not a fake. If you asked her opinion on things, like if its good or not, and if its not, shell defi nitely say it to your face, no sugar-coated.
Defiant Alexander insists: I won't go
It's time we sacked the lot and voted in people with integrity, who, if some car dealer asked them if they would like £500 or £950, would say no thank you. Also people who had the intelligence to read a policy document and decide whether they had to declare a gift or not.The audacity of not standing down when the whole country can see she's a fraudster. The only thing that holds back the lynch mob is apathy - "they're all charlatans and fraudsters" they cry. .
Bhutto death explanation 'pack of lies'
A TOP aide to slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has rejected the government's explanation of her death as a "pack of lies". The Pakistan interior ministry said Bhutto died when she hit her head on her vehicle's sunroof as she ducked after a gun and suicide attack on a campaign rally, and that no bullets or shrapnel were found in her. "It is baseless. It is a pack of lies,'' said Farooq Naik, Bhutto's top lawyer and a senior official in her Pakistan People's Party. "Two bullets hit her, one in the abdomen and one in the head. "Bhutto's personal secretary Naheed Khan and party official Makhdoom Amin Fahim were in the car and they saw what happened. "It is an irreparable loss and they are turning it into a joke with such claims.
Wind blowing money farmers' way
Coupled with a worldwide shortage of turbines and a falling dollar, the resulting scarcity is driving up the cost of wind power — a burden that electricity ratepayers ultimately will shoulder. Oregon's largest utility, Portland General Electric (PGE), recently persuaded regulators to let it charge ratepayers for deposits it needs to place on scarce turbines and wind sites, arguing in part that in a few years, there might not be any good sites left "at any price." The center of Oregon's wind rush is Sherman County. "This is the biggest thing that's happened in Sherman County since they switched from horses to tractors," said Kevin McCullough, a fourth-generation wheat farmer whose 4,000 acres are crawling with contractors, crew-cab pickups and semi rigs hauling in turbine parts from the Port of Vancouver.
Reagins earned Angels GM job through faith, hard work
TEMPE, Ariz. -- It was 1975 when a standout basketball player from Watts entered Tony Reagins' life and his small family home in Indio, Calif. The 18-year-old man, attending a nearby college, befriended the 8-year-old boy, who'd had few African-American role models since his father's death. "I called him 'Starchild,' " says C.D. Jackson, who at the time was dating Tony's oldest sister, Pam. "He had that bright personality, always inquisitive. ... His personality was golden." .
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