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Army sergeant gets five years in Afghan misconduct probe (Reuters)
TACOMA, Wash (Reuters) ? A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for crimes that included beating a subordinate whose whistle-blowing led to an investigation of rogue soldiers murdering unarmed Afghan civilians.
Staff Sergeant David Bram was found guilty by court-martial on most of the charges against him, becoming the 11th soldier convicted in connection with the widest-ranging prosecution of U.S. military atrocities and other misconduct during 10 years of war in Afghanistan.
The jury panel consisting of two officers and three enlisted men deliberated for 90 minutes before rendering its guilty verdict on all but two of the nine counts against Bram. It took the panel about another hour to decide his sentence.
Addressing the court before sentencing, Bram apologized to "the people of Afghanistan" and said, "I pray I have not deterred any young Americans from serving their nation.
"I truly do understand the weight of what I've done," he added, choking back tears. "I understand I must be punished for my actions. I ask for mercy, not for myself but for my beautiful children."
Bram, 27, the father of a young son and daughter, will be eligible for parole after serving about 3 years and four months of his five-year sentence. Prosecutors had recommended a prison term of seven years.
Bram was acquitted of charges that he mistreated a detainee while on patrol last year in Afghanistan's Kandahar province or that he planted evidence near the body of an Afghan casualty.
But he was found guilty of, among other offenses, solicitation to commit murder, two counts of conspiracy to commit assault and trying to impede an investigation.
He was also convicted of taking part with several soldiers in the May 2010 beating of Army Private Justin Stoner, an informant whose report of rampant hashish use in their platoon led Army investigators to uncover other crimes, including unprovoked killings of innocent villagers.
Pentagon officials have said misconduct exposed by the case had damaged the image of the United States around the globe.
Photographs entered as evidence in the investigation showed some of the soldiers casually posing with bloodied Afghan corpses, drawing comparisons to the 2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq.
Five members of the infantry unit formerly known as the 5th Stryker Brigade ultimately were charged with premeditated murder for killing Afghan villagers in random slayings staged to look like legitimate combat engagements.
The accused ringleader, Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs, was convicted by court-martial last week of murdering three unarmed civilians, drawing an automatic life prison sentence, but he will be eligible for parole in 8-1/2 years.
His onetime right-hand-man turned chief accuser, Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock was sentenced in March to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to the same three murders. He also was one of several soldiers to testify against Bram.
A third soldier charged with murder, Adam Winfield, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to three years in prison. A fourth, Andrew Holmes, was sentenced to seven years after pleading guilty to a single count of murder. The fifth, Michael Wagnon, still faces court martial.
Bram received the stiffest penalty among seven other Stryker Brigade members who were charged with lesser offenses in the investigation.
The other six, convicted either by court-martial or guilty pleas, received sentences ranging from demotion or dishonorable discharge to 90 days of hard labor and jail terms of up to nine months.
(Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)
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Wis. couple accused of starving infant daughter (AP)
MADISON, Wis. ? A Wisconsin couple who were worried that their infant daughter would become obese starved her for months, causing the girl to gain just 5 pounds in the 14 months after her birth, prosecutors allege.
Christopher and Mary Sultze, of Appleton, were each charged this month with a felony count of child neglect, and each faces up to a year in prison and a $25,000 fine if convicted.
Christopher Sultze, 35, appeared in Outagamie County Circuit Court on Thursday and was released from jail on bond on the condition that, among other things, he'd have no contact with the child. His preliminary hearing was rescheduled for next week.
Mary Sultze, 36, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday in exchange for her release on bond so that she could tend to her other three children, said her attorney, Brandt Swardenski. She, too, was ordered to have no contact with the daughter she's accused of starving.
Neither has entered a plea.
"I have serious reservations about whether there's any criminal activity here or just misguided parenting intentions," Swardenski said. "This is a case where we need to reserve judgment until we learn more details on exactly what occurred."
Christopher Sultze's attorney, Michael Petersen, declined to comment.
According to the criminal complaint, the couple's daughter weighed slightly more than 8 pounds when she was born in July 2010 and weighed just 13 pounds this past September. A doctor told police the girl would have to weigh 22 pounds to even appear on the growth charts for her age. Another physician noted that the child had no subcutaneous fat on her body and was essentially starving.
Doctors began tracking the girl's lack of growth and weight gain at her four-month checkup in November 2010, when she weighed just 7 pounds, 9 ounces.
Her parents began to grow irritated that doctors were continually concerned about her weight, the complaint said. They insisted they were feeding her enough, and said their other children grew slowly and that they believed the girl would eventually gain weight.
Months went by with no significant improvement and tests for potential medical problems came back negative. In August, the family's doctor convinced the Sultzes to admit the girl to Children's Hospital of Fox Valley for an evaluation, investigators said.
The girl gained 8 ounces over a day at the hospital, but a social worker assigned to the family as part of the admittance process noted that the girl's parents were upset by recommendations that they needed to feed her more calories and said they wanted to take their daughter home, against the advice of her doctors.
According to the complaint, Christopher Sultze told a doctor he didn't want to have obese children and he kept insisting the girl would "get fat" at the hospital.
He later told police and another social worker that his family follows a very low cholesterol diet. He said he underwent bypass surgery for a blocked artery when he was 25 years old.
Court records show that Mary Sultze was charged in 2009 with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct for biting her four-year-old daughter on the arm. According to the criminal complaint in that case, she told police she bit her daughter to teach her a lesson after the girl bit her older sister. Mary Sultze acknowledged that "it probably wasn't right to do."
She ultimately pleaded no contest to the disorderly conduct charge, which is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes. Prosecutors dismissed the battery count.
Appleton, a city of about 70,000, is 125 miles northeast of Madison.
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Ricky Gervais to return as host of Golden Globes
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, Ricky Gervais attends the New York Comedy Festival's Stand Up For Heroes benefit in New York. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced through Twitter Wednesday, Nov. 16, that Gervais will host the ceremony in January. The 69th annual Golden Globe Awards will be held Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, Ricky Gervais attends the New York Comedy Festival's Stand Up For Heroes benefit in New York. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced through Twitter Wednesday, Nov. 16, that Gervais will host the ceremony in January. The 69th annual Golden Globe Awards will be held Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Ricky Gervais is returning as host of the Golden Globes.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced through Twitter on Wednesday that Gervais will take his third turn as Globes host in January.
Gervais left some wondering if he'd be back after his performance at this year's show, when he took pointed jabs at Hollywood stars and the HFPA, which puts on the annual ceremony.
The 50-year-old comedian posted a YouTube clip on his Twitter page Wednesday of his biting opening monologue from the 2011 show, promising "This (times) 10."
At the ceremony earlier this year, Gervais joked that the HFPA accepts bribes (just after the group was sued for allegations that it engaged in payola schemes) and swiped at stars such as Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and Robert Downey Jr.
"I'm telling you now If you don't like it... (Expletive) you! If you do like it.. Love you!" Gervais tweeted Wednesday.
The HFPA acknowledged on its website that "not everyone is happy with the decision" to bring Gervais back because "his blunt one-liners targeting big-name celebrities caused anger and resentment in some quarters."
Downey said during the ceremony: "Aside from the fact that it's been hugely mean-spirited, with mildly sinister undertones, I'd say the vibe of the show is pretty good so far, wouldn't you?"
The HFPA said after the show that Gervais "pushed the envelope and occasionally went too far."
Still, the jabs paid off in ratings, drawing nearly 17 million viewers to the NBC broadcast and beating out its network competition in that time slot.
Gervais initially said after the show that he would not return as its host. Earlier this year, Philip Berk, who was president of the HFPA at the time, denied that Gervais had been invited to come back.
But the organization said Gervais "gradually warmed to the idea" and recently discussed his return with the HFPA's new president, Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly.
The 69th annual Golden Globe Awards will be held Jan. 15 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
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AP Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/APSandy .
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their collaborators have conducted a series of studies that explore non-antibiotic methods to reduce foodborne pathogens that are found in the gut of food animals.
The team consists of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) microbiologist Todd R. Callaway, with the agency's Food and Feed Safety Research Unit in College Station, Texas; ARS animal scientist and project leader Jeffery Carroll with the agency's Livestock Issues Research Unit in Lubbock, Texas; and John Arthington at the University of Florida in Ona.
ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priorities of promoting international food security and ensuring food safety.
Early studies showed that citrus products provide cows with good roughage and vitamins, and the essential oils in such products provide a natural antibiotic effect.
Callaway's early data showed the feasibility of using orange pulp as a feed source to provide anti-pathogenic activity in cattle. He also showed that consumption of citrus byproducts (orange peel and pulp) by cattle is compatible with current production practices, and the byproducts are palatable to the animals.
Callaway then shed light on how to exploit the essential oils inside the peel and pulp that are natural antimicrobials. Collaborations with researchers Steven Ricke and Philip Crandall at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville also have identified specific essential oils that kill the pathogenic bacteria.
From the time Callaway began studying citrus as an animal gut cleanser, he recognized that citrus peel can be heavy and expensive to ship long distances, so his latest studies have investigated the use of processed orange peel pellets.
For one study, the team fed dried orange peel pellets to sheep as a model for cows for eight days. They found a tenfold reduction in Salmonella populations in the animals' intestinal contents. Callaway received a grant from the National Cattleman's Beef Association (Beef Checkoff funds) to help fund the study. Results from the 2011 study were published in Foodborne Pathogens and Disease.
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Read more about this research in the November/December 2011 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.
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United States Department of Agriculture - Research, Education and Economics
This release is available in Spanish.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their collaborators have conducted a series of studies that explore non-antibiotic methods to reduce foodborne pathogens that are found in the gut of food animals.
The team consists of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) microbiologist Todd R. Callaway, with the agency's Food and Feed Safety Research Unit in College Station, Texas; ARS animal scientist and project leader Jeffery Carroll with the agency's Livestock Issues Research Unit in Lubbock, Texas; and John Arthington at the University of Florida in Ona.
ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and this research supports the USDA priorities of promoting international food security and ensuring food safety.
Early studies showed that citrus products provide cows with good roughage and vitamins, and the essential oils in such products provide a natural antibiotic effect.
Callaway's early data showed the feasibility of using orange pulp as a feed source to provide anti-pathogenic activity in cattle. He also showed that consumption of citrus byproducts (orange peel and pulp) by cattle is compatible with current production practices, and the byproducts are palatable to the animals.
Callaway then shed light on how to exploit the essential oils inside the peel and pulp that are natural antimicrobials. Collaborations with researchers Steven Ricke and Philip Crandall at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville also have identified specific essential oils that kill the pathogenic bacteria.
From the time Callaway began studying citrus as an animal gut cleanser, he recognized that citrus peel can be heavy and expensive to ship long distances, so his latest studies have investigated the use of processed orange peel pellets.
For one study, the team fed dried orange peel pellets to sheep as a model for cows for eight days. They found a tenfold reduction in Salmonella populations in the animals' intestinal contents. Callaway received a grant from the National Cattleman's Beef Association (Beef Checkoff funds) to help fund the study. Results from the 2011 study were published in Foodborne Pathogens and Disease.
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Read more about this research in the November/December 2011 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice), or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).
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Teachers caught on tape bullying special-needs girl
When a 14-year-old special needs student in Ohio told her father she was being bullied at school, he figured it was something that many teenagers endure.
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Then he realized it was his daughter?s teachers doing the bullying.
?We were shocked,?? he tearfully said. ?We couldn?t know. We didn?t know.??
After being told repeatedly by school administrators that his daughter was lying about being harassed and bullied, he outfitted her with a hidden tape recorder under her clothes. For the next four days, she recorded a series of abusive and cutting remarks from a teacher and a teacher?s aide at Miami Trace Middle School in Washington Courthouse, Ohio.
The father, Brian, and his daughter, Cheyanne (their last names were withheld in the interview), appeared on TODAY with their attorneys Tuesday as snippets from the secret audio tapes were played.
When asked by Ann Curry how all of this made her feel, Cheyanne simply replied, ?Sad.??
Story: Reading, writing, rage: Are teachers going too far??Are you that damn dumb??
The tapes reveal teacher Christie Wilt and her teacher?s aide, Kelly Chaffins, saying disturbing things to Cheyanne in the classroom. Cheyanne, who is now in high school, was in Wilt?s class for three years of middle school. Chaffins has since resigned, while Wilt had to undergo eight hours of anti-bullying and child abuse training. On Monday, Wilt was put on unpaid leave for the rest of the school year, but Cheyanne?s family is hoping to prevent her from ever teaching or working with special needs students again.
Wilt, who did not respond to requests for an interview, can be heard on the recordings alongside Chaffins calling Cheyanne ?lazy? and ?dumb.?
?Cheyanne, are you kidding me? Are you that damn dumb? You are that dumb??? Chaffins can be heard saying in one instance. ?Oh my God. You are such a liar. You told me you don?t know. It?s no wonder you don?t have friends. No wonder nobody likes you because you lie, cheat.??
On another occasion, Chaffins can be heard poking fun at Cheyanne?s appearance.
?Cheyanne, don?t you want to do something to get rid of that belly? Well evidently you don?t because you don?t do anything at home. You sit at home and watch TV. All night. All weekend.??
In one instance, Wilt informs Cheyanne she has failed a test before Wilt even takes a glance at it.
?You know what? Just keep it,?? Wilt can be heard saying. ?You failed it. I know it. I don?t need your test to grade. You failed it.??
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?Listening to seven hours? worth of stuff on this tape, we were up all night, crying, upset, because we didn?t understand why,?? Cheyanne?s father said tearfully. ?Why would they do this???
On another day, Chaffins forced Chapin to walk on a treadmill as a punishment for getting a question wrong. The school district claimed the treadmill is just there to ?refocus?? students and not punish them. Chaffins later declares that Cheyanne has broken the treadmill and should run in place.
The problems for Cheyanne began in fifth grade and became progressively worse until culminating in an eighth-grade year that was ?just terrible,?? according to her father.
?She got to where she didn?t want to go to school,?? Brian told Curry. ?Cheyanne?s always loved school. We never had a problem with her. She was doing things, (and) starting to harm herself to keep from going to school, so we knew we had to do something at that point.??
Cheyanne?s parents repeatedly contacted the school, only to be consistently rebuffed.
Story: Teacher?s scary classroom eruption captured on video?We weren?t getting anywhere,?? Brian said. ?Every time we called, it was always, ?Cheyanne?s lying, Cheyanne?s making up stories. She?s taking parts of this story, parts of that story, and making her own story.? ??
Her parents then went to the school?s principal, whose investigation consisted of speaking to Wilt and Chaffins, according to Brian. Feeling they were getting nowhere, Cheyanne?s parents then met with Miami Trace superintendent Dan Roberts.?
?(That was) the first time we ever spoke with the man,? Brian said, ?and he told us we were bordering on slander and harassment so (we should) let it go and he would guarantee me the best education possible,?? Brian said.
After the damning evidence on the tapes was brought to school administrators? attention, Chaffins was asked to resign, while Wilt, who was in charge of the classroom as the teacher, had to undergo the anti-bullying training. Roberts told a local television station that Wilt?s role in the incidents ?did not meet what the educational aide (Chaffins) had done.??
?I just hope they do something?
The family filed a civil lawsuit against the school district and were awarded $300,000 in damages. But Brian felt he needed to go public with the story to prevent Wilt from being allowed back in the classroom. The family?s attorneys indicated that they would like Wilt to be terminated from her position.
?I just hope they do something with this teacher,?? Brian said. ?She doesn?t need to be around kids at all. She participated in it, she was right there. I?m looking out for (Cheyanne), but also I?m worried about the other children in that class and what they went through.
?She?s (Wilt) just as much to blame, if not more, because she?s the one who takes that oath to protect our children. She has more education than the teacher?s aide.??
As for Cheyanne, the full effects of the harassment on her are not yet known.
?Cheyanne right now, she?s doing OK,?? her father said. ?She?s trying to forget. She knows that they did something bad to her, but we don?t know years down the road what?s going to happen.??
? 2011 MSNBC Interactive.? Reprints
Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45302947/ns/today-parenting/
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