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From Conservative Shock Jock to Immigration Advocate
Sounds like an unlikely evolution, right? But that's exactly the path that Ben Reed followed. Reed is a longtime Idaho radio DJ and a former Mormon missionary. He was also a committed Republican, until love changed everything.
Brazilian Man Shows Up at His Own Funeral
59-year-old Ademir Jorge Goncalves shocked his family when he showed up at his own funeral service in southern Brazil. After a fatal car crash, local police called in relatives of Goncalves, who identified him and set about arranging funeral services.
Teen Rape Victim Speaks Out: “Violence Is Always the Wrong Choice”
The 15-year-old Richmond High School student who was allegedly gang raped outside her school’s homecoming dance sent a written message last night to hundreds of people gathered in protest of the attack.
"We realize people are angry about this," the young victim said in a statement read by her church pastor. "But let the anger cause change, change that is necessary to keep our children, our neighbors and our friends safe."
Obama Supports Asylum for Guatemalan Woman Fleeing Abusive Husband
After fighting in court since 1995, Rody Alvarado Peña's path to political asylum was finally cleared by the Department of Homeland security, which declared she is "eligible for asylum and merits a grant of asylum as a matter of discretion."
U.S. Announces Record Number of Extraditions from Mexico
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to meet with Mexican Attorney General Arturo Chavez to discuss the extradition of suspected criminals to the United States.
Teacher Arrested for Having Sex with 13-Year-Old Student
Kristy Sanchez-Trujillo, 33, of Albuquerque, New Mexico was arrested after her sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student was discovered. Police told the media that Sanchez-Trujillo made a confession to a coworker about the inappropriate relationship she was carrying on with one of her students. The coworkers then notified authorities. Sanchez-Trujillo has been fired from her job as a 7th grade social studies teacher at Jimmy Carter Middle School and has been charged with three counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor. She was arrested on Wednesday and released today.
Honduran Government Reaches an Agreement
After months of tense negotiations, deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and de facto President Roberto Micheletti have settled on a government of national reconciliation that could reinstate Zelaya, CNN reports.
Five Arrested in Alleged Gang Rape, Friend of Victim Speaks Out
Police investigating the gang rape of a 15-year-old student outside of a school dance on Oct. 23 have arrested five people, CNN reports. Three juveniles and two adults—Salvador Rodriguez, 21, and Manuel Ortega, 19— were taken into custody. Richmond, CA police spokesman, Lt. Mark Gagan, says the arrested teens will be charged as adults.
Steve Phillips Likes His Mistresses Latina
Steve Phillips saw his career crash and burn last week when it was revealed he carried on a torrid affair with 22-year-old production assistant Brooke Hundley—who indentifies herself as "Latino" on her Ithaca College web profile—while working as a sportscaster at ESPN.
Revealed: Castro’s Sister Worked for the CIA
In her new memoir, the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro admits to working undercover for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s using the codename “Donna,” Reuters reports. Juanita Castro, who now lives in exile in Miami, says she helped opponents of her brothers’ communist rule to escape execution and imprisonment.