Judge to rule on Sandusky request to ease house arrest

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A Pennsylvania judge is expected to rule Monday on whether to ease restrictions in the house arrest of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky that would allow him visit with his grandchildren while he awaits trial on child sex abuse charges.

Sandusky has been under house arrest since December when he was charged with sexually abusing young boys over a 15-year period, allegations that led to the firing of the Nittany Lions heralded head football coach Joe Paterno only months before he died of complications from lung cancer.

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that is the most disturbing thing I have ever read on here.

Morning magnolia

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Our winter landscape is brown this year because of our snow drought.  And from a photographer's viewpoint (at least this photographer), brown is not the most photogenic of landscape colors, especially in winter.  But my attention was caught this morning when I looked out our front window.   A few years back we planted a small magnolia by the window.  Because it's early February there's nothing special about this magnolia -- it's way too early for it to bloom, and it's only sticks and tips of branches right now. 

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Reminds me of my childhood ice skating good times!

City police to lead investigation into human trafficking

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The alleged victim told police she was part of a "human trafficking prostitution ring" that operated in Portsmouth in October 2011, DuBois said. The deputy police chief said the alleged victim is an adult, and he defined the human trafficking allegation as someone being forced to surrender personal property and/or "more or less held against their will."

According to federal authorities, human trafficking most often involves the victimization of women and children for sex crimes, but it also can include forced labor.

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International human trafficking ring busted

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The Gulf of Finland Coast Guard and the French border police have spent a year investigating how the suspects organised illegal entry. The case has also looked into potential human trafficking.

The smuggling routes stretched from India to Finland through Dubai, Kenya, Tanzania and Turkey, the Border Guard says. The journey continued from Finland to France.

Over 110 officials from Finland, France and Belgium took part in the operation on Monday morning.

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Chinese politician Wang Lijun mysteriously disappears amid rumours he tried to defect

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When Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister, flies to Chongqing Saturday to wrap up a five-day tour of China, he may be walking into the middle of one of the biggest power struggles in recent Chinese history.

His host, Bo Xilai, party secretary in the southwestern megacity, is a prominent “princeling” who has been tipped to join China’s powerful Politburo Standing Committee during a generational change of leadership in October.

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