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Whoa. The father of the former Stanford swim team member who was found guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman said his son shouldn’t be penalized for “20 minutes of action.”(Photo: Dan Honda, Bay Area News Group via AP)
[h=2]'20 minutes of action': Another<span style="color: Red;">*</span>sex assault on campus[/h]It's a culture where a father can argue that his son shouldn't be punished for sexual assault<span style="color: Red;">*</span>because he'll lose out on the life he dreamed of. What of the victim's dreams? The father of former Stanford student Brock Allen Turner, 20, who was found guilty last week of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015, said in a statement that his son shouldn’t be penalized for “20 minutes of action.”<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(He also mentioned his son hasn't been enjoying his steak the way he used to.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Turner was sentenced to six months in county jail, three years’ probation and has<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to register as a sex offender. His<span style="color: Red;">*</span>23-year-old victim read an emotional letter in court where she explains how those 20 minutes affected her life.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Read her powerful statement here.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>It shouldn't take more than 20 minutes.
[h=2]Having your social media accounts hacked can happen to any one. Just ask<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mark Zuckerberg[/h]Yep, even the dude with the perhaps the most social media cred on the planet has been hacked. No, not his Facebook account. But his Twitter (ha) and Pinterest (yep) accounts were both compromised recently,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>according to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>publishedreports. The accounts have since been secured.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A group called OurMine Team claims credit for the hack, saying<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Zuckerberg's credentials were discovered in a database<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of compromised LinkedIn (!!) accounts.
[h=2]Drunken Americans are causing all kinds of trouble in Japan[/h]U.S. Navy to sailors in Okinawa: Enough with the drinking problems. The Navy<span style="color: Red;">*</span>officially banned booze on Monday and confined servicemembers to base. Here's why:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Japan doesn't really have that much violent crime, and a string of high-profile incidents (drunken driving, sexual assault, murder) have residents who live near the base outraged.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S.-Japan relations are officially strained. Plans to relocate a key U.S. airbase in Okinawa are in jeopardy.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>U.S. authorities have promised to cooperate fully with Japanese police.
[h=2]Can we stop mom-shaming now?[/h]The mother of the 3-year-old boy who fell into the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla exhibit won't face charges, the county prosecutor said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Monday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"She was being attentive to her children by all witness accounts," he said. "If anyone doesn't believe a 3-year-old<span style="color: Red;">*</span>can scamper off very quickly, they've never had kids." If you're still mourning Harambe, the 17-year-old gorilla who was killed so the boy could be rescued, you may want to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>help stop the 2,000 gorilla deaths that happen every year<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(mostly from poaching).
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Speaking of helping, John Oliver just bought and forgave $15 million in medical debt to prove that "debt buying is a grimy business, and badly needs more oversight, because as it stands any idiot can get into it."
Time to ditch your rubber clogs<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and not just 'cause they're ugly.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Crocs are also bad for your feet.
Steph Curry says, "It's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>an incredible honor to represent your country and wear ‘USA’ on your chest," but it's an honor he'll forgo —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Curry's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>skipping the Rio Olympics in part due to his ankle/knee injuries.
"Can you hear me now?" Good, 'cause I switched to Sprint. Yep, the glasses dude is no longer doing ads for Verizon.
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