As Alleged Baylor Rapist Avoids Jail, Focus Turns to Judge

A Texas judge on Monday accepted a plea deal allowing a former Baylor University student accused of raping a woman at a fraternity party to avoid serving jail time. Judge Ralph Strother accepted the plea deal for Jacob Walter Anderson, who was indicted on sexual assault charges and pleaded no…
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Crooked Researcher Avoids Jail, but Must Play the Piano

A former prominent neurological researcher at Yale and New York University avoided prison time Wednesday for stealing research funds, but a judge said he must play piano for indigent elderly people in Connecticut to make amends, per the AP . The unusual sentence for Dr. Alexander Neumeister was handed out Wednesday…
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Apple Avoids Tariffs on Smartwatches, Earbuds

Apple dodged stinging duties on its smartwatches and wireless earbuds after the U.S. excluded those gadgets from tariffs on $ 200 billion in Chinese goods.
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Merkel’s Government Avoids Collapse Over Migrant Battle, at Least for Now

German Chancellor Angela Merkel secured a two-week reprieve in her confrontation with her coalition partner, averting at least temporarily avoiding a collapse of her government over migrants.
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Peru’s President Kuczynski avoids impeachment

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski will remain on his post after Congress voted against his removal from office following bribery allegations.
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Pope Avoids Mention of ‘Rohingya’ on Visit to Myanmar

Pope Francis told Myanmar’s political leaders that their country’s democratization depends on inclusion of all ethnic and religious groups, but he avoided directly referring to the Muslim Rohingya minority whose treatment he has denounced as religious persecution.
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Pope avoids word ‘Rohingya’ in Myanmar speech

Pope Francis has avoided referring to Myanmar’s persecuted Muslim minority by name in a major speech after meeting the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Obama Defends ObamaCare, Avoids Criticizing Trump

Former President Obama continued his gradual re-emergence into public life with a speech Sunday night that hit two familiar notes: He defended ObamaCare and avoided any direct criticism of President Trump. In picking up a Profile in Courage Award at the John F. Kennedy Library, Obama praised members of Congress…
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Tampa Bay Bucs WR Josh Huff Cuts Deal In Gun Case, Avoids Jail

Good news for Tampa Bay Buccaneers WR Josh Huff — he just struck a deal with prosecutors in his gun case and will stay out of jail …. if he keeps his nose clean. As we previously reported, the 25-year-old ex-Oregon star was pulled over in…

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Todd Marinovich Is 8 Months Sober … Avoids Jail In Naked Drug Case

Ex-NFL quarterback Todd Marinovich has been sentenced in his bizarre drug case and will avoid jail if he plays his cards right … but the good news is he’s been sober for 8 months! 

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