Townshend 'suicidal' after kid porn arrest

(December 28) Rock star Pete Townshend said he contemplated suicide after admitting he'd downloaded child pornography earlier this year. "If I had had a gun, I would have shot myself," said Townshend. "What I did was wrong and stupid." The Who guitarist was cautioned and put on the UK sex offenders registry after his name turned up in an FBI investigation of a Texas kid porn website.

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$1.126 million award in teen sex case

(December 28) A Montana man has been ordered to pay $1.126 million in actual and punitive damages for his sexual relationship with a teenage girl, but it's unlikely the girl or her parents will see a penny of that award. The defendant, John Vollhaber, who allegedly hired a woman to silence the girl and later attacked the girl's father himself, claims to have a net worth of zero.

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Man takes groin shot to woo ex-girlfriend

(December 28) In Sicily, a man hoping to win back the affections of his ex-girlfriend by making her feel sorry for him had a friend shoot him in the groin. Police who were called after the man showed up at a hospital with pellet wounds to his groin arrested the man and his accomplice.

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Nude man stuck in chimney on Christmas

(December 28) The 34-year-old Minnesota man found naked and lodged in the furnace flue at a Minneapolis bookstore early Chrismas morning was definitely "not Santa Claus," said a police spokesman. Cops believe the suspected burglar was drunk when he climbed atop the one-story building and removed all his clothes to help squeeze into the chimney.

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Woman claims doc traded pain pills for sex

(December 26) A Georgia woman has filed a malpractice suit against a Chattanooga, Tennessee doctor who she claims gave her pain pills in exchange for a sexual relationship that led to an illegal Las Vegas marriage. Court records indicate the defendant, Dr. Larry D. Howard, was already married at the time.

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Fondling prosecutor loses parental rights

(December 26) A Pennsylvania district attorney who stands accused of fondling a 10-year-old girl at a Hillary Duff concert has been prohibited from having contact with his own daughter. Mark Peter Pazuhanich, who is set to become a judge, was allegedly drunk when he was seen by a concert security guard tickling and then fondling the girl.

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