Tuesday, May 21, 2013
 
 

By Barbara Liston

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes only because her lover, a then 14-year-old schoolmate, was another girl.

By late Monday afternoon, almost 100,000 people had signed a Change.org petition or joined a Facebook group called "Free Kate" in support of Kaitlyn Hunt.

Indian River County prosecutor Bruce Colton said on Monday that he would not be moved by the public campaign because he said sexual orientation was not an issue. Colton said Kaitlyn was charged like any other adult for having sex with a minor.

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In Phil Jackson's new book 'Eleven Rings' he compares Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan for the first time publicly.   [READ MORE]
 
By Larry Fine

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carmelo Anthony's scoring prowess has powered the New York Knicks all season but he may need someone to fill the role of sidekick in order to stave off playoff elimination against the Indiana Pacers.

With defensive-minded Indiana...   [READ MORE]
 
By Eric M. Johnson

(Reuters) - The owners of the Sacramento Kings basketball franchise have struck a tentative deal to sell the sought-after California team to local investors after the National Basketball Association denied a proposal to move the team to Seattle, a spokesman for Sacrament...   [READ MORE]
 
(Reuters) - The owners of the Sacramento Kings basketball franchise have struck a deal to sell the sought-after California team to an local investor group led by tech titan Vivek Ranadive, a spokesman for Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said on Friday.

The deal by an investor group that inc...   [READ MORE]
 
By Marice Richter and Suzanne Hurt

DALLAS (Reuters) - The National Basketball Association denied a proposal on Wednesday to move the Sacramento Kings to Seattle following months of bitter wrangling among potential suitors, and strongly urged the team's owners to negotiate with a group ...   [READ MORE]
(Reuters) - The NBA denied a proposal on Wednesday to move the Sacramento Kings basketball team to Seattle, NBA Commissioner David Stern said.

The decision follows months of increasingly bitter wrangling between investors trying to move the team to Seattle and a group fighting to keep the ...   [READ MORE]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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