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<description><![CDATA[Former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Chukky Okobi (oh-KOH'-bee) has been fined $100 after pleading guilty to harassment in a bar fight last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17762955-ex-steeler-okobi-fined-100-after-plea-in-bar-beef</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17762955-ex-steeler-okobi-fined-100-after-plea-in-bar-beef</guid><category>us</category><category>ex</category><category>assault</category><category>us-news</category><category>steeler</category><category>former-pittsburgh-steelers</category><category>chukky-okobi</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:14:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lawyer: Bond for Gucci Mane set at $75,000</title>
<description><![CDATA[A lawyer for Gucci Mane says a judge has set a $75,000 bond for the rapper, who is accused of hitting a fan in the head with a champagne bottle at an Atlanta nightclub.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17693053-lawyer-bond-for-gucci-mane-set-at-75000</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17693053-lawyer-bond-for-gucci-mane-set-at-75000</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>assault</category><category>gucci-mane</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:17:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-Miss Porter's teacher charged with sex assault</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former teacher at a prestigious all-girls boarding school who was charged last month with sexually assaulting a student may have had inappropriate conversations with five other teenagers, according to a newly released affidavit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17687584-ex-miss-porters-teacher-charged-with-sex-assault</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17687584-ex-miss-porters-teacher-charged-with-sex-assault</guid><category>us</category><category>sex</category><category>assault</category><category>us-news</category><category>miss-porter</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:21:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Giants owner's nephew denies Conn. assault charge</title>
<description><![CDATA[A nephew of New York Giants owner John Mara pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges he hit a man in the head with a bottle during a New Year's Eve party.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17674611-giants-owners-nephew-denies-conn-assault-charge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17674611-giants-owners-nephew-denies-conn-assault-charge</guid><category>us</category><category>assault</category><category>new-york-giants</category><category>mara</category><category>us-news</category><category>new-year</category><category>nephew</category><category>john-mara</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 19:55:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Officer defends overturning sexual-assault verdict</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Air Force commander who overturned a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case &#8212; enraging members of Congress and prompting talk of military justice reform &#8212; explained his case in a letter to a top Pentagon official, saying he found the accused officer and his wife more believable than the alleged victim.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17657239-officer-defends-overturning-sexual-assault-verdict</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17657239-officer-defends-overturning-sexual-assault-verdict</guid><category>us</category><category>air-force</category><category>case</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>assault</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>sexual-assault-case</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:04:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New disclosure rules for sex assault victims</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal employees who have been victims of sexual assault will no longer have to disclose that they sought mental health support following an attack when they fill out security clearance applications.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618460-new-disclosure-rules-for-sex-assault-victims</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17618460-new-disclosure-rules-for-sex-assault-victims</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>sex</category><category>assault</category><category>clearance</category><category>security-clearance</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 18:17:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Wyo. woman accused of hitting 3 in parking lot</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Wyoming woman is behind bars after authorities say she intentionally hit three women with her car in a bar parking lot.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17586509-wyo-woman-accused-of-hitting-3-in-parking-lot</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17586509-wyo-woman-accused-of-hitting-3-in-parking-lot</guid><category>us</category><category>assault</category><category>us-news</category><category>parking-lot</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 16:22:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Iowa rape victim faults university</title>
<description><![CDATA[A woman raped by two University of Northern Iowa football players eight years ago says she has been devastated by the school's failure to make accommodations for her to stay in school, according to a transcript of court testimony obtained by The Associated Press.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan J. Foley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ryan J. Foley]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17571164-apnewsbreak-iowa-rape-victim-faults-university</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17571164-apnewsbreak-iowa-rape-victim-faults-university</guid><category>us</category><category>football</category><category>iowa</category><category>assault</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>northern-iowa</category><category>northern-iowa-football</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:18:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>4th Conn. teen charged in sexual assault case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A fourth high school football player has been charged in a statutory rape case involving two 13-year-old girls who've been taunted online by supporters of the accused.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17500613-4th-conn-teen-charged-in-sexual-assault-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17500613-4th-conn-teen-charged-in-sexual-assault-case</guid><category>us</category><category>students</category><category>sex</category><category>assault</category><category>charges</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:13:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rapper Gucci Mane denied bond in assault case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gucci Mane has been denied bond on charges stemming from a fan's accusation that the rapper hit him in the head with a champagne bottle at an Atlanta nightclub.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17431664-rapper-gucci-mane-denied-bond-in-assault-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17431664-rapper-gucci-mane-denied-bond-in-assault-case</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>assault</category><category>gucci-mane</category><category>rapper-gucci-mane</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:48:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=61935032-0ed1-4b85-82ff-9f08e9c6e2e5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="351" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=61935032-0ed1-4b85-82ff-9f08e9c6e2e5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2010 file photo, rapper Gucci Mane arrives on the red carpet for the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta. An arrest warrant has been issued for Gucci Mane after a fan accused the rapper of hitting him in the head with a champagne bottle at a downtown Atlanta nightclub, Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Conn. football players accused of sexual assault</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Connecticut high school football players have been charged in sexual assault cases that, like a recent high-profile Ohio rape case, have led to online taunts directed at an accuser.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Collins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dave Collins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17386183-conn-football-players-accused-of-sexual-assault</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17386183-conn-football-players-accused-of-sexual-assault</guid><category>us</category><category>students</category><category>sex</category><category>assault</category><category>charges</category><category>us-news</category><category>two-connecticut</category><category>torrington-high-school</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:10:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee755389-cc9b-4222-a775-574522213fad.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="319" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee755389-cc9b-4222-a775-574522213fad.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This combo made from undated booking photos released by the Torrington, Conn., Police Department shows Torrington High School football players Edgar Gonzalez, left, and Joan Toribio, charged Monday, March 18, 2013, with felony second-degree sexual assault and other crimes in February in cases involving different 13-year-old girls.  One of the 13-year-old girls, who accused Gonzalez and Toribio, has received taunts on online social media.  (AP Photo/Torrington, Conn. Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c56098b0-409f-43ed-a514-ab39a5e6a726.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="451" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c56098b0-409f-43ed-a514-ab39a5e6a726.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="135" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated booking photo released by the Torrington, Conn., Police Department shows Torrington High School football player Joan Toribio, charged Monday, March 18, 2013, with felony second-degree sexual assault and other crimes in February in cases involving different 13-year-old girls.  One of the 13-year-old girls, who accused Toribio and teammate Edgar Gonzalez, has received taunts on online social media.  (AP Photo/Torrington, Conn., Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c62f3f80-c244-4c82-8ab6-11b7b3c6d26d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="459" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c62f3f80-c244-4c82-8ab6-11b7b3c6d26d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="138" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated booking photo released by the Torrington, Conn., Police Department shows Torrington High School football player Edgar Gonzalez, charged Monday, March 18, 2013, with felony second-degree sexual assault and other crimes in February in cases involving different 13-year-old girls.  One of the 13-year-old girls, who accused Gonzalez and teammate Joan Toribio, has received taunts on online social media.  (AP Photo/Torrington, Conn., Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Panel criticizes military on sexual assault cases</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a stinging rebuke of the military's efforts to curb sexual assault, members of a Senate panel hammered Defense Department officials on Wednesday for making too little progress in combating the crimes and failing to improve a military justice system that victims described as slow and uncaring.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Cassata ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Donna Cassata ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17287144-panel-criticizes-military-on-sexual-assault-cases</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17287144-panel-criticizes-military-on-sexual-assault-cases</guid><category>us</category><category>air-force</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>assault</category><category>defense-department</category><category>sexual-assault</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:48:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff253e2e-7d19-4e79-9df7-90852e0dbea9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff253e2e-7d19-4e79-9df7-90852e0dbea9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin. The case involving Franklin who dismissed charges against a lieutenant colonel convicted of sexual assault will be reviewed at the top levels of the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a letter released Monday, March 11, 2013. But it's seemed unlikely that the ruling would be changed. Hagel said that under military law, neither he nor the Air Force secretary has the authority to reverse Franklin's decision to overturn the conviction against Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano Air Base in Italy. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db977ec8-7a8c-42e5-afbf-3133b05c801f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="314" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db977ec8-7a8c-42e5-afbf-3133b05c801f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate subcommittee on Personnel Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, hugs BriGette McCoy, a former Specialist in the U.S. Army, after McCoy testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, before the subcommittee's hearing to investigate sexual assault in the military. McCoy, a Persian Gulf war veteran, said she was raped when she was 18 and at her first duty station.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58498081-3835-47d2-b9c6-eb8acb9f6f32.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58498081-3835-47d2-b9c6-eb8acb9f6f32.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, before the Senate subcommittee on Personal hearing to investigate sexual assault in the military. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=112880c1-c853-48cd-b7e3-c96c5756685a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=112880c1-c853-48cd-b7e3-c96c5756685a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate subcommittee on Personnel Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, leans into Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., before Boxer testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, before the subcommittee's hearing on sexual assault in the military.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6cb6a6e-03c5-4d21-92df-aed0f9a6afc3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6cb6a6e-03c5-4d21-92df-aed0f9a6afc3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former US Army Specialist BriGette McCoy, left, wipes a tear as former US Army Sgt. Rebekah Havrilla, right, hugs Anu Bhagwati, a former Marine officer and Executive Director and Co-Founder of Service Women's Action Network, after they all testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, before the Senate subcommittee on Personnel hearing on sexual assault in the military. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c07b743f-c34f-4c37-ac0a-26aed3b20bc1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="312" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c07b743f-c34f-4c37-ac0a-26aed3b20bc1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate subcommittee on Personnel Chair, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., right, talks with former US Army Sgt. Rebekah Havrilla, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, after Havrilla testified before the subcommittee's hearing on sexual assault in the military. Havrilla told the committee that she encountered a &quot;broken&quot; military criminal justice system after she was raped by another service member while serving in Afghanistan. Havrilla described suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and described how her case was eventually closed after senior commanders decided not to pursue charges.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=41315cd5-54be-4e3a-b78a-8daefc49f6a7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=41315cd5-54be-4e3a-b78a-8daefc49f6a7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brian Lewis, former Petty Officer Third Class, U.S. Navy, pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, before the Senate subcommittee on Personnel hearing on sexual assault in the military. Lewis told the subcommittee not to forget that many victims of sexual assault and harassment in the military are male. Lewis said he was raped in 2000 by a non-commissioned officer who outranked him. His commanders ordered him not to report the crime to Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Lewis said he was later misdiagnosed with having a personality disorder and he was discharged from the service in 2001.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dcfa1a1a-6694-4b7d-906b-10ef86b4b959.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dcfa1a1a-6694-4b7d-906b-10ef86b4b959.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Anu Bhagwati, a former Marine officer and Executive Director and Co-Founder of Service Women's Action Network testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, before the Senate subcommittee on Personnel hearing on sexual assault in the military. Bhagwati told the panel that commanders are unable to make impartial decisions because they usually have a professional relationship with the accused and, often times, with the victim as well.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b5dedc7e-288b-4821-a0e1-1250b1a4f4d4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b5dedc7e-288b-4821-a0e1-1250b1a4f4d4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate subcommittee on Personnel Chair, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, talks with the subcommittee's ranking Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, during the subcommittee's hearing on sexual assault in the military. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b811f2f3-f756-4fdd-8062-28d9e82c51ba.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b811f2f3-f756-4fdd-8062-28d9e82c51ba.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Maj. Gen. Gary Patton, director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office, left, speaks with Brian Lewis ?former Petty Officer Third Class, U.S. Navy, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2013, after Lewis testified before the Senate subcommittee on Personnel hearing on sexual assault in the military. Brian Lewis, a former Navy petty officer, told the subcommittee not to forget that many victims of sexual assault and harassment in the military are male. Lewis said he was raped in 2000 by a non-commissioned officer who outranked him. His commanders ordered him not to report the crime to Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Lewis said he was later misdiagnosed with having a personality disorder and he was discharged from the service in 2001.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U. Northern Iowa assault case settled for $50,000</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former University of Northern Iowa student who claimed administrators treated her poorly after she was sexually assaulted by football players in 2004 will receive $50,000 to drop her lawsuit, according to the terms of an agreement released Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan J. Foley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ryan J. Foley]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17198917-u-northern-iowa-assault-case-settled-for-50000</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17198917-u-northern-iowa-assault-case-settled-for-50000</guid><category>football</category><category>college-football</category><category>iowa</category><category>assault</category><category>us-news</category><category>northern-iowa</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 23:09:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Not guilty verdict for former Montana quarterback</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before acquitting a former University of Montana quarterback in a rape trial that has played out amid NCAA and federal investigations into how the city and school respond to rape allegations on campus.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Gouras]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matt Gouras]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17150511-not-guilty-verdict-for-former-montana-quarterback</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17150511-not-guilty-verdict-for-former-montana-quarterback</guid><category>us</category><category>university</category><category>assault</category><category>us-news</category><category>sexual</category><category>sexual-assault</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 22:43:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2af4c892-842f-42cb-867b-daea769cc8db.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2af4c892-842f-42cb-867b-daea769cc8db.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former University of Montana quarterback, Jordan Johnson, center, reacts to being acquitted of rape charges during his trial Friday March 1, 2013 in Missoula, Mont. With Johnson are his attorneys, David Paoli and Kirsten Pabst. The accusations against Johnson, 20, have drawn much attention in Montana, where UM football is the top sports attraction. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras)                             &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04bb7dc4-31a1-4618-9dff-190f52d195a4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04bb7dc4-31a1-4618-9dff-190f52d195a4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former University of Montana quarterback, Jordan Johnson, center, reacts after being acquitted of rape charges during his trial Friday March 1, 2013 in Missoula, Mont. With Johnson are his attorneys, David Paoli and Kirsten Pabst. The accusations against Johnson, 20, have drawn much attention in Montana, where UM football is the top sports attraction. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras)                                                            &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a43a213-6f4f-448b-9182-afbd09d26e1d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2a43a213-6f4f-448b-9182-afbd09d26e1d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former University of Montana quarterback, Jordan Johnson, facing camera, is hugged by a supporter after being acquitted of rape charges during his trial Friday March 1, 2013 in Missoula, Mont. The accusations against Johnson, 20, have drawn much attention in Montana, where UM football is the top sports attraction. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras)                                     &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa8f18b9-e9db-4c12-91cd-610163e5f5d2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa8f18b9-e9db-4c12-91cd-610163e5f5d2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A packed spectator section for the trial of Former University of Montana quarterback, Jordan Johnson, looks on after Jordan was acquitted of rape charges Friday March 1, 2013 in Missoula, Mont. The accusations against Johnson, 20, have drawn much attention in Montana, where UM football is the top sports attraction. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours. (AP Photo/Matt Gouras) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Canada duo charged in chip-dip fight over a beer</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Canadian couple faces domestic assault charges after attacking each other with chips and dip after apparently fighting over the last beer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149191-canada-duo-charged-in-chip-dip-fight-over-a-beer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149191-canada-duo-charged-in-chip-dip-fight-over-a-beer</guid><category>canada</category><category>assault</category><category>chip</category><category>world-news</category><category>cn</category><category>dip</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 19:31:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cops: Witness IDs Giants owner's nephew in assault</title>
<description><![CDATA[A witness identified the 22-year-old nephew of New York Giants owner John Mara as the person he saw hit a man in the head with a bottle during a New Year's Eve party, an arrest affidavit says.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Christoffersen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Christoffersen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17135142-cops-witness-ids-giants-owners-nephew-in-assault</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17135142-cops-witness-ids-giants-owners-nephew-in-assault</guid><category>us</category><category>assault</category><category>new-york-giants</category><category>mara</category><category>us-news</category><category>new-year</category><category>nephew</category><category>john-mara</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:25:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pa. dad admits maternity ward girlfriend assault</title>
<description><![CDATA[A man has admitted assaulting his girlfriend in the maternity ward of a suburban Philadelphia hospital during an argument over what to name their newborn baby.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16977052-pa-dad-admits-maternity-ward-girlfriend-assault</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16977052-pa-dad-admits-maternity-ward-girlfriend-assault</guid><category>us</category><category>assault</category><category>us-news</category><category>maternity-ward</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:59:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Jets' Thomas could avoid trial on assault charge</title>
<description><![CDATA[A New York Jets linebacker has entered a pre-trial probation program that could help him get assault and drug charges dismissed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16934048-jets-thomas-could-avoid-trial-on-assault-charge</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16934048-jets-thomas-could-avoid-trial-on-assault-charge</guid><category>nfl</category><category>jets</category><category>thomas</category><category>assault</category><category>new-york-jets</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:15:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rape trial begins for ex-Montana quarterback</title>
<description><![CDATA[The rape trial of a former University of Montana quarterback is about a woman who was betrayed by someone she trusted, not about the school's football program, a prosecutor said Monday in his opening statement.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Beth Hanson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amy Beth Hanson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/08/16899036-rape-trial-begins-for-ex-montana-quarterback</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/08/16899036-rape-trial-begins-for-ex-montana-quarterback</guid><category>us</category><category>university</category><category>assault</category><category>us-news</category><category>sexual</category><category>sexual-assault</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:24:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa80440a-8459-4d54-b324-25bb3a1a8b79.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa80440a-8459-4d54-b324-25bb3a1a8b79.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2011 file photo, Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson (10) scrambles against Cal Poly during an NCAA college football game in Missoula, Mont.  Jury selection in the trial for Johnson, charged in the rape of a friend while the two were watching a movie at her apartment, is scheduled to begin Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.  (AP Photo/Michael Albans, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Male inmate accused of assaulting woman in cell</title>
<description><![CDATA[A man has been charged with sexually assaulting a female inmate after the two were placed in the same jail cell alone on an Indian reservation in Arizona, federal court documents show.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Felicia Fonseca]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Felicia Fonseca]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16885851-male-inmate-accused-of-assaulting-woman-in-cell</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16885851-male-inmate-accused-of-assaulting-woman-in-cell</guid><category>us</category><category>arizona</category><category>jail</category><category>assault</category><category>us-news</category><category>fort-apache-indian-reservation</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 15:57:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NMSU basketball player charged in beating case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A suspended New Mexico State University basketball player has been arrested for assault.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16873905-nmsu-basketball-player-charged-in-beating-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16873905-nmsu-basketball-player-charged-in-beating-case</guid><category>assault</category><category>new-mexico-state</category><category>us-news</category><category>college-basketball</category><category>new-mexico-state-university</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 23:23:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Impunity feeds Egypt's sexual assaults, group says</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mob-led sexual assaults targeting Egypt's female protesters could increase if perpetrators are not punished, an international rights group warned on Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16870154-impunity-feeds-egypts-sexual-assaults-group-says</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16870154-impunity-feeds-egypts-sexual-assaults-group-says</guid><category>egypt</category><category>assault</category><category>world-news</category><category>sexual-assault</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 16:56:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=150667f5-ba18-4083-be10-7bf62cb6e5a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=150667f5-ba18-4083-be10-7bf62cb6e5a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Egyptian women gather to denounce sexual violence and harassment against women in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Mob-led sexual assaults targeting Egypt's female protesters could increase if perpetrators are not punished, an international rights group warned on Wednesday. Amnesty International said statements from victims show that the assaults follow a &quot;clear pattern,&quot; where mobs of men encircle the victims, assault them with weapons and hands and then try to undress them. Amnesty's warning followed a statement from the U.N. human rights office, which last week said that about 25 women were reportedly sexually assaulted  in some cases with extraordinary violence  in Cairo's Tahrir Square during recent demonstrations against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. (AP/Virginie Nguyen Hoang&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9af4df98-8329-4e3e-9fe5-3043ac204d8d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9af4df98-8329-4e3e-9fe5-3043ac204d8d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Egyptian women gather to denounce sexual violence and harassment against women in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Mob-led sexual assaults targeting Egypt's female protesters could increase if perpetrators are not punished, an international rights group warned on Wednesday. Amnesty International said statements from victims show that the assaults follow a &quot;clear pattern,&quot; where mobs of men encircle the victims, assault them with weapons and hands and then try to undress them. Amnesty's warning followed a statement from the U.N. human rights office, which last week said that about 25 women were reportedly sexually assaulted  in some cases with extraordinary violence  in Cairo's Tahrir Square during recent demonstrations against Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. (AP/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Former Naval Academy teacher to be court-martialed</title>
<description><![CDATA[The superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy has referred the case of a former teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student to general court-martial.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Witte]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Witte]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16792159-former-naval-academy-teacher-to-be-court-martialed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16792159-former-naval-academy-teacher-to-be-court-martialed</guid><category>us</category><category>academy</category><category>assault</category><category>us-news</category><category>naval-academy</category><category>sexual-assault</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:50:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran hangs 2 for attack posted on YouTube</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran state radio says two men have been hanged publicly after posting a video on YouTube showing them robbing and assaulting a man with a machete on a Tehran street.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16608725-iran-hangs-2-for-attack-posted-on-youtube</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16608725-iran-hangs-2-for-attack-posted-on-youtube</guid><category>iran</category><category>assault</category><category>world-news</category><category>youtube</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:14:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Charges won't be filed against 49ers' Crabtree</title>
<description><![CDATA[Criminal charges won't be filed against 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree after an alleged sexual assault in a hotel after the team's playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco's district attorney said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16592538-charges-wont-be-filed-against-49ers-crabtree</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16592538-charges-wont-be-filed-against-49ers-crabtree</guid><category>nfl</category><category>49ers</category><category>assault</category><category>san-francisco</category><category>green-bay-packers</category><category>us-news</category><category>sexual-assault</category><category>crabtree</category><category>michael-crabtree</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:48:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8c4b2707-ae51-4147-afdf-5c9ec333e0e3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="344" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8c4b2707-ae51-4147-afdf-5c9ec333e0e3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo taken Jan. 12, 2013 shows San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) against the Green Bay Packers in an NFC divisional playoff NFL football game in San Francisco.  Police in San Francisco say they're investigating a sexual assault allegation involving Crabtree. Police said in a statement released Friday Jan. 18, 2013, that the alleged assault occurred in a city hotel room early Sunday after the 49ers' playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers.  (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0d564803-8026-4634-afe0-23e575bffbf2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="351" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0d564803-8026-4634-afe0-23e575bffbf2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) practices at an NFL football training facility in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. The 49ers are scheduled to play the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>