Archive for September, 2006

Coach convicted in autistic player’s beaning

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

29-year-old accused of offering money to boy to hit teammate

Disgusting.

A jury convicted 29-year-old Mark R. Downs Jr. of corruption of minors and criminal solicitation to commit simple assault, Fayette County authorities said.

UNIONTOWN, Pa. - A baseball coach accused of offering an 8-year-old money to bean an autistic teammate so he couldn’t play was convicted Thursday of two lesser charges against him, and evaded more serious charges.

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What to remember, what to forget…

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

A great animation of president bush explaining the attack on Iraq.