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Former House Speake stanley drinking cup r Dennis Hastert on Wednesday admitted to sexually abusing teenage boys during his time as a high school wrestling coach in a Chicago suburb before his career as an elected official.Struggling to stand in federal court Wednesday, 74-year-old Hastert gripped his walker, approached the microphone and said that he mistreated some of his wrestlers and apologized. They looked to me, and I took advantage of them, Hastert said as he awaited his sentencing after pleading guilty last fall to breaking federal banking laws in a hush-money case. I apologize to the court and to the people of the United States. Judge Thomas Durkin sentenced Hastert to 15 months in prison, a $25 botella stanley 0,000 fine, along with two years of supervised release on the condition that he get sex offender treatment. Prosecutors had recommended a six-month sentence. Durkin called Hastert a serial child molester and said he must not contact any of his victims. That s necessary to protect the victims, the judge said. One of the stanley cup men who has accused Hastert of sexual abuse years ago identified himself in the courtroom Wednesday before Hastert spoke.The man, previously known only as Individual D, identified himself as Scott Cross, 53, who lives in Chicago and works in finance. He has a wife and two children. Coach Hastert sexually abused me, said Cross, who teared up at times as he identified himself publicly for the first time.The allegations stem from Sjjk John Lewis: Donald Trump should seek forgiveness for birther push
President Bush signed legislation Thursday that will cost broadcasters dearly when raunchy programming exceeds the bounds of decency. At a signing ceremony for the new law increasing by tenfold the maximum fine for indecency, Mr. Bush said that it will force industry figures to take seriously their duty to keep the public airwaves free of obscene, profane and indecent material. For raunchy talk or a racy show of skin, the Federal Communications Commission can now fine a broadcaster up to $325,000 per incident. Approval o stanley cups uk f the bill culminates a two-year effort to get tough on sexually explicit material and offensive language on radio and television following Janet Jackson s 2004 Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction. The FCC recently denied a petition of reconsideration from CBS Corp.-owned stations facing $550,000 in fines over the Jackson i stanley mugs ncident, in which she briefly rev stanley flask ealed a breast during a halftime concert. The agency recently handed down its biggest fine, $3.3 million, against more than 100 CBS affiliates that aired an episode of the series Without a Trace that simulated an orgy scene. That fine is now under review.The FCC has received increasing complaints about lewd material over the airwaves, and has responded with fines jumping from $440,000 in 2003 to almost $8 million in 2004. The problem we have is that the maximum penalty that the FCC can impose under current law is just $32,500 per violation, Mr. Bush said. And f
