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The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a case brought by civil liberties groups that challenges a new law aimed at curbing children’s access to online pornography.  One bid by Congress to shield kids from Internet pornography has already been struck down by the court.  In 1997, the court said, in addition to protecting kids, that law would have prevented adults from viewing the material.  Congress rejigged the law a year later, and passed it again with fewer restrictions.  Even so, civil liberties groups challenged it on the same First

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Christopher Prato, a 25 year old teacher at the private, 100 acre Harvey School in Katonah, aWestchester prep school, was arrested Thursday night when he arrived at a park for what he thoughtwould be a rendezvous with a 15 year old boy. The boy who he had been talking with on theInternet was actually an undercover agent. Prato has become the 41st man arrested in an Internetsting designed to thwart adults from seeking sex with minors. So far, 35 people have been convictedin the sting operation. He was

Leland Rosemont, a 58 year old convicted child molester, was indicted by a grand jury in US District Court in Detroit on Thursday, on two felony firearms charges following a raid April 30 at his Beverly Hills house.  Hundreds of explicitly photos, some depicting him having sex with underage girls were found by investigators.  Rosemont was convicted twice in the 1970s of molesting young girls and is now the focus of an investigation by Beverly Hills police and the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department.  The investigation is focused on identifying girls

William A. Beith, a 29 year old former Baptist school principal, is charged with kidnapping, sexual assault and lewdness and faces federal charges of enticing a minor into sexual acts and transporting a minor across state lines for sexual purposes.  He allegedly kidnapped and sexually assaulted an 11 year old girl who will mark her 12th birthday in state custody while authorities investigate her home life.  The Prosecutor’s office is investigating conditions in the family’s home and is focusing on the girl’s father.  The girl disappeared May 1 in Portage,

Russel Hubmeier, a 23 year old man who just got out of jail for raping and underage girl, was arrested for impersonating a police officer to meet and try to date female security guards at the South Shore Mall in Bay Shore.  On May 1 he told security personnel he was an undercover Nassau County cop and asked to be escorted around the mall by a female security guard, whom he repeatedly asked for a date.  She refused but he returned four days later and approached another female guard who

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Parents on the lookout for sexual abuse of their children need to play the role of detective,looking for subtle changes in behavior that are most often the sign of a problem, according toexperts. Most kids are fearful they’ll anger their parents, don’t wait for a child to volunteerthat they have been abused, said Mary Pulido, director of the child-protection center. Some of thesigns to look for:

– Children who suddenly develop an aversion to school.

– A noticeable increase in time a child wants to spend indoors watching TV