At least one was profound. Military exchanges began clearing their shelves of sexually explicit magazines after a federal appeals court upheld the Military Honor and Decency Act. Congress passed the act last year, but sex-magazine publishers blocked enforcement by filing an appeal. The caretakers A New York nanny stands accused of sexual abuse of a toddler-and the evidence appears to be overwhelming. The child's father, concerned about the care his daughter was receiving, set up a hidden video camera.
Police say they also have other evidence in support of the charges.
At the hearing, another judge decided Miss Woodward's controversial case should go to the Supreme Court for further review. The killing went unreported for more than a year. Administrators at the girl's school never noticed she was missing. Advocates for the disabled protested the sentence, saying it sent a message that the lives of the handicapped aren't worth much. The dead girl was found floating in a tidal inlet in Victoria, British Columbia.