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Gender-bending fish, swapping Yale for the catwalk, a motivated 9/11 mom, and more.

Published September 12, 2006 12:00AM (EDT)

Associated Press: A U.S. Marine accused of raping a Filipino woman says the sex was consensual, and that the three other Marines his accuser claims cheered him on were only engaging in "drunken laughter."

Associated Press, again: The 40-year-old man accused of participating in the gang-rape of an 11-year-old girl says the girl looked older than 11.

The Age: Certain coral-reef fish change gender in response to other the fish around them.

Los Angeles Times: "Joy Bryant was smart enough to get into Yale and smart enough to drop out to model." Well, it's nice to have options!

United Press International: Note to young athletes -- adolescent girls are more likely than boys to sustain ACL injuries.

Washington Post: As part of its "Five Years Later" series, the Post has a moving profile of Marilyn Rosenthal, a sociology professor and mother of a 9/11 victim, who became obsessed with the terrorist who flew the jet into World Trade Center's South Tower and traveled to Abu Dhabi to meet his family.


By Page Rockwell

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