ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy expelled the former quarterback at the U.S. Naval Academy who was cleared of rape last summer but found guilty of lesser offenses, a move his attorney called "profoundly unfair" on Friday.
Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter called Lamar Owens Jr.'s conduct "unsatisfactory" and ordered the 23-year-old to reimburse the school $90,797.75.
The Navy said it waived a third of his education expenses in Annapolis "in recognition of his noteworthy professional conduct during the time he served as a midshipman following his anticipated graduation date."
Historical vehicle, Seabiscuit statue visits Bay Meadows
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A 1948 Diamond T Model 201, a vehicle purchased and used by Charles S. Howard, owner of the legendary Seabiscuit, will be on display Sunday at Bay Meadows.
The vehicle, manufactured from 1939 to 1949, was fitted with a horse van (designed and built by Superior Body) and used at Howard's Ridgewood Ranch in Willits, California. Ridgewood Ranch is the home of Seabiscuit, who is buried on the property.
Ethics charges against former Duke prosecutor stand
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A disciplinary committee rejected a request Friday to dismiss ethics charges against the former prosecutor in the dismissed Duke lacrosse case, who is accused of withholding critical DNA evidence from the defense.
The decision by the three-member panel came shortly after an hourlong hearing, at which committee chairman F. Lane Williamson repeatedly challenged the arguments made by attorneys for Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong.
The North Carolina State Bar has accused Nifong with breaking several rules of professional conduct as he led the investigation into allegations three lacrosse players raped a stripper at a team party in March 2006.
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