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For many teenagers, trying to gain acceptance during high school is a major part of growing up. When a student is rejected by friends or does not make a sports team, it can be a crushing experience. Two Houston teens are now facing charges for vandalizing their school's football field out of anger. The damages from the property crimes could cost as much as $50,000.
According to reports, two boys were arrested for tearing up the field's turf. At this point, the two teens, one of whom is 18 years old and could be charged as an adult, are the only people suspected to be involved with the act of vandalism.
The two young men were cut from the high school's football team, so they supposedly responded by inflicting serious damage to the field. This is an example of two young people acting out of anger. When someone is in a heightened emotional state, they may act irrationally and do things they normally would never consider. It's likely that a spot on the football roster meant a great deal to these two young men.
As a result of the incident, both have been charged with criminal mischief, which is a third-degree felony. Felony charges will likely stick with the teens for the rest of their lives, if they are tried and convicted as adults. One momentary lapse in good judgment could negatively impact their reputation and ability gain employment down the road. They both have so much life ahead of them, so a conviction would be absolutely devastating.
In addition to potential criminal consequences, these two boys face the possibility of being prevented from graduating. They have both already been banned from their school's commencement ceremony. The inability to obtain a high school diploma as scheduled could also hurt employment prospects or prevent them from pursuing further education.
Reacting to the serious nature of the charges filed against his son, the father of one of the students commented, "He's still a child to me."
Source: KHOU-TV News, "Father of suspect in Pearland ISD football stadium vandalism: He's still a child to me," Drew Karedes, May 30, 2012
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the Epsom Derby at Epsom race course, southern England at the start of a four-day Diamond Jubilee celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne Saturday, June 2, 2012. The queen will celebrate Saturday at the Epsom Derby, a highlight of the horseracing calendar, and on Sunday she will lead a 1,000-boat flotilla on the River Thames. Monday's festivities include a pop concert in front of Buckingham Palace with Paul McCartney and Elton John, and festivities climax Tuesday with a religious service, a procession through the streets of London and the royal family's appearance on the palace balcony. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the Epsom Derby at Epsom race course, southern England at the start of a four-day Diamond Jubilee celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne Saturday, June 2, 2012. The queen will celebrate Saturday at the Epsom Derby, a highlight of the horseracing calendar, and on Sunday she will lead a 1,000-boat flotilla on the River Thames. Monday's festivities include a pop concert in front of Buckingham Palace with Paul McCartney and Elton John, and festivities climax Tuesday with a religious service, a procession through the streets of London and the royal family's appearance on the palace balcony. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the Epsom Derby at Epsom race course, southern England at the start of a four-day Diamond Jubilee celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne Saturday, June 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the Epsom Derby at Epsom race course, southern England at the start of a four-day Diamond Jubilee celebration to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne, Saturday, June 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive for the Epsom Derby at Epsom race course, southern England at the start of four-day Diamond Jubilee celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne Saturday, June 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
A spectator wearing a flamboyant hat relaxes with strawberries and cream on Derby Day at Epsom Downs Race course, Epsom, England, Saturday, June 2, 2012. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is attending the Epsom Derby on Saturday, as the country is marking Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne with a four-day holiday weekend of ceremony, symbolism and street parties. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi)
LONDON (AP) ? Queen Elizabeth II went to the races Saturday, at the start of a four-day celebration of her 60 years on the throne.
Later in the weekend she'll make a trip down the River Thames, and then take in a concert ? all accompanied by tens of thousands of her subjects, coming out to fete a monarch whose longevity has given her the status of the nation's favorite grandmother.
Diamond Jubilee festivities officially began Saturday with a 41-gun salute fired by the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery at Horse Guards Parade in central London.
The 86-year-old monarch and her husband, Prince Philip, arrived at Epsom racecourse south of the capital for the Derby, one of the year's biggest horse-racing meetings. The queen waved to the 130,000-strong crowd as she was driven down the racecourse in a Bentley bearing the Royal Standard ? the car's sun roof kept shut under gray skies ? before settling down to watch the races from the royal box.
She was accompanied by members of the royal family including her sons Prince Andrew and Prince Edward and Andrew's daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
The royals were treated to an aerial display by members of the British Army's Red Devils parachute team before the main event ? the racing.
The monarch is a racing fan and horse breeder who reads the Racing Post each day over breakfast, although unlike many of her subjects she does not gamble.
"She's incredibly knowledgeable. Her knowledge of thoroughbreds and breeding goes way back," said Anthony Cane, chairman of Epsom Downs Racecourse.
The queen took the throne in 1952 on the death of her father, King George VI, and most Britons have known no other monarch.
Despite cool, damp weather in much of the country, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to participate in celebrations, including street parties, Sunday's 1,000-boat flotilla down the River Thames and a Monday pop concert in front of Buckingham Palace featuring Elton John and Paul McCartney.
Jubilee events end Tuesday with a religious service at St. Paul's Cathedral, a carriage procession through the streets of London and the queen's appearance with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren on the palace balcony.
Prime Minister David Cameron ? the 12th British leader of the queen's reign ? paid tribute to the monarch's "extraordinary level of physical energy, mental energy, and above all devotion to her people, to the institutions of this country, to the way our democracy works."
Not everyone in Britain will be celebrating. The anti-monarchist group Republic plans a riverbank protest as the flotilla goes by on Sunday, followed by a pub night where royal refuseniks can drown their sorrows.
With pictures of the monarch splashed across newspaper front pages, the left-leaning Guardian provided a button on its website that removed all jubilee stories.
But many Britons embraced the jubilee spirit ? a tribute to a monarch whose popularity cuts across all ages, social classes and political affiliations.
Writers and religious leaders used the occasion to reflect on how Britain has changed over the queen's reign, from a war-scarred imperial power to a middle-sized power with oversized cultural clout.
Bishop of London Richard Chartres said the queen's steadfast presence had helped the country adjust to rapid change.
"The quiet dignity of the queen and the way in which she and her family have reached out to include newly established British communities has provided a focus for continuing but expanding national self-respect and so has assisted the peaceful transformation of our national identity," he wrote in a jubilee pamphlet.
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Online: http://www.thediamondjubilee.org
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The Browns: Janelle, Christine, Kody, Meri, and Robyn from "Sister Wives."
By Jennifer Dobner, Reuters
A polygamous family made famous on reality TV show "Sister Wives" will not face Utah criminal charges of bigamy, state prosecutors said on Thursday, as they sought to have a federal judge dismiss a challenge to Utah's law against multiple marriage partners.
A bigamy investigation -- centered on Kody Brown, the four women he lives with and their 17 children -- was launched by Utah County prosecutors in October 2010, shortly after the family made their lifestyle public on their show on cable network TLC. Utah County is south of Salt Lake City and had been home to the Brown family, who lived in the town of Lehi.
No charges were ever brought, but Brown and his partners -- Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn -- ?countered the threat of prosecution with a federal court lawsuit filed in July 2011 that contends Utah's ban on having more than one marriage partner violates the U.S. Constitution.
They argued the law bars consenting adults from living together, and criminalizes their intimate sexual relationships.
The case has implications for thousands of self-described fundamentalist Mormons in Utah who still practice polygamy, even though the mainstream branch of Mormonism ended the practice among its members more than 100 years ago.
The Browns, who moved to Nevada last year to avoid prosecution, practice polygamy as part of their religious beliefs.
Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups in Salt Lake City dismissed the state from the lawsuit. Utah County's portion of the lawsuit was not dismissed because the judge said the Browns continued to be at risk for criminal charges from local prosecutors.
But Utah County asked Waddoups to dismiss the case on Thursday. In supporting documents, Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Buhman said his office would not file bigamy charges, nor had an investigation found evidence of any other crimes such as child abuse and welfare fraud.?
Buhman also said his office is adopting a policy of not prosecuting polygamists for bigamy alone -- mirroring a policy held by the state attorney general's office.?
It is not clear when Waddoups might issue a ruling.?
Critics of polygamy, which is practiced in a number of regions including parts of Africa, call it demeaning to women and more likely to lead to abuse within families.?
Family's Lawyer Opposes Dismissal?
?In a statement posted on his blog, the Browns' Washington, D.C.-based attorney Jonathan Turley said he was pleased with Buhman's decision not to prosecute them over their polygamous marriage, but that he has no plans to end his challenge to Utah's law. "We do not believe that this decision and new policy renders this case moot," Turley wrote.?
The Browns' lawsuit stops short of challenging the state's right to decline to issue multiple marriage licenses to polygamous couples, and the family is not seeking such licenses.?
But Turley contends that U.S. Supreme Court rulings, including the 2003 decision Lawrence v. Texas which struck down that state's sodomy law, have extended constitutional protections to sexual relationships between consenting adults.?
Under Utah's law, a person of any gender can be guilty of bigamy for being married and co-habitating with another adult in a marriage-like relationship. The maximum penalty is five years in prison.?
Kody Brown is only legally married to one of his four partners.?
In a high-profile prosecution in Utah involving polygamy, prosecutors in 2001 brought a case against Tom Green who was convicted of bigamy for being married to five women at once, and of child rape in connection with his 1986 marriage to a 13-year-old girl. He served several years in prison.?
Mormons brought the practice of polygamy to the Utah territory in the 1840s, but leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints abandoned it in 1890 as U.S. officials were citing the practice as unacceptable if Utah was to win statehood, which ultimately was granted in 1896.?
The decision by Utah County prosecutors brings some relief to some Utah families who face the threat of prosecution, said Mary Batchelor, co-founder of Principle Voices, a Utah-based polygamy advocacy and education group. Her group says 38,000 residents of the state still practice polygamy in a handful of organized churches or independently.?
"It actually points out that the law is flawed and that the law needs to be changed," she said. "The saber-rattling doesn't end because this county has decided on this policy. The law is still the law and it doesn't mean that other counties will not prosecute other plural families."?
(Editing by Alex Dobuzinskis and Lisa Shumaker)?
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