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Bill Crosby deserves every bit of punishment he is getting.  He's treated women like toys.  Personally I think he should have a stronger punishment but anything he gets he deserves.

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Nike made a bold move using Kaepernick as the face of their ad. People aren't realizing that the ad is bigger than Kaepernick. Nike has made this issue a world wide stance and has everyone across the world talking about social and racial injustices. Along with making a huge stance, Nike has also increased sales tremendously.

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I just wanted to chime in on the #metoo movement. The women who are active in the movement are extremely strong for coming out about these crimes. Sexual assault can ruin someone's life, so seeing so many people come together to protest this is both amazing and heartbreaking since they had to go through it.

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https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-responds-to-ps4-cross-play-news/1100-6462088/

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Gamers rejoiced on Wednesday at the news that PlayStation, the last major holdout that prevented players on various platforms from playing together, gave in.

"Fortnite" players on PlayStation will now be able to play with friends on every other major platform.

"I actually can't believe it, said pro-gamer Jack Dunlop on Twitter. "Fortnite has done something that has NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF GAMING. Cross-platform between everything. Absolutely brilliant. PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Mobile. THANK YOU to all who helped make this happen."

PlayStation announced on Wednesday that it had begun testing a feature that will allow people to play with gamers on other systems, such as Microsoft's Xbox One and Nintendo's Switch.

The celebration underscored how much the video game industry has evolved in recent years, as social gaming has pushed companies to allow players on various consoles and systems to play their favorite games together over the internet.

"Today, the communities around some games have evolved to the point where cross-platform experiences add significant value to players," wrote John Koder, president and global CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, in a post announcing the test. " In recognition of this, we have completed a thorough analysis of the business mechanics required to ensure that the PlayStation experience for our users remains intact today, and in the future, as we look to open up the platform."

The test will begin with the popular game "Fortnite," which has dominated the video game industry since the launch of its 100-person "Battle Royale" mode in September of 2017. Since then, analysts have estimated that the free-to-play game has brought its maker Epic Games more than $1 billion in revenue.

The test will support play between "PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and Mac operating systems," Koder wrote.

The move is a reversal of Sony's previously held idea that cross-platform play wouldn't be the best experience for PlayStation gamers.

"On cross-platform, our way of thinking is always that PlayStation is the best place to play," Sony chief executive Kenichiro Yoshida said to the Press Association in August. "'Fortnite,' I believe, partnered with PlayStation 4 is the best experience for users, that's our belief."

Previously, "Fortnite" cross-platform play for PlayStation was only supported with players on smartphones and computers, while on all other consoles, such as Xbox One, cross-platform play was supported with all available platforms.

Although the beta test for the cross-platform play will begin only with "Fortnite," PlayStation said in the statement that they will be updating their gaming community on what cross-platform play could look like for other titles.

The news of this change generated a positive response from the gaming community:

Richard Tyler Belvin, a pro-gamer that goes by the alias "Ninja," also tweeted his support of the move.

"Proud of you @PlayStation," he wrote in his post.

Tony Polanco, a writer for Geek.com, tweeted that the notion of people on Sony and Nintendo systems playing together seemed impossible not long ago.

"The most shocking part is crossplay between Sony and Nintendo," Polanco wrote. "Considering their history, I thought that'd never happen. Guess times are really changing."

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Gamers rejoiced on Wednesday at the news that PlayStation, the last major holdout that prevented players on various platforms from playing together, gave in. "Fortnite" players on PlayStation will now be able to play with friends on every other major platform. "I actually can't believe it, said pro-gamer Jack Dunlop on Twitter.

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this is going to open up a lot of opportunities for players to connect and play together. which is just great. just like golf

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Nike did nothing wrong with placing Colin Kaepernick in its ad. Colin doesn't even play a big role in it- he just narrates. People who are protesting against Nike are taking something that was supposed to be beautiful and uplifting and crushed it. Colin went to a veterans society and asked them what the most peaceful way to protest would be. He was told to kneel since veterans do the same to pay tribute to their fallen comrades. Colin kneeled to pay tribute to the unarmed black men who died. He did nothing wrong, even even if you don't support him, Nike doesn't care. They're still getting money whether you're with them or not.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Contrary to President Donald Trump's claim that Nike would get "killed" by its decision to sign an endorsement deal with former NFL player Colin Kaepernick, the sportswear giant appears to be thriving.

As CBS News reported Friday, Nike's market value has surged by nearly $6 billion since the company unveiled Kaepernick ― who sparked controversy as the instigator of protests by NFL players against racism and police brutality ― as the star of a provocative ad campaign.

The campaign was immediately controversial and Nike's stock initially tumbled more than 3 percent. Some customers burned Nike shoes and other gear and announced boycotts of the brand. Trump, who has harshly criticized Kaepernick and other athletes for taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem as a gesture of protest, lambasted the ad campaign as sending a " terrible message "

"Just like the NFL, whose ratings have gone WAY DOWN, Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts," the president tweeted in the days after the ad's launch.

Nike's share prices were quick to rebound from that initial dip, however, and in recent weeks have been performing near an " an all-time high," CBS said.

The company has sold out 61 percent more merchandise since releasing its Kaepernick ad, Reuters reported last week. Nike also discounted fewer products in the 10-day period after the ad compared to the 10-day period before its release.

"[Nike's] new 'Just Do It' ad campaign with Colin Kaepernick was a stroke of genius," said Camilo Lyon, an analyst with financial services company Canaccord Genuity, according to Reuters. "This premeditated move was another subtle but significant sign of Nike's strength and confidence in its position in the marketplace."

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Contrary to President Donald Trump's claim that Nike would get "killed" by its decision to sign an endorsement deal with former NFL player Colin Kaepernick, the sportswear giant appears to be thriving.

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I don't have that big of an opinion on this act.

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It seems that mark feels intimidated by Instagram's traffic VS. Facebook's.

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The sudden departure of Instagram's co-founders on Monday brought to an end one of the most successful tech pairings in Silicon Valley history.

Under Facebook, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom and Chief Technical Officer Mike Krieger, who met at Stanford University and sold the photo-sharing company to the social network for $1 billion in 2012, enjoyed a reasonable amount of independence while also benefitting from the social network's reach. In June, Instagram hit 1 billion monthly users.

But what had been a successful partnership began to sour recently after Systrom and Krieger grew frustrated with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's handling of their product, according to sources with knowledge of the matter who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

"Kevin [Systrom] has been super-pissed-off at Mark," one high-level Facebook source said.

Part of the disagreement stems from Zuckerberg's decision to stem the flow of traffic that Facebook was directing toward Instagram, the sources said. Instagram's rapid growth over the last year had been a bright spot for Facebook at a time when it was being scrutinized for its handling of user data and slow response to foreign actors that used Facebook to meddle in U.S. politics.

"Facebook had been funneling traffic to Instagram, then Zuckerberg decided he wanted to focus on keeping people inside Facebook," one source said.

That meant turning off features that allowed people to share Instagram posts through Facebook.

"There was a feeling that Instagram could stand on its own two feet," the source said.

Adam Mosseri, the head of product at Instagram and former head of Facebook's News Feed, will now take over Instagram, the sources said.

In a statement, Systrom said he and Krieger were "grateful for the last eight years at Instagram and six years with the Facebook team."

"We're planning on taking some time off to explore our curiosity and creativity again," Systrom said. "Building new things requires that we step back, understand what inspires us and match that with what the world needs; that's what we plan to do."

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The sudden departure of Instagram's co-founders on Monday brought to an end one of the most successful tech pairings in Silicon Valley history. Under Facebook, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom and Chief Technical Officer Mike Krieger, who met at Stanford University and sold the photo-sharing company to the social network for $1 billion in 2012, enjoyed a reasonable amount of independence while also benefitting from the social network's reach.

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Nike probably doesn't really even care about what everyone thinks. they're getting more money anyways.

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What did Nike just do? Kaepernick ad may gain more from Gen Z than it loses

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Nike’s move to feature Colin Kaepernick in new ad campaign may boost brand and woo Generation Z despite backlash, retail watchers say

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You know I don't really know what that means since i'm a Xbox fan But it sounds exciting

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I think that it is dumb how there is an argument about how people don't want Kaepernick in the ad. I personally think that it is dumb to burn your own Nike products that you work hard to earn. Kaepernick didn't do anything to deserve this all he did was about 2 years ago knelled during the national anthem and he has a right because America is all about freedom and having the right to do what other people think you shouldn't do.

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national anthem protests took colin kaepernick from star qb to unemployment to a bold nike ad - cnn

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How National Anthem protests took Colin Kaepernick from star QB to unemployment to a bold Nike ad

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Colin Kaepernick has become larger than football since he refused to stand two years ago as the National Anthem played before NFL games.

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I can see where Kaepernick was coming from with his protest back in 2016, but the way he protested was wrong. He could have protested it in any other way. On the bright side, Nike's sales are rocketing

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he's just standing up for what he believes in and people just need to chill because it's a free country and you have the right to do what other people think you shouldn't do.

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ike is no stranger to controversy. The sportswear firm has run advertising featuring Lance Armstrong after a doping scandal, Maria Sharapova following a failed drugs test and Tiger Woods in the midst of a sex scandal and after a drug driving accusation.

But selecting Colin Kaepernick, an outcast American football player and civil rights activist, as the face of its new global advertising campaign is its most divisive move.

Kaepernick has been a polarising figure since 2016, when, as a player for the San Francisco 49ers, he refused to stand during the national anthem. At first he sat as a protest, then later sank to his knee. The protest was intended to draw attention, he said, to police killings of African Americans and other injustices.

Nike's share price fell by 2% on Tuesday as the response ranged from people burning trainers and cutting the Nike logo from their socks to threatening a complete boycott of the brand. On the other side the campaign was lauded by figures including the basketball player LeBron James and Serena Williams.

Kaepernick said of his protest: "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of colour. To me this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

Soon, his teammates joined him and the protest spread to other players, lasting into the 2017 season. The NFL released a statement saying players were "encouraged to" but not required to stand during the national anthem as anger grew among members of the public. The former NFL great Jerry Rice accused Kaepernick of "disrespecting the flag," though he said he understood his stance.

Kaepernick, centre, and San Francisco 49ers teammates protesting in 2016. Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

Donald Trump waded into the furore, using his stage at a political rally to launch a sensational attack on NFL players who chose to take the knee. "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out! He's fired. He's fired!'" The American president raged.

Team owners reacted to widespread condemnation by banding together and ruling that all players must stand during the national anthem. In 2017 when Kaepernick became a free agent, a player without a club, no team offered him a contract, and that October he filed a grievance against the NFL accusing team owners of colluding to keep him from being signed.

The new Nike advert nods to the 30-year-old's apparent exile from the league. It features a black and white close-up of Kaepernick's face overlaid with the caption: "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything."

Announcing the campaign, Gino Fisanotti, Nike's vice-president of brand, said: "We believe Colin is one of the most inspirational athletes of this generation, who has leveraged the power of sport to help move the world forward. We wanted to energise its meaning and introduce 'Just Do It' to a new generation of athletes."

Kaepernick, who grew up in California, has been compared to the boxer Muhammad Ali and Jesse Owens, the African American star of the 1936 "Nazi Olympics", in using his sporting prowess to draw attention to wider social issues.

He had a previous deal with Nike, the main clothing sponsors of the NFL, but had not appeared in their campaigns since 2011. A new agreement was negotiated and Kaepernick was made one of the faces of the brand's 30th anniversary of the "Just Do It" slogan. The move re-ignited a debate that has rumbled in the background for many months and was played out on talk shows across America on Monday.

John Brennan, a CIA director from 2013-2017, tweeted his support, saying the athlete was a successful social justice campaigner. "Colin Kaepernick drew our collective attention to the problem of continued racial injustice in America," Brennan wrote. "He did so not to disrespect our flag but to give meaning to the words of the preamble of our constitution - 'in order to form a more perfect union'. Well done, Colin."

But opponents took to social media, promising to destroy Nike products. On Twitter they hit out at the deal using the hashtag #JustBurnIt, which trended alongside #BoycottNike.

The country singer John Rich tweeted a photo of his sound engineer holding a pair of Nike socks with the brand's swoosh logo cut out. "Former marine. Get ready Nike, multiply that by millions," he wrote.

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Sony is finally enabling cross-play for Fortnite today. The PlayStation 4 maker had been blocking cross-play and progression between Fortnite on PS4 and Nintendo Switch / Xbox One in recent months. The move angered Fortnite fans who couldn't access progress, skins, and purchases on an Xbox One or Nintendo Switch if they'd played on a PS4. Sony now says it is enabling cross-play for Fortnite fans.

"We recognize that PS4 players have been eagerly awaiting an update, and we appreciate the community's continued patience as we have navigated through this issue to find a solution," says Sony's PlayStation chief, John Kodera. "The first step will be an open beta beginning today for Fortnite that will allow for cross platform gameplay, progression and commerce across PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and Mac operating systems."

"We appreciate the community's continued patience."

Meanwhile, Epic has said that it's working on a solution for those players who ended up creating a second account to get around the previous cross-play restrictions. That solution should be available soon. "For players who created an extra account to play Fortnite on multiple console platforms, we're working on two things," the developer wrote on Twitter. "1) An account-merging feature to combine Battle Royale purchases, coming in November. 2) Enabling unlinking a console from one Fortnite account, and relinking to another Fortnite account. Coming in a few days."

Sony has previously blocked cross-play between PS4 and Xbox One for Fortnite, Rocket League, and Minecraft, despite Nintendo and Microsoft supporting it. Microsoft and Nintendo teamed up to promote cross-play in Minecraft in an unusual move.

The policy change is "major," according to Kodera, and Sony is now working towards fully supporting cross-play in Fortnite. Sony is opening a beta today to test its cross-play support and says it's looking to open up its platform in the future. This move could signal more support of cross-play games on PS4, and either way it's a major change for PC, PS4, and Xbox users to be able to play games against each other.
Update September 26th 12:52PM ET: This article has been updated with Epic's statement on a solution for players with multiple accounts.

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Sony is backing down and supporting Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation 4. The policy change will open up gamers to play across PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch

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I don't really care what happens to Nike or kaepernick the shoes and stuff cost too much to burn or throw away

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golf is just great

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Bill Cosby has been sexually abusing women for years. He should have gotten a longer sentence, but since he is a bit older and legally blind, they lessened his time. But that shouldn't matter- Bill Cosby is still a predator who has been preying on innocent women for years. He deserves whatever punishment he gets, though I wish they still would have given him a longer sentence.

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Bill Cosby was sentenced on Tuesday to three to 10 years in state prison at a Norristown, Pennsylvania, court.

The 81-year-old comedian faced up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted in April of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman over a decade ago.

A judge declared Cosby a "sexually violent predator" ahead of his sentencing, which requires the comic's name to appear on a sex-offender registry.

Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison at a Norristown, Pennsylvania, court on Tuesday.

The 81-year-old comedian faced up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted in April of drugging and sexually assaulting Temple University women's-basketball administrator Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia estate in 2004.

Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill made the decision after declaring Cosby a "sexually violent predator" ahead of his sentencing, requiring the comic to appear on a sex-offender registry and undergo monthly counseling for the rest of his life.

"It is time for justice," O'Neill said in his sentencing decision. "Mr. Cosby, this has all circled back to you. The time has come."

Cosby's lawyers had asked that he be allowed to remain free on bail while he appealed his conviction, but the judge denied the bail request and ordered Cosby to be imprisoned immediately. Cosby was led away in handcuffs.

Before the sentencing, Cosby's lawyers had also asked for house arrest, arguing that Cosby - who's legally blind - was too old and vulnerable to do time in prison. Prosecutors had asked for five to 10 years behind bars, saying the comic could still be a threat to women. He will serve his time in state prison.

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele rejected the notion that "age, infirmity, should somehow equate to mercy."

"He was good at hiding this for a long time," Steele said. "Good at suppressing this for a long time. So it's taken a long time to get there."

Cosby's lawyers had fought the "sexually violent predator" designation, arguing that Pennsylvania's sex-offender law is unconstitutional and that he was no threat to the public at his age. But O'Neill said prosecutors had met their burden of proof by "clear and convincing" evidence.

When the ruling came down, a woman in courtroom shot her fist into the air and said "Yes!"

Constand said in a statement submitted to the court and released Tuesday that she's had to cope with years of anxiety and self-doubt that had left her "stuck in a holding pattern."

Constand, 45, said her training as a professional basketball player had led her to think she could handle anything, but "life as I knew it" ended on the night she said Cosby knocked her out with pills and penetrated her with his fingers as she lay nearly paralyzed on a couch.

Constand said she now lives alone with her two dogs but has trouble trusting people.

"When the sexual assault happened, I was a young woman brimming with confidence and looking forward to a future bright with possibilities," she wrote in her five-page statement. "Now, almost 15 years later, I'm a middle-aged woman who's been stuck in a holding pattern for most of her adult life, unable to heal fully or to move forward."

She added, "We may never know the full extent of his double life as a sexual predator but his decades-long reign of terror as a serial rapist is over."

In the years since Constand first went to authorities in 2005, more than 60 women have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct, though none of those claims have led to criminal charges.

Cosby was smiling and joking with his spokesman and sheriff's deputies as he settled into the courtroom Tuesday. On day one of the sentencing, the comic laughed at times as the psychologist for the state testified.

Cameras were not allowed in the courtroom; they're generally banned in Pennsylvania.

Cosby became the first black actor to star in a prime-time TV show, "I Spy," in 1965. He remained a Hollywood A-lister for much of the next half-century.
Associated Press writers Maryclaire Dale, Michael R. Sisak, and Claudia Lauer contributed to this report.

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Bill Cosby was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison at a Norristown, Pennsylvania, court on Tuesday. The 81-year-old comedian faced up to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty in April of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman over a decade ago.

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NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) - Bill Cosby was marched out of court in shackles on Tuesday after a judge branded him a "predator" and sentenced him to between three and 10 years in prison for sexual assault, capping the downfall of the once-beloved comedian known as "America's Dad."

Cosby, 81, was found guilty in April of three counts of aggravated indecent assault for the drugging and sexual assault of his one-time friend Andrea Constand, a former Temple University administrator, at his Philadelphia home in 2004.

He is the first celebrity to be convicted of sexual abuse since the start of the #MeToo movement, the national reckoning with misconduct that has brought down dozens of powerful men in entertainment, politics and other fields.

Cosby must spend at least three years in a Pennsylvania prison before he becomes eligible for supervised release, though he could end up behind bars for up to a decade.

Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Steven O'Neill ordered Cosby to be jailed immediately, denying Cosby's request for bail while lawyers appeal the conviction.

He was escorted out a back door of the courthouse with his hands and feet shackled and driven away in a black sport utility vehicle.

Minutes earlier, Constand left court with her arms folded, a smile spreading across her face as other women who have accused Cosby came to hug her. Several of those women spoke to reporters in the rain outside the courtroom.

"I wanted 30 years, but I'm very happy to know Mr. Cosby will do time in prison," said Chelan Lasha, who gave tearful testimony in court about the time she says Cosby drugged and groped her in the 1980s.

O'Neill also fined Cosby $25,000 and ordered him to pay the costs of the prosecution. There was no visible reaction from the disgraced entertainer as he learned his fate.

"Equal justice under the law does not allow different treatment because of who he is or who he was," O'Neill said.

Cosby cemented his family-friendly reputation playing the affable Dr. Cliff Huxtable in the 1980s television comedy "The Cosby Show."

"He hid behind Dr. Cliff Huxtable," Kevin Steele, the county district attorney who led the prosecution, told reporters afterwards. "Before he was taken away in handcuffs, a lot of people believed this was who he was. We know otherwise."

After the sentencing, Andrew Wyatt, Cosby's spokesman, read a lengthy statement in which he decried what he called "the most racist and sexist trial in the history of the United States."

SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORY

O'Neill also decided to designate Cosby a "sexually violent predator" under Pennsylvania law.

Under that designation, Cosby will have to undergo monthly counseling and register as a sex offender with police for the rest of his life. Neighbors and schools will be notified of his address, certain movements and crimes, as will Constand.

When prosecutors told Cosby in court he would not have to inform Constand of his movements himself but that a proxy would do so, he replied: "Good!"

Cosby has denied any wrongdoing. Asked if he wanted to address the court with a statement before sentencing, Cosby declined through his lawyers. His lawyers had asked that Cosby be placed under house arrest, citing his age and frailty.

More than 50 women have accused Cosby of sexual abuse going back decades, with most complaints too old to prosecute. The Constand case was the only allegation that led to criminal charges.

Constand said in a written statement submitted to the court on Monday that the attack had turned her into a woman who was "stuck in a holding pattern for most of her adult life, unable to heal fully or to move forward."

"Bill Cosby took my beautiful, healthy young spirit and crushed it," she wrote.

Cosby's first trial in 2017 ended in a mistrial when jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict.

Prison officials will process Cosby at the nearby state prison in Schwenksville before determining in which of Pennsylvania's 22 male prisons he will serve his sentence, prison spokeswoman Amy Worden wrote in an email.

He will be one of 86 inmates over age 80 held by Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections, where the two oldest inmates are both 91, Worden said.

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sexual crimes are one of the worst and people who do it have problems and they should be taken care of.People who commit these felonies should be punished and be taken to jail to protect the community.

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Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison for a sexual assault in 2004. His conviction marks the rise of the #MeToo movement as well as the downfall of an African-American icon. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Bill Cosby walked out of court yesterday wearing suspenders and handcuffs.

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He shouldn't have been sentenced longer and way before now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Covered golf for more than 20 years

Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University

ATLANTA - Tiger Woods cruised to his 80th PGA Tour victory on Sunday, capping a historic comeback from career-threatening back injuries with a safe, workmanlike performance that has been the hallmark of his career.

Woods birdied the first hole at East Lake Golf Club, then never let anyone get closer than two shots - with two holes to go -- as he captured the Tour Championship, his first victory in more than five years.

He parred the last hole to shoot 1-over-par 70 and beat Billy Horschel by two strokes.

Woods now trails Sam Snead, who won 82 times, for the most victories in PGA Tour history.

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As most of us know, Colin Kaepernick has recently been seen as the face of Nike, and they're has been tons of mixed emotions and controversy over the subject. In 2016, the former 49ers quarterback started kneeling when the National Anthem played at the football games. Kaepernick said that he kneels to protest racism, social inequality, and police brutality. After all of this happened, the 49ers dropped him and no other teams would sign him. Nike almost dropped Kaepernick from being the face of Nike. i didn't go to o deep into this article, so in my opinion, kneeling for the National Anthem is very disrespectful. The National Anthem is a song that symbolizes our freedom and all of the men and women in uniform that fought for our country, it's just a small amount of time that we should take to honor all of the men and women in uniform, and that time should be spent with hats removed, standing facing towards the flag, with your right hand over your heart.

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A Nike advertisement featuring Colin Kaepernick on a billboard in San Francisco. Credit... Eric Risberg/Associated Press

Nearly a month after Colin Kaepernick was revealed as the face of Nike's groundbreaking new advertising campaign, the unveiling video has garnered more than 80 million views on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

The ads have sent Kaepernick into a new realm of celebrity, quickly becoming among the most talked-about and successful campaigns in recent years. And they have allowed Nike, which has a history of provocative marketing campaigns, to capitalize on the so-called Resistance movement in a way it only recently realized it could.

They are also yet another vehicle for Kaepernick to raise his own profile as a sort of civil rights entrepreneur unlike anyone before has, certainly in sports. He has signed deals to write a book - which is set to be published next year and will be accompanied by a speaking tour - and to develop a comedy series.

But it almost didn't happen. In the summer of 2017, a debate raged in Nike's headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., over whether to cut loose the controversial, unemployed quarterback - and the company very nearly did, according to two individuals with knowledge of the discussions who requested anonymity because of nondisclosure agreements each has with Nike.

When the company did decide to embrace the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, it risked angering the National Football League, a Nike partner since 2012, but the company ultimately decided it was a risk worth taking, given the credibility the company would gain with the young, urban market it has long targeted.

Kaepernick ignited a national discourse in 2016 when he began kneeling during the playing of the national anthem before games to protest racism, social inequality and police brutality. He left the 49ers after the 2016 season and became a free agent, but executives throughout the N.F.L. considered him radioactive because of his on-field protests, which drew vocal criticism from President Trump, and no team signed him.

That left Nike's sports marketing group flummoxed. There seemed to be little they could do with a lightning-rod professional football player who was not playing football.

Before the company severed ties with Kaepernick, though, its top communications executive persuaded his colleagues to reverse course because of the potential for negative publicity. Kaepernick would remain on Nike's roster of sponsored athletes - though he was largely ignored for nearly a year.

Through interviews with current and former Nike employees, individuals close to Kaepernick, analysts and others involved with the ad campaign, a picture emerged of Nike's about-face in which the company concluded that getting behind Kaepernick's crusade, at the urging of its longtime advertising firm, made good business sense despite the risk of angering the N.F.L.

The risk appears to have paid off. Late Tuesday, Mark Parker, the chief executive of Nike, told Wall Street analysts on the company's quarterly earnings call that the campaign had yielded "record engagement with the brand."

"We feel actually very good and are very proud of the work we've been doing," Parker said. "We know it's resonated actually quite strongly with consumers."

The campaign also earned Nike a measure of good will in the wake of reports by The New York Times and other outlets earlier this year that Nike had a hostile and abusive work environment for women. In August, two women filed a lawsuit against the company seeking class-action status claiming pay inequality and gender discrimination.

In upgrading the company's stock, one Wall Street analyst called the campaign "a stroke of genius." In a mid-September note to clients, Camilo Lyon, an analyst at the financial services firm Canaccord Genuity, wrote that Nike had been "courageous" in taking a stand "in support of a social issue where few (if any) companies have of late." He added that the campaign "spoke to Nike's core consumers in a very Nike-esque, provocative way that shows it understands them and the issues that matter to them." Last week, Nike's stock closed at an all-time high of more than $85 a share.

KeJuan Wilkins, a spokesman for Nike, acknowledged that the company had robust discussions about Kaepernick. "It would be normal for a number of people to offer different perspectives," Wilkins said. "In keeping with Nike's mission, any final decisions are made as a group."

Kaepernick, who declined to be interviewed for this article, kicked off the campaign by tweeting a stark black-and-white, close-up photo of his face on Sept. 3. Overlaid on the photo was the Nike swoosh logo and the words "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything."

The image went up on billboards in San Francisco and New York. The next day, Nike released a two-minute video titled "Dream Crazy," narrated by Kaepernick, who appears late in the video, dramatically urging viewers to strive to make their mark on the world.

But the starring role for Kaepernick represents a big reversal in his relationship with Nike. Earlier this year, Nike's decision to keep him within its stable of sponsored athletes without using him had prompted lawyers for Kaepernick to tell the company it was not living up to its contractual obligations, according to two individuals involved in the discussions who requested anonymity because of the confidential nature of the talks.

Nike's relationship with Kaepernick began in 2011, after the 49ers drafted him, and continued through his tumultuous tenure with the team that included a Super Bowl, benchings, injuries, and the kneeling controversy.

In August 2016, during a wave of shootings of unarmed African-American men by the police, Kaepernick began sitting, and later kneeling, on the sidelines while the national anthem played before 49ers games. He explained that he was trying to give voice to those who did not have one.

Soon teammates, players from other teams, and even athletes in other sports joined Kaepernick in kneeling, locking arms or raising fists in support of his message.

Knowing the 49ers were planning to cut him, Kaepernick opted out of his contract in the spring of 2017. When no other team signed him, Nike's top marketing officials realized they had no idea what to do with him: He didn't have a team, so they couldn't put his name on any team gear.

Baffled, top executives in Nike's sports marketing group decided to end the company's contract with him, according to a former employee who requested anonymity because of a nondisclosure agreement.

Then Nigel Powell, the longtime head of communications for Nike, learned of the decision and "went ballistic," the former employee said.

Powell argued that Nike would face backlash from the media and consumers if it was seen as siding with the N.F.L. rather than Kaepernick. And Nike, along with most apparel companies, is desperate to attract urban youth who increasingly look up to Kaepernick; the largely white, older N.F.L. fans angry at the league over the protests are not a priority for those companies, analysts say.

Wilkins, the Nike spokesman, declined to discuss which Nike employees came down on which side of the Kaepernick debate, saying only that company protocols involve discussions, shared opinions and then a collective unit makes a decision.

Powell ultimately won out, and Kaepernick stayed on Nike's roster with a contract that was set to expire in early 2019. But his image still did not appear on any Nike advertisements, and his name was not on any apparel, even as his stature as a civil rights figure grew. GQ named him its Citizen of the Year, and organizations like Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union honored him. In October, Kaepernick sued the N.F.L., charging that owners had colluded to keep him from playing in the league.

While Wilkins said sponsorship agreements don't guarantee an appearance in a campaign or a product, Kaepernick's legal team disagreed. They encouraged Nike to begin fulfilling its contractual obligations to him. His team also asked to begin negotiations for a new agreement.

Kaepernick's book and film deals showed there was still a market for him. The president of Adidas's North American division said in April he might be interested in signing the former quarterback.

After a series of messages and phone conversations throughout the spring, Nike executives and Kaepernick's representatives gathered in New York City on June 18. Nike executives agreed there might be a role for him to play with the company. For Nike, there was only one problem - what to do about the N.F.L.

In 2012, Nike committed to paying a reported $220 million annually for five years to emblazon its signature swoosh on all jerseys and officially licensed clothing sold to fans.

The deal between Nike, the West Coast company known for pushing the envelope, and the tradition-loving N.F.L. has since been altered. The two sides announced a 10-year extension of the deal in March, but after 2020, Nike will only produce clothing worn on the field. It will no longer produce N.F.L. merchandise sold to consumers. That meant the N.F.L., already a small slice of Nike's business, was going to shrink further.

Still, within the sports industry, the N.F.L. has a reputation for ensuring its corporate partners do what it wants. It has long pressured broadcasters to cover the sport more positively and has the right to reject advertisements during the Super Bowl.

So when Wieden & Kennedy, Nike's ad agency for more than three decades, urged the company earlier this year to make the N.F.L.'s ultimate persona non grata the face of its "Just Do It" 30th anniversary campaign, Nike had to weigh the potential repercussions.

The advertising firm, which forged its reputation back in the 1980s when it crafted Nike's Michael Jordan ads with Spike Lee, made it clear that Kaepernick could provide real value. With the N.F.L. set to become a less important partner and its deal with the league locked up until 2028, Nike decided to listen.

The N.F.L. declined to comment. Wieden & Kennedy referred requests for comment to Nike. Its employees were less discreet.

Wieden & Kennedy "pushed to use Colin Kaepernick as the face of the 30th anniversary Just Do It campaign," a designer at the firm wrote in September on a website showcasing his work. He added: "Nike agreed to it. We made it. Colin posted it. People lost it."

According to people who worked on the campaign, Kaepernick's role came together rather quickly, with significant elements completed just weeks before the release. Wieden & Kennedy didn't finalize the agreement for the edited image of Kaepernick with text until Aug. 27, and Lacey Baker, a skateboarder featured in the ad, said Nike did not reach out to her until mid-August.

"I was a little in disbelief that they were actually doing it," said the photographer Martin Schoeller, who took the photo used in the ad for GQ. "Corporations making a political statement is the opposite of what you usually want in marketing."

Wilkins, the Nike spokesman, said it was not uncommon for the company's ads to undergo changes until right before the release.

"The important thing," he said, "is that we're using Colin because we consider him one of the most inspirational athletes of his generation."

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Nike Nearly Dropped Colin Kaepernick Before Embracing Him (Published 2018)

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Nearly a month after Colin Kaepernick was revealed as the face of Nike's groundbreaking new advertising campaign, the unveiling video has garnered more than 80 million views on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. The ads have sent Kaepernick into a new realm of celebrity, quickly becoming among the most talked-about and successful campaigns in recent years.

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Why did they do this?They Knew this would be extremely offensive ,but still they show it.I usually don't care what Commercials say but, that what they did was Idiotic.  Nike's controversial 30th anniversary ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick might not have happened as the sportswear company nearly dropped him, according to a report in The New York Times

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Nike's controversial 30th anniversary ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick might not have happened as the sportswear company nearly dropped him, according to a report in The New York Times.

Kaepernick was unemployed after leaving the San Francisco 49ers at the end of the 2016 season, having made headlines for kneeling during the national anthem in protest against police brutality towards African-Americans in the U.S., a move that other players replicated.

In summer 2017, Nike executives debated dropping their sponsorship, the Times reported. Kaepernick didn't have a team and keeping him on its roster could diminish its relationship with the NFL, of which Nike is a partner.

So Nike marketers decided to cancel the contract with Kaepernick, according to a former employee who spoke to the Times on condition of anonymity because of a non-disclosure agreement, which CNBC has not been able to verify.

But Nigel Powell, the company's chief communications officer, stepped in, because of the possible backlash Nike would face if it was seen to be on the NFL's side.

Eventually, Nike's longtime ad agency Wieden and Kennedy pushed the company to make Kaepernick the face of its 30th anniversary " Dream Crazy" campaign, which was released on September 3. A two-minute spot, narrated by Kaepernick, has since been watched more than 26 million times on YouTube, but saw Nike shares drop 3 percent on September 4 amid a barrage of criticism.

Nike CEO Mark Parker said company executives are proud of the ad campaign on an earnings call Tuesday, as it announced a 10 percent rise in revenue to $9.95 billion and 15 percent jump in profit to $1.1 billion in its first quarter.

Nike had not responded to CNBC's request for comment at the time of publication, but KeJuan Wilkins, a spokesperson for the company told the Times: "It would be normal for a number of people to offer different perspectives. In keeping with Nike's mission, any final decisions are made as a group."

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Nike nearly dropped Colin Kaepernick before putting him in its anniversary ads

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Kaepernick was unemployed after leaving the San Francisco 49ers at the end of the 2016 season, having made headlines for kneeling during the national anthem in protest against police brutality towards African-Americans in the U.S., a move that other players replicated. In summer 2017, Nike executives debated dropping their sponsorship, the Times reported.

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Sony has finally let up. They allowed PlayStation to cross play with X box and Nintendo Switch. They should have done that already from the jump.

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Sony is finally enabling cross-play for Fortnite today. The PlayStation 4 maker had been blocking cross-play and progression between Fortnite on PS4 and Nintendo Switch / Xbox One in recent months. The move angered Fortnite fans who couldn't access progress, skins, and purchases on an Xbox One or Nintendo Switch if they'd played on a PS4. Sony now says it is enabling cross-play for Fortnite fans.

"We recognize that PS4 players have been eagerly awaiting an update, and we appreciate the community's continued patience as we have navigated through this issue to find a solution," says Sony's PlayStation chief, John Kodera. "The first step will be an open beta beginning today for Fortnite that will allow for cross platform gameplay, progression and commerce across PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and Mac operating systems."

"We appreciate the community's continued patience."

Meanwhile, Epic has said that it's working on a solution for those players who ended up creating a second account to get around the previous cross-play restrictions. That solution should be available soon. "For players who created an extra account to play Fortnite on multiple console platforms, we're working on two things," the developer wrote on Twitter. "1) An account-merging feature to combine Battle Royale purchases, coming in November. 2) Enabling unlinking a console from one Fortnite account, and relinking to another Fortnite account. Coming in a few days."

Sony has previously blocked cross-play between PS4 and Xbox One for Fortnite, Rocket League, and Minecraft, despite Nintendo and Microsoft supporting it. Microsoft and Nintendo teamed up to promote cross-play in Minecraft in an unusual move.

The policy change is "major," according to Kodera, and Sony is now working towards fully supporting cross-play in Fortnite. Sony is opening a beta today to test its cross-play support and says it's looking to open up its platform in the future. This move could signal more support of cross-play games on PS4, and either way it's a major change for PC, PS4, and Xbox users to be able to play games against each other.
Update September 26th 12:52PM ET: This article has been updated with Epic's statement on a solution for players with multiple accounts.

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Sony enabling Fortnite cross-play for PS4 against Xbox and Switch

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Sony is backing down and supporting Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation 4. The policy change will open up gamers to play across PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch

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I thought our democracy was founded on the principle of "innocent until proven guilty," but these days it seems to be the opposite. All of Kavanaugh's accusers admit to having been drinking and to having gaps in their memory. Plus, just because someone did something in his/her teen years or college years doesn't mean he/she hasn't matured and grown over the years. It doesn't mean that person isn't a model citizen today. I know I am not the same person I was 30 years ago. This #metoo movement seems to be getting out of hand. As a mother of a teen-aged son, I fear for him and his future. His reputation could be ruined at any given moment with a simple accusation.

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As an extraordinary series of uncorroborated, lurid last-minute allegations threatens to derail his confirmation to the Supreme Court, nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Ford, the California professor accusing him of sexually assaulting her more than three decades ago, are set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday morning.

The proceedings may be upended by late-breaking developments: In a statement released Wednesday evening, Judiciary Committee Republicans revealed that on Monday, they conducted their "first interview with a man who believes he, not Judge Kavanaugh, had the encounter with Dr. Ford in 1982 that is the basis of his [sic] complaint." They conducted a second interview the next day.

On Wednesday, Republicans said in the statement, they received a "more in-depth written statement from the man interviewed twice previously who believes he, not Judge Kavanuagh, had the encounter in question with Dr. Ford." GOP investigators also spoke on the phone with another man making a similar claim.

Those claims, too, are a matter of dispute. On Thursday morning, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told "Fox & Friends" that one of those individuals is "crazy as a loon ... the one that I've heard about, I think, is not reliable." He did not name the individual, and the committee would not release further details about either person when reached for comment by Fox News. Another source, though, said "there's no reason to doubt they're both of sound mind and are both sincere in their claims."

Ford has previously said there is "zero chance" she would have confused Kavanaugh for anyone else.

In response, an aide to Democrats on the Judiciary Committee reportedly unloaded on Senate Republicans: "Republicans are flailing," the aide said, according to NBC News. "They are desperately trying to muddy the waters. ... Twelve hours before the hearing they suggest two anonymous men claimed to have assaulted her. Democrats were never informed of these assertions in interviews, in violation of Senate rules."

The aide, before again calling for an FBI probe into Ford's accusations, added, "This is shameful and the height of irresponsibility."

But Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, shot back on Twitter late Wednesday, writing, "Some might find it exceedingly difficult to imagine Judiciary Committee Democrats expressing this complaint with straight faces."

Ford first brought her allegations to the attention of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in July, but Feinstein didn't disclose the allegations to her Senate colleagues or federal authorities until days before a crucial Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation earlier this month. Republicans have accused Feinstein's office of compromising Ford's anonymity by sitting on the allegations until she could deploy them for maximum political gain.

The stakes for Kavanaugh could not be higher: Key swing-vote senators have said Thursday's hearing, which will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET, presents a pivotal opportunity to assess Ford's credibility and determine whether to advance Kavanaugh to the nation's highest court.

The hearing, which for days had been in doubt, will be a chance for the public to see Ford, in person, explain in detail what she claims happened at the Maryland house party in 1982 where Kavanaugh allegedly jumped on top of her and tried to muffle her screams -- and why she didn't tell anyone about the episode until 2012.

The proceedings will commence with opening statements from Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking committee member Feinstein. After taking an oath, Ford will deliver the prepared remarks she has already provided publicly, according to a schedule provided by the committee. Each senator on the committee will then be afforded a single five-minute round of questions, with the opportunity to ask questions alternating between Democrats and Republicans.

Republicans have retained Rachel Mitchell, an experienced sex-crimes prosecutor, to handle some of their questioning, saying it will help avoid an overtly political atmosphere. Grassley has hammered Democrats, including Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., for "grandstanding" during the confirmation hearings earlier this month.
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Democrats have indicated they intend to ask their own questions. After Ford's testimony is completed, the process will repeat for Kavanaugh.

"It's bad -- it's doing damage to the Supreme Court."
- Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh

In her prepared remarks, which Ford's attorney's released in advance on Wednesday, Ford will tell senators that she "thought that Brett [Kavanaugh] was accidentally going to kill me," and "I believed he was going to rape me."

She will explain that she remembers "four boys" being at the party, including one "whose name I cannot recall." The people she did name -- Kavanaugh and his classmates Mark Judge and P.J. Smyth -- have denied under penalty of felony knowing anything about the alleged episode.

Ford will also describe one girl, "my friend Leland Ingham," as also in attendance. Ingham, in a previously released statement, has also denied knowing Kavanaugh or having information about the alleged assault.
POLYGRAPH REPORT REVEALS APPARENT INCONSISTENCIES IN FORD'S CLAIMS

Ford's letter to Feinstein in July, however, gave a different tally, saying that the gathering "included me and 4 others."

Additionally, in a handwritten statement she provided the former FBI agent who administered her polygraph exam in August, Ford wrote "there were 4 boys and a couple of girls" at the party -- again apparently contradicting her letter to Feinstein.

Republicans, through Mitchell, are expected to question Ford on the apparent discrepancies.

Ford is also expected to tell senators that she finally decided to disclose the alleged assault during a therapy session in 2012 because during a remodeling of her house that year, she insisted on installing a "second front door" -- leaving her husband and others wondering why.

Additionally, questions have surfaced concerning the credibility of some of Kavanaugh's other accusers, who will not be present Thursday because they have not responded to overtures from committee Republicans.
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For example, Julie Swetnick, who emerged Wednesday to accuse Kavanaugh of participating in "gang rapes" and rape "trains" in the 1980s, had a restraining order filed against her by an ex-boyfriend, Politico reported.

"Right after I broke up with her, she was threatening my family, threatening my wife and threatening to do harm to my baby at that time," Richard Vinneccy told Politico. "I know a lot about her. ... She's not credible at all. Not at all."

Swetnick is represented by anti-Trump lawyer Michael Avenatti, who has refused multiple requests by the Senate Judiciary Committee to interview her in the past week. On Wednesday afternoon, 60 men and women who attended Kavanaugh's high school or sister schools signed a letter saying they had never heard of Swetnick or anything like the overt, systemic gang raping that she described.

According to The Washington Post, both the state of Maryland and the federal government have filed since-resolved liens on her property in recent years for unpaid taxes totalling tens of thousands of dollars. It was not immediately clear exactly how Swetnick, who has held multiple security clearances relating to her work with the government, resolved both liens.

Republicans, i ncluding President Trump, have repeatedly pointed out that none of the sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh has first-hand corroboration. In The New Yorker on Sunday, former Kavanaugh classmate Deborah Ramirez claimed that Kavanaugh had exposed his penis to her at a party decades ago, even as her close college friend denied ever hearing about the episode and suggested she was making the claim for political reasons.

Ramirez, who also did not immediately respond to GOP Judiciary Committee inquiries, has acknowledged not being sure whether Kavanaugh had assaulted her until last week, after she spent days consulting with her attorney.

Several other allegations emerged this week. On Tuesday, a constituent told the office of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., that in 1985, two "heavily inebriated men" referred to as "Brett and Mark" had sexually assaulted a "close friend" on a boat.

The constituent, whose name was redacted in a document release by the Judiciary Committee but uncovered through tweets cited by the committee, recanted the claim Wednesday night on Twitter -- but several media outlets continued to report the allegations for hours afterwards.

In Twitter posts, the person making the accusation had also evidently advocated removing President Trump from the White House by means of military coup. On Wednesday, a post on the accuser's Twitter account read, "Do everyone who is going crazy about what I had said I have recanted because I have made a mistake and apologize for such mistake."

In a separate case, Kavanaugh was asked by GOP investigators this week specifically about a new claim in a letter received by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., from an anonymous individual apparently in Denver, alleging that Kavanaugh "shoved" someone up against a wall "very aggressively and sexually" during an outing in front of four witnesses in 1998. Gardner's office received the letter on Sept. 22.

"We're dealing with an anonymous letter about an anonymous person and an anonymous friend," Kavanaugh told committee investigators asking about the alleged episode. "It's ridiculous. Total Twilight Zone. And no, I've never done anything like that.
Fox News' Brooke Singman and Mike Emanuel contributed to this report.
"It's bad -- it's doing damage to the Supreme Court," Kavanaugh added. "It's doing damage to the country. It's doing damage to this process. It's become a total feeding frenzy, you know? Every -- just unbelievable."

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Ahead of pivotal Senate hearing, witnesses surface to say Christine Ford may have mistaken them for Kavanaugh

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As an extraordinary series of uncorroborated, lurid last-minute allegations threatens to derail his confirmation to the Supreme Court, nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Ford, the California professor accusing him of sexually assaulting her more than three decades ago, are set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday morning.