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Oconee County Jail Deputy Dewayne Powers was fired for sending a female prison inmate a Facebook friend request. He also sent a text message to her phone. As a result deputy Powers was given the pink slip for “inappropriate communications,” as reported by the Associated Press.

In article, published by Lawyer Herald on Wednesday, August 15th, it was stated that Penn State University had donated money to The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) in an attempt to improve its reputation post the Jerry Sandusky child-sex abuse case and the consequential cover-up by university officials, However the organization said that it "has not received money from Penn State University. The $548,000 we have raised is from alumni and other RAINN supporters," not the PSU institution.

Judge William Sylvester granted a request for more time by prosecutors in the case of alleged Colorado James Egan Holmes. The court hearing of the 24-year-old, who allegedly opened fire during a midnight screening of the Dark Knight Rises at an Aurora movie theater, was scheduled for this week, however it has been postponed to August 23.