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“Despite the paternal grandmother’s mistakes and overbearing, when considered in total, her positive attributes, especially the relationship she has built with her grandchildren and the love they have for her greatly overrides her deficiencies,” Lipps wrote.

Common Pleas Court Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams is now at the center of an expected four-day trial in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court over whether custody of the two children, now 11 and 9, should go to the judge, their slain mother’s sister in Africa or to the county to be put up for adoption.

Cirque du Soleil announced new additions to the show, including an all-new acrobatic act, aerial artists and a “flying” guitarist.

[ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> michael: only about 360 days until cpac. im so excited. but only just a couple of seconds until john fugelsang and "viewpoint." well see you tomorrow. >> john: this weekend was the cpac convention which gathers together all the republicans who are never going to be president in one place. and one of the biggest panels of cpac was what to do when someone calls a racist during your incredibly racist c cpac event. the steubenville sentencing happened today an...

Night while she was lying naked on the floor. in the state of ohio, this act performed without consent constitutes rape. >> there seems to be an unbelievable casualness about rape and about sex. its a cavalier attitude, a belief that somehow there isnt even wrong with any of this. >> reporter: text messages, tweets and photos were at the center of the trial. fellow teens vulgarly joked about the rape. song of the night is definitely "rape me" by nirvana. >> what if that was your daughter? >> but...

Including this one about the victim from trent mays to a friend. yeah, dude, she was like a dead body. i just needed some sexual attention. there was no jury. this was a bench trial with visiting judge thomas lipps rendering the verdict because this was a juvenile case. poppy harlow, cnn, steubenville, ohio. >> so you heard the attorney general. you heard what he said about what kids think about rape these days. unbelievable casualness about rape. and about sex. this is just cavalier. will this ...

Center of the trial. fellow teens vulgarly joked about the rape. song of the night is definitely "rape me" by nirvana. >> what if that was your daughter? >> but it isnt. if it was my daughter, i wouldnt care. id just let her be read. >> witnesses read text messes including this one about the victim from trent mays to a friend. yeah, dude, she was like a dead body. i just needed some sexual attention. there was no jury. this was a bench trial with visiting judge thomas lipps rendering a verdict b...

0 now to the big stories in the week ahead. we begin with the presidents plans for the week. >> reporter: after trying out his charm offensive on republicans for the last week and a half, president obama will work on international diplomacy. on tuesday, two days after st. patricks day, he we will comes the prime minister of ireland to the white house and then mr. obama embarks on a very important trip overseas to the middle east where hell sit down with israeli leaders and also meet with leaders...

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