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Jurors return for 2nd day of deliberations in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial

Jury deliberations resumed Wednesday at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial with jurors focusing on the testimony of a former TV and film production assistant who accused the disgraced movie mogul of sexually abusing her in his Manhattan apartment. A note from the jury said it wants to re-examine Miriam Haleyi’s account alleging Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006 after he got her a job working on “Project Runway,” a fashion show he produced. Haleyi, now 42, said she and Weinstein had sex at a hotel two weeks later even though she didn’t want to be intimate. Weinstein’s lawyers have suggested that episode is evidence he didn’t coerce her during the first encounter, either. The panel of seven men and five women, now in their second day of deliberations at the New York City trial, also asked to see any emails from Weinstein related to Haleyi that are in evidence. Along with the alleged assault on Haleyi, the 67-year-old Weinstein is charged with raping a woman in a Manh

Mark Zuckerberg held for ransom and pistol whipped

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife were held hostage in their own home and robbed of diamonds, cash, furs, and jewelry. Zuckerberg suffered bruises after being pistol-whipped and slapped in his mansion. The entire pseudo incident took place in a new Hiphop song by Boston rapper MC Spice The Legend , frustrated with Facebook's intentional removal of "posts made to educate and enlighten Black people. Say something that uplift the Black community, and they will put you in 'facebook jail' from 24 hours to 30 days"  says the veteran rapper about what he calls Facebook's white-washing of Black media. MC Spice The Legend is not alone. Millions of Black facebook users have voiced their concerns with facebook's removal of posts that say 'white people' or 'the white man is the devil'. Stacey Grant of Norfolk, Virginia expressed her anger in a telephone interview, "they [facebook] will let the shithead president say whatever he wants. And any w