The Daily Populous

Friday September 14th, 2018 night edition

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McKINNEY, Texas – Chilling radio broadcasts with the voices of an admitted pedophile and his victims were played in a Collin County courtroom Thursday.

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth reports that Plano syndicated radio host, Dan Steffen, pleaded guilty to abusing four victims.

Steffen not only admitted to sexually abusing boys, but he also pleaded guilty to offering someone $45,000 to have his prosecutor killed.

He worked as a radio host out of his home and prosecutors revealed disturbing excerpts from broadcasts talking about and to his victims.

The 70-year-old Plano man hosted a syndicated radio show for small stations across the county under the name Rick Austin.

A Collin County prosecutor testified about her fear after Steffen tried to have her killed while in jail.

Steffen could get anywhere from probation to life in prison when he is sentenced by the judge. »

Veteran 007 writers Purvis and Wade rehired to salvage Bond 25

Authored by theguardian.com
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As producers attempt to get the next James Bond film back on track, after the abrupt departure of director Danny Boyle, reports have emerged that the series’ longtime writers, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, have been rehired to produce a new script.

It is not clear what the “creative differences” were that led Boyle to leave Bond 25.

He told the Abu Dhabi publication The National: “I’m supposed to do the next James Bond, playing the lead bad guy.” »

Yes, Stephen Curry is right. Having a daughter does change men’s political outlooks — but only if she’s firstborn.

Authored by washingtonpost.com

Our newly published research confirms that men whose first child is a girl are more likely to support policies that promote gender equity than men whose first child is a boy.

Until now, studies have had contradictory results on whether having daughters affects men’s attitudes toward gender equity policies.

Notably, we consistently found that simply having a daughter in the family doesn’t affect fathers’ support for gender equity policies. »