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Cosby won't face chargers
By wire services
Published February 18, 2005
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby will not face charges stemming from a woman's allegation that he fondled her at his suburban mansion after giving her medication that made her woozy, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Authorities found insufficient "credible, and admissible evidence ... upon which any charge against Mr. Cosby could be sustained beyond a reasonable doubt," Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. said in a statement.
Cosby, 67, has denied the allegations.
An "Idol' connection for Tampa mayor?
Will the real "Auntie Mayor" please stand up?
In the hoopla over 19-year-old Tampa singer Jessica Sierra's advancement into the finals of Fox's American Idol on Wednesday, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio got hauled into the party.
Fox sent out a news release Thursday morning introducing the finalists. Among them:
"Jessica Sierra began her singing career at 3 years of age by emulating her grandmother. ... Jessica was born and raised in Tampa, FL, and has been working as a live-in nanny for the past year. Her aunt is currently the mayor of Tampa."
But Iorio does not have nieces, according to her office.
A Fox spokeswoman said that's what Sierra told publicists, but said she couldn't reach Sierra for a clarification. (Idol contestants are not permitted to talk to reporters until they are eliminated.)
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