Son of Bermuda's leader will stand trial in LA

A doctor who is the son of Bermuda's leader was ordered to stand trial Wednesday on 33 counts of molesting female patients at Los Angeles medical clinics where he practiced.

The decision by Superior Court Judge William R. Hollingsworth Jr. came after a week of testimony from 12 women, including an undercover vice officer and a 15-year-old girl. They testified that Kevin Antario Brown, the 37-year-old son of Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown, touched them inappropriately. One woman said he raped her.

Brown is charged with 33 felony sex counts involving 12 alleged victims over five years. Last year, he pleaded not guilty to all the charges. He faces the possibility …

Blacks beat bias with guts, talent // Globetrotters featured some of best ever Series: COACH

When the Harlem Globetrotters were founded in 1950, Ray Meyerwas asked to find some college players to compete against them. Eventhen, the Globetrotters were amazing players, but because they wereblack they found the doors to college teams closed to them. Theplight of black players is explored in Part III of this five-partseries excerpted from his autobiography, "COACH."

There was no better time for a pleasant diversion than the endof my first losing season (1949-50). Good fortune came my way in theperson of the little round man who had made a circus of basketball,Abe Saperstein, founder of the Harlem Globetrotters.

The previous spring, Saperstein had brought …

Phillies' Lee hit hard in five-run fourth

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Cliff Lee gave up home runs to Juan Rivera and Edwin Encarnacion in a five-run fourth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies lost to the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 Thursday.

Lee had only allowed one baserunner to reach second base in the first three innings. Lee allowed five runs — three earned — and seven hits in four innings. He …

Health care issues: The 'trigger' public plan

A look at key issues in the health care debate:

THE ISSUE: Would a so-called "trigger" or "fallback" public plan win enough votes to get some sort of government-run insurance option in any health care legislation Congress may pass?

THE POLITICS: The trigger option is seen as a possible compromise that would replace the idea of allowing the government to sell insurance in competition with private insurance. Many Democrats want the so-called public option but Republicans oppose it. The idea is that a public plan would kick in, or be triggered, only if private insurers fail to meet targets for providing affordable policies. Republican …

Rate rejection short-circuits Edison outlook

When the Illinois Commerce Commission rejected CommonwealthEdison Co.'s controversial $660 million rate increase package twoweeks ago, Wall Street slammed its briefcase shut and took a hike ofa different sort.

Within minutes of the regulatory board's move, investment housesrapidly changed portfolio recommendations from an affirmative "buy"to a more cautious "hold" or "hold/sell." Standard & Poor's Corp.lowered ratings on Edison's senior debt and preferred stock asMoody's Investors Service said it was considering a downgrade.

Within days, Edison's stock fell more than 2 points. With some206 million shares outstanding, the drop meant a paper loss of about$515 …

NH's 10 Most Powerful People: Gary Long: The Original Power Broker

As the president and COO of the state's largest electric utility, Gary Long is used to dealing with power. And Long will need his influence, and that of Public Service of NH, to move major projects through what can be contentious, and slow, approvals processes in Concord.

Long says finding ways to provide cleaner and greener energy is his highest priority in 2011. At the top of his agenda is making the Northern Pass project a reality, even though that will likely take several years to get through state and local red tape. The $1 billion project, a joint effort with Hydro Quebec, will allow NH to tap into renewable hydropower and create up to 1,200 construction jobs. But given that …

Swiss military plane nearly collided with civil aircraft on June 4

The Swiss Air Force on Sunday confirmed a report that a Swiss military plane nearly collided with a business jet above Geneva earlier this month.

The F-18 Hornet fighter plane had been on a training flight on June 4 when it almost crashed with the civilian plane flying from Spain, Swiss Air Force spokesman Juerg Nussbaum said, confirming the report published Sunday in the weekly SonntagsZeitung.

He said the incident is being …