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June 07, 2012 | | MY STORY The shocking New York Times investigation into the elite private school’s alleged history of sexual abuse got alumna Kate Aurthur thinking about her own brush with a pervy instructor—and why she didn’t report it.likeField. CHAOS Federal Reserve secretary Ben Bernanke, under pressure for doing little to ease American unemployment, said Thursday that the European debt crisis “poses significant risks to the U.S. financial system.” He warned policymakers against “fiscal tightening” that is built into many budgets and, in Bernanke’s view, would hinder an economic recovery. Bernanke did not mention any specific actions the Fed is planning to take. Underscoring Bernanke’s warning, the ratings agency Fitch downgraded Spain’s credit rating to triple B, intensifying calls for a European action to bail out the country’s struggling banks. SYRIA Following reports of a fresh massacre by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, U.N. observers were blocked from reaching the shot by small-arms fire in what U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called an "unspeakable barbarity." After the latest massacre—in Qubair, a village of 140 people on the outskirts of Hama—residents reached by telephone said pro-government thugs sprayed the village with machine-gun fire, burned houses, and stabbed women and children to death. Both residents gave a death toll of 86 people. British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday condemned Assad’s “illegitimate regime." High Rollers Mitt Romney and the National GOP outraised Obama last month, raking in $76 million. President Obama only raised $60 million but still saw a huge increase from the month before likely due to a donation blitz following his pro-same-sex marriage announcement. According to the presidential Twitter account, this loot was comprised of average donations of around $50. This little aside was probably part of the White House's attempt to convince the public that Obama's not a Hollywood sellout. YIKES The World Health Organization warned this week that a major public health crisis is emerging: a gonorrhea superbug that is apparently resistant to antibiotics. While gonorrhea is one of the of the most common sexually-transmitted diseases—106 million people worldwide become infected every year—this particular strain is particularly dangerous, since it is does not respond to cephalosporin, the last antibiotic left that can treat gonorrhea. The WHO released a global action plan that promotes safe sex practices. Untreated infections can cause infertility in both men and women, and up to half the babies born to parents with gonorrhea have severe eye infections. The WHO said it does not know the extent of the drug-resistant strain yet. | | 
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