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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2016, file photo, Nathan Carman arrives in a small boat at the US Coast Guard station in Boston after spending a week at sea in a life raft before being rescued by a passing freighter. Carman's boat boat sank with his mother onboard. She was never found. His insurance company is refusing to pay for the loss of the boat, saying his repair work made it unseaworthy. Lawyers for Carman and the insurance company met Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, behind closed doors with a federal magistrate judge in Providence, R.I., to discuss the case. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Court Hearing for Boater Whose Relatives Died Mysteriously

by Michelle R. Smith Associated PressAugust 7, 2017

Failed Schilling Venture Didn’t Break Law

by Michelle R. Smith Associated PressJuly 30, 2016

Part of the campus of the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy is seen Monday, April 11, 2016, in Exeter, N.H. Phillips Exeter Academy, which was founded in 1781, acknowledged in March 2016 that a teacher was forced into retirement in 2011 after admitting to two cases of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1970s and '80s. Some of the distinguished New England boarding schools that have long been training grounds for America's elite are facing a reckoning with alumni and students coming forward with complaints of sexual abuse at the hands of schoolmates and teachers. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Sex Abuse Scandals Roil Elite Schools

by Michelle R. Smith Associated PressApril 13, 2016