The female judge was among the wounded, said another police officer, Mohammad Arshad Khan.

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Considered a moderate, the 59-year-old is the third African-American female appeals court judge -- and would be the first African-American woman on the high court.

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Wilson said that from his vantage point in the audience, the female rapper, who also serves as a judge on MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew, " was neither expected nor wanted as part of the performance. iReport: Is civility dead?

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Perhaps the alleged 'attacker', whether male or female, should be given the opportunity to put their case to the judge at a preliminary hearing to allow the judge to determine whether or not anonimity should be granted?

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Manfred Milinski of the University of Berne, who gave the conference's opening talk, showed a few years ago that female sticklebacks not only identify a breeding male by his belly, but also judge him by just how red that belly is.

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