From the AP: "A South Carolina judge who admitted calling crack cocaine addiction 'black man's disease' has been banned from the bench, the state's Supreme Court said in an order Monday. Former Beaufort County Magistrate George Peter Lamb, who is white, agreed to the punishment and resigned before the order was issued. The court's order included no other details about the comment. The justices' ruling outlined problems with Lamb that included behavior toward female employees that the high court said could have been considered inappropriate and the judge incorrectly telling a defendant at a bond hearing the penalty he could face if convicted."