The Coz: The Associated Press has obtained old court records in which comedian Bill Cosby admits giving drugs to young women with whom he wanted to have sex. Cosby testified in a 2005 lawsuit brought by a former employee of Temple University that he gave women Quaaludes and in one case, Benadryl.

Some of the lawyers for at least two-dozen women accusing the 77-year-old Cosby of drugging and raping them take his admissions 10 years ago as corroboration of their stories.

Cosby’s lawyers had argued that the 2005 depositions would embarrass their client, but U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno wrote in his decision to release the material that, “The stark contrast between Bill Cosby, the public moralist and Bill Cosby, the subject of serious allegations concerning improper (and perhaps criminal) conduct is a matter as to which the AP – and by extension the public – has a significant interest.”

The Flag: South Carolina’s Republican controlled Senate voted 37-3 yesterday to remove the Confederate flag from the capitol grounds in Charleston.

   With one of the Senate desks draped in black for a member killed in the Emanuel AME massacre, senators defeated an effort to let the flag fly once a year on Confederate Memorial Day.

The Senate must make one more procedural vote before passing the bill along to the state’s Republican controlled House, where passage is a little less certain. The Post and Courier newspaper reports that a majority of House members will vote to remove the flag, but a significant number is opposed, undecided, or won’t say how they intend to vote.

Drachma Drama: With Greek banks closed at least through tomorrow, the European Central bank injected another $89 billion euros to keep the country from collapsing. European finance leaders are beginning to split on what to do next, with Germany taking a hard line demanding more austerity.

The Sports Page: At least 20 riders went down yesterday in a pileup that may have been the worst crash in the history of the Tour de France. French cyclist William Bonnet touched wheels with another bike and fell, causing a chain reaction that had riders tumbling. Yellow jersey leader Fabian Cancellara was among those who crashed. He got up and finished the day, only to withdraw with two fractured vertebrae.

>In a move illustrating the political tangles of professional boxing, The World Boxing Organization stripped Floyd Mayweather of the welterweight title he won beating Manny Pacquiao in May because he failed to pay a $200,000 sanctioning fee, and give up two junior middleweight titles. The WBO doesn’t allow a fighter to hold titles in multiple weight classes.

The Business Age: American Apparel announced that it is going to begin closing stores with weak sales and lay off workers in an effort to cut $30 million in expenses. The troubled company is trying to turn itself around.

>Starbuck$ is raising its prices again, making it even more sensible to invest $10 in a one year subscription to The Rooney Report.

The Obit Page: Jerry Weintraub, the Hollywood producer whose films included “Diner”, “Nashville”, and “The Karate Kid,” died of a heart attack at age 77 in Santa Barbara, California. Weintraub started as a music promoter who insinuated himself into the careers of Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, John Denver and more. Music led him to the movies and, although a business failure nearly knocked him out of the game, he returned to make the “Oceans Eleven” pictures and another version of “Tarzan” to be released next year.

Weintraub wrote in his biography, “I wanted to set the world under a marquee that read: ‘Jerry Weintraub Presents.’ ”

Sweat Shop: Concerned about the well being of its unpaid summer interns, the investment bank Goldman Sachs established a rule that the kids may no longer work between midnight and 7am. A corpspeaking company representative said, “The policy is consistent with our goal of providing each intern with a challenging and meaningful experience.” Also, unpaid.

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