Article here. Noting like politics to make everyone just wee less than true to their stated cause(s)... but NOW fairly excels at it! Excerpt:

'Following gossip website Gawker’s publication of an anonymous story alleging a one-night encounter between the author and Republican senatorial candidate for Delaware Christine O’Donnell, the National Organization for Women has refused comment. “We’re going to pass on this one,” Mai Shiozaki told The Examiner. I asked if this is generally a topic they try to stay away from. “Thanks, we’re passing.”

NOW played a prominent role in demanding Anita Hill’s charges against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas “be heard in a public forum.” But that was politically convenient — after all, one of NOW’s “important missions” is “fighting the right wing.”

Press release here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Domestic Violence experts are criticizing President Obama's pre-election unveiling of a new domestic violence initiative, saying the effort represents a concoction of unproven strategies that betray the needs of women.

The Obama plan will promote wider use of restraining orders -- but research shows such orders are flatly ineffective in preventing future violence: http://www.saveservices.org/downloads/Why-DV-Programs-Fail-to-Stop-Abuse

Via email:

All –

The President has unveiled a new domestic violence program that is transparently designed to sway the upcoming November 2 election. WE MUST ACT NOW.

On Thursday and Friday, Oct. 28-29, we are asking you to telephone your Senators and Representative in Washington DC at 1-202-224-3121 and deliver this simple message: “Stop playing politics with Domestic Violence. Speak out against President Obama’s untested DV plan. We need abuse prevention programs that are based on sound science, and do not ignore half of all abuse victims.”

Don’t call just once. Call several times, spacing your calls about an hour apart.

Full article here. Excerpt:

'A Jacksonville mother charged with shaking her baby to death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Alexandra V. Tobias, 22, was arrested after the January death of 3-month-old Dylan Lee Edmondson. She told investigators she became angry because the baby was crying while she was playing a computer game called FarmVille on the Facebook social-networking website.

Tobias entered her plea Wednesday before Circuit Judge Adrian G. Soud. A second-degree murder charge is punishable by up to life in prison.'

Article here, on News.com.au. Miranda Devine isn't much of a friend to guys, but this article says a lot, both in the article itself and most importantly in the comments being added. Clip:

'ONE sunny morning last week a 55-year-old advertising executive and father was walking to work on Sydney's North Shore when he came across a toddler wandering by himself just 10m from busy Military Rd (in North Sydney), no guardian in sight. "Where's your mummy," he asked the small boy, who didn't respond and kept walking towards the dangerous thoroughfare.

Against his instinct, the man did not pick up the boy, for fear of being accused of being a paedophile abductor. Instead, as the child kept moving towards danger, he called to a lady in a nearby shop to ask if the boy was hers. She ran outside and chased the toddler down. In the commotion the mother emerged from a nearby shop, apparently unperturbed.

Link here. In full:

'A 34-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of a 63-year-old man pushed under a London Tube train while he was wearing women's clothes.

The victim, from central London, was struck by a train at King's Cross underground station at rush hour on Monday evening.

His companion, from north London, was arrested at the scene.

Nina Kanagasingham, 34, will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday.'

Link here. Excerpt:

'A Californian mother has faced court accused of killing her twin daughters with a samurai sword.

Monica McCarrick, 28, allegedly stabbed her three-year-old girls, set fire to her apartment and then stabbed herself on October 12.
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She has since left hospital and been sent to prison, where she is bound to a wheelchair and wears bandages for her injuries.

She has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, child abuse, arson, and destruction of evidence.'

Link here. Excerpt:

'An Indian woman who gave birth prematurely to twins has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly throwing one of her children from a hospital window, police and hospital officials said.

The woman dropped the baby girl from a ground floor bathroom window of the KEM Hospital in central Mumbai early on Tuesday morning. The infant was found but had suffered head injuries and later died.

The girl's mother initially claimed that her daughter had been stolen but security camera footage showed her going into the toilet with the baby and emerging without her.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The lawyer for a young Florida woman who was known for unstoppable hiccups and is now accused of murder said Tuesday he may present an unusual defense in her case: His client has Tourette's Syndrome.

Jennifer Mee, 19, was charged Sunday with first-degree murder after police said she lured a 22-year-old man to a meeting where he was robbed and shot a day earlier. St. Peterburg Maj. Mike Kovacsev said police do not believe she fired the gun.

Mee was briefly famous in 2007 because she couldn't stop hiccuping. Her attorney, John Trevena, said she was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that can cause involuntary movements and speech problems.

"Hiccups are a symptom of Tourette's," Trevena said, declining to be more specific about how the condition might have affected his client's behavior.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A 3-month-old child was taken to a hospital in critical condition after his mother attempted to circumcise him at home, police said.

Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson said officers arrived at a home at Northeast 127th Avenue and Burnside Street at about 2 a.m. Sunday to assist medics after a call of an injured child.

Police said they learned the mother had attempted to perform a medical procedure on the infant.
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No arrests have been made at this point, Simpson said.'

Link to article here. Excerpt:

'A US woman who allegedly stowed the remains of four children in her closet and threw the bones of another into a landfill has been charged with five counts of murder.

Michele Kalina, 44, had previously been charged with abuse of a corpse on August 9 after her daughter discovered containers with the tiny bodies inside a closet of their Philadelphia apartment.

Berks County District Attorney John Adams said Kalina gave her family strict orders not to open the living room closet.

But Kalina's daughter broke that rule and made the gruesome find.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'The long-awaited second-degree murder trial of a woman suspected of shooting her wealthy former husband in 2004 is set to begin Oct. 25.

Forty-6-year-old Jan Waters is accused of killing 52-year-old Alan Waters in his Baton Rouge home after a long-running custody battle and dispute over money.'

Related article on same case here. Excerpt:

'A trial scheduled for Monday had all the makings of a made-for-TV movie, as the ex-wife of a wealthy man was accused of killing him in cold blood in their million dollar home in the Shenandoah area, but she shocked the courtroom when she pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Jan Waters' walk into court was her last as a free woman for years to come. She confessed to shooting her ex-husband, Alan Waters, in the chest on May 21, 2004. As the facts of the case were read aloud in court, Waters collapsed on one of her attorneys.'

Letter here.

'Re: "Calgary needs an Angel's Cradle," Editorial, Oct. 21.

Story here. Excerpt:

'Kimmel tackled the issue of gender visibility. Women make their gender visible, he said, while men are blind to their gender because it is a societal privilege. Men define themselves in relation to women, so therefore masculinity can only be characterized as non-femininity.

Story here. Excerpt:

'Three years ago, Jennifer Mee became a national sensation as the poor "Hiccup Girl," cursed with a three-week case of hiccups.

She appeared on national morning shows and thousands of suggestions from well-wishers poured in with remedies.

Now, Jennifer Mee, 19, has a much worse situation on her hands: The St. Petersburg, Fla., resident has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

According to the St. Petersburg police, Mee "lured" a man to an address, where two other men shot and killed him. All three suspects have admitted their involvement, police said. A conviction can lead to the death penalty.'