Story here. Excerpt:

'A mother who murdered her two daughters as they slept has been jailed for life and must serve a minimum of 33 years.

Rekha Kumari-Baker, 41, stabbed 16-year-old Davina 37 times and 13-year-old Jasmine 29 times at their home in Stretham, Cambridgeshire.

Her ex-husband said the killings were "an act of calculated viciousness".

The 33-year minimum sentence handed down at Cambridge Crown Court is one of the longest jail terms given to a woman in the UK in modern times.'

Via Marc A. Article here. Excerpt:

'I am writing to comment on the online article by Lenore Walker, EdD entitled “Battered Woman Syndrome: Key Elements of a Diagnosis and Treatment Plan.” In my view, Dr Walker’s report contains several inaccuracies and distortions—such as the notion that our society trains men to dominate and control women (“It is understood that domestic violence is part of gender violence. . . ”) Dr Walker provides no credible evidence for this claim.
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It is worth mentioning that there is very little evidence that a battered women syndrome is any different from a battered men syndrome or from a battered child syndrome. Should we not be referring to a battered patients syndrome? Also worth noting that rates of domestic or intimate partner violence are among the highest in lesbian couples.'

Article here. Exceprt:

'ERIN PIZZEY set up the world's first refuge for battered women in 1971 - and went on to establish an international movement for victims of domestic violence. But what she has never made public before is that her own childhood was scarred by the shocking cruelty of both her parents. Here, for the first time, she tells the full harrowing story - and how it led her to a surprising, but deeply felt, conclusion ...
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Thirty years later, when feminism exploded onto the scene, I was often mistaken for a supporter of the movement. But I have never been a feminist, because, having experienced my mother's violence, I always knew that women can be as vicious and irresponsible as men.
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To outsiders, my father was a genial, intelligent man and my mother a famous party hostess with three beautiful children and a perfect diplomatic family. In fact, my parents were both violent, cruel people and we were all deeply damaged.
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Article here. Excerpt:

'What does a domestic-violence offender look like? That's an easy one. He may be lying around the house half-drunk even now, while his victim is out working. He probably blames his unemployment on his criminal record. You know this guy's been in trouble with the law before.

Coming up in October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and one of our few consolations in facing this widespread social problem is that we have a pretty good idea of who the offenders are.
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The real-life data aren't very kind to the stereotype.

For one thing, more than 1,000 of these guys don't fit the model because they're not guys. Almost exactly 20 percent, or one in five domestic-violence suspects, were women. This agrees with other research findings. But it's also true that frustrated police officers, unable to identify the main aggressor in a domestic fight, sometimes take both parties in.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'U.S. companies have shed nearly 7 million jobs since the start of the economic downturn in December 2007. Men have lost three of every four of those jobs, prompting some labor market watchers to dub this downturn the “he-cession.”

Half the job losses have occurred in male-dominated fields such as construction and manufacturing. The meltdown on Wall Street and in the housing market delivered another large contingent of men to the unemployment lines. Even if these industries recover, they’re not expected to replace all the jobs they shed.
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That change has led to major discomfort for some men who are still struggling with their new role. While his wife was willing to talk, Weishan declined to be interviewed for this story.

Article here. Excerpt:

'ACORN, the liberal activist group, was stripped of its funding by the House of Representatives Thursday following release of undercover videos showing lurid and criminal activities.

One tape showed an ACORN employee named Tresa Kaelke of San Bernardino, Calif. bragging how she had murdered her husband: "I shot him. And he died. Right there." To perfect her alibi, the ACORN worker declared how she had gone to a local domestic violence shelter where she "pleaded my case."
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Recently Trudy Schuett of Examiner.com published an insider account of abuse shelters. She reveals, "We've seen cases where fictional abuse, contrived for the purposes of leverage in court, became a reality." In other words, shelter workers coached women like Tresa Kaelke how to fabricate a White Lie for purposes of manipulating the legal system.

Story here. Excerpt:

'Tim Green, who played eight years with the Atlanta Falcons and is now a best-selling author of 15 books for adults and adolescents, brought his message about the importance of reading to students at Chenango Forks Middle School.

While describing himself as "a voracious reader," Green said many young people view reading as "a miserable exercise." He blames adults for this, saying they assign adolescents to read books that are not entertaining for them, not fun and "like eating cardboard."
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Green has made 151 school appearances in the last two years. His appearance at Chenango Forks was arranged by Patricia Sweeney, the library media specialist.

Sweeney said one reason she wanted Green to come and talk is because his books appeal to "reluctant readers," boys especially.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Much has been made of this fascinating Labor Department report, which USA Today put on its front page. It shows that women now hold almost half of all jobs in the US (49.83 percent, to be precise), up from 31.8 percent in 1964. One of the causes: men have been clobbered by the recent economic downturn, having lost three-quarters of the 6.4 million jobs wiped out since December 2007. Guy work like construction and manufacturing has been hard hit; meanwhile, the fastest growing sectors are health care, education and government, where women dominate new hires. These also happen to be the areas that are slated to get the biggest infusions of federal money under the president’s $787 billion fiscal stimulus plan.

Story here. Excerpt:

' A 32-year-old woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges she plotted with two accomplices to set off pipe bombs at a federal courthouse and a Federal Express distribution center in San Diego.

Rachelle Lynette Carlock admitted to using a pipe bomb — a weapon of mass destruction — to commit a crime, along with co-defendants Eric Reginald Robinson and Ella Louise Sanders, FOX 5 San Diego reported.

Carlock told the court she purchased explosives materials and stole pipes for the purpose of constructing the small bombs. She said she was in a difficult place in her life at the time of the crimes.

"I was forced to do it," Carlock told the judge without elaborating, according to FOX 5 San Diego.

Carlock was charged with using and carrying a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence. She be sentenced to 30 years in prison in March, the station said.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'FAIRFAX, Va. - New evidence suggests a Fairfax County school teacher who was arrested in the company of a 15-year-old boy over the weekend was having a sexual relationship with the teen.

According to a search warrant affidavit, police found text messages suggesting the two were meeting for sex.

Valerie Roesler, 27, of Alexandria, was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police found Roesler and the 15-year-old boy sitting in a car on Gunston Hill Lane in the Lorton section of the county. They say the teen had slipped out of his parents' home without their knowledge.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A private school teacher who admitted having an unlawful relationship with a 15-year-old pupil has been jailed for 15 months at Southwark Crown Court.

Helen Goddard, 26, taught music at a prestigious central London school before her arrest in July.

Goddard, of Thornham Street, Greenwich, south-east London, pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual activity with a female child under 16.

She has also been ordered to sign the sex offenders register.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Uptown neighborhood woman was arrested for allegedly punching two men on a North Side L platform Sunday night in the Lake View neighborhood.

Nicole Patrick, 39, of the 1000 block of West Lawrence Avenue, was charged with simple battery, a misdemeanor, according to police.

The incident occurred at 6:50 p.m. at the CTA’s Belmont Red Line L station when Patrick allegedly called two men who were standing together on the platform “c----,’’ according to police.

Police said one of the men “took exception” to the statement and she punched him in the chest and scratched his neck. The other man came to his aid and she allegedly punched him in the nose, giving him a bloody nose, police said.'

This is your typical 'woman kills man' article. A grand total of five sentences.

'NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP) -- Police have arrested a woman in the brutal stabbing death of her live-in companion.

Police said Tuesday that the 32-year-old Bronx woman was arrested in the killing of 53-year-old Carlos Benitez.

Officers were called to the couple's apartment Monday. They found Benitez with multiple stab wounds to his head, neck and torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say a domestic dispute led to the killing but offered no further details.'

Article here. I think investing in HUMANITY is a better idea. Excerpt:

'Lisa: Systemic change is required at all levels of development. We've boiled this down to four basic learnings:

1.Specific solutions for girls. The unique needs of girls are getting lost in the broader focus on women and youth, so we have to be specific about solutions for girls. For example, girls are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s and they have less access to health and social services.

2.Invest directly. Investing in girls doesn't mean investing only in girls. Take a look at your current programs and figure out whether they directly reach vulnerable adolescent girls. No matter your focus, girls can be a powerful part of the solution, or accentuate your problem.

3.It's urgent: Get to her by 12. She arrives at adolescence in a pretty healthy state, and it goes sideways from there. If we don't reach her by age 12, we will be investing in a treatment cycle rather than more cost-effective prevention methods.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Who is this woman who falsely accused four men of rape? They story doesn't say! The false rape complainant who had four innocent men jailed, must have her privacy protected. She is thus identified as "the student," "the accuser," or "the woman." How about giving us her name?
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Wonderful! How awesome it must be for those four men, for the rest of their lives, to have to explain to people who Google their names, that they really didn't gang rape someone. Awesome first-date and job-interview topics. Meanwhile, the woman who had the men imprisoned for three days while the D.A. investigated the case, remains anonymous.
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What is there to decide? If I kept a woman in a dungeon for three days, I'd face serious felonies. The false accuser had four men kept in jail for three days. What is the difference? It's false imprisonment.'