Video here. More on Dr. Edell is found here. Excerpt:

'In 1978, Edell began broadcasting regularly on KGO AM 810 radio in San Francisco. The Dr. Dean Edell radio program has been in continuous production since then, and is currently (2005) syndicated to 90 markets by Premiere Radio Networks, and airs weekday afternoons on America's Talk on XM Radio. Its opening theme music (presently, in 2008) is "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Men who smoke and let fat clog their arteries die a decade earlier than those who don’t.

Scientists looking for a connection between life expectancy and cardiovascular risk factors combed through the Whitehall study, a survey of 19,019 male civil servants that started in London in the late 1960s.

They found that those who had high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoked in middle age died about 10 years earlier than the others after reaching age 50. The findings are published in the latest edition of the British Medical Journal. The reduction in life expectancy was even greater when the researchers factored in body mass index and diabetes.

In the study, the researchers found smoking shortened life by about six years and married men tended to live about two years longer.'

Article here. Okay, get the barf bag ready: wives are indeed the better half. MSNBC and psychologist Carin Rubenstein say so. Women do it all; men do next to nothing. Excerpt:

'It turns out that a majority of married couples — about two out of three — are just like us: the wife is the one who can't get hit by a truck. She's the one who develops expertise in nearly all aspects of modern life; she becomes the de facto master of the marital domain while also earning a significant part of the family income.

Article here

'An 11-year-old Fresno boy was hospitalized Wednesday after he was stabbed by a 25-year-old woman, police said.

The victim suffered injuries to his chest, collarbone and back that were not considered life-threatening, police spokesman Jeff Cardinale said.

He was in stable condition Wednesday night at Community Regional Medical Center.

Police arrested the woman and booked her into jail on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Police have recovered an ink pen.'

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'CANTON — A Canton man was stabbed in the chest during an argument early Thursday morning and his wife was jailed.

Tanisha Baker, 35, of 1462 Gibbs Ave. NE, was booked into the Stark County Jail on a felonious assault charge and held in lieu of $50,000 bond, jail records said.

Canton Police reports said Anthony J. Baker, 34, of the same address, was stabbed in the chest with a knife during an argument at their home at 4 a.m.

The records did not provide details about the argument.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'BULLHEAD CITY - Police arrested the wife of a Bullhead City Council member on Monday following a domestic violence incident at the couple's home.

Cyndie Renee McClure, 52, was arrested on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct, both per domestic violence, at approximately 7:30 p.m. Monday in the 1500 block of Garnet Lane.

John “Mickey” McClure, 67, allegedly told police that he and his wife had been drinking at the Elks Lodge and that his wife got mad at him when they returned home and punched him in the face.'

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'ANN ARBOR, MI (Michigan Radio) - David Moran calls the 1986 trial against Karl Vinson a "scientific train wreck."

Moran is co-director of the Michigan Innocence Clinic at U of M. He says prosecutors presented false evidence at the original trial, including the fact that they called Vinson a "non-secretor," meaning his blood type wouldn't show up in any semen found at the scene of the crime.
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"We know," says Moran, "and the evidence shows, and every scientist we've consulted says that he is conclusively exonerated."'

Story here.

'The Indiana State University student who said she was raped and recanted her story could get a unique sentence.

Wednesday morning, 19-year-old Erin Conley pleaded guilty to False Informing.

The Vigo County Prosecutor will ask the Victim's Assistance office if Conley can do community service with them.

A deputy prosecutor told us they want Conley to work with actual crime victims in hopes this teaches her a valuable lesson.

It's also something they've never done before.

Conley will be sentenced September 25th.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'King County prosecutors have filed second-degree extortion charges against a Renton woman accused of threatening to report a former lover as a rapist if he didn't pay her $2,000.

In court documents, Mercer Island police contend that Jeanine Ann Gessner began harassing the man after he broke a date with her to attend a pre-season Seahawks game on Aug. 22.

An instant message exchange between Gessner and the man included in court filings shows a marked shift in her attitude toward him following the broken date. Initially loving, the writer whom prosecutors allege to be Gessner ultimately sent the man dozens of threatening messages.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Men and Masculinities, a new general education course, has been added to the curriculum, as well. It was first offered in fall '08, with only three male students. The course quickly gained popularity, being offered online in both winter and summer. This semester 43 students enrolled in the course,one-third of them being men.
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"It's a transformative experience for them. It gives them the opportunity to talk about what it means to be a man," says Sharoni. "They can relate to the material and they do great work in the class. At the same time, women are very excited to study gender alongside men as it is clear that men have a crucial role to play in the struggle for gender justice."
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"Gender and Women's Studies is relevant to everyone that advocates social, economic, and political equality," says Brandon. "Men especially need to take an interest in the subject as members of the culture that promotes superiority over women."'

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'EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — Four New York men were released from jail Wednesday and authorities dismissed charges that they gang-raped a Hofstra University student after the 18-year-old woman recanted her story.

"I'm so happy the truth finally came out," said Stalin Felipe, 19, outside the Nassau County Jail in East Meadow where he and the other three had just been released Wednesday night.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said in a statement late Wednesday that the woman told law enforcement officials that the sex encounter in a dormitory men's room was consensual.

Rice said a county judge then dismissed the charges against the four men and ordered their release. She said her office has launched a criminal investigation into the woman's statements.'

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This article in the Tucson Abusive Relationships Examiner neglects the abuse of justice in pressuring for plea agreements based on verbal accusations alone. Excerpt:

'But the case is strong, you are going to testify, so why would they offer a plea agreement?

Because it's a guarantee. A trial depends on 8 to 12 people who listen to the facts and decide whether your attacker is guilty or not. In the eyes of the law. As a victim, you already know full well what he/she has done.

A plea agreement also saves money. I'm pretty sure, especially with the economy as is that that needs not be explained.

A defendant who knows he/she is guilty may feel free to continue lying about it, but still knows they will probably be convicted. The plea is generally for a lesser charge, with a lower sentence. If he/she is charged with 5 years, they may offer only one. This encourages the defendant to stop lying, admit what they did and pay for their crimes.'

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'WORCESTER, Mass. — A woman accused of kidnapping a baby girl who had been cut from her mother's womb has been ordered held on $500,000 cash bail.

Julie Corey was arraigned on a kidnapping charge Wednesday in Worcester after being extradited to Massachusetts from New Hampshire.

Authorities arrested Corey on July 29 after finding her with the baby at a homeless shelter in Plymouth, N.H.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON – Pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon (link added) has never been shy about wading into the ring — and now she's plotting a smackdown of Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd.

Story here.

'Sexual assault charges against a man set for trial were dropped in state Superior Court Friday after the complainant changed her story.

Henry Flores-Guardado, 37, had been charged with sexual assault of a spouse or cohabitor after the mother of his children told police he pinned her on their living room floor and forced her to have sex in June 2008.

"She maintained the allegations until, frankly, yesterday," said the prosecutor, Assistant State's Attorney Joseph Valdez.

She told an investigator for the defense that the entire story was false, Valdes said.

Judge Gary White dismissed the charges. But Flores-Guardado is being held and will likely be deported, Valdes said.'