Story here

Excerpt:

'Instead of stepping to the baseline to serve again, Williams went over and shouted and cursed at the line judge, pointing at her and shaking a ball at her.

Dropping the f-word liberally, Williams said, "I swear to God I'm fucking going to take this fucking ball and shove it down your fucking throat, you hear that? I swear to God."'

Story here.

'PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — A Maryland woman accused of killing two of her adopted daughters and keeping their bodies in a freezer for months has pleaded guilty to first-degree child abuse involving a third girl.

Renee Bowman, 44, entered the plea Friday in Calvert County Circuit Court and could receive up to 25 years in prison.

The charge involves a girl adopted by Bowman who was found wandering in her neighborhood after jumping from a window in September 2008.
The child, then 7, had a bloodstained nightshirt and sores and lesions over much of her body. Authorities say they subsequently searched Bowman's house and found the frozen remains.

Bowman faces separate first-degree murder charges in the deaths of the other two girls. That trial is set to start Nov. 9.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Sydney woman who killed her children with rat poison has been found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter.

The woman pleaded not guilty to murdering her children by reason of mental illness.

She gave her three-year-old daughter and four-year-old son rat poison before smothering them in February last year.

In letters written at the time she blamed her husband's affair for her actions and claimed to be protecting her children by taking their lives.'

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Excerpt:

'GIRLS ACHIEVED better Junior Cert exam results than boys in almost every subject this year, with boys faring particularly badly in modern European languages.

The Junior Cert results for girls and boys echo those of the senior State exam. Girls also outperformed boys across the range of subjects in this year’s Leaving Cert exams.

Junior Cert girls did better in the core subjects of English, Irish and maths at both higher and ordinary level. They also outclassed the boys in science, history, business, French and German. In each of these subjects boys achieved fewer honours and more failing grades than girls.

The only popular subject where boys got more honour grades than girls was higher level geography, where 77.1 per cent of boys got honours compared with 76.7 per cent of girls.

However, their failure rate at ordinary level in this subject was higher than that of girls – 4.7 per cent compared with 4.2 per cent. Boys did do better in metalwork and material technology, although few girls sat these subjects.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'YAKIMA, Wash. -- An East Valley teacher faces criminal charges over allegations that she had sex with a 16-year-old male student in the Kmart parking lot and sent a suggestive photo to another boy.

Michele Taylor, 31, of Yakima is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 16 in Yakima County Superior Court on one count of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor and two counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.

Sexual contact with students 16 or older is considered misconduct, rather than rape, under state law.
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The 15-year-old also indicated that Taylor had invited him to go to her house several times when she was home alone. He told investigators she had also invited him to the movies.

According to the report, Taylor told the student how she felt she missed out on a lot when she was younger because she met her husband at a young age.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A POPULAR Worcester gym has closed for good – amid much anger among its paid-up members and users.

Simply Women has been shut since last week but it has now been confirmed that the doors to the gym in Henwick Road, St John’s, will not be opening again.
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“Being in a women-only gym, I didn’t feel as vulnerable as I would be next to younger, fitter people who want to do a lot more on the equipment than I do.”
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A spokesman for Ashbourne Management, which deals with Simply Women’s finances, said: “The gym has closed down now.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A group in Canada is stretching the limits of niche practice. Lu's Pharmacy, which opened in July in Vancouver, British Columbia, doesn't just focus on women patients; women are the only patients it serves.

"We have never provided services to men," said Caryn Duncan, executive director of the Vancouver Women's Health Collective, which has been dispensing health information and advice to women since 1971. "We don't expect that to change now that we have opened a pharmacy."

Opening a women's pharmacy is not a new idea. This year, students from the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy, Buffalo, N.Y., won first place in the National Community Pharmacists Association's Pruitt-Schutte Business Plan Competition. Their business plan for Isabella's Apothecary focused on early intervention and chronic-disease-state management tailored to the needs of women.

Article here. Excerpt:

'THE LABOUR candidate for the next general election will be another woman after party bigwigs ruled on an all-female shortlist – to the dismay of local members.

The decision made by the Labour Party's National Executive (NEC) in London on Tuesday has not met with the approval of local members who had hoped for an open choice after current MP Kitty Ussher decided not to stand at the next election.

Party chiefs said the decision was made because the Labour Party was committed to the Equalities Bill which strives to see more women in public life.
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The local party chairman added: "The party in Burnley unilaterally said it wanted an open list. We wanted to be able to choose the best candidate, whether male or female, and preferably someone local.

"I know of at least six local men who had expressed an interest but no women. I have told those men of the decision and they are very concerned. We have to look at the position very carefully now."'

Story here. Excerpt:

'KATHMANDU, Sept 11 (Bernama) -- The women-only bus service operated by Nepali Minibus Entrepreneurs Association, has become effective and popular in the capital Kathmandu, the National News Agency RSS reported on Friday.

According to the RSS, the association had brought the bus service only catering to women into operation since Sept 6.

Women-only bus service was started with the request of women and taking into consideration the inconveniences faced by women commuters especially during and after office hours.'

Essay here

Excerpt:

'The essay's pretzel logic is so outlandish that I promise to keep a straight face as I explain it to you.

And the article's original title was so outrageous that within hours the USA Today editors felt compelled to tone it down. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

It's no secret that men been hit hard in the current recession. The USA Today article acknowledges that men have lost 74% of jobs since December 2007, with women losing the remaining 26%. The reason is men predominate in construction and manufacturing, sectors that have suffered a massive hemorrhaging of jobs.

Most would view these numbers with dismay and even alarm. In many families men are the primary breadwinners and men's job loss hurts their wives, children, and dependent parents. And unemployment is emotionally devastating to many men.

Enough already! I have personally had it! Women can be and are savages! This story as far as I am concerned takes the cake. I have never heard of a man looking for a kid he put up for adoption, finding that kid and then raping him or her. Never heard of it! Yet, here is a woman that did just that! I have heard of men looking for long lost kids and upon finding them they tried to be the fathers that they always wanted to be. They stepped up and became fathers. Women on the other hand look for long lost kids of theirs just to become: RAPISTS! Enough is enough. I have had it. Excerpt:

'Michigan police say a 35-year-old mother used the Internet to track down the son she gave up for adoption a decade ago, seducing and raping the teenage boy when she found him after an online search.

Aimee Louise Sword of Waterford Township, near Detroit, was arraigned this week on three charges of criminal sexual conduct for the alleged rape of her biological son, whom she put up for adoption more than 10 years ago, MyFOXDetroit reported.

See below for the complete story.

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Advice for men: never cut off a woman in traffic.

'Newport News detectives have charged Megan McLane, 18, with one count of filing a false police report.

McLane had called police on Wednesday afternoon saying she had been stopped along the side of the road in the area of Jouett Drive when a man opened the car door and attacked her. McLAne said the man placing a cord around her neck and began to choke and beat her as he pulled her from the car toward a nearby wooded area.

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McLane stated he continued to beat her and hold her on the ground while attempting to remove her clothing. She said that once she was able to kick her assailant he left the area.

A large number of detectives, as well as forensic technicians, were sent to the area to begin processing the scene for any possible evidence and to canvass the neighborhood for possible witnesses.

Interesting vid on YouTube here. People in a college food court are asked what they think a feminist is.

This story was at best a male-bashing farce. In it, they made two claims:

1. Report Shows Hedge Funds Run by Women Outperformed Those Run by Men, Whose Risk-Taking May Have Fueled Financial Meltdown

2. The evidence: a recent report showed that while all hedge funds had an annual return of almost 6 percent, hedge funds run by women did better with a return of 9 percent.

Of course, they never mention the "recent report" - like who conducted the research for it, or what hedge-funds were examined.

I would like advice on how to combat this type of male-bashing.

I did a small amount of research of my own, I found a list of hedge-funds that were all up by 10 or more percent:

John Paulson of Paulson & company - up 20%.
Philip Falcone - up 42% through Harbinger Capitol Partners.
Peter Theil's - Clarium Capitol Management - up 50%.
Andrew Lahde's short credit fund - up 10%.
Matt Luckett - Balestra Capitol - up 13%.
Dan Arbess - Perella Weinberg Partners Xerion - up 25%.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A national charity has called for wider awareness of the risks of circumcision, as the inquest is held into the death of a 16-day-old baby following a religious ritual two years ago.

Amitai Moshe died in 2007 following a ritual circumcision in North London and the inquest into his death began at Hornsey Coroner's Court on Monday.

The inquest follows one in Windsor earlier this year which concluded that baby Celian Noumbiwe had bled to death within hours of a circumcision at a doctor's surgery in Reading.

Many parents who consider circumcision necessary for ritual reasons believe that the operation is harmless in early infancy, and that it will bring benefit to the child.'