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'NEWPORT NEWS — A Newport News woman has been charged with filing a false report after her original complaint sparked a police investigation into an allegation of rape, police say.

Megan McLane, 18, of Dinwiddie Place, initially complained to police that a man tried to choke and rape her. Police later learned she fabricated those statements because she had gotten into a verbal and physical altercation with another driver and she wanted to get the man in trouble, said Newport News police spokesman Lou Thurston.

The misdemeanor charge against McLane carries a fine of up to $2,500 and up to 12 months in jail, Thurston said.'

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'I was recently privileged to observe the practice of some of the best boys' schools in the country and to discuss with them the policies they implement to ensure that boys achieve their maximum potential.

Two points clearly emerge. First, there is a strong perception the educational system has been so 'feminised' that boys no longer feel comfortable within it and consequently find it more difficult to achieve success. And, as an expensive byproduct, a whole industry has grown up around the topic, with gurus springing up everywhere who claim to have all the answers.'

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'No, feminism is not dead. It's worse. It has become fully inculcated into modern society, to the degree that any woman who takes an alternative view is routinely marginalized and downright vilified. When I wrote a blog about the Larry King segment, mocking some of the ridiculous things the women said – "It's not until we fall in love with ourselves that the world will begin to honor and support us"; "I suggest women get financially independent because that gives you freedom and empowerment to love yourself first"; "Once you are complete you look for others in your life to complement your completeness" – I got this response from a reader:

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'The battle between men and women is old — but in one Livingston County courtroom, men say the judge doesn't give them a fighting chance.

Even the children caught in their parents' crossfire question why Probate Judge Carol Hackett Garagiola appears to rule against fathers even where experts have found the father to be the better parent under court-established guidelines.
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The case would come as no surprise to Bob Simpson, 48, who got divorced in June 2008. At the time, he said his lawyer advised him to keep his mouth shut because the "judge hates men."

Simpson, who said there were no claims of domestic violence or wrongdoing from either side in the divorce, said he did not believe his attorney until Garagiola routinely ruled against him even when his ex-wife violated their divorce agreement by relocating out of the county, which was prohibited.

Video here. Title: "In Session's Jack Ford has the latest on the Ben Roethlisberger sexual assault lawsuit."

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'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."'

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'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.'

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'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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'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.'

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'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.'

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'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.'

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'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.

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'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."'

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'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.'