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'FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Fort Campbell officials struggling to stem a recent increase in military suicides hope family members will be able to spot signs that soldiers may be depressed and hesitant to seek help from the Army.

Of the 100 family members and spouses at a meeting at the post Thursday, more than a dozen raised their hands when asked if they knew someone who had committed suicide. Those family members — often the first to notice problems — received information and training on recognizing signs of suicidal thoughts — and how to get help for the soldiers at the installation along the Tennessee state line.'

Story here. It is just a measly $1.8 million but still it is a step in the right direction in stopping this now discredited barbaric procedure. Excerpt:

'A Fulton County jury has awarded $1.8 million in damages to a boy whose penis was severed in a botched circumcision.

The state court jury gave another $500,000 to the boy’s mother in the decision rendered Friday.
he case involves a child, identified only as D.P. Jr., who was born at South Fulton Medical Center in 2004. In a suit filed two years later, his mother contended that the doctor who circumcised him removed too much tissue and that his pediatrician failed to respond when a nurse complained of excessive bleeding.'

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'Though efforts to pass a constitutional amendment protecting parental rights have failed in the past, two U.S. legislators are preparing to reintroduce the idea this week; and this time, they say, the effort is backed by more than 60 congressional members.

Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., who introduced a parental rights amendment by himself last year, told the Agence France-Presse that he will be joined by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., on Tuesday as they renew the fight.

According to a statement released to AFP by Hoekstra's office, the amendment "would clearly outline in the U.S. Constitution that parents, not government or any other organization, have a fundamental right to raise their children as they see fit."

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You might be asking how is this relevant? Think about the plethora of stories about boys facing severe consequences for similar actions. I've never read anything about the ACLU coming to the aid of these boys. When a girl faces the same injustice, hypocritical groups like the ACLU come to the rescue. Excerpt:

'A 14-year-old New Jersey girl has been accused of distributing child pornography after posting nearly 30 explicit nude pictures of herself myspace.com — charges that could force her to register as a sex offender if convicted.
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The American Civil Liberties Union has asked a federal judge to block the filing charges, saying that the teens didn't consent to the picture's distribution and that the image is not pornography, in any event.

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'HOUSTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told a Planned Parenthood convention that reproductive rights, as well as women's rights and empowerment, are key issues in President Barack Obama's foreign policy.

Clinton vowed her support for these issues during a speech Friday evening at the Planned Parenthood's national conference in Houston.
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Secretary Clinton started her day in Washington, where she and the President announced the administration’s new direction in Afghanistan. One priority, she said, is ensuring the expansion of women’s rights there.'

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'JUSTICE REPORTER — A study of alienated children has found that mothers were significantly more likely to be the parent who emotionally poisoned their children than were fathers.

Toronto family lawyer Gene Colman told a Toronto symposium yesterday that of 74 court rulings that found parental alienation since 1987, the mother was the alienator in 50 cases. The father was the alienating parent in 24.

"I'm not trying to dump on moms," Mr. Colman told about 150 psychologists, family lawyers, mediators and activist parents. "I'm just saying, that is what the data reveal."

In parental alienation syndrome, an estranged parent systematically brainwashes a child into hating the other parent. The profile of the syndrome escalated over the past year, after three Ontario judges ordered that children be removed from an alienating parent and taken to U.S. clinics for deprogramming therapy.'

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'Toronto -- The scope of the courts' reach into family affairs has long been contentious, but a recent trend in Canada's legal system has brought a new controversy that has some onlookers praising judges and others condemning them for accepting what they call "voodoo science."

More than ever before, Canada's judges are recognizing that some children of divorced and warring parents are not simply living an unfortunate predicament, but rather are victims of child abuse and suffering from Parental Alienation Syndrome.

Though debate swirls as to whether the occurrence should be termed a syndrome, a disorder, or simply ‘parental alienation,' Canadian and American judges, lawyers, and psychologists are increasingly buying into a view that sees programming a child to despise a non-custodial parent as grounds for removing the "brainwashed" child from the alienating parent's custody - or what is known in the extreme as a court-ordered "parentectomy."'

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'The Hanszen College Men's Resource Center (MRC) has been selling "MAN" shirts both to raise campus awareness and to raise funds for its Hu(man)ity Campaign to help "young men in the Fifth Ward Enrichment program become responsible adults and productive members of the community." I thought it a perfect example of the kind of socially conscious civic engagement projects Rice students should engage in - that is, until I saw a shirt with the slogan "COM(MAN)D" with the word "man" displayed in a larger font and bracketed within the whole word.

Understandably, the MRC was probably trying to make a statement by using funny or enticing slogans as part of its campaign. Most of the slogans are indeed so, such as "WO(MAN)," "(MAN)GO" and "BRO(MAN)CE," but this particular slogan, "COM(MAN)D," is particularly offensive and potentially misleading.

Feeling bad because you are out of work? Jobs fairs may be the answer to landing that job to help pay your back child support and divorce lawyer fees.

However, if you are someone who was born with the X-Y chromosomal genetic makeup forget going to this job fair. IT IS FOR WOMEN ONLY!

The site "claims" that many top companies will be present to discuss your employment future with you IF YOU ARE A FEMALE.

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'Alesha Watkins, 20, claimed Darren Ball, 25, attacked her after a party at Rushden, Northamptonshire, in December 2007.

Mr Ball spent 19 hours in custody and made four court appearances over seven months, Northampton Crown Court heard.

Watkins admitted perverting the course of justice. Judge Charles Wide QC said her lies had left a completely innocent man accused of rape.
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She had been drinking alcohol and taking cocaine before they became involved in a "play fight" at his home that led to sexual intercourse, the court heard.

Prosecuting, Alex Bull said: "She said she had not been raped, and lied because she had regretted having sex with him.
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Reading out a victim impact statement, the lawyer added: "It has had a significant impact on Mr Ball.

"He has had difficulties in his relationship since this time. He began to drink heavily.

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'The Utah Court of Appeals has rejected the argument that a Taylorsville woman, accused of ramming her SUV into her husband, should be able to include jury instructions regarding "extreme emotional distress" as part of her case.

Brenda Christine White, 33, is charged with attempted murder, a first-degree felony, and criminal mischief, a second-degree felony, in connection with an April 26, 2006, incident in which White and her estranged husband, Jon White, argued about money, child custody and other matters.

Prosecutors say an enraged Brenda White returned four hours later, chased her husband in her vehicle as he ran for cover on foot, smashed the SUV through a Salt Lake office building's glass door and hit her husband once, throwing him about 10 feet.'

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'The local agency dedicated to eradicating domestic violence has chosen a name that better reflects its mission and services, according to Executive Director Candace Waldron.

Help for Abused Women and their Children is now Healing Abuse Working for Change. HAWC is also launching a new logo design contest with a $1,000 cash prize.

"We want to be sure we're responsive to all communities where domestic abuse might occur," Waldron said. "After 30 years of doing work, it's become clear that it's really the behavior of controlling and abusive persons that needs to be addressed, and it affects different genders."

The nonprofit agency was founded by a handful of Salem women in 1978. Over the years, it has grown to serve men affected by domestic violence, as well as women.

"I think our name, frankly, has been somewhat of a barrier in having men contact us," Waldron said.'

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'This study purports to disprove the notion that there's a boy crisis in education. It's by Sarah Mead courtesy of a self-described "think tank" called the Education Sector. From what I can gather, it pretty accurately represents the response by those in the educational system who want to ignore the obvious problems boys have in school.

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'Another elementary school teacher is being accused of molesting a former student. This time it's happened at Rosa Parks Elementary School in City Heights. The teacher, 35-year old Adrienne Feistel, is accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy she befriended. The molestation allegedly occurred while the boy was in 7th grade. Feistel's neighbors are in disbelief.
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Authorities say the crime was reported by the teenage boy when police were interviewing him about an unrelated incident, a confrontation between the boy's mother and sister. Neighbors tell San Diego Six News that Feistel moved out of the neighborhood last October and is separated from her husband who is a San Diego Sheriff's Department Deputy.

Those same neighbors are trying to come to grips with the allegations.

"Surprised and shocked. It doesn't seem like something she would do." says the unidentified neighbor.

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'Is it too much to hope that men falsely accused of rape by drunken women might one day be treated with ordinary courtesy and remain anonymous until proven guilty? Last week it took a jury a mere 45 minutes to throw out an accusation made by a woman in her forties, whom we must, maddeningly — because she is automatically guaranteed anonymity – refer to as Miss X, against Peter Bacon, a 26-year-old student and chef from Canterbury, Kent.

After an evening at the woman’s house, during which Miss X, Bacon and a friend had drunk at least five bottles of wine, Bacon and Miss X retired to bed and had sex. Next morning Miss X, a solicitor, was so hungover she did not even remember what had happened, then claimed Bacon had raped her because she was too drunk to have consented to sex. The way Bacon tells it, Miss X was “giving me the come-on”. When they started kissing, “she did not say no. There was never any indication of her saying, ‘What are you doing?’ She had plenty of time to say, ‘Oi!’,” he told the jury.'