Story here.

'ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - An Albany woman who conspired with her boyfriend to kill her husband has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Tammara McCoy was found guilty of second-degree murder and conspiracy for the death of Tyrone McCoy in November 2007.

Prosecutors say Johnson was dating 32-year-old Tammara McCoy when her estranged husband came into thousands of dollars, and they plotted to kill him and escape with his money. Tammara McCoy drove her husband to her Albany apartment and then Johnson shot him in the head.

McCoy was sentenced Thursday. Johnson was found guilty in November. He's currently serving 28 and a half years to life in prison for murder, conspiracy, criminal possession of a weapon.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Jay Fagan, a professor of social work at Temple University who has done studies on fathers, said that children who are living in households where their fathers are not present are much more likely to be living in poverty.

They are more likely to fall victim to substance abuse and child abuse. They're also at risk for emotional and behavioral problems. They're more likely to have problems at school, and they're at greater risk of delinquency and teen pregnancy.

Linda Nielsen, a professor of educational and adolescent psychology at Wake Forest University, views fatherlessness not as a family values issue, but as a "huge economic issue."

From high dropout rates, which lead to unemployment and under-employment, to low emotional health, so much of what is costing taxpayers money can be linked to children "not getting enough fathering," she maintained.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A victim support group is disappointed with the non-custodial sentence imposed on a Melbourne teacher over a relationship she had with a 15-year-old student.

Nazira Rafei has been convicted of committing indecent acts with a child after she performed sexual acts with the boy on two occasions last year.

The court heard the boy initially pursued the teacher and they engaged in a sexual act in the back of her car during last year's teacher strike.

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But Noel McNamara of the Crime Victims Support Association says the sentence is too lenient and points to female bias as a possible factor.

"I think they seem to be mainly in most cases female judges who hand down these sentences and think that it is okay for female teachers to interfere with young boys," he said.

"We don't know what the end result is going to be with this lad."
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Rafei will be placed on the sexual offenders register and she has also been ordered to do 150 hours of community work.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Veteran investigative journalist Peg Tyre will be the keynote speaker at the Mississippi Association of Partners in Education's upcoming state seminar.
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Tyre, former senior writer at Newsweek, is author of “The Trouble with Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School and What Parents and Educators Must Do.”

Tyre will explore issues related to boys' academic performance and why a disproportionate number of boys are high school dropouts. The state seminar also includes the Governor's Awards luncheon and training opportunities for education professionals.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Getting the best for girls has always been a vexed issue. Do they do better in single-sex schools or when taught alongside boys? In recent years single-sex schools have been tarred as old-fashioned and antiquated, a throwback to the Victorian era, but a report published last week looks like the last word on the issue: girls really do do better in single-sex schools.

The study, by The Good Schools Guide, followed 700,000 girls and found that those who sat GCSEs in single-sex state schools all did better than could have been predicted by their scores at the end of primary school.'

Via email from RADAR: Valerie Jarrett, who heads up Pres. Obama’s newly-formed Office on Women and Girls, recently said: “Domestic violence is still a major issue, not just for women but also for girls.” – NPR Morning Edition, March 12, 2009

Jarrett’s one-sided claim is disturbing because the Office on Women and Girls will attract extensive media attention in the next 4+ years, and could set the stage for even more anti-family DV laws.

Can you help us get the word out to stop the "Ms.-Information"? Complaints can be made here.

The letter is here. Excerpt:

'Does anyone doubt Muruwet Tuncer won't be the last?

Calling these acts domestic violence is a convenient way to downplay and push aside this crime. Why not call it what it really is: male violence against women and children?
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To all the men in this city who hold women in high esteem and would never think about acting violently against them, I would ask: What are you doing about male violence? Are you raising your sons so they will not act in a violent way? It seems to me that when you allow other men to act violently and take no responsibility for their actions, you are tarnished with the same brush. More succinctly, if you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.'

To submit a response to the Hamilton Spectator, go here.

Article here. Excerpt:

'FRIDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors around the United States are reporting a sharp increase in the number of vasectomies performed since the economy soured last year, with one noting that many of his clients are from the beleaguered financial industry.

Their best guess is that the trend is due both to a decreased desire to have children because of the expense involved, and an increased desire to get such medical procedures done before their jobs -- and health insurance -- disappear.

Story here. Excerpt:

"Two cases of dowry harassment and domestic violence are registered everyday with three Woman Police Stations in the city. Thirty alleged dowry deaths were reported in the district in 2008. Amid hue and cry by the NGOs and other social organizations over the alleged misuse of sections related to dowry harassment and domestic violence, there is another aspect which goes unnoticed most of the times. There are many people who have to suffer at a very young age due to such cases. Their career is ruined and they are left with no other option but to suffer from delayed judgments and biased police investigation.
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In most of the cases, the FIRs are lodged by giving distorted facts and police either act lethargically or adopt a biased attitude which cost dear to the groom and his family," Ashwani added."

Story here. Excerpt:

'PALMDALE, Calif. (Map, News) - A woman who reported her 18-month-old daughter missing now says the child died accidentally and that she dumped the body near a freeway, authorities said Friday.

Stacey Barker, 24, told detectives that when her daughter Emma Leigh died, she panicked and believed she would be blamed, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht said.

A body found Thursday in Sylmar, a few blocks from Interstate 5, was identified by coroner's officials as Emma. The cause of death was not immediately determined.

Barker initially told investigators that she was knocked unconscious by someone while putting Emma into her car in Lancaster on Wednesday. She said Emma was gone when she awoke partially clad hours later in another city.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'CHARDON, Ohio — A transgender woman has been sentenced in Ohio to four years in prison for killing her frail husband by forcing him to exercise.

Forty-one-year-old Chris Mason was sentenced Friday in Geauga (GEE'-aw-guh) County Common Pleas Court for reckless homicide in the death of 73-year-old James Mason. She pleaded guilty earlier and could have gotten five years at sentencing.

Article here. Excerpt:

'2. Pepper your everyday speech with references to flatulence, diarrhea, sex acts, vomit and menstruation. If you can work them all into a sentence used in the presence of your mom or, better yet, your best friend’s mom, all the better. Extra points if you can spread this frosting on the cake of an expensive college education. The “Adventureland” twentysomethings toss around Nikolai Gogol and Virgil as often as they do bags of weed.
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5. Use so much convoluted, idiomatic slang-intensive speech that even you don’t understand. Rather than leaving it behind in the hermetically sealed teenage world, the New Dude carries it well into adulthood and trades it for credibility with other men. “I Love You, Man” takes a daring approach to this rule by mocking the practice (See the ad campaign’s “Pop a squiznot” posters) but it will most likely endure anyway.'

Story here.

'OXFORD TWP. – A 23-year-old College Corner woman now faces a misdemeanor charge after police said she concocted a story about being kidnapped and raped earlier this week.

Jacqulyn Harrison could spend up to six months in jail if she is convicted on a charge of making a false alarm.

On Wednesday, Harrison reported to police that she was forced into a black vehicle earlier in the day while walking along U.S. 27 near College Corner around 1:30 a.m.

She said a man took her to a field where she was repeatedly raped and forced to take drugs. She told police the suspect stole her money and then dropped her off back near U.S. 27.

Harrison gave police a detailed description of a suspect and his vehicle, right down to his white “Air Force” brand tennis shoes.

The incident never occurred, Oxford Township police said today.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'After a 17-year-old boy had sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend, he was charged with a felony for statutory rape. When a 17-year-old girl in the same town commited the same crime, she was charged with far less. Was the boy the victim of gender bias?

Alan Jepsen was playing videogames at his home in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, when the cops came knocking on his door. He was handcuffed in front of his sister and thrown in jail. In the words of his attorney, Jeffrey Purnell, “This child, this 17-year-old high-school kid, had to spend a week in jail—they locked him up and they put him in jail with grown-ups.”

His crime: Having sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend. And, perhaps, being a boy.'

Listen to the interview here. Clicking this link launches your Media Player and the show streams. I tried saving the link file down and running it from my hard drive but that doesn't work.