Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-04-23 00:26
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'JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A 34-year-old woman was arrested Monday after a 14-year-old boy said he had several sexual encounters with his science teacher.
According to the arrest report, Jennifer Collier had sex with the boy in her SUV Friday night after agreeing to take him home after a field trip from James Weldon Johnson Middle School.
The report says the boy showed police several e-mails from Collier to the victim that demonstrated their inappropriate relationship.
When arrested, investigators said Collier claimed to have a "mother-type relationship" with the boy who had come to her to talk about problems he was having in his home life. She then requested an attorney.'
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Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-04-23 00:24
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'HOUGHTON -- The 19-year-old Michigan Tech student, who according to police filed a false sexual assault report last month, faces up to four years in prison if convicted.
According to court documents, Jennifer Renee Stigers lives in a residence hall on campus.
Stigers was arrested on Monday by MTU Public Safety after she took back allegations that an assault happened in a campus parking lot on March 23.
Judge Mark Wisti continued bond, ten percent of $10,000, which Prosecutor Mike Makkinen didn't object to.
A preliminary exam is scheduled in district court on May 4.'
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Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-04-23 00:18
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'Iceland's women are blaming men for the financial crisis that has brought the country to its knees, They are now looking for a female solution to clean up the mess. Caretaker Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir is heading into this weekend's election with good chances of winning.
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At Audur, there's a simple recipe for success. "We've brought greater female values into the financial world," says Halla. The company isn't interested in investments that quickly generate high yields. Instead, they focus on sustainable investments in projects that make as much sense socially and environmentally as they do for the investors themselves. The women call their business maxim "emotional capital," or "profit with principles." But is that a recipe that can be enough to get Iceland out of its current mess?'
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Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-04-23 00:14
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'And, if so, why do men still earn a dollar for every 77 pennies women earn? Why are men’s small businesses larger than women’s small businesses?
It shouldn’t be like this.
Because when it comes to running anything—a family, a business, a country—women possess extraordinary leadership qualities. We’re more intuitive, more patient, and we tend to share more, which makes us better at motivating. We’re tenacious and we’re great problem solvers (if only because we’ve always had to make do with less). Even more important, we excel at doing many things at once.
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(For men: Look up once in a while to notice what’s going on around you, and help!)'
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Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-04-23 00:10
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'The mystery college donor has struck again — this time at Binghamton University in New York, whose financial aid office phone started ringing off the hook as word of an anonymous $6 million contribution spread across campus.
Binghamton is the latest of at least a dozen universities to receive donations totaling more than $60 million in recent weeks. The gifts have arrived with the same, highly unusual stipulation: not only must the donor must remain anonymous, but not even the college can know who it is or try to find out.
The recipient colleges seem to have almost nothing in common except this: so far, all are led by women.'
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Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-04-23 00:05
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'A San Jose woman intentionally struck a man on a freeway connector ramp, catapulting him over a guardrail 50 feet above the ground, according to police.
The unidentified man landed in a parking lot below the ramp and is now in a coma.
Damariz Michi, 21, is expected to be arraigned Thursday on charges of attempted murder and hit-and-run resulting in permanent serious injury or death, according to Amy Cornell, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. Michi faces a maximum sentence of 17 years, eight months in prison if convicted as charged, Cornell said.
The man had been in Michi's minivan before the incident, according to police, who are not disclosing the nature of the relationship between the two. Because the investigation is ongoing, police would not disclose the man's age, only to say he is a San Jose resident.'
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2009-04-22 17:57
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'WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Usually, it's an empty threat: "If you kids don't stop fighting, I'm going to stop this car right now and leave you here!" But a mother from an upper-crust New York suburb went through with it, ordering her battling 10- and 12-year-old daughters out of her car in White Plains' business district and driving off, police said Tuesday.
A judge on Wednesday modified a temporary order of protection against 45-year-old Madlyn Primoff and her two daughters. Her lawyer, Vincent Briccetti, said Primoff is no longer barred from living or talking with her children.
Primoff, a partner in a Manhattan law firm, pleaded not guilty to a charge of endangering a child on Monday.
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2009-04-22 17:10
Video report here. She has gotten three trials and has been convicted twice of the same murder. Still, she is a female and is photogenic, so despite the two convictions and the imprisonment of the only boy involved in the gang-murder of a teenage girl (the mob that attacked her was otherwise made up of girls - wonder what happened to them in all this?), the Canadian Supreme Court needs to be polled for its opinion for what would have been an open and shut case if the primary agent in this assault and murder had been the boy.
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2009-04-22 15:37
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'MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) - A Grayland woman who drugged her boyfriend and dismembered his remains has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
Sherry Hamm entered the plea Monday and is scheduled to be sentenced on May 22 in Montesano. Grays Harbor County Prosecutor Stu Menafee told KXRO she faces 22 years in prison.
Prosecutors say the 59-year-old woman put an overdose of Xanax pills in a drink she gave 62-year-old Ken Hutchinson, her boyfriend of 30 years. She cut up his body and left the remains wrapped in plastic under their trailer in Grayland.'
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-04-21 20:21
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'A Texas man has reportedly settled a class action lawsuit against Hooters for refusing to hire men as food servers.
Nikolai Grushevski filed a complaint against Hooters of America in January alleging its Corpus Christi franchisee would not hire him as a waiter because the position was being limited to females by an employer "who merely wishes to exploit female sexuality as a marketing tool to attract customers and insure profitability."
Hooters argued a “bona-fide occupational qualification” defense, which applies when the “essence of the business operation would be undermined if the business eliminated its discriminatory policy,” according to Onpointnews.com.
“If we lose this go around, you can next expect hairy-legged guys in the Rockettes to line up and male models in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue." Hooters' vice president of marketing said, according to Onpointnews.com.'
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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2009-04-21 18:03
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'Recently the Boston Globe ran a front page story on a Fathers & Families‘ member who was jailed for child support because his income in the Real Estate industry dropped dramatically and he was unable to pay his child support. The story also covers our highly-publicized lawsuit against the new, higher Massachusetts child support guidelines.
Fathers & Families was contacted by a major national TV show which is doing a story on the problems with the child support system and is looking for child support obligors to be on the show.
The network is specifically interested in individuals with the following scenarios:
1) Your income has declined significantly over the past year but you have been unable to get courts to modify your child support obligations. (You could be in any state)
2) Your child support has been raised under the new Massachusetts guidelines. (Massachusetts only)
This information will not be shared with anyone except the TV producer. Please do not respond unless you are willing to be publicly identified on national television.'
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-04-21 07:03
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'Dunn, N.C. — A Harnett County woman charged with beating two of her children still has custody of a third child.
Delores Geddie, 57, of 801 S. Ellis Ave. in Dunn, was charged Monday with two counts of child abuse and was released after posting a $250,000 bond.
Harnett Primary School teachers and administrators reported suspected abuse to social service workers recently after a 7-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl showed up at school with deep bruises.
"They had belt marks on their back (and) on their arms, and the little boy had a belt mark on his face and nose," Dunn Police Chief B.P. Jones said.
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"She just lost it. That's what she told the investigator," Jones said.
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The two who were injured are staying with Geddie's mother; Geddie is prohibited from seeing them as a condition of her bond. But Geddie retains custody of their brother, who is in a wheelchair.'
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-04-21 06:57
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'GILBERT - A Gilbert woman who admitted that she beat her husband with a hammer while he slept could receive the death penalty.
Prosecutors say Marissa-Suzanne Devault killed her husband, Dale Harrell, for financial gain, which makes her eligible for the death penalty because the alleged murder meets three of the 14 standards listed under state law
Devault claims she killed her husband because he physically abused her; however, police have not found any evidence of abuse.'
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-04-21 06:50
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'With their masculinity set aside and high heels strapped tightly, local men and boys strutted their stuff Saturday morning to promote sexual abuse awareness in Acadiana.
More than 100 men and boys of all different ages and from all walks of life participated in Stuller Place's third annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event.
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Families and groups of men from UL, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, University Medical Center and Best Buy showed up wearing boots, stilettos and even shoes with fur.
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And participants Chad Grow and David Reese didn't stop short of showing how dedicated and "fantabulous" they were for the event.
Both men came dressed in dresses, pink boas and wigs.'
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-04-21 06:43
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'The move toward single-sex classrooms is a growing trend around the nation and in Western North Carolina.
Eight public schools in North Carolina offer single-sex education, according to the National Association for Single Sex Public Education.
Asheville is home to Hanger Hall, a private middle school for girls, as well as to some single-sex classes within coed private schools. Carolina Day School's middle school, for example, has single-sex classes for core subjects.
Yeiser hopes to use Hanger Hall as a model. The school was started by Howard Hanger 10 years ago because he wanted something different for his daughters' education. The school now has 63 students.'
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