Story here. Excerpt:

'LOS ANGELES -- A plea deal was accepted today by a woman accused of stalking actor John Cusack.

33 year-old Emily Leatherman pleaded no contest to a felony count of stalking Cusack which will keep her out of state prison. The Judge immediately sentenced her to five years' probation and mandatory psychiatric counseling. Leatherman was also ordered to stay away from the 42-year-old actor for the next 10 years.
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In a rambling statement Friday morning, Leatherman claimed she was the victim of sex crimes and thought Cusack could help her.'

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'FULLERTON -- The estranged wife of an Orange County teacher and her boyfriend will stand trial for allegedly trying to frame the woman's husband on drugs and weapons charges.

Devon Eileen Abbott, 33, of Mira Loma, and Soloman Brian Silver, 42, of Portland, Maine, are charged with conspiracy to falsely charge a crime, false imprisonment by fraud, conspiracy to falsely report a crime, and transportation of marijuana, said Deputy District Attorney Keith Bogardus.

Abbot and Silver are accused of planting a shotgun and drugs in a vehicle parked on a high school campus to get the woman's estranged husband arrested.'

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'HENDERSONVILLE – Starting at 6 tonight, men will wobble in women’s high-heeled shoes through downtown Hendersonville to support violence-free homes. Proceeds from sponsored walkers in the event will go to Mainstay, Henderson County’s domestic violence prevention agency and emergency shelter.

The walk is open to male community members and leaders will proclaim their solidarity in support of violence-free homes by marching in high heels. Elected officials, educators, students, law enforcement officers, and others are expected to participate. The Blue Ridge Roller Derby girls will lead the walk.

Registration starts at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Mainstay’s Purple Ribbon Thrift Store. The walk will proceed up 5th Avenue to Main Street, and will end in the front of the old historic courthouse. Men are encouraged (but not required) to walk in women’s shoes and participants are being asked to get sponsorships.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'A men's health consultant says men are becoming more interested in their health needs but there is still more work to be done to improve outcomes in Queensland.
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Mr Millan says men often do not seek help for depression or anxiety.

"In every age range in Australia more men die than women," he said.'

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'KISUMU, 9 October 2008 (PlusNews) - Health facilities in Nyanza Province in western Kenya are struggling to meet the demand for medical male circumcisions since politicians threw their weight behind efforts to promote the procedure as a way of reducing HIV infections.

The campaign initially faced opposition by community elders of the ethnic Luo community that makes up the bulk of the province's inhabitants and does not traditionally practice circumcision. But local leaders, swayed by calls from Kenya's Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, and research demonstrating the HIV prevention benefits of being circumcised, have since said they would set an example by undergoing the procedure themselves.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'I was very surprised by the people pushing back on the story, because I didn't come to the story as an advocate one way or the other, just as a reporter who started to look at national data at how broadly boys were not thriving across race and class lines. There are people who feel we shouldn't focus on boys, that it's somehow part of the feminist backlash. I don't agree with that. I try to lay out in the book why I think this is an important issue for all people, whatever their political orientation. I consider myself a strong feminist and I am the mother of sons. I don't feel that my looking at this is taking oxygen away from very serious issues that still need to be addressed, like gender equity in the workplace, that there are not enough women in Congress, equal pay for equal work. These are real issues, but we need to separate them from what is happening to schoolboys.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A deaf Hamilton woman who falsely claimed she was raped and beaten during a home invasion has been described as a devout Christian and model citizen.

Kohine Dallas Pania Turanga appeared in the Hamilton District Court for sentencing on Monday after earlier pleading guilty to a charge of willfully attempting to pervert the cause of justice.
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Defence counsel Gina Jansen had told the court that Turanga suffered from depression and had sought professional help in an attempt to understand her actions. She said Turanga deeply regretted wasting police time and described the 41-year-old cleaner as a model citizen and committed Christian.'

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'Williamson County deputies have arrested a Lampasas woman and accused her of lying about being sexually assaulted.

The Sheriff's Office says several weeks ago, Deborah Ann Keen-Papp, 43, told them she was attacked on Highway 29 after she had pulled over with car trouble.

She gave police a description and deputies released a sketch of the alleged suspect.

But Friday deputies took Keen-Papp into custody on the charge of false report to law enforcement.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Just over one quarter (26 per cent) of primary seven boys are completely happy coming to school, compared with 44 per cent of girls, according to a survey carried out by Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Ulster.

The Kids’ Life and Times Survey found that boys in Northern Ireland were less happy than girls with writing, reading, spelling, working by themselves and coming to school. The survey also found that just over half of primary seven children think pupils in their school have been bullied.'

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'A northwest suburban woman who reported being raped in a Wal-Mart washroom on Sunday ended up behind bars herself when the actual story proved a little different.
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However, police reviewed videotapes and discovered that the woman had gone into the washroom with a man willingly, the report said. She then changed her story and said she did have consensual sex with the man, whom she did not know, but he refused to pay her for the sex act.'

There was a recent thread about a "Stride Gum" commercial featuring a ram battering a man, in which a comparison was made with an older Trident ad called "The Fifth Dentist". Tonight I was watching TV when that old "The Fifth Dentist" ad by Trident came on. In case you're not familiar with it, the announcer states that "Four out of five dentists prefer Trident gum, but what about the fifth dentist?" A squirrel runs up the fifth dentist's leg and an audible "crunch" sound can be heard (presumably from the dentist's testicles being bitten). The dentist then screams "Nooooooooo!"

I sure hope that this commercial wasn't re-aired out of spite for the previous protest emails about Stride gum, but I wouldn't put it past them.

You can contact Cadbury Adams about this inane commercial here.

Story here. Excerpt:

'BRADENTON, Fla. — Authorities say a woman has been arrested in west Florida after pouring scalding hot water on her husband's groin.

Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested 52-year-old Maverna Theresa Turay on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated battery with great bodily harm. She was being held at the Manatee County jail on $7,500 bond.'

Read it here. She says there is nothing to be gained by informing the "could be" father of his little son. Excerpt:

'...However, two years later I have a beautiful baby boy who looks nothing like my husband and has the personality of the other man. In my heart I am convinced he is not my husband's son. The other man is currently serving a tour in Iraq. Do I tell him about his son?
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[Reply:]
Your little boy has a dad, and it would turn your life upside down to tell this man he has a son. Nothing good would come of it ... but you might wind up with a custody suit or a divorce.'

Article here. More bias against men. Excerpt:

'MUMBAI: In a progressive step with far-reaching implications, the state cabinet on Wednesday gave its green signal to amend Section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) which seeks to protect the pecuniary interests of the 'other woman'. However, it would need the Centre's stamp of approval to become a law.

...This amendment would cover the interests of women involved in polygamous or live-in relationships, say officials. The only catch is that the state has not specified the term 'reasonably long period' that a woman needs to stay with a man to be called his wife.
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Explaining the need for such an amendment, state law department officials said most bigamy cases lead to problems for the 'other woman' not recognised by law in presence of the official wife. “The other woman is on the streets in dire straits if the man decides to dump her for someone else. She is not entitled to any maintenance as her status is not that of a wife,'' said officials. '

Article here. Must be nice to be able to throw any boy you hate in jail by sending naked pictures of yourself. Excerpt:

'SANGER - A controversy has arisen out of Denton County involving a 13-year-old boy, a cell phone and a text message. That message has landed the middle schooler in juvenile detention on child pornography charges.
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...[He] spent the night in a juvenile detention center after an eighth grade female student texted him a naked picture of herself.
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“I know some girl was taking pictures of herself and sending it to multiple guys. Obviously, they’ve still got their picture on their phone because they are now getting in trouble,” said Bethany Mitchell, a classmate.

So far only the 13-year-old boy has been arrested.