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'Ohio's inspector general is investigating why a state agency director approved checking the state child-support computer system for information on "Joe the Plumber."

Helen Jones-Kelly, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, confirmed today that she OK'd the check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher following the Oct. 15 presidential debate.
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...Reports state that he lives alone with a 13-year-old son.

"Our practice is when someone is thrust quickly into the public spotlight, we often take a look" at them, Jones-Kelley said, citing a case where a lottery winner was found to owe past-due child support. "Our practice is to basically look at what is coming our way."'

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'According to cops, Horvath a married mother of four, reportedly approached the teen about her "feelings" last spring and the two carried on a torrid affair during the summer months before being discovered this fall. According to the arrest affidavit the two lovers allegedly have sex in various place, mostly in parked cars, as many as 25 times, including once in a Walmart parking lot where they were caught naked by the cops. What happened to them? The police asked the teen if he was PAYING FOR SEX and then let them go. That's some nice police work there Lou.
The worst part of the story? One of Horvath's own sons is a classmate of the victim, and has since had to be transfered to another school. Yeah, probably wouldn't be cool to be walking around the halls of your school with people talking about your mom having an alleged affair with one of your friends.'

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'PRINCETON — Women with battered eyes and bruised souls have become the symbols of domestic violence in America, but one organization is working to change the perception that all domestic abuse manifests itself physically on the outside and that women are the only victims.

Men and Women Against Discrimination (MAWAD) formed in West Virginia to expose the untruths behind the theory that men are always the aggressors, pursue a family court system that recognizes and honors each parent’s role in a child’s upbringing and to seek “truth, justice and equality in family law.”

Along the way, organizers say they discovered there are many men out there who are just as abused as any of their female counterparts, that the court system all too often ignores their wounds and that the very systems put in place to stop domestic violence can be manipulated and twisted into another form of abuse during divorce and custody negotiations.'

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'According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), one in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.

The NCADV also reports that a staggering 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by a partner each year. Don't be fooled though, domestic violence also includes verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse as well. Whether someone endures constant put downs, verbal threats or mental domination, this is still considered domestic violence.'

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'A recognized corporate leader for its commitment to preventing domestic violence and raising awareness of the issue, Verizon Wireless was the first wireless carrier in the nation to collect and recycle old cell phones and has done so since January 1999 -- first in New Jersey and then across the U.S. The wireless equipment is refurbished or recycled in an environmentally friendly manner and the proceeds used to provide wireless phones and service and cash grants to local organizations and shelters like the N.Y. Asian Women's Center that provide direct services to victims of domestic violence.'

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'The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday ordered a new trial for a woman convicted of drowning her infant son, whose body was found in a central Iowa lake.
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Anfinson has been serving a 50-year prison sentence in the 1998 death of her 15-day-old son, Jacob. His body, weighted down with rocks, was found in Saylorville Lake near Des Moines.

Anfinson’s lawyer argued that the baby died accidentally in an infant bathtub and she panicked and hid his body in the lake.
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In asking the Supreme Court to review her appeal for postconviction relief, Anfinson claims her lawyer dismissed an insanity or diminished capacity defense despite evidence she was suffering from severe postpartum depression at the time of the child’s death.'

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'A law introduced in Brazil two years ago to protect women from domestic violence has been used to protect a man who was being abused by his ex-wife.

It is thought this may be the first time the legislation has been used to protect a man.

The case was heard before a judge in Cuiaba in the state of Mato Grosso.

The judge ruled that the former wife had to stay at least 500m away from her ex-husband and must avoid all contact with him.

The man alleged that he was suffering physical aggression, psychological and financial abuse and provided several documents to prove his case.'

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'A New Berlin woman accused of attempted homicide told detectives that she wrapped plastic wrap across her husband's face and hit him with a dumbbell because she wanted him to shut up, according to a criminal complaint filed today in Waukesha County Circuit Court.

Valentina Grenader, 45, was charged with attempted first degree intentional homicide, strangulation and suffocation, and substantial battery. She is being held in the Waukesha County Jail on $100,000 bail.

If convicted of all three felonies, the maximum penalty is 73 years and six months in prison.

The woman's husband needed eight stitches to close a head wound, according to the criminal complaint.'

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'Ingeborg Grubanoski was suffering from a number of mental disorders when she brutally killed her severely disabled husband, a forensic psychiatrist testified Wednesday.

As a result, Dr. David Tano concluded she should be found not criminally responsible for clubbing Mladen Grubanoski in the head with a hammer and strangling him with a belt on May 17, 2007.

Tano told Crown prosecutor Christine Rideout that Ingeborg, 56, heard voices before she retrieved the weapons from the basement of their southwest home after their daughter Karin went to the grocery store.

When she killed the retired electrical engineer, she was in a dissociative or trance-like state, he said.'

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'Adoptions are private for a reason -- to protect a child. But, with such secrecy, a lawyer can set up a deal between a mother and adoptive parents and move a baby into a new home very quickly. By the time a birth father catches up, it is often just too late.

For 10 months, Michael Marek's life as a new father has involved endless court dates and a few supervised visits in public places. He is fighting for a baby that is biologically his, but living with an adoptive family that does not want to give her up. Out of respect for their privacy, we will not use their names.
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Birth fathers like Marek are stuck in a gray area of adoption law. A single mother can put her baby up for adoption, and if the father objects, his only hope is to enter a long and expensive court battle. The state offers men like Marek no protection.'

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'The differences in life expectancy between the sexes have narrowed across Britain, according to the latest longevity data from the Office for National Statistics, which show men are closing the gap with traditionally longer-living women.

The average woman born in 2006 is likely to live 2.7 years longer than one born in 1992 while men can expect to live 3.8 years longer.'

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'In a new study, researchers from the University of Washington explored the recent increase in infidelity, and the changing makeup of the participants. A greater number of older men and younger women have reported being unfaithful than in earlier studies. However, historically, gauging responses in scientific studies of sensitive issues such as sexual behavior has proven to be a flawed science.

According to The New York Times, which cites the University of Washington’s research, the number of young women who report engaging in extramarital sex is not much lower than that of men. The study reports that 20 percent of men and 15 percent of women under the age of 35 have cheated on their spouses, up from 15 percent and 12 percent respectively.'

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'"In the best tradition--and reflecting the best practices--of women's hospitals worldwide, we are creating both a hospital and a service line designed and staffed to meet the unique needs and preferences of women," said Ken Graham, El Camino Hospital CEO. "Women, who represent 65% of patients who receive care at El Camino Hospital, have specialized health needs that extend well beyond maternity and related services--the focus of most hospital programs for women. We believe that better tailoring their lifelong care and the environment in which it is delivered will lead to even better outcomes and improved patient experiences."

The hospital is already considered a leader in women's services. It is the only one in Northern California to receive HealthGrades' Women's Health Excellence Award three years in a row, and the only one in the region to be 5-star rated for Women's Health Services.'

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'"These men have defied the odds," said White, whose book breaks new ground in the empirical study of black feminist men. "Their lives help define what it means to be a feminist and an ethical human being."
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"We need to begin teaching women's studies and discussing gender issues in preschool and elementary grades to promote feminist values of nonviolence, humility, empathy, and accountability," said White. "And we need to reform workplace policies that bar men from participating fully in family life. We need paid family leave, we need to enforce equal pay for equal work."'

Suppose she was drunk or just... stupid? Anyway, guess it looks like nothing will happen to her for it. Story here. Excerpt:

'The teacher is seen peeling off her top to reveal her bra and then starts to undo the zip of her trousers before another lecturer covers her in a tablecloth.
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But the school's headmaster in Zalaegerszeg, western Hungary, has refused to sack the unnamed mistress despite pressure from parents and other teachers.

"I was forced to give the German teacher a warning, but I will not dismiss her because she is a valuable teacher for our institution," said head Sandor Rozman.

He claimed she had shown no more flesh "than you would see on a beach."'