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Yet another story involving a woman in a position of trust/power... Excerpt:

'A former security guard at a Colorado Springs juvenile detention center was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of having sex with a 14-year-old boy who was held there in 2005, police said.

Erin Hutchinson, 31, was a guard at the state-operated Zebulon Pike Youth Services Center for 4½ years before she was fired in July, according to Mary McGhee, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Human Services.'

ABCNews is running a story about a woman who decided to go undercover as a man to discover how men really behave around each other. She discovered that (shockingly!) the differences between men and women were much more than skin deep.

Excerpt:

Her experience with these men turned some of her long-held perceptions about men being harsh and rejecting and women being warm and welcoming upside down.

"I mean, it was just the most wonderful rush to get these guys' handshakes, and I felt comfortable, I mean as comfortable as I could feel, right away. They just took me in … no questions asked," she said.

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Ed. note: This is a reprint of a story ran in Jan., 2006. However, the content is so incisive, it bears repeating. If you missed it the first time, don't skip it now.

Story here. Excerpt:

'Many non-custodial parents across the country are in similar or worse circumstances after being ordered to make child support payments that are high relative to their income.
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David L. Levy, chief executive officer of the Children's Rights Council, a Washington D.C. based nonprofit advocating "meaningful and continuing contact" between children and both parents, said shared custody arrangements are better than systems that create a "custodial" and a "non-custodial" parent.'

Article here. Excerpt:

"But according to the report, female professionals actually surpass their male counterparts in salary among specific job titles. Help desk professionals, earned $40,937 on average, 4.8 percent more than men; technical writers at $73,816, made 2.5 percent more than men. IT executives (CEOs, CIOs, chief technology officers, vice presidents and directors) earned an average of $109,912, or 1.4 percent more than men."

Story here. Excerpt:

"WASHINGTON — Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton called Tuesday for the majority of voters — women — to help her break the nation's highest glass ceiling by electing her the first female president.

'Today, women are a majority of the voters, a majority of students in college...'
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The senator from New York is part of a generation of women who broke the so-called "glass ceiling" of advancement for females in the workplace, but she said the current government should do more to ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work."

First appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, this by Sacks and Leving. Excerpt:

'Lisa Nowak is receiving widespread sympathy, in part because she is legitimately admired for being an astronaut. But a large share accrues because she’s a woman, and our society—both men and women—views women’s misdeeds more sympathetically than men’s.

The media is soft-pedaling numerous aspects of the Nowak case. Practically every media outlet has explained Nowak's decision to wear astronaut diapers on her journey to allegedly attack romantic rival Colleen Shipman as a bizarre, freakish action indicative of her mental instability. In reality, Nowak acted with logic and calculation—she did not want to stop several times on the way from Houston to Orlando and leave a trail of convenience store camera records behind her. For the same reason, when Nowak arrived in Orlando she disguised herself, checked into a hotel under a fake name and address, and paid cash.'

Story here.

'A woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to swinging her 4-week-old son like a bat to hit her boyfriend during a fight, fracturing the infant's skull in the process.

Chytoria Graham, 27, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child under a plea agreement with prosecutors.'

Story here.

'Children are more likely to suffer development problems if their fathers do not take paternity leave or spend enough time with them when they are very young, according to an analysis of thousands of babies born around the turn of the millennium.

A report published today by the Equal Opportunities Commission and based on research tracking 19,000 children born in 2000 and 2001 found emotional and behavioural problems were more common by the time youngsters reached the age of three if their fathers had not taken time off work when they were born, or had not used flexible working to have a more positive role in their upbringing.'

This story on News.com.au is a classic. Woman dumps a baby in a public toilet, in a plastic shopping bag. But, of course, police hold 'grave concerns for the mother's wellbeing, fearing that she may be suffering emotionally'. Poor thing. And of course should a father ever dump his baby in a toilet, he'd be lovingly looked after. Right.....

Article here. Excerpt:

"While fathers are usually blamed for divorce’s negative economic impact on children, what’s often overlooked is the simple fact that the income that once supported one household cannot support two at the same level, no matter how many punitive measures the government employs or how much fathers pay. Those who insist that the average child’s standard of living will not or should not decline after a divorce are kidding themselves."

Misery Loves Company - Have A Piece Of VAWA/I-VAWA Pie

In 1996 Congress found "Marriage is the foundation of a successful society." In 2005 the Deficit Reduction Act provided $150 million a year for healthy marriage promotion and fatherhood. So why was the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) extended in 2006, when it directly affects the stability of marriages and relationships between fathers and children in America? (http://mediaradar.org/docs/VAWA-Threat-to-Families.pdf)

The way VAWA is written, a woman can report that she's in fear, and with just her word she can get a temporary restraining order and emergency child custody order. Every day innocent fathers visit their children in jail-like supervised visitation centers and are forced into anger management classes, sometimes for years. (http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/02/26/cant-find-a-husband)

Article here. Excerpt:

'A northwest Harris County junior high school teacher has been accused of having sex with a student, KPRC Local 2 reported Monday.

Harris County sheriff's officials said a deputy caught teacher Emily Willis with the 14-year-old male student near Greenhouse Road and West Little York Road at about 1:45 a.m. Saturday.'

Article here. Excerpt:

Prosecutors refiled murder charges against a USC student accused of abandoning her newborn son's body in a trash bin after a judge dismissed the original count.

Superior Court Judge David Wesley said Friday there was only sufficient evidence for Holly Ashcraft to stand trial on lesser charges of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment.