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'I’m not on strike and I refuse to be fired so I guess that makes me Dagney Taggart, which is an odd way to open a review about a book that concerns men’s rights.

If you haven’t heard the story yet, I’m sure you’ve heard several like it. In this particular incident, while at school, a 13 year old boy intervened when one classmate pulled a knife on another. He tackled the aggressor, who already had his victim in a head lock, possibly saving the other boy from serious injury or worse. He showed quick thinking, resolve, courage, and demonstrated an ethical code that placed the life of another on a par with his own.

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'Gender equality, now wouldn’t that be a fine thing? Well that’s what feminists for the past two centuries have been saying. Women across the world have been protesting, demonstrating, shouting and striking in the name of gender equality, but apparently we’ve been doing a rather bad job of it.

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'Johannesburg - Two Eastern Cape boys who underwent an illegal circumcision were hospitalised on Sunday, the provincial health department said.

"A team of police and health officials responded to [a call from] one of the villages, Mkhantatho, and rescued two boys," spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said.

"The boys were suffering from dehydration and hallucinations."
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Parents notified the department of 12 other boys, between the ages of 12 and 13, who had received illegal circumcisions in Sicambeni.'

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'Among young people, circumcision has actually become “fashionable.” Thanks to the Internet and television, they learned that in neighboring countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, circumcision was often a tradition, and not only for Muslims. For these young people, circumcision has become a sign of cleanliness.

And for those who do not follow fashion, life can become complicated. “I decided to pay 50,000 Rwanda Francs ($80) to get circumcised. I couldn’t stand being insulted by other students anymore. They called me a good-for-nothing, a kafiri (‘uncircumcised’) or a bottleneck (referring to a non-circumcised male organ),” says François.

Three of his friends also admit they went through a similar experience. “Rwandese society still accepts uncircumcised men, but in some districts, they are sometimes frowned upon. And it’s even worse in high school, where they are discriminated against,” reveals Gaspard.

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'A Rochester woman is being accused of first-degree domestic violence after allegedly stabbing her husband in the shoulder during an argument Monday night, according to a Thurston County Sheriff's Office news release.

Deputies arrived to the 7700 block of 196th Lane Southwest at 9 p.m. to find a 42-year-old man being treated by medical personnel.

He told deputies he was wounded after falling on the bricks, but "evidence at the scene and the statements made by witnesses did not support this," the release said.

Further investigation showed the husband and wife were having an argument in the kitchen that resulted in the wife allegedly stabbing her husband in the right shoulder.

He was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital for treatment.'

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(CNN) -- Getting children to take a nap can be hard. Getting them to eat pancakes is not nearly as difficult.

Police in Westerville, Ohio, say a 37-year-old mother operating a day care out of her home hit upon a plan -- she allegedly crushed medications that cause drowsiness and put them in the pancakes.

Tammy Eppley has been charged with six counts of child endangerment. Her first court date is July 12.

Eppley, who runs the Caterpillar Clubhouse, cared for six children -- including one of her own -- between the ages of 2 and 5, police said.
"This is mortifying. I'm a very private person and I'm very protective of my children and the children in my care," she said.
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Investigators believe she used medications such as the allergy medicine Benadryl and supplements like melatonin to get the children to go to sleep, according to a statement from the Westerville Police.'

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'Chief Justice Paula Carey will be appointing her successor, the next Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court. Carey will do so when she assumes her new duties as Chief Justice of the Trial Court. I submitted my letter with recommendations for characteristics for the new Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court, as requested by the Massachusetts Trial Court. Also, the Executive Committee of our Massachusetts Affiliate submitted a letter seeking a candidate who supports shared parenting.

Massachusetts has commendably demonstrated its commitment to diversity in its elected and appointed officials. In this spirit, Massachusetts has the opportunity once again to break new ground.'

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WASHINGTON / June 19, 2013 – An upcoming conference will highlight problems of prosecutorial misconduct and bias in the criminal justice system. The conference will be held Saturday, June 22 at 901 15th Street, NW in Washington DC. The conference is sponsored by the non-profit SAVE Center for Prosecutor Integrity.

The conference comes as bipartisan groups in the Senate and House of Representatives have begun to address the dual concerns of over-criminalization and over-prosecution. Several bills addressing the problems are expected to be introduced in upcoming weeks.

The conference schedule features victims of prosecutor misconduct, a former magistrate, and others. Presenters will be available for media interviews.

The conference is free to media representatives. The conference schedule is shown below. Other details can be seen here: http://www.saveservices.org/dvlp/annual-conference-2013/

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'A WOMAN has been interviewed by police after admitting making a false allegation of rape.

The 26-year-old claimed she was leaving the ground-floor level of the Wellington Square shopping centre car park in Stockton-on-Tees last week when a man approached her from behind and sexually assaulted her.

Police launched a media appeal for information and arrested, and bailed, a 22-year-old man in connection with the incident. However, the woman then admitted she had made a false allegation.

The man has now been released with no further action to be taken.

Police have passed the file for the case on to the Crown Prosecution Service, who will decide whether to prosecute the woman.'

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'A woman charged with making a false report of rape is facing an important court hearing in Port Huron.

Sara Ylen accused two men of sexual assault at her Lexington home last September, but authorities say an attack didn't happen.

A judge will decide today if there's enough evidence to send the case to trial in St. Clair County.

In a separate case, Ylen is charged with fraud in Sanilac County. She's accused of deceiving an insurance company and the public into believing she had cancer.

The public got to know Ylen in 2003 when she talked to the Port Huron newspaper about being a rape victim. But a man who spent nearly a decade in prison was released last year after doubt was raised about Ylen's credibility.'

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'Durban - A Westville prisoner’s fight for justice is due to end on Wednesday when he finally walks free, three years after his daughter admitted she had lied that he had raped her.

And his daughter, Pinky Dube, 18, will be at the prison gates waiting to welcome him.

“I am very happy my dad is finally being freed. I am really excited,” she said on Monday.

It will be an emotional reunion as Cedric Shezi and his daughter have only seen each other twice since he was convicted of two counts of rape in 2005, receiving a life sentence.
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He has always maintained his innocence and has twice attempted suicide.'

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'Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines.

Under details of the plans obtained by The Associated Press, women could start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later.

The military services have mapped out a schedule that also will include reviewing and possibly changing the physical and mental standards that men and women will have to meet in order to qualify for certain infantry, armor, commando and other front-line positions across the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Under the plans to be introduced Tuesday, there would be one common standard for men and women for each job.'

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'Several Marines who have been convicted of "fraternizing" or "adultery" say that the military's crackdown on sexual assault has led to a culture of reflexive punishment based on accusations without evidence.'

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'LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Long Beach woman who falsely accused football player Brian Banks of rape has been ordered to pay $1.6 million in expenses incurred by the school district where the crime supposedly had occurred, plus $1 million in damages, according to a Long Beach Press-Telegram report.

Wanetta Gibson had been paid $750,000 by the Long Beach Unified School District to partly settle her claim that it helped cause the purported rape with poor security at Long Beach Poly High School, the Press-Telegram reported.

The woman did not appear in court to contest the district's lawsuit, and a judge ruled Friday that Gibson must repay her award, plus the district's court costs, plus $1 million in punitive damages for the false claim.'