Story here. Excerpt:

'A Colorado mom is accused of seducing her son's underage friend at a sleepover and having sex with him on multiple occasions.

Wendy Crowell of Grand Junction heard charges against her on Thursday, including six felony counts of sexual assault on a child, according to KREX.

The relationship allegedly began in June, 2012. The victim was between the ages of 15 and 16 at the time, KREX reports.

An arrest affidavit claims that one night when the boy was sleeping over at Crowell's home, she told him "he could pretend to be 18 for a night," according to KKCO.'

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'ATLANTA -- Basketball hall of famer Michael Jordan asked a Georgia court on Monday to dismiss a paternity suit against him, calling it a "shameless, bad faith attempt to abuse the legal system."

Jordan's lawyer John Mayoue said in a document filed in Fulton County Superior Court that the six-time NBA champion is not the father of Pamela Y. Smith's 16-year-old son. The paternity of the teen was "conclusively established" in divorce filings between Smith and her ex-husband, Jordan's attorney wrote.
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"Public records show that the paternity of the child was established in a prior case in this same court many years ago and that Michael Jordan is not the father. He also filed a counterclaim seeking sanctions for the false claims made against him. It is unfortunate that well-known figures are the target of these kind of claims. Michael Jordan will vigorously defend himself and his reputation."'

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'The Hartland father who has been fighting for rights to his daughter, Maeleigh, won a big battle in court on Monday after a Genesse County judge acknowledged him as the biological father.

Daniel Quinn, who has been fighting for parental rights since 2008, was also granted immediate phone and computer contact by the judge, according to a story from WJRT abc12.com.
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Quinn went to court but was told that because of a 1956 Michigan law, he had no rights to his daughter and could not be legally recognized as the parent. Instead, parental rights were given to the husband of Maeleigh's mother.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'I always thought that a birth certificate was the most important document you could have until finding out about Montana law “MCA 40-6-105,” which states, “If the mother was married at the time of conception or birth or between conception and birth, the name of the husband must be entered on the certificate as the father of the child.“

What if the husband left years earlier? What if the husband was incarcerated? What if the husband was out of country? What if the wife cheated? Etc.

Montana does not allow a DNA test to prove he is the biological father of his own child and have his name on the birth certificate, the state only accepts the statement from that absent husband. They take the word of a man, who by the way could say anything, over scientific DNA, but yet that same DNA can arrest, prosecute and convict someone of a crime. This violates all father’s rights.'

Story here. Imagine the outrage if a male politician said something similar about a woman. Excerpt:

'When told it would have been hard for her to run against former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the 1990s because she is a lesbian, mayoral candidate Christine Quinn sounded off like a prize fighter.

“I would’ve kicked his ass,” she said of a matchup with the former federal prosecutor and two-term mayor.

Quinn, the City Council speaker, was at a same-sex marriage forum at Fordham Law School Monday night when moderator Thane Rosenbaum said running against Giuliani would have been tough for Quinn in 1993 because homosexuality was not as accepted as it is today.

That’s when Quinn offered her clipped reply, which drew laughs from the audience.'

Article here.

'A woman was arrested at the Sacramento International Airport for allegedly assaulting a crew member aboard a JetBlue flight on Saturday morning.

Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson Sgt. Jason Ramos said 37-year-old Yevelina Rakhuba of Sacramento had to be restrained on an inbound flight after an “episode” in which a crew member was assaulted and suffered minor injuries.

Rakhuba also broke a male flight attendant’s wristwatch during the scuffle. She was cited an released for misdemeanor assault and battery charges.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'He praised the fairer sex for being more organised as part of a defence for flexible working, while chiming into the discussion over the merits of working from home.

Sir Martin positioned himself "somewhere in the middle" of Yahoo! boss Marissa Mayer, whose edict to staff this week banning the practice sparked fiery debate, and Richard Branson, who branded her approach "perplexing and backwards".

"You want a bit of both. You need to have flexibility," said Sir Martin, who went on to applaud female workers' capabilities, in an interview with Reuters.

"Women are much better organisers of time in our industry than men. I would argue they’re even better at doing their jobs than men in our industry generally."'

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Wikipedia on Sir Martin, here.

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'A group of free-speech advocates is rallying behind an Indiana inmate serving two years for his online rants against a judge who took away his child-custody rights during a divorce case.
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The group is led by University of California Los Angeles law professor Eugene Volokh and includes conservative lawyer James Bopp, a former executive director of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, the Indiana Association of Scholars, The Indianapolis Star and the James Madison Center for Free Speech.
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In his rants, Brewington called the judge a “child abuser” and “corrupt” and accused him of unethical or illegal behavior.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A young friend of mine took her bruised toddler to the hospital as a precaution after a fall down some stairs. All was well, but she nervously joked, “I was afraid the doctor might call the CAS (Children’s Aid Society).” This shocked me. Decades ago, I took my kids to the hospital on more than one similar occasion, but I never entertained such a misgiving.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Earlier this week, MailOnline reported on Maura McGowan - the deputy High Court judge who recommended that men should be granted pre-conviction anonymity in rape trials.

In a rare example of common sense within British law, the leading figure said that men should have their identity protected unless they are convicted.

Quite frankly, I agree.

Only yesterday, MailOnline reported on the case of Sophie Hooper - a 19 year-old woman who maliciously accused an innocent man of rape.

The mother-of-one, who was photographed smirking outside Southampton Crown Court after avoiding a jail sentence, only admitted to fabricating the allegations two months into the police investigation.

Sadly, cases like these are increasingly common.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'A recent false report of attempted rape should not stoke fears about Cornell’s new policy for handling sexual assault accusations, several high-ranking administrators have said in defense of their controversial decision to lower the burden of proof in these proceedings.

In Spring 2012, over the dire warnings and desperate pleas of many law professors and local attorneys, the University pushed through a series of changes to its sexual assault policy.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A man claims a woman took his sperm without asking.

Layne Hardin of Louisiana has filed a lawsuit in Harris County, Tex. against a sperm donation clinic and his ex-girlfriend, Toby Devall, claiming that Obstetrical and Gynecological Associates' sperm bank failed to provide proper safeguards to keep Devall from stealing Hardin's baby-making material.

ABC News reports that Hardin and another now ex-girlfriend, Katherine LeBlanc, originally signed a contract in 2002 with Texas Andrology Services sperm bank that said only LeBlanc could have access to Hardin's freeze-dried specimen, according to the lawsuit.'

Article here. Nice to see someone noticing this long-standing double-standard: Women airing dirty laundry publicly is given a pass while men doing the same is not. Anytime anyone in a couple does this kind of thing, it makes the entire couple look bad. After all, if you're with a person who does XYZ (insert some objectionable behavior here), then what does that say about you? Answer: You're the kind who "settles," and also doesn't keep private matters private. Really, it makes you look a lot worse than your mate. No one of either sex should be doing it. Excerpt:

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'Washington (CNN) -- An expanded Violence Against Women Act won bipartisan approval on Thursday from the U.S. House after Republicans failed to pass their own proposal due to a party split on an issue important to women and minority groups.

The measure now goes to President Barack Obama, who said in a statement that it was "an important step towards making sure no one in America is forced to live in fear."
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Thursday's votes reflected an emerging political reality in the GOP-led House, with a minority of Republicans joining Democrats to pass legislation that has broad public support, including from increasingly influential demographics such as Hispanic Americans.

By a vote of 166-257, the GOP version of the Violence Against Women Act failed to win a majority after almost 90 minutes of debate. The House then voted 286-138 to pass the Senate version, with 87 Republicans joining all 199 Democrats to provide majority support.'

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'The Ohio Military/Veterans Legal Assistance Project and Capital University Law School are partnering to make it easier for Central Ohio’s low income veterans and active military personal to get legal assistance they might not otherwise be able to afford.

The Military/Veterans Legal Assistance Call Center at Capital University Law School opened this year as a partnership between the two organizations. The call center is providing referral information and brief legal advice and counseling when possible to low income veterans and active duty military personnel in Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union counties.'