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'BILLINGS — A Billings woman is charged with making a false rape report against a former boyfriend in August.

Christina Nadine Nelson pleaded not guilty to fabricating evidence during a District Court hearing Thursday.

Court records say Nelson told police that she left work on Aug. 10 and was walking to her car when her former boyfriend approached her from behind, took her to a van and raped her.

However, court records say a review of surveillance video from Nelson's workplace shows her leaving work and driving away. Nelson's former boyfriend gave police proof that he was in Seattle at the time.

The detective said a review of Nelson's medical records show she had made similar rape reports in the past, including twice in April.'

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'It began as a bad dream for parents: a letter home from school officials informing them that a much-loved Calgary teacher had been accused of sex crimes against a teenage student.

A day after police charged a female Rideau Park School teacher with sexual assault and sexual interference, many parents say they are shocked by the allegations.

But some are standing behind the teacher, who is in her 40s, calling her “excellent” and “talented,” and say no matter the outcome of the case, her good work should not be forgotten.

“The teacher is a much-loved teacher at the school,” said Lisa Poole, president of the school council, although she was not speaking on behalf of the group. “She’s excellent with the children, she’s hardworking.

“She has made an enormous contribution to the school and has a very loyal following.”

The teacher was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexual assault and sexual interference. Police accuse her of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy for a year.

Article here. If you get a login challenge, Google "Women take the lead at British universities" and click the first hit link. Excerpt:

'YOUNG women have extended their dominance over men at British universities as a result of the trebling of tuition fees, new figures show.

Higher fees depressed demand for higher education, with 51,000 fewer students starting a university degree this autumn compared with a year ago, a decline of 13 per cent.

But the fall was bigger among boys in their late teens than among girls, extending the gender gap on British campuses to a record amount.

Applications to university among boys aged 18 dropped by 1 point, with 30 per cent seeking a place in higher education. Among girls of the same age it slipped by only 0.6 of a point to 40.1 per cent, a gap of 10.1 percentage points.'

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'A petition on the White House’s “We the People” Web page contends that a military draft covering men, but not women, is discriminatory and should be abolished.

“The Selective Service System is discriminatory against the young men of the United States of America,” the petition reads, “and should be considered unfair and unethical.”

“As the law stands young men must sign up for Selective Service for a possible military draft when they turn eighteen,” the petition notes. “If they do not they risk jail sentences, huge fines, or the denial of government services or jobs. Young women do not face the same requirements or penalties.”...

“To require only half of our citizens to register for such a program is not only government-sponsored sexism, but also a breach of their autonomy as human beings.”'

Link here. Excerpt from guidance document (emphasis added):

'Sexual transmission accounts for the majority of HIV infections both in the United States and globally. Behavior change through counseling, male and female condoms, antiretroviral therapy for the infected partner, voluntary male medical circumcision, and treatment of STIs can reduce the risk of HIV acquisition. However, despite these prevention methods, HIV incidence in the United States has not declined and remains stable at 56,300 new infections annually (Hall, Song, et al. 2008). Worldwide, the annual incidence is estimated to be about 2.7 million infections (UNAIDS 2011).'

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'Chivalry and feminism appear to be natural enemies: If women want to be treated as equals they can’t also want men to open doors for them or always pick up the check. Carrying a woman’s bag can be taken as implying that she’s too weak to do it herself.
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Even when it comes from a positive place of wanting to help, the assumption that a woman always needs a man to step in and rescue her is exactly how chivalry came to be referred to as “benevolent sexism.” Chivalrous men may mean well, but it’s easy to see a disconnect between social rules about treating women with delicate respect and the push toward equality.
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I’m not entirely convinced that a return to chivalry wouldn’t open the door to reinforced ideas of women as weak, but Smith’s proposal is worth considering.'

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'LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man lost his bid Friday to force a doctor to pay damages for removing a cancer-riddled section of his penis during what was scheduled to be a simple circumcision.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals found that a jury correctly concluded that 66-year-old Phillip Seaton of Waddy consented to allow Dr. John Patterson to perform any procedure deemed necessary during the Oct. 19, 2007, surgery.

Patterson, a Kentucky-based urologist, maintains he found cancer in the man’s penis during surgery and that it had to be removed. The patient claims the surgery was supposed to be a circumcision and he never authorized the amputation, nor was he given a chance to seek a second opinion.'

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'Agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have caught the woman suspected of producing child pornography and appearing to abuse a young child in a sex video she posted on the internet - less than 24 hours after the Feds appealed to the American public for help.

Corrine Danielle Motley of Okaloosa County, Florida was arrested late Wednesday and faces federal charges for the production and distribution of child pornography.

The 25-year-old was apprehended by Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force members and Homeland Security Investigations special agents.

A Facebook page for the suspect shows that the woman is married to Brandon and in photos she poses with various young children.

U.S. Immigration and Customs were alerted after a video appeared on the internet showing the woman engaging in explicit sex with a four to five-year-old victim.

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'DECEMBER 20---A three-time U.S. Olympian whose illustrious running career has included a Nike TV commercial, a swimsuit calendar, and ongoing promotional work for Disney has spent the last year doubling as a $600-an-hour call girl, an astounding secret life that she now regretfully calls a “huge mistake.”

Beginning last December, Suzy Favor Hamilton, 44, has worked with one of Las Vegas’s premier escort services, booking scores of “dates” in Sin City and other U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston.

While Favor Hamilton (seen at right) has used an alias, “Kelly Lundy,” when working as an escort, she inexplicably shared her true identity with several male clients, believing that her secret was somehow safe with strangers who paid for her company by leaving envelopes stuffed with cash on bathroom vanities in swanky hotels.
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Article here. Like the NYT, you'll probably get a login challenge, so to get around it, go to Google and enter "Results prove education system favours girls, yet we do nothing" and click the first link in the results list. Excerpt:

'Australian children have been subject to haphazard experiments in reading and writing for a very long time. And not just reading and writing, but in all aspects of pedagogy and curriculum. The ones who have really suffered from all this are the boys.

It was recognised in 2002 that there was a real crisis in the education of boys. Brendan Nelson had an inquiry which produced an important report on the subject. But despite research confirming that boys are doing worse overall than girls, and despite some attempts by individual schools to rectify the problem, the crisis continues.

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'“I am not a feminist because that’s about equality. Women aren’t equal to men. We are better. We are so much bigger, so much more capable, and can do a lot more than men,” she explains in a straightforward manner.

“I think women have a lot more going on than men – so I wouldn’t call us equal. We are just better.”

Right then. Well that clears that one up. And while we are on the topic of women being badass and brilliant, Gray name checks one of her big female idols: Michelle Obama.'

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Ed. note: I had never heard of her before, so of course went to Wikipedia to find out.

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'Escambia County investigators arrested a part-time Escambia County elementary school worker today on several domestic violence charges, including battery, torturing a child, caging a child and cruelty toward a child that could result in physical or mental injury.

Dorothea Vega, 59, of Pensacola is in the Escambia County Jail without bond.
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Investigators learned that a child was hit by numerous household objects and was made to take prescription medications in an effort to control the child’s behavior.

Deputies went to the home, where they found alarms on the door of the child’s room.

The child was made to stay in the room, unless she was doing chores. If the alarm sounded, Vega beat the child, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

The living conditions were found to be deplorable. The child was not always permitted to eat or take a bath and would sometimes use a school restroom as a place to bathe.'

Article here. (Be advised: Partial nudity in pics shown with the story, so it's NSFW.) Excerpt:

'When the boys of the rowing club stripped off for a charity calendar, it was met with praise, encouragement and the occasional cheeky compliment.

But it seems that it’s one rule for them and another for the club’s girls – who have been accused of being attention-seekers and damaging the feminist cause by posing for their own naked calendar.
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Hettie's comments came in the wake of a blog on the Huffington Post website, which attacked Hettie and her friends, and said they had put the feminist cause back.'

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