Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2011-12-06 18:06
Story here. Excerpt:
'A woman who lied this summer about being raped by two men behind a bookstore at a busy shopping center pleaded no contest on Monday, Dec. 5, to a charge of initiating a false police report.
Danielle Elizabeth Hayes, 35, of Gresham must serve two years of probation, perform 150 hours of community service, pay $3,000 in restitution to the Gresham Police Department for police overtime costs associated with the investigation and continue with her mental health treatment, according to the sentence imposed by Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Marshall.
Hayes also has 30 days to write letters of apology to the police department and to the citizens of Gresham
Her false rape report sparked fear throughout East Multnomah County in late July when she claimed that two men grabbed her in broad daylight as she was getting into her minivan next to Borders bookstore, pulled her dress over her head and raped her in the 600 block of Northwest 12th Street.'
Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2011-12-06 18:04
Article here. Excerpt:
'A YOUNG mum who made two false rape allegations in 10 months was jailed yesterday.
Twisted Dorothy Russell, 20, admitted falsely accusing an ex-boyfriend of raping her - while awaiting sentence for lying to police that another man had assaulted her and threatened rape.
Yesterday, she was jailed for six months after a sheriff told her that her lies had risked the freedom of innocent men and undermined real rape victims.
After the hearing, mum-of-one Russell's despairing father said he believed his daughter committed the crimes because "she likes being the centre of attention".'
Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2011-12-06 16:30
Article here. Excerpt:
'We now know that women-on-women aggression is far from rare and that women are often the initiators of male-female aggression. Surveys of U.S. households have found rates of wife-to-husband violence "remarkably similar" to those of husband-to-wife violence. And an early cross-cultural survey did not find that men were significantly more aggressive than women.
Aggression, as opposed to anger, conveys an intent to hurt or harm and can be expressed physically, verbally or by withdrawing. There is general agreement that men exhibit higher levels of physical aggression than women, but the differences are small to moderate. After a thorough review of the literature on who initiates violence in couples, Murray Straus, of the University of New Hampshire, reports: "It is painful to have to recognize the high rate of domestic assaults by women. All six major studies which have investigated this topic found that women initiate violence in a large proportion of the cases."'
Submitted by Minuteman on Tue, 2011-12-06 01:55
Story here. Excerpt:
'A Queensland schoolgirl who claimed she fought off a would-be abductor by kicking him in the groin has withdrawn her allegations, Nine News understands.
The girl said she kicked the man in the genitals when he tried to drag her into his white Holden Commodore.
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"Daniel Morcombe's parents came to visit her school last week so she knew what to do in that sort of situation," her mother said.
Last month Bruce and Denise Morcombe were named Queensland's Australians of the Year for their work as child protection advocates after their son Daniel, 13, was abducted on the Sunshine Coast eight years ago.'
Submitted by el cid on Mon, 2011-12-05 21:43
Article here. I'm not a huge fan of Mr. Pitts, but he gets it right on this one. Excerpt:
'Another white woman has turned up missing. And, as predictably happens in such cases, television news has gone into overdrive, CNN, ABC, NBC providing breathless updates of Michelle Parker's disappearance, how she was last seen the day she appeared on "The People's Court," suing her former fiance, who is now the prime suspect in her kidnapping.
This story unfolds in the wake of similar media fixations on Laci Peterson, Elizabeth Smart, JonBenet Ramsey, Jennifer "Runaway Bride" Wilbanks, Chandra Levy, Lori Hacking, Robyn Gardner, Natalee Holloway, all of them young, female, white, pretty -- and imperiled. There is, should it need saying, a naked bias in the media's obsession with white women in danger to the exclusion of pretty much every other cohort of the American demographic.'
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2011-12-05 21:10
Article here. Excerpt:
'“My life was in danger,” McIntosh told the Daily News. “Females do murder men. . . . I displayed a lot of patience. I was in fear for my life.”
Cell phone video of the ugly smackdown at the W. Third St. franchise shows McIntosh striking the women with a 3-foot steel pole, fracturing one woman’s skull.
McIntosh was arrested on felony assault charges and tossed in a Rikers Island jail for seven weeks.
A Manhattan grand jury refused to indict him, forcing prosecutors to drop the charges and release him Friday night.'
Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2011-12-05 04:18
Article here. Excerpt:
'People are horrified over the episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashian's in which Kim Kardashian takes a closed fist swing at husband Kris Humphries. Despite the entire scenario being caught on camera, many viewers are still wondering -- is this domestic violence?
Submitted by anthony on Mon, 2011-12-05 02:02
Story here. Excerpt:
'A 9-year-old boy North Carolina boy was suspended for calling a teacher “cute,” WSOCTV.com reports.
The boy’s mother, Chiquita Lockett, said the principal of Brookside Elementary in Gastonia called her after the incident to say the comment was a form of “sexual harassment.”
"It's not like he went up to the woman and tried to grab her or touch her in a sexual way," Lockett said. "So why would he be suspended for two days?”
According to the station, a district spokeswoman said she could not go into detail, but said the boy was suspended for "inappropriate behavior" after making "inappropriate statements."
The district's Code of Conduct doesn't list "inappropriate behavior," but says "disruption of school" is punishable by five days of out-of-school suspension.'
Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2011-12-05 01:56
Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2011-12-05 00:50
Article here. Excerpt:
'When it comes to their health, says Dr. Holt, guys are notorious for doing too little, too late. As men, we’re told to play through the pain, tough it out, shake it off, and suck it up. There are a dozen other variations of the same message, and they’re all code for: Ignore your symptoms.
And why not? What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, right?
Here’s the problem: Things kill us all the time. Even when we're young. In fact, guys between the ages of 20 and 40 are twice as likely to die as women, says Dr. Holt.
Most of us, I'd hope, would call a doctor if we were struck by blinding head pain, suddenly couldn't feel one side of our body, or, frankly, noticed fist-size bumps emerging from our foreheads. But some symptoms aren't so obviously dire. We asked writer Allen St. John to put together a list of surprising symptoms you should never ignore. ...
Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2011-12-04 18:41
Story here. Keep in mind this is the same woman who accused Charlie Sheen of domestic abuse.
'Authorities said officers arrested Mueller at a nightclub after a woman reported being assaulted by her.
Mueller posted $11,000 bond and was released from custody. She was scheduled in court Dec. 19.
Aspen police spokeswoman Blair Weyer says additional details are not immediately available.
Her attorney, Yale Galanter, had no comment.
Sheen and Mueller divorced earlier this year, citing Christmas Day 2009 as the day of their breakup.
Charlie Sheen was arrested in Aspen on that day on suspicion of assaulting Mueller.
He completed his probation in that case last November.'
Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2011-12-04 18:36
Article here. It seems Mrs. Clinton conveniently forgot to mention Israeli men have a higher legal retirement age. Excerpt:
'Israeli ministers reacted angrily on Sunday after local media quoted U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as saying she feared for the future of Israel’s democracy and the rights of women in the Jewish state.
Clinton’s remarks, reportedly made Saturday behind closed doors at the Saban Forum in Washington, made headlines in most Israeli newspapers, which reported them without explaining how they obtained the comments.
Top-selling Yediot Aharonot said Clinton had expressed concern about a slew of “anti-democratic” bills proposed by right-wing members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
And the newspaper said Clinton had described shock at hearing that some buses in Jerusalem were gender segregated and some religious Israeli soldiers refused to attend events where women would sing.
Submitted by Minuteman on Sun, 2011-12-04 08:41
Story here. Excerpt:
'A US father who bashed his mentally ill wife to death with a torch after she strangled their son and tried to kill their daughter has been jailed 30 years for manslaughter.
Christopher Smeltzer, 39, arrived at his New Hampshire home on November 7, 2010, to find his four-year-old son strangled to death and his seven-year-old daughter hanging off her bed with a scarf tied around her neck, Fox News reports.
His wife, Mara Pappalardo, was in the process of trying to kill herself, Rockingham Superior Court heard.
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"I am mad and sad that my daddy killed my mommy and brother Mason," Mercey said on a tape recording played in court.
"Please keep him in jail for the rest of his life."
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Smeltzer's charge was changed from second-degree manslaughter to manslaughter by provocation because of the traumatic scene he would have walked into.'
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2011-12-04 02:23
Story here. Although Rayon McIntosh is free, justice has yet to be served. Not only does he deserve compensation from his employer, but these two violent thugs need to be put away for attempted murder. They were free while he was in jail for 48 days. Excerpt:
'MANHATTAN — Rayon McIntosh — the Greenwich Village McDonald's cook who was cleared Friday evening of felony assault charges for beating two unruly female customers — said he was overjoyed to be free after spending nearly seven weeks in jail and plans to sue the fast food eatery for not keeping him safe.
"I'm just glad to be home," McIntosh, 31, told DNAinfo after being released from Rikers Island Friday night. "I feel elated, I feel splendid."
Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2011-12-03 21:55
Story here. Excerpt:
'Gayle Inge, Zander’s grandmother and McCready’s mother, was tearful when she talked about the news by phone Friday night with The Associated Press.
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Inge said Zander was taken into custody at McCready’s boyfriend’s lake home in Arkansas. Inge said that her son — McCready’s half-brother — texted McCready, who responded with a text that said her mother would never see her again.
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The evening’s developments capped a days-long struggle between McCready — who is seven months pregnant with twins — and several others, including state of Florida child welfare authorities, a Fort Myers, Fla. judge and her own mother.
Authorities say McCready took the boy during a visit late last month to her father’s Florida home, where she was allowed to visit the boy. McCready’s parents are divorced.
A Florida judge signed an order Thursday telling authorities to take the boy into custody and return him. It’s not yet clear whether the singer could face criminal charges.'
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