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'BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A Texas mother pleaded guilty Friday to killing her 6-year-old son in New Hampshire and disposing of his body in rural Maine, and a prosecutor said the woman smothered her son with motel room pillows and the child struggled against her for "about three minutes" before he died.

In a deal with prosecutors, Julianne McCrery, 42, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of her son, Camden Hughes.

She is expected to be to be sentenced to 45 years to life in prison on Jan. 13, 2012.

After her arrest, McCrery told police she drove cross-country from Irving, Texas to Maine to buy castor beans to use in committing suicide, and spent the drive thinking of ways to kill her young son, Senior Assistant Attorney General Susan Morrell said in court.

"There was no one else in her family she believed was fit to raise him if she were dead and she did not think he should be raised by social services," Morrell said.'

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Fathers and grandparents will not be given any legal right to see children after a break-up, under the biggest changes to family law in a generation.

In what was immediately denounced as a ‘betrayal’ of the family, a major report today rules against giving men shared or equal time with their children when a relationship ends.

It suggests fathers will even be denied the legal right to maintain a ‘meaningful relationship’ with their families, as this ‘would do more harm than good’.
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The report says: ‘No legislation should be introduced that creates or risks creating the perception that there is a parental right to substantially shared or equal time for both parents.’
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Mr Norgrove believes that enshrining such rights in law could slow down already lengthy and expensive custody cases.

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'On Oct. 31, 2011, the world was blindsided by the news that reality TV star Kim Kardashian was divorcing her husband, National Basketball Association star Kris Humphries. The couple had married on Aug. 20, 2011, in a storybook wedding worth $10 million. A mere 72 days later, however, Kardashian had filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.

Fortunately, the couple had a prenuptial agreement in place, so each party is likely to walk away with their finances intact.

This puts Humphries in a better situation than many of his fellow divorced sports personalities, many of whom never had such a contract in place prior to exchanging vows. Maybe they believed they truly would live happily ever after with their spouses, or perhaps they never knew they needed one in the first place.

Either way, they failed to protect themselves, and it cost them dearly.
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• Jeff Gordon and Brooke Sealey

Article here. Good piece but he completely neglects the fact that if Cain were a she, even if she had done anything like he is alleged to have done if not much worse, even the most provable and verifiable such allegation would get no exposure at all. Excerpt:

'(CNN) -- If Herman Cain committed sexual harassment and is now lying about it, his goose is cooked and it should be. But if he is telling the truth, there is something terribly disconcerting about the way the Washington "scandal industrial complex" -- full of reporters, former campaign workers and pundits -- has reacted to this sad story.

After the story broke in Politico, Cain the next day denied that he sexually harassed anyone, which after all, is the core issue. Since then, other anonymous sources claim they too were harassed, without anyone really knowing what the alleged harassment entailed. He has been consistent, unwavering and on the record in his denial.

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'Zimmetro — Myths are everywhere and men face stereotypes every day as well as women. I often hear heart-broken women saying that all men are well, bad, to put it gently, and her friends are nodding in agreement. Generalizations are pertinent to humans but most times stereotypes only do harm. Let’s debunk some myths about men.

#1 Men Are Not Emotional
Have you ever seen a male teen making a scene because of some trifle? Well, child or teen males are always taught to be more restrained when it comes to emotions. In childhood men always hear: “Don’t cry, you’re not a girl.” So with such upbringing, which is supposed to prepare males to their future social roles no wonder why men don’t gladly share their feelings with wives or God forbid their friends. It just seems not too manly.

Some men want to be seen in one and only role – aggressive male, but people are too different for that. Often men are not too happy to be that, feeling that there is more to them than just testosterone.'

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'The New York Post has noted that under normal circumstances, this would not normally draw the attention of prosecutors, both because of the limited age difference between the two and because underage males are oftentimes perceived as being left unscathed by sexual experiences with slightly older women. But the high profile of this case might change that. Steve Cron, a California defense lawyer, told the Post: “Under these circumstances, the DA’s office has to show they’re not treating women differently, not treating a celebrity differently, [and] they might have to do something.”

While there are many questions that remain to be answered, if it is determined that the allegations against Bieber are true, Yeater has opened herself up to prosecution. If Yeater were found guilty of misdemeanor statutory rape, she would likely be punished with probation. But it adds yet another complicating legal issue to what promises to be one of the more high profile paternity suits in years.'

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'San Diego native Mariah Yeater alleges Justin Bieber impregnated her backstage at a concert a year ago when she was 19 and he was 16.

Beiber through his rep has denied the charge, saying it was “sad that someone would fabricate malicious, defamatory and demonstrably false claims. We will vigorously pursue all available legal remedies to defend and protect Justin against these allegations."

So who exactly is the woman who has turned Bieber Town upside down?

According to the court documents she filed to seek a paternity test and child support from Bieber, Yeater, 20, was on food stamps when she acquired front row tickets to Bieber’s Los Angeles concert last year, and was subsequently plucked from the crowd by security to meet the star backstage.
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Under California law, Yeater may also be admitting to be a statutory rapist, having allegedly had intercourse with a minor. Yeater claims to be 19 and the time of the alleged incident, while Bieber was only 16.

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'Half of Britons being plunged into insolvency are women, the highest proportion since records began, a report revealed yesterday.

It predicts official figures, which will be published tomorrow, will show women account for nearly 50 per cent of all insolvencies in England and Wales for the first time in history.

Experts say they fear it is proof that women have paid the biggest price for the recession, with hundreds of thousands losing their jobs.

More than one million women in Britain are unemployed, with numbers growing by around 500 a day, amid warnings of worse to come.

Many women who do have a job are frustrated because they have been forced into part-time work, which is typically badly paid.

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'Researchers at the University of Iowa found that the difference in performance in technical tests wasn't related to intelligence - and it had no impact on job performance.

Young women simply aren't interested in the tests, but can adapt to the same skills if required for a job.
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He found that at all intelligence levels women score lower on technical aptitude than men at the same intelligence level.

Schmidt suggests this difference stems from sex differences in interest in technical pursuits.
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He warns, also that using technical aptitude tests as part of a general intelligence test may cause women to do worse.

He suggests that teachers should ensure that technical tests are not a part of general intelligence tests - as these yield distorted results.

Letter here. Excerpt:

'As an organization that works with male victims of domestic violence, we would like to respond to the article, "Men called to fight abuse" (Oct. 21). The article incorrectly states that 95 percent of domestic violence is committed by men.

That figure is not supported by any current, reliable source. Even crime data from the Department of Justice, which is unreliable because men report it less than women, now shows about 25-30 percent of the victims are men.'

The original article submitted to MANN on 10/15/2011:
Men are called to fight abuse

Video here. "Feminism is the worst thing to happen to women", says Suzanne Venker in her best-selling book "The Flipside of Feminism". (Uploaded by MensRightsVideos on Aug 3, 2011)

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'The Houston woman who has confessed to hiring a hit man to murder her lover's wife testified at the alleged killer's trial that she gave him $15,000 in cash and told him where and when to gun down the woman.

Michelle Gaiser told the jury how she arranged to have Houston socialite Yvonne Stern murdered in her car while it was parked in the lot of her apartment building. The mistress of Yvonne Stern's husband, millionaire attorney Jeffrey Stern, spent the entire day on the stand, sobbing nearly the entire time.

"I made a horrible mistake, and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't feel ashamed of what I have done," Gaiser, taking the stand in her jail jumpsuit, told the court.

Jeffrey Stern has been indicted on solicitation of capital murder charges, while five other people, including Gaiser, have been charged in the plot. Prosecutors are presenting a case that Gaier plotted with Jeffrey Stern to pay alleged hit man Damien Flores to shoot his wife.'

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'A third woman considered filing a workplace complaint against Herman Cain at the National Restaurant Association over what was termed aggressive and unwanted behavior, with invitations to his corporate apartment, according to a report in the Associated Press. Meanwhile, a radio host in Iowa said that the candidate had made "awkward" and "inappropriate" comments to staffers at the station during a visit earlier this year.

Cain has already denounced the two previous allegations of sexual harassment against him as false, and suggested at least one of the women was a poor worker. But an ABC News investigation found that both women are highly respected professionals who have gone on to successful careers in and around government.

One woman in Maryland has worked for years as a public spokesperson for various agencies of the federal government.

Article here. Suddenly, after all this time, this woman finds his behavior disturbing enough to talk about -- to the press, and anonymously -- years after the fact. Incredible timing. And her actual complaint? Read about it. Why did it not bother her so much as to discuss it back then (all the way back in last century, actually) but suddenly it does now? I want to be clear here, I am not taking political sides in the matter of Republicans v. Democrats in the 2012 election (though like all taxpayers ought to, I do vote). This is about character assassination against men done for political or other reasons by using accusations of sexual or sexually-related misconduct of one kind or another. It makes it hard to be credible when one lodges such a complaint only after a particular man has become prominent or wealthy. The farther away in time after the alleged act has occurred that one has a problem with, the harder it is to take the accusation seriously. Finally, add the level of severity of the alleged offense. An invitation to one's apartment?