Woman Accused of Pushing Husband from 25th Floor Window. Is it possible for a smaller woman to push a 6'4" military man to his death? Police are saying this is a premeditated crime. The prior restraining order the male victim took out shows he had concerns about his safety.

Article here. There could be an alternate explanation about what happened here since the girls are not yet in custody/have been found. Possibly the mother was killed and they were kidnapped? Without the actual girls apprehended/found, it's hard to say. In any case keep an eye on this one, I am sure developments will follow. Innocent 'til proven guilty, or at least until found.

'ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Arrest documents say two 15-year-old girls accused of killing their foster mom in New Mexico put her in a chokehold, tied her hands and feet and then smothered her with a pillow.

Fifty-three-year-old Evelyn Miranda was found dead Wednesday in San Patricio.

The Albuquerque Journal reports a neighbor heard strange noises at about 4 a.m. He went to check his livestock and noticed lights were on at Miranda's home and her van was missing.

The neighbor told Lincoln County authorities he knocked on the door but got no answer so he went inside, where he found the woman's body on a bed.

Article here. Funny, I wonder why the picture they are using is of a man trying to snatch a purse from a woman rather than a girl trying to rob another girl, or at least something looking like that? Excerpt:

'CHICAGO Police have issued a community alert on the Southwest Side warning residents of strong arm robberies committed by two 16-year-old girls.

The first robbery happened on May 27 about 3:20 p.m. in the 5800 block of South Troy, police said. A 15-year-old girl was approached and the teens grabbed a gold necklace from her.

In the second robbery, which happened in the 5500 block of South Mozart, a 15-year-old girl was robbed of a gold chain and a gold heart ring, police said.'

Article here. These felons got released on their on recognizance. It is vital that men and boys in this area of the state watch out for these criminals and don't fall prey to them. Excerpt:

'POTSDAM -- Two Potsdam women are accused of threatening to falsely accuse a man of rape if he didn't give them a car.

Village police say that Christine L. Laraby, 45, and Miranda L. Laraby, 17, threatened a man that they would report to police that he had physically abused and raped Miranda Laraby if he did not sign over his vehicle to the defendants with a note saying that they had paid him $500 cash for it.

Police say the defendants subsequently took possession of the man's 1997 Subaru Legacy.'

Rarely do you see a video like this one. It speaks the plain truth about a topic not much discussed. Especially in this day and age, it can be easy to start seeing dollar signs when a smooth talker comes along. Don't let yourself fall victim to another Bernie Madoff type of scam artist just because society expects you to be Richie Rich in grown-up duds.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Russell Crowe caused a Twitter row this morning when he declared circumcision was 'barbaric and stupid'.
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The Oscar winner, who is currently on holiday in Italy, staunchly defended his viewpoint as he was bombarded with both criticism and praise by his followers.
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He finally attempted to finish the row by reiterating his views: 'I will always stand for the perfection of babies, I will always believe in God, not man's interpretation of what God requires.

'Last of it, if you feel it is your right to cut things off your babies please unfollow and f**k off, I'll take attentive parenting over barbarism.''

Blog posting here. Excerpt:

'"With little more than a week to go before Father’s Day the Patrick administration’s lead officials still refuse to give the ok to a Father’s Day banner at the State House. The latest excuse according to those who have called his State House office is that the banner did not meet the ‘standards’ required. In fact, we were told the banner and the Father’s Day message was fine by John Billera, head of the Bureau of State Office Buildings, but that The Fatherhood Coalition was ‘political’ and political signs are banned. Nothing could be further from the truth as both the organization (a non-profit not allowed to engage in political activities), and the Father’s Day message are anything but political. Gov. Patrick’s refusal to honor fathers is thus inexplicable.
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Gov. Patrick's number is 1 888 870-7770 or 617 725-4005. Inquiries are best directed to Mr. Mo Cowan, chief of staff.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'If the empirical research is correct in suggesting that between a quarter and half of all domestic violence victims are men, a question follows: why has women's domestic violence towards men been unreported for so long, and what has changed in the last five years to make it more visible?

One reason may be the feminist movement. Feminism took up the cause of domestic abuse of women in the 1970s, with the world's first women's refuge being opened by Erin Pizzey in 1971. Feminism understood domestic violence as the natural extension of men's patriarchal attitudes towards women, leading men to feel they had the right to control their partners, using violence if necessary. Feminists campaigned successfully to bring the issue into the public arena, thereby securing resources to establish services to help victims. This activism and advocacy led to governmental and public acceptance that "domestic violence" was synonymous with violence against women.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Tammy Mobley's son and daughter both attend college. But while Mobley is equally proud of both children, the Ross resident acknowledges that getting into college was much more difficult for her son than for her daughter.

That's not because her son is any less intelligent or hard-working than her daughter, said Mobley, the co-chairwoman of the Marin Moms of Boys Initiative. She believes his difficulties arose because modern methods of education favor students who can sit still, stay on task and keep track of many assignments at the same time.

In other words, she says, education favors girls.

"I noticed, when my daughter was in the eighth grade and my son was in the sixth, that they were having completely different experiences at school," Mobley said. "Girls have a desire to please. They have no trouble asking for help. And to be successful in school these days, you need to be organized. All of that came easily to my daughter, but was not as natural for either of my sons."

Story here. Excerpt:

A Braidwood woman, who falsely claimed she was raped and kidnapped last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to disorderly conduct.
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Partyka told Manhattan police she was abducted and raped, according to court documents.

She actually got into a fight with her boyfriend at a Manhattan bar and didn’t return home until two days later, when she made the false report to police, according to a spokesman for the state’s attorney’s office.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Five fathers who feel they have been systematically denied their basic human rights by the Israeli authorities and the justice system during long and drawn-out custody battles with the mothers of their children filed a petition with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday against the State of Israel.

The five individual complaints, which all detail years of court rulings and decisions by the authorities to deny or limit the fathers’ access to their children, were filed collectively by the Coalition for Children and Family Israel (CCF), a non-profit organization that unites several bodies engaged in fighting for father’s rights.

Collectively, the petitions allege that Israel’s family laws and practices violate international conventions, deny men involved in divorce cases their basic human rights and accuse state-run authorities and courts of purposely disengaging fathers from their children.'

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With growing failures of males in education, staggering problems within our legal system regarding males, ever-increasing disproportionate suicides of males and continuing marginalization of males, we've never needed your help as much as we do now, to continue our work toward a better future. Our upcoming 2012 conference will tackle many solutions to improving the state of males in our society. And our goal of placing a Chair of Male Studies at a major university is a strong priority. But we need your support. Please consider donating as much as you can to help us. Visit http://www.malestudies.org/donate.html.

Meanwhile, all our efforts have paid off - we now have professionally-edited, high-quality videos of our Conference that took place at the Academy of Medicine on April 6. This footage includes the presenters as well as their slides.

As promised, I will continue following up with the presenters to acquire all the responses to your questions during the conference.

Thank you for your patience and consideration, and for staying by our side.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A contingent of Fathers and Families’ Election Campaign 2012 activists attended two New Hampshire GOP events over the weekend and asked presidential candidate Gary Johnson, a former two-term governor of New Mexico, about family court reform.

In Nashua on June 5, Johnson told F & F activists Roy Corbeil, a grandfather, and Seth Diamond:

“Anything I could do on the federal level I would do, as president, to address [this] real inequality. I recognize it, having been Governor of New Mexico. It’s a huge issue…the courts rule…usually [if not] always against the fathers…[in these rulings, fathers rights'] are obliterated, they’re nonexistent. I recognize that…I’m open to ideas [on fixing it].”'

Story here. Excerpt:

'MUNHALL (KDKA) — A Steel Valley high school teacher is accused of sexting her male students.

Many of the messages 29-year-old Jennifer Smith is accused of sending to students are just too graphic to outline.

Police say she asked the five male students to erase the photos and the messages.
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Police uncovered a message from the youngest boy in the criminal complaint. Smith allegedly sent him a text that she, “was thinking about him and missed him and that he looked sexy at baseball practice.”

The language grew more explicit, saying she, “wanted to perform oral sex on him after school in her class and have sex with him over her desk.”'

Article here. Excerpt:

'The proponent of a ballot measure to ban circumcision in a California city has dropped the effort following claims of anti-Semitic themes and imagery, including a comic book that featured a "Monster Mohel."

Jena Troutman, the Santa Monica woman who submitted the proposal to the Santa Monica city clerk last month, said she has withdrawn the measure to prohibit "Genital Cutting of Male Minors." ...