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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
Over time, the abuse escalated to what she describes as a terrifying degree. But as it slowly began, said Marsha Guyton, her then-husband insisted that they open a joint checking account. "He said, 'We're married now, and I want us to feel that we're as one,' " said Guyton, an events coordinator for the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence. "So I closed my own account. He...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A King County deputy sheriff shot a man on Saturday night after responding to a domestic violence call in Woodinville shortly after 9 p.m.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
• Cooper softens some parts of welfare reform bill • Up to £50 a week may be earned without benefit cut Unemployed lone parents are to be offered increased pay incentives to work in a move which softens some of the most controversial measures in the welfare reform bill. It is one of a number of measures being taken by the work and pensions secretary, Yvette Cooper, that subtly change...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
A King County sheriff's deputy has shot a man to death while responding to a domestic violence call in Woodinville.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
WOODINVILLE, Wash. -- A King County sheriff's deputy has shot a man to death while responding to a domestic violence call in Woodinville.
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stroppyblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Southall Black Sisters were due to take part in an evidence session, meant to feed into London mayor Boris Johnson’s violence against women strategy. They have withdrawn from this because BNP member Richard Barnbrook is on the Health and Public Services Committee . Where to start ! Well the F-Word highlights their polices , positions and history on women's rights. This includes removal of witness...
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feminist blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
The University of Baltimore School of Law’s Center on Applied Feminism seeks submissions for its Third Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference. This year’s theme is: Applied Feminism and Marginalized Communities. This conference seeks to explore the following questions: What do we mean by “marginalized communities” and what purposes does that designation serve? How has feminist...
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The Dreamin' Demon (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fort Wayne, Indiana When we view many of the cops shows on TV, we start to become impervious to the many prostitution, DUI, and domestic violence busts being made. Every so often the viewers get a glimpse behind the scenes, when police departments plan a “sting” of some kind. It entails organization and a well [...]
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Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Five local teen mothers in Planned Parenthood Mar Monte's Teen Success program have been honored with scholarships to continue their education.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
SARAH PALIN: The athletic Alaskan governor says she could outrun Barack Obama in a foot race. Bet she could beat him in bowling, too.
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Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Sanford-area man is barricaded in his house tonight after firing on a Seminole County deputy and shooting his estranged wife.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thanks to Liam Gaziano , some children in poverty-stricken Nicaragua are on a surer footing these days. Gaziano, 15, a Dedham resident who attends the Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury, visited the country in March with family and friends and took along more than 100 pairs of shoes for students at Escuela Playas Del Sur, a school in the ...
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Open Left (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Kaib said something that might seem very small at first. But it's about language, and language is about defining reality, and (a) that's the first step to changing reality and (b) that's very much what today's little exercise here on Open Left is all about: Here's my hope That we can start with the small step of calling this day Independence Day, not Fourth of July. It recently struck me how...
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aMusing my genius (Free subscription) | yesterday
So... This past couple of weeks, the world "lost" a couple of iconic personalities that have graced our screens and magazine editorials for many years. Farrah Fawcett died as a result of her long-running battle with cancer. To all intents and purposes, she appeared to have displayed great courage and fortitude and a clear desire to help others going through a similar battle to her own. She...
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
CHART-TOPPING Elly Jackson has been dubbed a "total moron" after claiming women victims of domestic violence bring it on themselves.
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kellya | 04/03/2009
In fact, experts say, it's unrealistic to expect women not to go back to their abusers, be they husbands or boyfriends, as the victims grapple with feelings of guilt, fear, isolation – even love. "It never surprises me," says Violent Partners author Linda Mills, who believes therapists and people close to couples in abusive relationships must accept this seemingly fact. "If you start with 'You shouldn't
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