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Archive for May, 2007



Love letters lead to rape charges for teacher, aide

Thursday 31 May 2007 @ 2:55 pm

A teacher accused of having sex with one of her students wrote at least 31 love letters to the 16-year-old, town police said today.


Comments (0)  | Posted in child abuse, crime + punishment    


Woman charged with running over boyfriend

Thursday 31 May 2007 @ 2:37 pm

Janet Krush was arguing with her boyfriend, Michael Moore, about money at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, said McHenry Deputy Chief Bill Brogan. Moore tried to block the Taurus’ path to prevent Krush from leaving the home they share at 906 W. Wood St., but she ran him over.


Comments (0)  | Posted in crime + punishment, domestic violence, sex and metropolis    


Crews revive newborn found in garbage bag

Thursday 31 May 2007 @ 2:33 pm

Charges are pending against a woman after emergency crews revived her newborn baby boy Wednesday night after finding him in a garbage bag in a closet of a West Side home.


Comments (0)  | Posted in child abuse, crime + punishment, domestic violence    


Man killed by girlfriend thought she’d been dead for weeks

Thursday 31 May 2007 @ 2:32 pm

A 30-year-old woman who killed her estranged boyfriend and later herself Wednesday had convinced family and friends, including the victim, that she committed suicide a couple weeks ago, police said a day after the murder-suicide in southeast Portland.


Comments (1)  | Posted in domestic violence, sex and metropolis    


The truth about “deadbeat dads”

Thursday 31 May 2007 @ 12:39 pm

Provincial Minister of Community and Social Services Madeleine Meilleur calls Ontario’s new child support enforcement website a “huge success,” but fathers’ rights advocates are questioning both its efficacy and its underlying ideology.


Comments (0)  | Posted in child support, crime + punishment, divorce, government    


Surviving daughter named for domestic violence case worker

Thursday 31 May 2007 @ 11:34 am

“She was an excellent client,” said case worker Evelyn Haro. “She was eager to live and do anything and everything that was best for the children.”


Comments (0)  | Posted in child abuse, crime + punishment, domestic violence, men + women, sex and metropolis, sex politics    


How to Survive a Divorce, Financially

Thursday 31 May 2007 @ 11:10 am

On the whole, people take great comfort in permanence and regularity. No one gets married expecting to get divorced anymore than they go to Egypt expecting to see the pyramids crumble into sand. Nevertheless, the pyramids are eroding, and divorce rates have been increasing steadily.


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Bar Catering to Homosexual Men Wins Right To Ban Heterosexuals

Thursday 31 May 2007 @ 11:10 am

A gay bar in Australia has won the right to turn away heterosexuals and even lesbians to provide a non-threatening atmosphere for the men partying inside.


Comments (0)  | Posted in sex and metropolis, sex politics    


Woman charged with throwing baby

Thursday 31 May 2007 @ 10:22 am

A woman was formally charged Tuesday with throwing her 36-day-old daughter across a room.


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Man jailed for proposing to ex on TV

Thursday 31 May 2007 @ 10:18 am

Glynn committed multiple violations of his probation, including a no-contact order.


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