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Sex attacks push women to crime: Overland
He said drugs, violence and crime were typically by-products of a life on the streets. "It's a lack of safety in their home, either through sexual assault, experiencing family violence or emotional abuse," he said. "They fall out of the education
Updated: 04/12/2011 11:42P
Australian woman who burned husband to death given suspended jail sentence for
South Australian Supreme Court Justice John Sulan said Wednesday the woman's distress had been compounded by years of physical and psychological abuse at the hands of her husband. Sulan sentenced Narayan to six years in jail, then suspended it,
Updated: 04/12/2011 11:41P
Tractor trailer wreck snarls I-81 traffic in Montgomery County
A tractor trailer crash late this evening closed the north lanes of Interstate 81 just past the US 460 intersection in Montgomery County, the Virginia Department of Transportation reported.
Updated: 04/12/2011 11:41P
Motorcycle Wreck Sends 2 To Hospital
His female passenger was flown to St. Joseph's hospital in Phoenix. Neither was wearing a helmet. Shortly after the crash, Glendale police were interviewing witnesses to determine to whom citations would be issued, if at all.
Updated: 04/12/2011 11:41P
Los Altos Hills woman pleads guilty to tax evasion
A Los Altos Hills woman pleaded guilty to tax evasion last week, three months after her mother was sentenced to two years in prison on an identical charge, the US Department of Justice announced Tuesday. Between 2003 and 2006,
Updated: 04/12/2011 11:40P
Blogger Sues Huffington Post for $105 Million
A blogger yesterday filed a US$105-million lawsuit in the US District Court in Manhattan against The Huffington Post claiming the news website failed to pay himself and fellow bloggers, according to several reports. Jonathan Tasini said of the US$315
Updated: 04/12/2011 11:39P
Gov't mandates reverse cameras in all cars by 2014
More than a hundred children die each year from "back over" accidents. In an effort to prevent them, the federal government is mandating each new car have a factory-installed reverse camera by 2014. Monday afternoon, a 4-year-old Fort Myers girl was
Updated: 04/12/2011 11:39P
FOX FOCUS: Japan Disaster
That was the admission Tuesday from Japanese officials, who now say the accident is at the top of the international scale, second only to Chernobyl in the amount of radiation released. The government stresses that the increased rating, from 5 to 7,
Updated: 04/12/2011 11:39P
As I See It | Crime of sexual assault must not shame the victim
Researchers estimate 18 percent of US women report having been raped at some point. For some populations, rates of sexual violence are even higher. Nearly one in three American Indian and Alaska Native women will be sexually assaulted in their
Updated: 04/12/2011 11:39P
Vigil for murdered mother of two
On Tuesday, family and friends of Cherelle Taylor called for justice. The 23 year old mother of two boys was standing outside her mother's home on East 118th Street on April 12, 2010 when she was shot. She ran inside the house and collapsed and died on
Updated: 04/12/2011 11:38P
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