Guns, Governors, God and the Gipper: Looking Back at February 2013

San Diego Free PressGuns, Governors, God and the Gipper: Looking Back at February 2013San Diego Free PressIt wasn't the first time Obama has talked about shooting guns (He talked skeet shooting with the Women's US Olympic Team several years back), but given the current hysteria about the 'government coming to seize yer guns', any gun talk was newsworthy ...

Video aims to educate young adults about domestic violence

WTSP 10 NewsVideo aims to educate young adults about domestic violenceWTSP 10 NewsStudies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually. Nearly 1 in 5 teenage ... Based on reports from 10 countries, between 55 percent and 95 percent of women who had been physically abused by their partners ...

Ten Travesties Of Justice In 2013

ThinkProgressTen Travesties Of Justice In 2013ThinkProgressIn fact, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the appeal last term of a Louisiana man who waited seven years behind bars without a trial because the state stalled in appointing him a lawyer. ... who claimed abuse Just last month, a man who spent more than ...

Roma in America

Daily BeastRoma in AmericaDaily BeastIn October, a young blond girl was taken by Greek police in a sweep of a Roma camp near the central town of Farsala, and the couple she was found with were charged with abducting a minor. Her picture was plastered in news outlets across the world: hair ...

Temporary work, lasting harm

MinnPost.comTemporary work, lasting harmMinnPost.comIncreasingly, young men and women with high school diplomas and vocational training find they can't get a factory or warehouse job without first going through a temp agency. * * *. The very nature of temp work increases the risk of injury. Temps are ...

Retiring Va. Beach prosecutor reflects on his career

The Virginian-PilotRetiring Va. Beach prosecutor reflects on his careerThe Virginian-PilotAfter months of work, a special grand jury, which allows prosecutors to subpoena potential witnesses and evidence, led to an arrest last year in the unsolved slaying of off-duty Norfolk police Officer Victor Decker, Bryant said. The defendants in that ...

Obama

Castanet.netObama-2014 can be a breakthrough yearCastanet.netFighting continued to spread on Friday in two states, Unity — an oil area — and Jonglei, as armed groups opposed to the nation's military emerged, said a South Sudan expert communicating with combatants and U.N. officials in strife-torn regions ...

Photo: The Canadian Press

Castanet.netPhoto: The Canadian PressCastanet.netFighting continued to spread on Friday in two states, Unity — an oil area — and Jonglei, as armed groups opposed to the nation's military emerged, said a South Sudan expert communicating with combatants and U.N. officials in strife-torn regions ...

Casualties in London theatre collapse

Castanet.netCasualties in London theatre collapseCastanet.netPolice said officers were called to reports of a ceiling collapse at the theatre on Shaftsbury Avenue in central London. It said police ... Witnesses told British media that the theatre in London's famous West End was packed during the holiday season ...

The terrifying truth about America's fastest growing workforce JACKSONVILLE ...

SalonThe terrifying truth about America's fastest growing workforce JACKSONVILLE ...SalonIncreasingly, young men and women with high school diplomas and vocational training find they can't get a factory or warehouse job without first going through a temp agency. * * *. The very nature of temp work increases the risk of injury. Temps are ...

Space monkey

Castanet.netSpace monkeyCastanet.netPennsylvania State Police say they found 20 pounds of marijuana in boxes wrapped as Christmas presents inside a minivan after a traffic stop. The Centre Daily .... A Kansas man who prosecutors say sympathized with violent terrorists was arrested Friday ...

A School Shooting Every Two Weeks

Daily BeastA School Shooting Every Two WeeksDaily BeastSchool boards and local governments have also adopted new policies—including hiring uniformed police officers and arming teachers and other school staff—in an effort to ensure student safety. The NRA offered ..... Using the same images and graphics ...

Chicago: Murder Capital No More?

Daily BeastChicago: Murder Capital No More?Daily BeastChicago Police Department brass and their boss, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, are sure to be breathing a sigh of relief as they cruise through the final weeks of 2013 with fewer homicides on the books than last year. Chicago logged ... More young people have ...

Freedom of News Outlets in Armenia

Hetq OnlineFreedom of News Outlets in ArmeniaHetq OnlineOn presidential Election Day February 18, 2013, physical violence was again committed against Artak Hambardzumyan and Narine Ismail, a young woman volunteering at the Transparency International-Armenia NGO as an election monitor for European Rights ...

Built in 1983 by Burrard Yarrows Corporation in Vancouver, British Columbia ...

Castanet.netBuilt in 1983 by Burrard Yarrows Corporation in Vancouver, British Columbia ...Castanet.netThe Mounties said in a news release that they, the Montreal police and the Canada Border Services Agency conducted a second police operation last Friday in a case of sexual exploitation of young Romanian women. An arrest warrant was also ... Those ...

Pair trafficking sex slaves out of Belfast are jailed in Sweden

Belfast TelegraphPair trafficking sex slaves out of Belfast are jailed in SwedenBelfast TelegraphThe convictions followed a huge police investigation involving the PSNI, Swedish and Romanian authorities. Evidence presented to the court said Ionut controlled prostitution in Belfast and arranged for young women to be trafficked from Northern Ireland ...

Our cultural norms reinforce Gender

Stabroek NewsOur cultural norms reinforce Gender-Based ViolenceStabroek NewsAccording to a September 10 article in the Stabroek News, based on figures from the Guyana Police Service, of the 85 reported murders for the period August 2012 to August 2013, 13 were related to domestic abuse. Despite the efforts of ... They also ...

Far from a private matter

Southland TimesFar from a private matterSouthland TimesIn an office on the top floor of the Invercargill police station, family violence co-ordinator Detective Sergeant Ian McCambridge admits dealing with domestic violence is a challenge. Crimes committed in the open or in the public domain have witnesses ...

250 flights cancelled on US East Coast

Castanet.net250 flights cancelled on US East CoastCastanet.netFlight cancellations piled up at hubs such as New York's LaGuardia Airport, Philadelphia and Newark, and by midday Wednesday around 250 flights had been cancelled, according to the tracking website FlightAware.com. But that was a tiny .... Police on ...

The Trial of Chelsea Manning

ABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review ofThe Trial of Chelsea ManningABOUT US EDITOR'S NOTE About Us The Cairo Review ofMilitary prosecutors later accused Manning of disclosing four datasets containing 483,562 army field reports from Iraq and Afghanistan, 251,287 diplomatic cables, and approximately 765 detainee profiles of the men and children imprisoned at Guantanamo ...

Understatement of the year in Mexico: 'The situation got out of control'

TucsonSentinel.comUnderstatement of the year in Mexico: 'The situation got out of control'TucsonSentinel.comMEXICO CITY — Police have arrested two men and seek a third for the weekend stabbing-murders of eight members of an extended family in Ciudad Juarez, an attack that spread fear in the Mexican border city that was once a world murder capital. Officials ...

Back from the brink

Sydney Morning HeraldBack from the brinkSydney Morning HeraldLooking through a metal-and-wire bed base that has been upended and pushed against the door, they see a middle-aged man, wild-eyed, wild-haired, shouting, holding a carving knife to the throat of a screaming woman, her white shirt red with blood ...

So, How Should Colleges Actually Prevent Sexual Assault?

xoJaneSo, How Should Colleges Actually Prevent Sexual Assault?xoJaneOne in four women and one in seven men will be sexually assaulted before graduating; 20 percent of the nation's "best colleges" have a documented rape problem; rape culture is something college students seem to be encouraged to take cavalierly, if not ...

The New Weapon Against Campus Rape

TakePartThe New Weapon Against Campus RapeTakePartShe had only told one of her roommates and didn't want to report the incident to the police, though attorneys she would consult later told her she had enough evidence to at least get a restraining order against the young man, Brodsky told me. When she ...

One Woman's Life Story That's Filled With so Much Tragedy

TheBlaze.comOne Woman's Life Story That's Filled With so Much Tragedy -- and Inspiration ...TheBlaze.com“And I think where you get to the place where you're dealing with your own demons and then you're in a position where you have to deal with other people — and the evil you have done and you feel you're on the right side … you get up against the wall ...