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Ex-NFL Star Chad Johnson Released From Jail
(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — A contrite Chad Johnson apologized Monday for disrespecting a judge when the former NFL star slapped his attorney on the backside in...
Police: Calif. Attack that Killed 4 Was Planned
Investigators trying to determine why a gunman planned a shooting spree that killed four people, were focusing on a deadly act of domestic violence that touched...
Police ID Gunman in Deadly Santa Monica Rampage
(SANTA MONICA, Calif.) — A woman who was critically wounded in the Santa Monica shooting spree died Sunday, bringing the total number of victims killed by the...
Can Facebook Stop the Hate?
Yesterday, I asked Facebook to take down a fraudulent page. Within a few hours it was gone, just a shadowy image of a bandaged thumb where it used to be. Very...
Arias Speaks Out About Case in Jailhouse Interview
(PHOENIX) — In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many...
Army Renovating Safe House for Victims of Abuse
Given the spate of recent stories of women allegedly assaulted by members of the U.S. military, it’s nice to see the Army moving out on plans to renovate “a Safe...
The Charles Ramsey-McDonald’s Episode: How a Viral Marketing Opportunity Can Backfire
The Charles Ramsey-McDonald's episode is shaping up as an argument that perhaps brands should respond to viral marketing opportunities slowly, cautiously—and...
Restaurant Hawks Charles Ramsey T-Shirts, But ‘Cleveland Hero’ Has Checkered Past
All proceeds will be given to the families of the three victims
Brothers in Arms: Sibling Psychology and the Bombing Suspects
Siblings can be powerful forces for good in one another's lives—and powerful forces for evil too
President Obama’s Speech On Gun Control Bill Defeat (Transcript)
"Sooner or later, we are going to get this right. The memories of these children demand it. And so do the American people."
A Portrait Of Domestic Violence
"Take a walk around the block and cool off." Before domestic violence became a national priority in the 1970s and '80s, this was the typical law-enforcement...
What’s Wrong with the Violence Against Women Act?
The political fight on Capitol Hill over the Violence Against Women Act has little to do with the central debate feminists and academics are having about whether...
Milestones
DIED Geraldine Rhoads, 98, editor of Woman's Day from 1966 to 1982, who opened the magazine to topics like women's health and domestic violence. RELEASED George...
Living-Room War: Stressed-Out Marines
We noted a couple of weeks ago the Navy's efforts to try to reduce sexual assaults in the ranks by getting rid of the so-called "bystander mentality." That's...
Students Parody of 2009 Rihanna Assault Sparks Outrage
Waverly High School in New York is facing harsh criticism for a pep rally during which three students wore blackface and reenacted singer Chris Brown’s 2009...
The Army’s Grim Calendar
The Army recently embraced National Suicide Prevention Month in one of its daily Stand-To memos. Thursday’s Stand-To reminded troops that October is National...
What Charlie Sheen Teaches Us About Domestic Violence
In the weeks leading up to the premiere of Charlie Sheen’s new television show, Anger Management, critics roundly panned the series and said that it would not...
Chris Brown's Fortune: A Mix of Beats and Ballads, But No Regrets
Being Chris Brown’s publicist has got to be one of the worst jobs in the world. The 23-year-old hothead is on probation after pleading guilty to beating his...
Violence and the Military
The suicide rate in the Army is extraordinarily high. However, the Army is extremely good at tracking Soldiers who have committed suicides. There are rich data...
Where Was ‘Stand Your Ground’ for Marissa Alexander?
The story reads like a Kafkaesque nightmare, where the law seems to turn its back on someone in a way that would make Josef K. from The Trial say, Damn, I...
