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Police: Jobless Father Kills Family, Self
Society & Culture  (tags: family, ethics, death, crime, sadness, murder )

Marty
- 4 hours ago - news.google.com
A man distraught because he could not find work shot and killed his mother-in-law, his wife and three sons and then killed himself inside a home in an upscale San Fernando Valley neighborhood, police said.
Mob Attacks Women in Egypt's Second Eid Incident
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, culture, religion, women, violence, society, world, freedoms, ethics )

Marty
- 5 hours ago - metimes.com
Ramadan is a time of joy and coming together across the Islamic world. But eid turned into a holiday of fear in Cairo on Oct. 2 when a mob of about 100 youths sexually attacked women strolling through the streets of a middle-class neighborhood.
School Bus Driver Arrested For Threatening To Beat Student's Mother
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, child, children, ethics, safety, education )

Marty
- 1 day ago - wftv.com
Almost a dozen elementary school students watched in shock as a Brevard County bus driver threatened to beat up a student's mother.
Teacher Suspended After Writing Racial Comment About Obama On Chalkboard
Society & Culture  (tags: obama, racism, education, ethics, culture, sadness, politics )

Marty
- 1 day ago - wftv.com
Seventh-grade social studies teacher Greg Howard reportedly wrote the word CHANGE as an acronym on the board and wrote an expletive with the letter 'N.' The phrase he wrote has alternately be reported as "Can You Help A (expletive) Get Elected"
Teachers Want Right to Bed Their Pupils Union Says Jail Term Is Unfair
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, child, children, crime, dishonesty, education, ethics, law )

Marty
- 1 day ago - newsoftheworld.co.uk
The NASUWT says it is UNFAIR to treat teachers who have affairs with students who are over 16 as sex offenders, insisting all they are guilty of is an "error of professional judgement".
Saudi Cleric Favours One-Eye Veil
Society & Culture  (tags: religion, rights, women, ethics, culture, freedoms )

Marty
- 1 day ago - focus-fen.net
The two-eyed look remains too seductive for Sheikh Habadan. A Muslim cleric in Saudi Arabia has called on women to wear a full veil, or niqab, that reveals only one eye.
Husband, 2nd Man Held in Female Soldier's Stabbing
Society & Culture  (tags: violence, women, government, death, dishonesty, military, lies, cover-up )

Marty
- 3 days ago - my.att.net
For the third time in four months, a female soldier based at Fort Bragg is dead, and a husband or lover is charged with murder - leading critics to demand the home base of the Army's elite soldiers exert "control over their troops" and address...
US Aid Agency Denies Contraceptives for Africa
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, corruption, ethics, family, dishonesty, government, health, politics, society, women, world )

Marty
- 5 days ago - peopleandplanet.net
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has instructed its staff to force governments in several African countries to discontinue the provision of US-funded contraceptive supplies from a leading non-government agency
Jury Watches Video of Suspect Hit By SC Trooper
Society & Culture  (tags: police, racism, Police Brutality, abuse, corruption, crime, death, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, rights, violence, law )

Marty
- 6 days ago - my.att.net
"Yeah, I hit him. I was trying to hit him," Lance Cpl. Steven Garren was heard on the video speaking to a sheriff's deputy. Garren is charged with using unreasonable force and depriving Grant of his civil rights. Garren is white; Grant is black.
Feds to Investigate Post-Katrina Bridge Shootings
Society & Culture  (tags: katrina, corruption, death, dishonesty, ethics, crime, police, murder, rights, politics )

Marty
- 6 days ago - my.att.net
Federal officials will investigate the New Orleans police officers involved in fatal shootings that happened on a city bridge after Hurricane Katrina, authorities said Tuesday.
 
 
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