Director of EMILY's List named Obama White House communications director... Nov 23, 2008
Guns should be legal, safe, e stop the "Abuse of the 2nd Amendment" debacle, much rarer. There, fixed it for you. (The Drudge Report)
NBC Fires WEATHER CHANNEL Environmental Unit -- During Network's 'Green Week' ... Nov 23, 2008
NBC Fires Weather Channel Environmental Unit - Capital Weather Gang. Capital Weather Gang. (The Drudge Report)
'Tell a Gal P.A.L.' to Raise Awareness of Domestic Violence Nov 23, 2008
Let your gal pals know that financial abuse is part of domestic violence ... "Economic empowerment is vital to ending the cycle of abuse," says Jennifer Kuhn, program manager for The Allstate Foundation ... "Financial control is one of the most common ways an abuser keeps a victim from leaving a dangerous relationship, often by limiting access to money and other economic resources.". (Pekin Times, IL)
What Are Web Surfers Seeking? Well, It's Just What You'd Think Nov 23, 2008
Consider the person who, over the course of a few minutes, searched for "What to do when your Christian husband turns away from God," "How to deal with mental abuse in a Christian marriage" and "Do I stay or go when a Christian husband is on drugs and alcohol.". One of the recommended sites gave thoughtful answers to important life questions from an evangelical Christian perspective. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Man pleads not guilty to added sex charges Nov 23, 2008
Lee Kenducci Halout also is charged with four counts of encouraging child sexual abuse. He pleaded not guilty to those counts as well. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Local agencies, schools asked to cut fundingState economist predicts major shortfall this biennum Nov 23, 2008
Local agencies that provide services for mental health, substance abuse and children are expected to see cuts ranging from 2 percent to 8 percent, equivalent to tens of thousands of dollars, for the remainder of the current biennium, which ends June 30, 2009. What really is a challenge is we re so far into the biennium, said Sherri Bean, executive director of the Commission on Children and Families Klamath County office. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
A clean slate Nov 23, 2008
Part of the money would go toward re-entry initiatives including mental health and substance abuse treatment, housing and employment services. The nearly $400 million slated to fund the grants between 2008 and 2012 has not been allocated, Ms. Crayton said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
* World News Quick Take Nov 23, 2008
A former police chief charged with abuses during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship shot himself in the head on Thursday during a television interview on the roof of his home, as police were closing in for an arrest ... His house was surrounded by police on Thursday, but Ferreyra clambered atop a water tower in his building where he was interviewed on Friday by a reporter and camera crew of Cronica TV. After denying taking part in any prisoner abuse and claiming he was the target of persecution... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Tests start on US-backed drug stress disorder Nov 23, 2008
Synosia is conducting separate trials to test whether nepicastat is effective as a treatment for cocaine abuse. Nepicastat works by inhibiting the conversion of the brain chemical dopamine into an adrenaline-like compound called norepinephrine. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
EU competition regulators raid French pharmaceutical sites Nov 23, 2008
The commission, the EU's executive arm, "has reason to believe that the provisions of the EC Treaty prohibiting cartels, restrictive business practices and/or abuse of a dominant position have been infringed," it said in a statement. The commission, adopting its normal practice, named no names, stressing that its investigations were at a preliminary stage and that the inspections do "not mean that the enterprises concerned are guilty of anti-competitive behaviour.". (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
President Bush Attends APEC CEO Summit 2008 Nov 23, 2008
It can be subject to excesses and abuse. As we've seen in recent months, there are times when government intervention is essential to restart frozen markets and to protect overall economic health. (White House News Releases)
Police get Microsoft on crime Nov 23, 2008
No arrests have come out of Mick Kelsey's secondment, but the agent assisted in the progress of the Child Exploitation Tracking System, an intelligence portal Microsoft launched earlier this year "to enable the AFP to work with law enforcement agencies throughout Australia and around the world to share and track information relating to online child exploitation and abuse". With help from the CETS - which links millions of files on child abusers - in March the AFP played a key role in smashing an... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Police investigate suspected child abuse case Nov 23, 2008
The HPD Child Abuse unit is investigating the case of a 1-year-old girl from the Waipahu area who was brought to an Oahu hospital with a fractured skull ... After a preliminary investigation, police alerted the Child Abuse unit. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Abused Hawaii children 'angry' that aunt's sentence only 5 years Nov 23, 2008
Prosecutors said the physical and mental abuse committed by Rita Makekau on five children was so heinous that she should spend the next 41 years behind bars ... Makekau, an unemployed truck driver and self-described "Royal Minister of Foreign Affairs" for the sovereignty group Hawaiian Kingdom Government, pleaded no contest to eight counts of assaulting her sister's children over a two-year period and one count of abuse of a family member ... The children three nephews and two nieces of... (Honolulu Advertiser)
And then there were two? Nov 23, 2008
CurrentUserHasReportedAbuse == "True"} Report abuse {else} {/if. . (Yahoo News -- Presidential Election 2000)
Catholic church's anti-abuse chief quits on eve of scathing report Nov 23, 2008
The head of the Catholic church's child protection unit has resigned ahead of the publication of an inquiry recommending sweeping changes in the way the church investigates abuse allegations ... The report, 'Safeguarding With Confidence', written by healthcare expert Baroness Cumberlege, will recommend 70 steps the church needs to take in the way it deals with allegations of sexual abuse ... Published tomorrow, it will suggest wide-ranging changes in the role of Copca and recommend that bishops... (Yahoo News -- Catholic Church Abuse Scandal)
Martin: Ex-legislator, longtime advocate Nov 23, 2008
DHR had returned both to their homes even though the department s Division of Family and Children Services had received repeated complaints about abuse ... Many of the other bills he sponsored focused on helping disabled or abused children. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
REVOLVING DOORS: The crisis in California's parole system Nov 23, 2008
With three decades of experience in corrections, Benavidez says prison and parole have become a "societal dumping ground" for those with substance abuse and mental health problems ... Only many months after we moved in did we learn the home directly behind our house was group home for substance abusers. (North County Times)
Delivery of booze a bad idea Nov 23, 2008
The unfortunate truth is that many North Dakotans have serious issues with alcohol abuse ... These stipulations acknowledge many of the issues Witt was concerned about, but it's far from certain that they would be effective checks against abuse. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Editor's Mailbag (Nov. 14) Nov 23, 2008
I would hope the state legislature and governor consider this type of abuse when crafting similar laws in the future. David Champion, Lebanon. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Children won’t return (45) Nov 23, 2008
The six children removed Thursday afternoon from property on Jones Road in Foster during an investigation concerning animal abuse and neglect will not be returning ... The children were taken from the home after investigators from several jurisdictions looking into allegations of animal abuse and neglect discovered how people were living on the 21-acre property. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Child deaths test some states' faith-healing exemptions Nov 23, 2008
According to HHS, nothing in the amendments to the original 1974 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, can be construed as establishing a federal requirement that a parent or legal guardian provide any medical service or treatment that is against the religious beliefs of the parent or legal guardian. . (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Star support Nov 23, 2008
People who abuse alcohol, drugs, who abandon their children later on in life realise that they made a mistake. But its not as easy as it may seem. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
A voice that will not go unheard again Nov 23, 2008
The many days she drank herself numb to be able to deal with his ranting and abuse. I learned of her prayer the day of her murder. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Healthy Start - Attunement is critical to child’s growth Nov 23, 2008
The agency that I work for, Partnership for Children, works with families that are parenting children who have experienced developmental trauma - abuse, neglect and inconsistent caregiving - that severely affects the ability to attune and to build attachments to important caregivers. One of the primary therapeutic tools we work with is attunement. (Missoulian, MT)
Generosity helps teen keep Mocha Nov 23, 2008
People from all walks of life, from all corners of Montana, are no longer willing to be silent witnesses to the increasing cases of horse neglect and abuse. They are rallying around a fledgling Hamilton organization called Willing Servants, which was founded in response to a case of equine neglect in the Bitterroot Valley this summer. (Missoulian, MT)
Google SearchWiki Vanishes Nov 23, 2008
It gives internet users the power to moderate search results that have been abused by social bookmarkers (Digg, StumbleUpon etc) ... They purposely abused the power of social networking and social bookmarking ... I m guessing the real rub had been the abuse filter - since many SEO gurus would create SearchWiki Armies to delete competitors and promote sites. (TechCrunch)
The stupid triple-0 calls crippling the system Nov 23, 2008
The State Government and the Ambulance Service of NSW want to stop people who abuse triple-0 by feigning a medical emergency to get some domestic help. Paramedics are reporting increasing instances of callers faking symptoms so they can be taken by ambulance to hospital, only to skip off to the nearest shopping centre after enjoying a free ride. (The Age, Australia)
Germany drops attempt to ban Scientology Nov 23, 2008
The Church of Scientology has long battled to end the surveillance, saying it is an abuse of freedom of religion and the U.S. State Department regularly criticizes Germany for the practice in its annual Human Rights Report. Scientology was founded in 1954 by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. (Globe and Mail -- International)
• Defense blasts hearing on Duncan's appeal Nov 23, 2008
A convicted pedophile, Duncan murdered three members of a Coeur d'Alene family, then abducted, sexually abused and tortured two young children before killing one of them at a remote Montana campsite ... Last December, Duncan pleaded guilty to 10 crimes stemming from the abduction, sexual abuse and torture of 9-year-old Dylan Groene and his 8-year-old sister, Shasta Groene, and the murder of Dylan. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
When PETA Attacks...Mrs. Trump! Nov 23, 2008
I do belive in eating meat but i also don't think we need/should abuse any animal for any reason ... Chip silverman is brain damaged, therefore he enjoys hearing about electrocuted animals and abused animals. (Yahoo News -- Animal Rights & Welfare)
Soldiers Cope With Reintegration Nov 23, 2008
Thirty-five service providers were on hand to provide soldiers with information ranging from substance abuse, financial management, educational advancement and veterans services. "The idea is not so much that we would solve problems here, but they get that information. They bring it home with them and when the need arises, its there. They pull it out. They read it. They call the phone number and help's there," said Walter Brown, Yellow Ribbon program director. (R News)
Readers' Comments Telco crackdown planned Nov 23, 2008
I have worked in a call centre, and it's not fun being abused everyday at work. I wish some of you and your comments would try working in there and see how you like the abuse ... The consultant is trying to help you when you ring, but if you abuse the operator, you will not get any help and most likely be hung up on. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Australia outback mayor wins annual sexist award Nov 23, 2008
Rugby Union international Brendan Cannon won the yearly Good Ernie "for boys behaving better" after saying: "I don't want my daughter Phoebe growing up in the country where almost all women will be victims of physical violence or sexual abuse during their lifetimes." (Reporting by Rob Taylor; Editing by Valerie Lee). Buzz Up. (Yahoo News)
America's access to justice at risk Nov 23, 2008
America was founded by people who understood that power unchecked is power abused ... We must stop the abuse and expansion of federal preemption, mandatory arbitration, and class action bans. (NJ.com -- Times)
Post a comment » Nov 23, 2008
How many people died from the people who drink alcohol beverages, or from abuse what is keeping the government from these iaaues. I am 100% American and I want the freedom our people fought for. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Angel House needs an angel Nov 23, 2008
Child Protective Services took her away from her family when she was 5, but Maria's story didn't end there - CPS came to the 19-year-old again five months ago to bring her to the local abuse shelter ... And all of those emotions are common among abuse victims, Angel House director Renee Morris said ... Maria has been staying in Odessa's Angel House, which is a shelter for abused women and children. (Odessa American, TX)
Turkey's Detente With Kurds Wavers Nov 23, 2008
Youths have been reared on stories of the flight, memories of burning villages and decades of abuse and repression ... In April, a veteran researcher for the New York-based Human Rights Watch, in southeast Turkey to investigate claims of police abuse against Kurds, was detained by police and deported. (Yahoo News -- Kurdish Issues)
Winter shelter not a lasting answer Nov 23, 2008
Any broader look at this homeless demographic quickly leads to other issues alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness, affordable housing, broken families, etc ... CarpeDM wrote on Nov 13, 2008 9:37 PM:" Those who abuse the help offered cause the perception problem. They get drunk, fight, vomit urinate, etc on and around the very facilities there to provide assistance. Why do you think the drop in shelter next to the Beanery closed ? Was it because those who frequented it were polite, thankful... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Acting prison chief stricken 1st day on job Nov 23, 2008
The first woman to lead the agency, Dennehy was appointed by Governor Mitt Romney in 2004 to reform the system after the jailhouse slaying of John Geoghan, a priest at the heart of the clergy sexual abuse scandal. The department has continued to be plagued by problems, including a rash of prisoner suicides and disclosure that more than a dozen prisoners were held longer than their sentences allowed. (Yahoo News -- Prison Issues)
Double whammy for facilities serving low-income patients Nov 23, 2008
Last year, mental health and substance abuse services were reimbursed by Medicaid at an average rate of just 63 percent. Grossly low reimbursement rates were similarly provided for emergency care, primary care, and other critical care services. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Safety net was needed Nov 23, 2008
I suffered from substance abuse and, consequently, depression in my sophomore year at Boston University. As an overachiever in high school, I received an amazing financial aid package; my whole family couldn't have been prouder - or more shocked when they discovered my problems. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
European Court Finds Two Chechens Were Tortured Nov 23, 2008
MOSCOW, Jan. 18 -- The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that two Chechen brothers were tortured in their strife-torn Russian republic and that authorities there failed to investigate their allegations of abuse ... They were later transferred to the Chernokozovo detention center, a facility that human rights groups charge has a notorious history of abuse ... The two men said in court filings that, among other forms of abuse, they were subject to electric shock; suffocated with... (Yahoo News -- Chechnya Conflict)
Palo Alto's soul-searching over profiling Nov 23, 2008
The cost of such abuse is too great, they said - a loss of a community's confidence, trust and cooperation. After announcing her retirement, Johnson said the debate over profiling was important to her. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The price of America's good name Nov 23, 2008
The list of abuses that President-elect Barack Obama must address is long: undo scores of executive orders and bill-signing statements that have undermined the powers of Congress; strip out the unnecessary invasions of privacy embedded in the Patriot Act; block new FBI investigative guidelines straight out of J. Edgar Hoover's playbook ... There are believed to be 30 to 50 detainees from places like Algeria and Libya who have justified fears of being abused or tortured if they are sent home ...... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Thousands of schools closed in eastern DR Congo Nov 23, 2008
"That has halted the education for approximately 150,000 students." Without regular school, children become more vulnerable to violence and abuse, said Murthy ... "When schools are closed, children start doing other activities, for example collecting wood, or going to collect water or doing other things out in the open. They are more prone to being exploited, to being abused, to being raped and also being recruited into armed groups. "We're extremely hopeful that the situation will come down so... (Xinhuanet, China)
British may ban 'happy hour' as drink deaths rise Nov 23, 2008
National statistics show a steady rise in the number of alcohol-related deaths that typically fell heavy drinkers in their 40s and 50s who have abused alcohol for decades ... Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. (USA Today)
Services for children: The model agency Nov 23, 2008
And that's on top of trims earlier this year that affected everything from child abuse investigators to health services for at-risk children to adoption subsidies for high-risk foster kids. The turbulence and uncertainty make local efforts to benefit children all the more important. (Florida Times-Union)
Auto aid effort rebuffed Nov 23, 2008
There is a sense that we did not do a good enough job of safeguarding the use of those funds, or providing prevention against abuse. And you could not get, I believe, through either house of Congress today what some people might think was a repeat. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Report identifies 'mystery drug' Nov 23, 2008
Tests show a concoction that sickened three Maury County teenagers this summer contained a widely-used industrial solvent sometimes abused by people to become intoxicated ... In the U.S., 1,4-butanediol is a legal substance to possess and is not federally regulated as a drug, making it virtually impossible for law enforcement to make arrests for its abuse, Jackson said ... He related the drug abuse to when lawmakers pulled medication containing Pseudoephedrine off store shelves. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Violent Crime Rates Down in Dublin; Drug Crimes on the Rise Nov 23, 2008
Cain said one of his department s major concerns is the rising number of drug abuse cases ... Cain distributed a booklet titled Let s all work to fight drug abuse to the audience ... The entire community needs to get behind the effort to fight drug abuse, said Cain. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Prosecutor Who Brought Indictment Against Vice President Seeks Judge's Recusal Nov 22, 2008
Willacy County from the case, which alleges abuse at federally run prisons ... In particular, it alleges that Cheney's personal investment in the Vanguard Group, which invests in private prison companies, gives him culpability in alleged prisoner abuse. (Law.com)
Shocking moments Nov 22, 2008
As he trudged down the Selhurst Park touchline, Palace fan Matthew Simmons shouted abuse at the Frenchman and the red mist descended. Cantona flew feet first into the crowd at Simmons, then got up to aim punches at the fan as shocked supporters looked on. (CNN -- International)
Interior Dept. disciplines workers Nov 22, 2008
The department's inspector general released a report in September that referred to a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" in the office from 2002 through 2006. During that time, the report found, some employees were getting drunk and having sex with oil company personnel. (Boston Globe)
Stepfather testifies he never hurt Haleigh Nov 22, 2008
SPRINGFIELD - Haleigh Poutre's stepfather took the stand for more than four hours yesterday in his child abuse trial, saying he never harmed the girl and only sometimes gave her a "tap to the head" if she wasn't listening when he talked to her ... On the 11th day of his trial, Strickland categorically denied the prosecution's charges that he and his wife systematically abused Haleigh over a five-year period, including using physical restraints to hold her down and cigarettes to give her burns. (Boston Globe)
Row over SA minister's transplant Nov 22, 2008
The opposition leader, Helen Zille, says if this is true, it's "a disgraceful abuse" of the president's public position. But the government is standing by the health minister. (Yahoo News -- South Africa)
Sexism award goes to 'ugly ducklings' mayor Nov 22, 2008
Rugby Union international Brendan Cannon won the yearly Good Ernie "for boys behaving better" after saying: "I don't want my daughter Phoebe growing up in the country where almost all women will be victims of physical violence or sexual abuse during their lifetimes.". More from msnbc. (MSNBC -- International)
Newsweek: The death of U.K.'s Baby P Nov 22, 2008
Baby P's sister was also subjected to abuse in the house, serious abuse, although no further details are allowed about that whatsoever ... Baby P, age a year and a half, died on Aug. 3, 2007, after many months of shocking abuse by the three, ending up with a broken back and 50 other wounds and injuries; upon autopsy, a tooth that had been knocked out of his mouth by a blow was found in his colon ... What has made the reaction even worse is that this all took place despite 60 visits to his home... (MSNBC -- International)
Drinking teenagers face liver risk Nov 22, 2008
Until recently, cirrhosis of the liver, a condition brought on by long-term alcohol abuse, mainly affected older men ... " Louise Rhymes, who lost her 24-year-old daughter to long-term alcohol abuse earlier this year, said Stacey had been drinking heavily since her teens. "By the time she was 18, she was drinking every night, probably five litres. (BBC News)
Deaths testfaith-healing exemptions Nov 22, 2008
According to HHS, nothing in the amendments to the original 1974 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, can "be construed as establishing a federal requirement that a parent or legal guardian provide any medical service or treatment that is against the religious beliefs of the parent or legal guardian.". Five states have repealed exemption laws, Swan said: Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska and North Carolina. (MSNBC -- Health)
Date-rape cases still tough to win Nov 22, 2008
There are so many reasons why victims reengage offenders, says Veronique Valliere, a clinical psychologist in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, who specializes in sexual abuse. By establishing a relationship on her own terms, a person feeling helpless can reclaim her lost dignity. (MSNBC -- Health)
Child-welfare agency cuts jobs, not workload Nov 22, 2008
SPRINGFIELD The state's child-welfare agency, preparing to cut almost 200 employees amid a budget crisis, says it needs remaining staff members punching in on overtime to investigate child abuse, The Associated Press has learned ... Asked about the e-mail, Lindall said it was a DCFS request to use remaining Cook County-based staff investigators to help out in Maywood, just west of Chicago, which will lose 69 percent of its staff members who receive allegations of child abuse and neglect and... (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
More of this story Nov 22, 2008
While job layoffs and financial stress do not cause abusers to hit their spouses -- domestic violence is a premeditated and purposeful act -- economic stresses often serve as an impetus for more frequent and intense abuse. "He's going to abuse whether or not he loses his job," says Taylor ... Althogh Hope House is not a battered women's shelter, many of its prospective clients are women transitioning from a situation of domestic abuse. (Huntersville Herald, NC)
Nonprofit subsidizes Schwarzenegger travel frills Nov 22, 2008
Nonprofit watchdogs say using charitable write-offs to pay for sumptuous travel is an abuse of tax codes. Wow, that s a problem, said Daniel Borochoff, president of the American Institute of Philanthropy. (Yahoo News -- Arnold Schwarzenegger)
How Did Girl's Horrid Abuse Go Unnoticed? Nov 22, 2008
Her aunt and foster caregiver, Shemeeka Davis, 38, is in jail awaiting trial on murder, torture and child abuse charges in Jazzmin's death, as well as torture and child abuse charges for allegedly abusing Jazzmin's twin brother ... Prosecutors contend the abuse lasted for more than a year, prompting questions about how it could go unnoticed by her caseworker or others, including teachers and school administrators, who are required by law to report suspected problems ... A San Francisco... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
