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Women Super-Glue Privates of Cheating Hubby

Wife exacts revenge, with his girlfriends

Aug 4, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four women face felony charges after a bizarre act of revenge against a womanizing husband, the AP reports. Wendy Sewell, 43, Therese Ziemann, 48, and Michelle Belliveau, 43, all of Wisconsin, teamed up with the man’s wife to trap him at a motel, tie him up, and super-glue his... More »

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Wisconsin • Craigslist • affair • sexual assault • imprisonment • criminal charges • lover

Man Charged With 2nd Sex Attack on Horse

'I feel like I've been raped,' says angry owner

Jul 30, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A shotgun-toting stable owner rigged a stall with a surveillance camera to catch an unbridled perv having sex with her horse—again, authorities said. "I feel like I’ve been raped,“ said the furious owner, who caught the suspect getting down to business on a chair behind her... More »

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crime • horse • sexual assault • stable condition • buggery • animal abuse

(Newser) - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger today denied allegations he raped a woman at a Nevada resort last year, the Post-Gazette reports. The suit was filed last week, but today marked Roethlisberger’s first public statements. He called the allegations “an attack on my family” and vowed to “remain... More »

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NFL • Ben Roethlisberger • football • Pittsburgh Steelers • rape • Nevada • quarterback • civil lawsuits • Lake Tahoe • sexual assault

Youths Charged With Sexual Assault of 8-Year-Old Girl

Ariz. victim disowned by her Liberian family

Jul 23, 09 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four boys aged 9 to 14 are being held in connection with the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix, the Arizona Republic reports. All of the children are Liberian refugees. Police say the boys lured the girl into a shed with chewing gum and “took turns”... More »

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Arizona • kidnapping • Phoenix • Liberia • youth • refugee • sexual assault

 Roethlisberger 
 Sued Over 
 Sex Assault 

Big Ben denies allegations

Jul 21, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Nevada hotel employee is suing Ben Roethlisberger for sexual assault and battery, Pro Football Talk reports. Andrea McNulty claims the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback lured her to his hotel room, then forced her to have sex. Roethlisberger’s lawyer denies the allegations: “Ben has never sexually assaulted anyone; especially... More »

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NFL • Ben Roethlisberger • football • Pittsburgh Steelers • lawsuit • sexual assault • Andrea McNulty

 Teen Pregnancies,  
 STDs Increase: CDC 

Figures raise concerns after positive trends

Jul 20, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - After declining in 1991-2005, the US teen birth rate climbed in 2006 and 2007, HealthDay News reports. Crunching numbers from 2002-07, the Centers for Disease Control found a number of trends had flatlined or worsened after a period of improvement.
  • 2004 saw 745,000 pregnancies among females under 20,
... More »

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AIDS • HPV • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • HIV • syphilis • STD • chlamydia • gonorrhea • teen pregnancy • sexual assault • adolescents • teenager • sexually transmitted diseases

 Oscar Winner Hit With 
 82 Counts in 11 Rapes 

Composer's female assistant will also be charged

Jun 24, 09 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The 71-year-old Oscar-winning composer of “You Light Up My Life,” busted yesterday for attacking women he lured to supposed auditions, is facing 82 counts of rape, sexual assault, and other charges, the New York Post reports. Joseph Brooks is now accused of raping 11 women, and investigators believe... More »

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entertainment • crime • rape • sexual assault • Oscar winner • Joseph Brooks • You Light Up My Life

Oscar-Winning Songwriter Indicted in
6 Sex Attacks

Brooks penned 'You Light Up My Life'

Jun 23, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oscar-winning songwriter Joseph Brooks turned himself in to New York police today on suspicion of rape, the Post reports. Six women have accused Brooks of casting-couch sexual assault under the pretense of auditioning for movie roles. Brooks won Best Original Song in 1977 for You Light Up My Life, from... More »

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entertainment • Academy Awards • crime • sexual assault • New York City Police Department • Oscars • date rape • songwriter • casting couch • Joseph Brooks

One in 4 South African
Men Admit to Rape

Many repeat offenders; three quarters make
first attack as teens

Jun 18, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - One in four men in South Africa admitted to rape in an anonymous study, and many say they’ve attacked multiple times, the Guardian reports. Three-quarters of rapists first did so as teenagers and half are repeat offenders; 5% of the men surveyed said they’d raped a woman or... More »

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crime • study • rape • South Africa • sexual assault

(Newser) - Police fear London's "Night Stalker" is on the prowl again after a recent series of burglaries that included at least one sexual assault of an elderly woman, reports the Telegraph. The mystery man is believed to be responsible for some 100 break-ins that have involved sexual assaults of both... More »

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London • crime • rape • burglary • Britain • sexual assault • Night Stalker

China Frees Waitress Who Killed Bigwig in Sex Attack

Woman became a folk hero for standing up to corrupt official who assaulted her

Jun 17, 09 3:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese court has freed a waitress who fatally stabbed a Communist Party bigwig as he sexually assaulted her, the Telegraph reports. Deng Yujiao, 21, slashed the official with a pocket knife after he forced her onto a couch, demanded sex, and slapped her with wads of money. The case... More »

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China • sexual assault • Chinese Communist party • Deng Yujiao

(Newser) - Shouting parents pounded on and hurled bottles at a van carrying a British daycare teacher charged with distributing child porn, reports the Guardian. Photos found in Vanessa George's home showed children as young as infants being sexually assaulted, according to law enforcement authorities. Parents lined up for hours to confront... More »

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crime • parents • child molestation • daycare • child pornography • sexual assault • nursery school • Vanessa George

Brit Nursery Teacher Busted
in Pedophile Internet Ring

Cops found photos of naked kids in her home

Jun 10, 09 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British daycare teacher has been busted for suspected involvement in an Internet pedophile ring after photos of naked children were found in her home, reports the Telegraph. A police spokesman said the pictures were "at the top end of the scale." Officials are attempting to identify the... More »

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crime • child molestation • pedophile • toddler • daycare • Britain • sexual assault • teacher • nursery school • Vanessa George

NC Man Solicited Wife's Rape on Craigslist: Cops

Was in the room as
wife was attacked by knife-wielding man

Jun 4, 09 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A North Carolina man faces first-degree rape charges after arranging for the rape of his wife via Craigslist, police said. The 25-year-old, who advertised for someone to have sex with his wife using “scare tactics,” was in the room as a man with a knife carried out the... More »

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Internet • crime • rape • Craigslist • advertisements • Internet advertising • sexual assault

(Newser) - Police have busted a Phoenix man they say posted a live feed of his rape of a woman on the Internet, reports the Arizona Republic. Suspect Jonathan Hock, 20, set up a web cam before assaulting an unconscious date in his home, according to investigators. The victim learned of the... More »

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Internet • crime • Arizona • rape • web video • sexual assault

(Newser) - The Pentagon denies a report that classified photos of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib depict rape and sexual abuse, Reuters reports. Britain’s Daily Telegraph “completely mischaracterized the images,” a spokesman said today. “None of the photos in question depict the images that are described.” The... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • torture • Abu Ghraib • Iraqi prisons • rape • Antonio Taguba • sexual abuse • sexual assault • torture photos • Daily Telegraph

 Abu Ghraib Photos 
 Reveal Rape: US Officer 

Guards raped male and female detainees, used wire for sex torture, according to probe

May 28, 09 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Unreleased photos of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib depict apparent rape and sexual abuse, according to a retired American officer who conducted an inquiry at the infamous Iraqi prison. Two photos depict the rape of a male and a female prisoner, while others show sexual assaults using a truncheon, wire,... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • torture • Abu Ghraib • Iraqi prisons • rape • Antonio Taguba • sexual abuse • sexual assault • torture photos

(Newser) - An international pedophile gang that preyed on infants through teens has been convicted in a groundbreaking case in Scotland that sentenced lawbreakers for the first time for conspiring to carry out sex attacks, reports the Times of London. The eight men will be imprisoned for an indefinite period until they... More »

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crime • child molestation • rape • pedophile • sexual abuse • sexual assault • molestation • child rape • pedophilia • sex assault

Afghanistan Changing 'Legalized Rape' Law

Afghan prez says he hadn't been aware law was on the books

Apr 17, 09 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan will revise a law that critics say legalizes marital rape, President Hamid Karzai tells CNN. Karzai said he was unaware of the provision, part of a 270-page piece of legislation covering the country's 6 million Shiite Muslims. "Now I have instructed, in consultation with clergy of the country,... More »

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Afghanistan • women's rights • Hamid Karzai • sexual assault • marital rape

(Newser) - A cell phone photo of a groper on a New York City subway snapped by his victim helped nab him two days later, according to police. He harassed a woman again yesterday and she recognized his picture from news reports and called 911, reports the New York Daily News. Turns... More »

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New York City • cell phones • crime • subway • groping • sexual assault • New York City Subway • victim

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