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(Newser) - Heroes star Hayden Panettiere's father, Alan, was charged with misdemeanor battery yesterday for hitting wife Lesley. After a late night out at their 19-year-old daughter's charity event last month, he allegedly struck her "one or two times on the cheek causing bruising with a closed fist," an LA County sheriff's department rep tells People. He faces up to a year in jail If convicted on the misdemeanor charge. More »

More about:  Los Angeles • celebrity parents • battery • Heroes • domestic abuse • Hayden Panettiere

Pakistani Salon Hires Fire, Acid Attack Victims

Women 'stand on own two feet' after assaults by crazed men

Associated Press Associated Press Aug 17, 08 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani women disfigured by acid and fire attacks have found a second life—as beauticians, the AP reports. The head of a well-known Pakistani salon chain discovered 5 years ago how commonly women are maimed by crazed or spurned lovers. With the aid of an Italian surgical nonprofit, she has helped many heal and put them to work. More »

More about:  Pakistan • domestic violence • domestic abuse • salon • burns

 Panettiere's
 Dad Accused
 of Hitting Wife

Teen star's parents got into spat at her charity event

People People Aug 12, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Teen actress Hayden Panettiere's father posted $50,000 bail yesterday after he was arrested on felony domestic violence charges following a fight with his wife at their daughter’s charity event, People reports. Alan Panettiere and the Heroes star's mom, Lesley Vogel, “were doing a good amount of yelling” outside the benefit, a witness said. More »

More about:  Los Angeles • celebrity parents • arrest • Heroes • domestic abuse • Hayden Panettiere

Jogger in Mystery Murder Abused by Hubby: Family

Victim's parents, twin win custody of two children

ABC News ABC News Jul 18, 08 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family of a woman found murdered in North Carolina has won custody of her two children after they told the court that her "mentally unstable" husband had been emotionally abusive and had been involved in an affair. No suspects have been named in the mystery murder, but police have taken a DNA sample from the husband. More »

More about:  murder • North Carolina • child custody • domestic abuse • Raleigh

OPINION

Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals

Critics irked US has nearly triple shelters
for abused pets

More Intelligent Life More Intelligent Life Jun 25, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - With 3,800 animal shelters in the US to only 1,500 shelters for battered women, economist Allison Schrager tackles the disparity in More Intelligent Life. "If we value people more than animals can we ever justify giving to an animal-welfare charity?" she asks, and underlines the complexities that make donating to human causes harder, but more important. More »

More about:  charity • animals • animal shelters • domestic abuse • women's shelters

 Drew Faces Weapons Charge 

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune May 21, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Peterson is free on bail after surrendering to police today on felony weapons charges, the Chicago Tribune reports. The charges—he owns a rifle with an illegal barrel—are not related to the cases of his missing fourth wife or the suspicious death of his third, but they carry a possible penalty of 5 years in prison. More »

More about:  Chicago • Drew Peterson • domestic abuse

Half of Sect's Teens Have Been Pregnant

Last of kids involved in polygamist case bused to foster homes 

Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle Apr 28, 08 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Of 53 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 taken from a polygamist sect in Texas, 31 have had children or are pregnant, the Houston Chronicle reports. Officials announced that the last of the 463 minors taken from the El Dorado ranch had been bused to foster homes after an appellate court denied the mothers’ motion for emergency relief. More »

Ga. Civilians Nab Fugitive Murder Suspect

New Zealand man accused of killing wife, abandoning daughter

CNN CNN Feb 29, 08 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A New Zealand man on the run for 6 months after allegedly killing his wife and abandoning his toddler daughter was captured this week in an Atlanta suburb, CNN reports. The little girl, nicknamed "Pumpkin," captured hearts around the world after her father abandoned her at a Melbourne, Australia, train station and fled to LA in September, shortly before her mother's body was discovered in Auckland. More »

More about:  murder • Atlanta • New Zealand • fugitive • domestic abuse • Nai Yin Xue • Pumpkin

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