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NEWS ABOUT: domestic abuse

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 Rihanna Suffered 
 'Split Lip, Bites' 
 in Brown Fight 

Rihanna cooperating with police investigation, friends say

Feb 10, 09 5:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Rihanna suffered facial bruises, a bloody nose, split lip and bite marks on her arm and hand in her explosive confrontation with boyfriend Chris Brown, TMZ is reporting. One source called the injuries "horrific." Brown has been charged with assault following his arrest after the fight Saturday on... More »

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Los Angeles • assault • Grammy Awards • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown

(Newser) - Frank Ahearn just may be the world's top expert on vanishing without a trace—either finding people who have done so or helping others pull off the trick. In a profile of him and his craft, the Times of London notes that the California man has gotten so many inquiries... More »

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Internet • privacy • mob • debt • disappearance • Monica Lewinsky • John Darwin • Anne Darwin • domestic abuse • bank secrecy • witness protection

(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... More »

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Heroes • Los Angeles • battery • domestic abuse • celebrity parents • Hayden Panettiere • Alan Panettiere • Lesley Panettiere

Pakistani Salon Hires Fire, Acid Attack Victims

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

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... More »

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Pakistan • domestic violence • burns • salon • domestic abuse

 Panettiere's
 Dad Accused
 of Hitting Wife

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

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”... More »

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Heroes • Los Angeles • arrest • domestic abuse • celebrity parents • Hayden Panettiere

Jogger in Mystery Murder Abused by Hubby: Family

Victim's parents, twin win custody of two children

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... More »

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murder • North Carolina • Raleigh • child custody • domestic abuse

OPINION

Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals

Critics irked US has nearly triple shelters
for abused pets

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... More »

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charity • domestic abuse • animal • women's shelters • animal shelters

 Drew Faces Weapons Charge 

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... More »

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Chicago • Drew Peterson • domestic abuse

Half of Sect's Teens Have Been Pregnant

Last of kids involved in polygamist case bused to foster homes 

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... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • domestic abuse • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch • foster homes

Ga. Civilians Nab Fugitive Murder Suspect

New Zealand man accused of killing wife, abandoning daughter

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,... More »

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Atlanta • murder • New Zealand • fugitive • Pumpkin • domestic abuse • Nai Yin Xue • Qian Xun Xue

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