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NEWS ABOUT: domestic violence

domestic violence stories: 105 news summaries

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 Brown 'Choked, 
 Threatened to 
 Kill' Rihanna 

Confrontation triggered by 'booty call' to Brown by another woman

Feb 11, 09 4:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown threatened to kill Rihanna as he choked her into unconsiousness, she told police, according to E! Online. The confrontation between the lovers on a Los Angeles street  was triggered after Brown received a text message from another woman, according to the New York Daily News. "He got... More »

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domestic violence • assault • Rihanna • Chris Brown

 Chris Brown 
 Busted in 
 Rihanna 
 Assault 
 Probe 

Brown, Rihanna cancel Grammy gigs

Feb 9, 09 4:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Singer Chris Brown surrendered yesterday to Los Angeles police investigating an alleged assault against girlfriend Rihanna, reports E! Online. Both stars canceled their scheduled Grammy performances yesterday. The incident occurred as the pair became involved in a heated argument in a car. Rihanna, 20, suffered bruises to her face in... More »

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CBS • domestic violence • LAPD • Grammy Awards • Rihanna • Chris Brown • Beverly Hills Hilton • felony battery

 Quirky Alaska 
 Police Blotter 
 Earns Cult Status 

Blotter 'poet' chronicles the ways visiting fisherman cause trouble

Feb 6, 09 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - A remote Alaska fishing port may have gotten its first taste of celebrity as home of the Deadliest Catch TV show, but the police blotter of Dutch Harbor is gaining a cult following all its own, reports the Los Angeles Times. The recounts of bar fights, eagle attacks, the occasional... More »

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Alaska • drugs • domestic violence • drinking • bars • fishermen • police blotter

Madoff Judge Charged 'Defending' Self Against Wife

Federal judge is overseeing Lehman case, too

Feb 3, 09 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - The bankruptcy judge presiding over the Bernie Madoff and Lehman Brothers proceedings has his own legal woes after bruising his wife's jaw in what he describes as a slapfest, the New York Post reports. After James Peck's wife arrived home late on her birthday, the couple fought over a ladder.... More »

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crime • bankruptcy • marriage • domestic violence • Lehman Brothers • federal judges • Bernard Madoff

Stalkers Terrorize 3M Americans a Year: Study

Statistics prompt new calls for updated laws

Jan 14, 09 4:36 PM CST
(Newser) - More than 3 million Americans, mostly women aged 18-24, are stalked each year, but it’s an abuse rarely prosecuted, the Chicago Tribune reports. The staggering figure from a first-ever Justice Department study highlights the need to strengthen laws and enforcement, especially with technology now making it easier for stalkers... More »

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Department of Justice • law • crime • stalker • domestic violence • Illinois • cybercrime • intimate partner violence • stalking

 Hooters Boots 
 Battered Waitress 
 Over Bruises 

Injuries violated restaurant's 'all-American cheerleader look'

Jan 6, 09 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - An Iowa judge has awarded unemployment benefits to an assaulted Hooters waitress who says she was fired because her bruised "body wasn't up to par." Managers testified that the black eye and facial bruising Sara Dye suffered in a domestic violence dispute violated the company-mandated "glamorous appearance"... More »

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Iowa • domestic violence • Hooters • unemployment benefits • restaurant industry • waitress

Suit Claims In-Flight Booze Led to Domestic Violence

Courts must decide if United jet constituted a bar

Dec 17, 08 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A couple has sued United Airlines for deliberately serving the husband too much wine on a 2006 international flight, triggering a physical fight with his wife upon landing. The case rides on whether US courts find United beholden to the same liabilities as bars, and if they can preside over... More »

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San Francisco • United Airlines • domestic violence • civil lawsuits • negligence • Customs and Border Protection • Osaka, Japan

Hudson IDs Nephew: 'Yes, That's Him'

Singer returns to morgue days after losing mother, brother

Oct 28, 08 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jennifer Hudson again found herself tasked with the unthinkable in Chicago's morgue yesterday, looking up at a video screen depicting the body of her 7-year-old nephew Julian King in the next room, the Chicago Tribune reports. "Yes, that's him," the actress said of the missing boy cops found... More »

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Chicago • murder • domestic violence • singer • Jennifer Hudson • Julian King

Slain Jogger's Hubby Busted for Murder

NC man arrested
after statements
don't match up

Oct 28, 08 4:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The husband of a jogger found dead in July has been charged with her murder, Raleigh's News & Observer reports. Police say parts of the testimony made by Brad Cooper during a custody hearing for the couple's two daughters earlier this month were inconsistent with what he had told... More »

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crime • murder • North Carolina • domestic violence • Raleigh

Husband Busted in Wife's Vacation Disappearance

New evidence leads to arrest

Oct 17, 08 4:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A husband has been arrested in the disappearance of his wife who went missing during the California couple's island vacation. Leta Lynn Cordes, 49, vanished after she left on a walk on the island of St. Maarten in January, her husband, Frank Cordes, told police. His arrest follows the discovery... More »

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crime • murder • domestic violence • husbands who kill

 Rap Mogul
 Busted in
 Gal Pal
 Knife Fight

Charged with deadly weapon assault in Vegas

Aug 28, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The rap king with a mile-long rap sheet has been busted again. Hip-hop mogul Suge Knight was arrested on domestic violence charges after cops found him threatening his girlfriend with a knife, authorities said. The Death Row Records co-founder spent the day behind bars before posting $19,000 bail, reports... More »

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domestic violence • arrest • MGM Grand • Tupac Shakur • Marion "Suge" Knight • Death Row Records • Clark County Detention Center

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

 No Charges for Bale
 in Mom/Sis Assault

Brit prosecutors says they have 'insufficient evidence' to press the case

Aug 14, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christian Bale will not be charged in the alleged assault of his mother and sister, the BBC reports. A spokesman for the British prosecutor’s office said there was “insufficient evidence to afford a realistic prospect of conviction.” Bale and his family have been incommunicative with the press... More »

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London • prosecutor • domestic violence • celebrity • Batman • The Dark Knight • Christian Bale • criminal charges

Ex-Beau Charged in Pregnant
Soldier's Murder

Victim had ended affair
with married man

Jul 30, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former boyfriend of a pregnant Fort Bragg soldier has been charged with her murder, reports CNN. Edgar Patino, 27, proposed to fellow soldier Spc. Megan Lynn Touma while the two were stationed in Germany, according to friends. But Touma, 23, broke up with Patino recently when they were transferred... More »

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murder • domestic violence • soldier • Marine • Fort Bragg

Soldier Missing After Blaze in
NC Apartment

24-year-old divorcing man she accused of domestic violence

Jul 11, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - North Carolina police are searching for a female soldier who disappeared yesterday, her apartment blackened by a fire police are calling an arson, the Fayetteville Observer reports. Holley Lynn Wimunc, 24, was in divorce proceedings with her husband, against whom she'd recently gained a restraining order after a domestic-violence incident.... More »

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missing soldiers • North Carolina • domestic violence • US Army • soldier • military families • restraining order

 Obama Slams
 Black Dads on
 Father's Day 

'Too many fathers are AWOL,' he says at Chicago black church

Jun 15, 08 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama sharply critiqued black fathers today at one of Chicago's biggest black churches, the New York Times reports. “Too many fathers are M.I.A, too many fathers are AWOL,” he said to a mostly black audience, including his wife and daughters. “I say this knowing... More »

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Barack Obama • fatherhood • African Americans • Michelle Obama • church • domestic violence • Obama 2008 • Barack Obama supporters • Apostolic Church of God

Rodman Busted in Domestic Violence Row

Ex-NBA star arrested after woman bruised
in dispute at hotel

May 2, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bad boy Dennis Rodman has been arrested for a suspected domestic assault that left a woman bruised, reports the Los Angeles Times. Police busted the flamboyant ex-NBA star at a Los Angeles hotel. His manager said that alcohol had been involved in the incident, and that Rodman has been struggling... More »

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NBA • basketball • domestic violence • assault • Dennis Rodman

 No Lie: Polygraphs On the Rise 

Critics hold firm, but use of test growing nationwide

Mar 22, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite lingering reservations about its effectiveness, the polygraph is gaining traction with law enforcement. The lie-detection program has spiked 53% in the last decade, and truth be told, just the threat of a test keeps convicts honest, drug addicts and sex offenders told the Wall Street Journal. “... More »

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Texas • Denver • Dallas • Houston • sex offenders • domestic violence • Oregon • parole • MRI • Colorado • polygraph • Klamath Falls • drug addicts • American Polygraph Association • Fifth Amendment

 Woman Admits Killing
Beau Over Bruce

Musical dispute was last straw

Mar 13, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Australian woman said she had a "brain snap" when her boyfriend wouldn't let her play a Bruce Springsteen CD, CNN reports. She stabbed him to death with a kitchen knife, swallowed a handful of pills, then called emergency services. "I couldn't even play Bruce Springsteen on my... More »

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Australia • domestic violence • manslaughter • stabbing • Bruce Springsteen

Stacy Called Kathleen's Divorce Lawyer

Drew Peterson's missing wife followed slain predecessor

Mar 8, 08 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The Illinois attorney who represented Drew Peterson's slain third wife, Kathleen Savio, in her divorce from Peterson said yesterday that missing fourth wife Stacy had also made tentative contact with him about a divorce, just days before her disappearance. Drew Peterson told the Chicago Tribune he was "pretty shocked"... More »

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murder • domestic violence • Illinois • Kathleen Savio • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • Harry Smith

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