May 13, 2008
Police exchange shots in South Melbourne, Australia
Shortly before midnight on May 13, Victoria Police intercepted a car on Clarendon Street in South Melbourne, Australia. A search revealed drugs and firearms in the vehicle and police took two people into custody while the third fled on foot.
Police called for assistance to search for the man, who ran along York Street to a [...]
May 11, 2008
Could there be a biologically based reason men may be especially attracted to other men’s wives?
One of my favorite Golden Oldies is “Midnight Confession.” The song’s narrator is a man passionately in love with a woman who is out of his reach: “a little gold ring you were on your hand makes me understand/There’s another before me, you’ll never be mine.”
A more recent popular song is “Mrs. Steven Rudy.” The [...]
May 4, 2008
Primitive Love: Jayne Mansfield in something completely different
Primitive Love: Jayne Mansfield in something completely different
In Primitive Love, Jayne Mansfield, sex bomb, plays Jayne Mansfield the noted cultural anthropologist. Yep. If you think the premise is odd, you’re right, and the movie made from it is a genuine curiosity.
Looking her usual glamorous self, Jayne Mansfield checks into a hotel where she is to [...]
April 30, 2008
William Hetherington: Rapist or scapegoat?
As some of my readers already know, I’ve put up three previous blogs about the case of William Hetherington, a Michigan man who has served more than 20 years in prison because he was convicted – on questionable evidence – of raping his wife while they were separated. I began researching the case after being [...]
Comments (7) Filed under: Culture, Domestic Violence, Families, Family, Fatherhood, Feminism, Feminist Justice, Mating, Marriage & Divorce, Mayhem, Men's Rights Activism, Politics, Psychology, Sex & Relationships, Sex and Metropolis, Society, Vox Populi — Denise Noe @ 3:19 amApril 28, 2008
The Handcuff Man and the forensics of adoption
I wrote the article for Crime Library on the notorious Handcuff Man, a shadowy figure who brutally burned gay male prostitutes and men he mistook for homosexual hustlers. The Handcuff Man turned out to be Robert Lee Bennett, Jr., a wealthy attorney from an upper-class family.
The pathology of Bennett was even more puzzling than that [...]
April 26, 2008
Enforcement Strategy to Combat Growing Threat of International Organized Crime
On Wednesday, US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced a new federal strategy in the fight against international organized crime that will address this growing threat to the US security and stability.
The Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat International Organized Crime was developed following an October 2007 International Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOC Threat Assessment) [...]
April 14, 2008
Nine dead, scores injured after bombing in Iran
According to Agence France-Presse, ten people have been killed and 160 wounded in an explosion at a mosque in southern Iran.
The bomb exploded in the city of Shiraz, which, in addition to being the capital of the Fars Province, is the fifth most populous city in Iran.
Saideh Ghorbani, who witnessed the bombing, said that at [...]
April 12, 2008
Art and Artists in the Art of Joyce Carol Oates
Oates has frequently written of fellow artists and writers in her fiction. Additionally, this writer believes that many of her stories of “ordinary” people are veiled investigations into the artistic method.
Many of Oates’s depictions of artists give insight into both the dangers and powers of the creative life as she views it — [...]
April 3, 2008
Vandalism on online epilepsy forum triggers convulsions
An internet forum, run by the non-profit Epilepsy Foundation, was attacked last week by a group of hackers. The attack, first reported by Wired News, exploited a function of the forums to post JavaScript code. The code injected by the hackers flashed two images repeatedly and tried to lead users off to external websites showing [...]
Comments (0) Filed under: Mayhem, NewsLog, internet — wikinews @ 11:26 amApril 2, 2008
Hser Nar Moo, missing Utah girl, found dead
Seven year old Hser Nar Moo, who went missing from her home in South Salt Lake, Utah Tuesday, has been found dead less than 100 feet from her home.
South Salt Lake Police Chief Chris Snyder said at a news conference, “Once inside the apartment, they observed some evidence that led them to the bathroom of [...]
