Woman files lawsuit after mistakenly arrested and jailed for 4 days Oct 10, 2008
Once the plaintiff was brought into the Floyd County Jail by Defendant Kelley for booking and incarceration, plaintiff continued protesting that she was wrongly arrested to Defendant Lynch s jailers, Chief Jailer Tami Knecht and Jailer Lori Gethman, where both jailers examined the arrest warrant and the order re warrant for arrest, with plaintiff pointing out to them that the court order required the arrest of a male subject and plaintiff was not male. Nonetheless, neither Defendant Kelley nor... (Charles City Press, IO)
A Democrat not on this blog Oct 10, 2008
I did not know that Dusty was a female ... Sarah Palin s farcical debate performance lowered the standards for both female candidates and US political discourse ... Had a male candidate with a similar reputation for attractive vapidity made such a brazen attempt to flirt his way into the good graces of the voting public, it would have been universally noted, discussed and mocked. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Report: City girls have fewer chances at sport Oct 10, 2008
Physical activity among city girls also lags well behind their male counterparts, according to the report. In urban areas, 59 percent of third to fifth grade girls were involved in at least one sport, compared to 80 percent of city boys. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Letters to the editor Oct 10, 2008
I just heard a news story about the capture of a female bobcat near Turtle Mound Road in Melbourne that will be caged for days to attract the male bobcat. I wish we could learn to co-exist with wildlife as they have in California. (Florida Today)
Police respond to car crash Oct 10, 2008
It took about 10 minutes for public safety personnel to extricate the male driver using the Jaws of Life. The driver, who sustained injuries that were not life-threatening, was transported by ambulance to Leahy Clinic in Burlington. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Palin vs. Biden Oct 10, 2008
Biden tapped the chest of a reporter (presumably male) and said, "You need to work on your pecs." Then there was the senator's interview with Katie Couric. It is Couric, of course, who supposedly revealed Gov. Palin's intellectual weightlessness, but late in September, she revealed both herself and Sen. (Townhall.com)
Green Flags! Oct 10, 2008
he will be on the fast track after 4hrs of meeting you proclaiming you the soul mate and wanting to get married he will be intense and determine in his courtship of you also like i tell my female friends when talking to men ask for a business card most stable dudes play by the rules the phone cell game is for the true PLAYERS ... And, personally, I think dudes should be just as cautious as females ... For me, this question helped me whether to put a female in the business relationship list or... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Small-town values aren't qualification for holding office Oct 10, 2008
" Bluetooth wrote on Oct 9, 2008 5:25 PM:" Oh your right newswatcher, Obama has done nothing, as McCains female dogs have said he voted against giving the troops things they needed to fight the war ... McCains female dogs are on the hunt ... We "hired" Bush - the male version of Palin - and look how that's working out for us. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Proteins In Sperm Unlock Understanding Of Male Infertility, Says New Study Oct 10, 2008
9, 2008) Proteins found in sperm are central to understanding male infertility and could be used to determine new diagnostic methods and fertility treatments, according to a paper published by the journal Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (MCP) ... "Up to 50 percent of male-factor infertility cases in the clinic have no known cause, and therefore no direct treatment. In-depth study of the molecular basis of infertility has great potential to inform the development of sensitive diagnostic tools... (Science Daily)
Bomber strikes Iraqi courthouse Oct 10, 2008
A female suicide bomber has killed at least nine people at a courthouse in Baquba, capital of Iraq's Diyala province, north of Baghdad, police say ... An official said a second male attacker failed to detonate his bomb vest. (BBC News -- Africa)
AIIMS animal lab: House of horrors? Oct 10, 2008
Seth said: "Besides five male monkeys who have been kept for a contraceptive experiment, the other monkeys, whose numbers go upto 68 and more, are simply languishing there.". She also pointed out that most animals, like rats, guinea pigs and even a monkey, showed abnormal behaviour of constantly running around in circles. (Sify.com, India)
Richard Mays: A wink and a smile Oct 10, 2008
The average life expectancy for a male American is 78, and McCain is pushing that. Considering his past health problems, Sarah Palin has a better than average chance of succeeding to the presidency, a fact that is not lost on her. (Heber Springs Sun-Times, AR)
Kittens thrown from third-story window Oct 10, 2008
The other kitten, a male named Shadow, was placed in the custody of S.T.A.R.T. II, an animal welfare agency and shelter in Elmwood Park, DeCando said. The kitten's caregivers called his prognosis mixed. (Pet-Abuse.com)
MOTORIST SHOT; CAR CRASHES INTO BUILDING (1243) Oct 10, 2008
A witness at the scene told a Commercial photographer the male suspect, carrying a pistol, ran east toward Apple Street after the shooting and police reported finding a handgun near the intersection of Apple and Union streets. A search of the area failed to locate the man. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Girl, 14, pleads guilty for her role in vicious attack on teen Oct 10, 2008
Brandon Weare, 18, and another 17-year-old male have both pleaded guilty to several charges for their roles in the attack ... The 17-year-old male will be sentenced Dec. 2 ... Another 17-year-old male has pleaded not guilty to a list of charges and is going to trial on Feb. 23. (Metro Canada - Halifax)
Testicle cells may rival embryonic stem cells Oct 10, 2008
They are theoretically superior to traditional embryonic stem cells because they can be obtained directly from male patients and used to grow replacement tissues that their bodies won't reject ... "It's exciting. We could do it for males; that leaves women without as easy a method," said stem cell scientist George Daley of Children's Hospital in Boston and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute ... Skutella said a female equivalent could be found in women's egg cells, but Daley said that's unlikely... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Assault charges are filed against Mt. Lake man Oct 10, 2008
According to the complaint, Mt. Lake Police Officer Kim Hall arrived and saw an Asian male (Khekitisack) lying on the ground next to the passenger side of a black pickup, bleeding onto the ground from the back of his head. . (Mt. Lake Observer/Advocate, MN)
Skin Deep: The sum of your facial parts Oct 10, 2008
The software program, developed by computer scientists in Israel, is based on the responses of 68 men and women, age 25 to 40, from Israel and Germany, who viewed photographs of white male and female faces and picked the most attractive ones. Scientists took the data and applied an algorithm involving 234 measurements between facial features, including the distances between lips and chin, the forehead and the eyes, or between the eyes. (International Herald Tribune)
Plastics ingredient linked to smaller penises Oct 10, 2008
Scientists have been investigating the possible effects on boys of phthalates because rodent studies have shown the chemical has the peculiar ability to shorten the space between the anus and the genitalia in male mice exposed during fetal development. This space, known as anogenital distance or AGD, is normally about twice as long in young male mice than in females ... Scientists are so confident of the effect that they've given the impact of the chemical on male rodents a name - phthalate... (Globe and Mail)
Boy or girl: hermaphrodite allowed to choose Oct 10, 2008
BOGOTA - Colombia's constitutional court said Wednesday that a five-year-old child born with both female and male sexual organs can choose its own gender or maintain both, overruling the parents who wanted to make the child a boy. "The child has reached an age beyond which gender identification is determined," the court said, stating that it was now up to the child to decide its reproductive future with support from specialists and the parents. (The Age, Australia)
Unrequited obsession Oct 10, 2008
"I am certain you are the greatest female mind that ever lived" Percy Cerutty with VFL footballers in 1969 ... After the 1969 release of The Female Eunuch, Cerutty fell headlong into "Germania", collecting Greer newspaper clippings and studying her TV appearances ... "There was probably no great mind who was a vegetarian or teetotaller. But the means to greatness can also be the means for destruction: an early death This doesn't mean that because I am 77, I am mindless; not at all. What it does... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Couple suing IVF clinic over male baby Oct 10, 2008
Fiona and Paul Amos asked Melbourne IVF to ensure that they only had a female child so Mrs Amos would not pass on the genetic blood condition ... The couple allege Ballarat Health Services failed to have an ultrasound performed that would have confirmed the child was not female ... It also is alleged Bendigo Radiology failed to confirm the child was male. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Weekend calendar Oct 10, 2008
Theater NEW HAVEN - New Haven's newest professional theatre company Theatre 4 will present "Anton in Show Business" by Jane Martin featuring an all-female cast of professional, Connecticut actresses for performances Friday and Saturday at Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown at 8 p.m. For reservations, call (203) 623-7560 or visit www ... EAST HADDAM - East Haddam resident George Gargano and Colchester resident John Ringo have written a musical concerning pancreatic cancer, and are looking for... (Middletown Press, CT)
Aussies will struggle at Olympics Oct 10, 2008
While Perkins is confident old sparring partner Grant Hackett can overcome a form slump and win gold in the 1500m, he fears the rest of the male squad will struggle to muscle their way on to the podium ... Rose, who was the youngest Olympian to win three gold medals at the one games, agreed with Perkins that the male brigade would drag the chain in China. (Yahoo News -- Swimming)
Hackett can do hat-trick: Perkins Oct 10, 2008
A prominent pre-Olympic form guide has all but written off the dual 1500m champion's hopes of becoming the first male swimmer to win gold in the same event at three successive game. Only Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser and Hungarian backstroker Krisztina Egerszegi have achieved the feat in the pool. (Yahoo News -- Swimming)
Amber Alert in abduction of two kids in Lemoore Oct 10, 2008
Orellana is described as a Hispanic male, 5 feet, 9 inches tall, 190 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He is considered armed and dangerous. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Scientists prepare to turn fiction into fact with first full-face transplant Oct 10, 2008
Thursday May 27 2004. US scientists are preparing to perform the world's first full-face transplant. (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
Years of abuse turned Odegaard into a survivor Oct 10, 2008
He told them they were powerful because they were male. Into her teens, the physical abuse began. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Reasons to vote for Obama-Biden Oct 10, 2008
who can place earmarks on the ballot for the voters to choose (save printing and paper by just having a URL to read the proposals); can bring the jobs back from overseas(American products built by Americans, go figure); and can lead the way into education so our children will be the innovators that our parents were; that person (male, female, black, white, purple) would have myvote. " Citizen Sane wrote on Sep 23, 2008 8:31 PM:" Obama has too many negatives in his personal and professional... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Murder suspect says he doesn't remember key moments; Memorial for Kathleen Tubbs scheduled Oct 10, 2008
" TDN Bad Boy wrote on Oct 9, 2008 12:55 PM:" I keep trying to figure out why would parents ever let a 17, 18 or 19 male move into their house to be with their daughter. What good could possibly ever come from that situation. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Minorities, Women Gain Professionally Oct 10, 2008
Women and minorities made significant gains in some prestigious professions during the 1990s, especially as doctors, but their progress was uneven in other occupations where white males still dominate, according to Census Bureau figures released yesterday. Decades after civil rights campaigns opened hiring to women, the nation's police and fire departments remain overwhelmingly male, census numbers show. (Yahoo News -- Census)
Think pink ... hair? Oct 10, 2008
Hall hasn't had any male clients yet, but she said she has tried to get her husband and his friends in. He won't budge. (Odessa American, TX)
Increase in inmates opens door to private prisons Oct 10, 2008
Childress is a part of a first wave of about 700 male convicts that California has shipped to privately owned and operated prisons in Arizona, Tennessee and Mississippi ... Inmates at women s prisons, which are not as crowded as male institutions, are not sent out of state. (Yahoo News -- Prison Issues)
Tiger man Horn's 'slow recovery' Oct 10, 2008
Roy Horn had a stroke after the attack by a male white tiger ... He was mauled by the male white tiger during a show at the Mirage resort in Las Vegas on 3 October. (Yahoo News -- Siegfried & Roy)
Volleyball team trying to cope with death Oct 10, 2008
"But it was strange, not having him on the bench, making the decisions, a job assumed in the interim by assistant coach Ronald Larsen.They'd had a team meeting the previous afternoon, when the horrific news was delivered.There was never any serious thought about pulling out of competition. That's the last thing McCutcheon wanted, too."As a male sport, we tend to hide our feelings a lot,'' said Ball. "But there was definitely a moment where guys let out how they felt about Hugh not being on the... (Yahoo News -- Olympics)
Vouchers to spend on Lufthansa Oct 10, 2008
Last Updated: 09:25am 09 Oct 2008. 10 26 SPONSORED LINKS. (iAfrica.com)
More Area News Oct 10, 2008
On the way, the officer observed a shirtless white male and a female crossing Ninth Street Southeast. A man at the location of the call told the officer Miller just bit a chunk out of someone's face and was walking toward Ninth Street Southeast. (Redwood Falls Gazette, MN)
Despite residents’ fears group home is approved Oct 10, 2008
Friday October 10, 2008. Despite residents fears group home is approved by Stephen Geffon, Chronicle Contributor10/09/2008. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
GLAD YOU ASKED: When will we be able to see the new giraffes at the Racine Zoo? And what are they building between the giraffes cage and Main Street? Oct 10, 2008
Earlier this year, the zoo brought in two male Masai giraffes named Bosephus and Mac. The zoo s female giraffe, Twiga, headed for Texas in search of motherhood. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Study: No proof circumcision cuts gay male HIV risk Oct 10, 2008
Studies involving men in Africa, where the AIDS epidemic is primarily spread by sex between men and women, showed that male circumcision halved the risk of female-to-male HIV infection ... "We really cannot recommend overall male circumcision as a strategy for men who have sex with men in the United States," Millett said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Severe Distress Common in Cancer Survivors Oct 10, 2008
The majority were survivors of breast, gynecologic, male genitourinary and colorectal cancer. Severe psychological distress was higher among the long-term cancer survivors, at 5. (MEDLINEplus)
The Schwetty Balls of the Golden Globes Oct 10, 2008
" Thank God, Tom Hanks and Mr. Borat spiced up an otherwise average evening. Too bad Warren Beatty only uses them 5 times on the screen in 40 years. Sasha is now the young reigning King of Scrotum! Psst... don't tell Helen Mirren who now owns the Royal Jewels! 4:08 PM Kimber Says: Cohen is right. He did deserve an award for that. 1:58 PM Kate Says: I was LMAO! at Sacha's speech! It was hilarious!! Love his sense of humor. 12:50 PM Bren Says: I thought it was great! 11:01 AM Anonymous Says: it's... (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)
Oct. 9 edition: Police logs Oct 10, 2008
At 4:49 p.m. an officer responded to a report of a missing female on Summer Street ... At 10:50 p.m. officers responded to a report of a male who was loitering on Great Road and wouldn t leave. (Acton Beacon, MA)
Police blotter: Oct. 11 Oct 10, 2008
According to reports, a male subject entered the restaurant and was observed by an employee looking through a display case. The employee reportedly walked the subject outside where a second male was waiting ... The two male subjects allegedly fled the scene on foot and were found by officers in the Kmart parking lot. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
TheVisualMD.com Offers Free, Global Access to Animated 3-D views ... Oct 10, 2008
System by system, the company has constructed comprehensive, three-dimensional images and animations of both male and female forms which include everything from muscles and skeleton, to the mechanics of digestion, the circadian rhythms of the heart, and the intricacy of the brain and nerve network. "With TheVisualMD.com, we've built a new interactive content delivery system for anyone, anywhere in the world," he explains. (MarketWatch)
LAW & DISORDER: St. Johns police say dead man was gunshot victim Oct 10, 2008
The first body found was described as a middle-aged white male ... The second appeared to be an older white male whose naked body was discovered about 14 miles to the north. (Florida Times-Union)
Oregon Recreation Report (28) Oct 10, 2008
Bull elk continue to bugle and battle for dominance with other males at the rut winds down ... Those male calves will be spike bulls available to hunters this season. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Palin’s e-mail hacker indicted, to be kept offline Oct 10, 2008
These include an automatic gearbox, electronic parking aids, a navigation system and a jack designed to make it easier to change a wheel, suggesting that women drivers lack the mechanical competence of their male counterparts. Alarms may also be installed to warn of flat tyres. (Salon)
“Greatest film ever” or just eye candy? Oct 10, 2008
Between that public pronouncement and his death in a squalid Roman suburb apparently at the hands of a young male prostitute Pasolini put this impossible principle into practice in his final film, one of the most notorious works in the medium s history ... You see, after premiering last spring at the festival in Austin, Texas where I and a lot of other people missed it Safdie s ultra-low-budget yarn about the adventures of a 20-something female sociopath leapt to sudden prominence as the... (Salon)
LETTER: Right to choose comes before the 'act' Oct 8, 2008
It seems clear to me that if a female or male chooses not to use protection that s their decision. That is making a decision. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
How can Nebraska possibly vote Republican? Oct 8, 2008
People here don't want to elect a known supporter of radical american haters like the weatherman underground or the reverend wright who preached "G.. Damn america!Thats why for starters Nebraska should vote republican!!! My god obama has been a senator for 143 days! This makes him qualified over mccain? Or is it his black skin? Stop it Oct 2, 2008 10:56 AM These subsidies are a slap in the face of every Nebraskan. It's time for government to stop all of this bailing out/subsidizing of non viable... (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Circumcision HIV impact doubted Oct 8, 2008
African trials have shown circumcision cuts the likelihood of male to female HIV transmission by up to 60. But a US analysis of data on 53,567 men who have sex with other men found HIV rates were not significantly lower among those who were circumcised. (BBC News)
Indian student knifed in Belarus Oct 8, 2008
The male victim, a medical student, was hospitalized in a serious condition and is expected to recover fully, according to the report. Dozens of medical school attendees demonstrated in central Gomel to protest what they called chronic racist attacks on members of the university population, and lack of police attention to the problem. (India Times, India)
Revealed: UK set for first face transplants Oct 8, 2008
Ethics experts prepare to give approval Doctors seek four suitable patients. French surgeons perform the world's first partial face transplant on a 38-year-old woman in Amiens. (Yahoo News -- Cosmetic Treatments and Surgery)
Slow progress in effort to save giant turtles Oct 8, 2008
Male mates with last known female, but embryos die. With the fate of the Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle possibly in the balance, the 80-year-old female was moved for mating ... The fate of the Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle seems especially uncertain because only one female is known to exist - an 80-year-old turtle with a leathery shell that lived without notice for a half century inside a zoo in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province in southern China. (Boston Globe)
Maldives gears up for election Oct 8, 2008
Maldives president Maumoun Abdul Gayoom, second right, and his wife,right, speak to supporters after a media briefing in Male on Tuesday ... MALE, Maldives - To supporters, President Mamoun Abdul Gayoom is a hero who turned a poor nation of fishermen into a tourist paradise and the economic success story of South Asia ... Eranga Jayawardena / APMaldives' main opposition presidential candidate Mohammed Nasheed speaks during an election campaign in Male, Maldives, on Monday. (MSNBC -- International)
Risking a vote Oct 8, 2008
Mr Nasheed clearly enjoys support on the cramped island capital of Male. His final rally dwarfed those of the incumbent in the city. (BBC News)
Circumcision may not reduce gay male HIV risk Oct 8, 2008
Studies involving men in Africa, where the AIDS epidemic is primarily spread by sex between men and women, showed that male circumcision halved the risk of female-to-male HIV infection ... "We really cannot recommend overall male circumcision as a strategy for men who have sex with men in the United States," Millett said ... Studies in Australia and Peru showed that men who engaged in insertive anal sex only and were not being penetrated by male sex partners got a significant protective effect... (MSNBC -- Health)
Stroud leaving Jackson facility Oct 8, 2008
" DSmethers wrote on Oct 2, 2008 9:32 PM:" I do not know of another person who would have or could have effectively led the staff and youth through the enormous changes that this facility has undergone over the past two years. Ms. Stroud has genuine concern for youth and has given her adult life to the service of youth. (Brownwood Bulletin, TX)
FBI: Chicago Playboy Bandit stole cash, not hearts Oct 8, 2008
In this photo released Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, by the Chicago office of the FBI, is an individual described by agents as a white male, 40 to 45 years old and with a 'heavy build,' who robbed the Charter One Bank in suburban Alsip, Ill. on Sept. 11, 2008. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Protox announces positive 12 month data from BPH study Oct 8, 2008
VANCOUVER, Oct. 8 /CNW/ - Protox Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: PRX), a leader in the development of receptor targeted fusion proteins, today announced positive 12 month data from its Phase 1 study of PRX302 in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a common and bothersome urological condition among the aging male population. The trial results indicate that PRX302 continues to show very promising signs of therapeutic activity at 12 months following a single treatment of PRX302. (Canada Newswire)
Palin's look comes before her policies Oct 8, 2008
"Since women started running in large numbers statewide or for the Senate, which was in 1992, studies show that all print media spent much more time talking about what a woman looked like and what she wore than they did about their male counterparts," said professor Karen O'Connor, director of the Women and Politics Institute at American University in Washington ... He argues that Palin has form: "At every stage in her political career the male politicians who have helped her to progress have... (Anchorage Daily News)
New embryo test to screen for 6,000 diseases Oct 8, 2008
Some inherited conditions, known as x-linked diseases, are only passed on to boys, but because the mutations that cause the diseases are unknown, clinics can only screen them out by discarding every male embryo created, even if only half are affected. The new test will allow doctors to see which male embryos are free of the disease-causing mutation, so fewer embryos will be wasted ... "There is nothing worse than knowing you are going to watch your own child die." Linda became pregnant again... (Yahoo News -- Biotechnology and Genetics)
GOLD-PLATED PENSIONS Oct 8, 2008
Retired male teachers get pensions averaging 53,931; retired women average 40,117 (it's presumably less because they typically worked fewer years and amassed less seniority). Among the most recently retired teachers - those aged 55 to 59 - last year's average pension came to 64,007 for men and 56,170 for women. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Injured dog appears to have been shot in face near Shippensburg Oct 8, 2008
He is an intact male, black, with longer hair. Hes a pretty big boy, Bumbaugh said. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
