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There will never be just one explanation for why Andrea Floyd, Teresa Nieves, Jennifer Wright and Marilyn Griffin are dead. Even off the battlefield, military life is stressful, but men in the military have almost exactly the same rate of spousal abuse as civilians of the same age and demographic profile, according to Richard Heyman of the State University of New York. "I do think it's odd for there to be a concentration in one locale of homicides like this," says Deborah Tucker, co-chair of a Defense Department task force on domestic violence. "But if you think about...
...interview with TIME to "sometimes helping as a mediator," but he flatly denies making any money from the deals he arranges. He does acknowledge, however, that it's hard for Indonesians to believe that no commissions are involved, not least because they have witnessed a history of spousal abuse: Suharto's late wife, Tien, was widely known as Madame Tien Percent. "Everyone was afraid of her when she was at home," says Taufik, "let alone when she went out." But while Suharto's family members squeezed the government for contracts and concessions, Taufik is not interested in taking on projects...
...which lawyer Ashley Judd defends her enigmatic husband in a high-stakes court-martial. This week in Murder by Numbers, Sandra Bullock plays a cop on a homicide investigation that points to two brilliant teenagers. And on Memorial Day weekend, Jennifer Lopez provides a Star Wars alternative with the spousal revenge drama Enough...
...innate need to be pushed around and exploited by others. Harvard anthropologist Ernest Hooten called for race-based compulsory sterilization and biological purges in 1937. And as recently as last year in Social Analysis 10: Principles of Economics, the assigned article “Higher Alcohol Prices May Lower Spousal Abuse” by David Francis nonchalantly stated, “Stress, family history of violence, and being black are all associated with an increased probability of wife abuse.” This racist statement was given no proof and the professor never commented on it. The purpose of Black...
...countersued for an unspecified amount, saying Lisa has violated confidentiality agreements regarding his finances. The two wed a year and a half after Kira was born because Lisa wanted to give her child legitimacy. Kerkorian consented on the condition that Lisa divorce him after a month and waive spousal support. Lisa says Kira's current stipend does not adequately allow the child to maintain a "station of life ...befitting the daughter of Kirk Kerkorian." That goes for her pet rabbit too; Lisa is also asking for $436 a month for her bunny's upkeep...