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Europe | Finland | Crimes

No Joke: Finnish TV Spot Teaches Women How Not to Get Raped By Migrants

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If this is how women are being taught to protect themselves, Europe is done. Sadly, this is not a joke nor a satirical sketch on a late-night comedy program. What you are about to watch is a so-called "educational video" by Finnish media. This is Finland's weak, ineffective attempt to teach women how not to get raped by migrants. Of course it would be "Islamophobic" to actually feature migrants in the video, so none make an appearance. Rather, the "rapist" in this dramatization is a white male. So how does this video suggest women fend off the barbarian hordes bent on violating them? H
North America | United States | Corruption

Former Congressional Candidate Admits Sending Death Threats To Herself

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A former Congressional candidate admitted to CBS13 that she sent herself fake death threats in the mail. Karen Davis is now facing federal charges for lying to investigators about two death threat letters she said she received during her failed 2014 campaign. “You know, everybody makes mistakes. I did,” she said. The first letter included the line, “A close up to your head or to your husband will be final. You make the decision not to run for Congress.” A second letter read, “If you don’t quit very soon, you won’t be warned. You won’t see it coming. Your family will
North America | United States | Corruption

Keila Ravelo: From ‘Women Worth Watching’ to Under Arrest

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Just weeks before she quit her job at a white-shoe law firm in New York and was arrested on charges of stealing more than $5 million from two former employers and a client, Keila Ravelo was named one of 100 “Women Worth Watching” by a diversity publication. Ms. Ravelo’s photo and bio are still posted on the website of Profiles in Diversity Journal even though she is now facing criminal charges that could send her to prison. Other alleged actions by Ms. Ravelo could unravel the largest antitrust settlement in history – a $6 billion pact between Visa, MasterCard and millions of mercha
Europe | Russia | Crimes

Boxing world champion shoots 19-year-old in road rage incident

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A champion of women’s Thai boxing gave a new meaning to the phrase “road rage” when she shot a passenger in the car next to hers at point blank range. Oksana Kizhnerova, 24, a member of the Russian national Thai boxing team, a gold medalist in the European championship and in the World Martial Arts Games, was driving in the Siberian city of Omsk when she was cut off by another driver. Kizhnerova caught up with the car and opened fire out of her ‘traumatic pistol’ – a non-lethal weapon that can still cause serious injury which has become quite popular in Russia. Though s
Europe | France | Crimes

French swimming champion attacked for being gay

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Mélanie Hénique, a 23-year-old French swimmer, bronze medalist at the 2014 World Championships in Doha and a European champion in mixed medley in 2012, was attacked for being a lesbian. The insult on the famous athlete at home reignited a sensitive debate in the country. Henique, who identifies herself as gay but says that she prefers to keep her private life private, was leaving a restaurant with a couple of female friends when four men insulted them and hit them.
North America | United States | Corruption

Chesterfield woman charged with stealing $800,000 from Virginia Physicians for Women

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A former billing specialist for Virginia Physicians for Women who has a prior conviction for welfare fraud has been charged with embezzling more than $800,000 from the well-known obstetrics and gynecology practice in Midlothian. Edith W. Harris, 51, of the 7400 block of Sandlewood Drive, was arrested June 29 on 11 counts of felony embezzlement, Chesterfield County police announced Monday. Grohowski said Harris was responsible for making reimbursements to the accounts of patients who had overpaid for services while under the care of Virginia Physicians for Women at 10710 Midlothian Turn
Asia | Japan | Crimes

Toyota’s Top Female Executive Arrested In Japan On Drug Charges

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Toyota Motor Corp.'s first senior female executive who was appointed head of public relations just weeks ago — has been arrested in Japan for allegedly importing the prescription painkiller oxycodone in violation of the country's narcotics laws. A total of 57 pills were discovered by Japanese customs officials on June 11 inside a package that Hamp mailed to herself from Kentucky, declaring the contents to be a necklace, according to Japanese news reports. Oxycodone is legal in the U.S. with a prescription.

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