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Domestic abuse doesn't happen "by accident." A new study shows it's often premeditated.
For those ladies out there still buying the "it was just an accident" excuse from heavy-handed boyfriends or husbands, this new study serves as a another wake-up call.
According to a Science Daily report, researchers at the University of Haifa in Israel concluded that domestic violence between couples typically occurs as a calculated decision from the inflicting partner. He or she generally knows beforehand what sort of consequences there will be and weighs it before acting out.
"The violent partner might conceive his or her behavior as a 'loss of control', but the same individual, unsurprisingly, would not lose control … Read More
Ted Kennedy memoir out Sept. 14 spills on relationship with crash victim and sexual abuse.
Ted Kennedy's posthumous memoir True Compass is scheduled to hit shelves on September 14, and the content may be enough to clear up some of the stigma surrounding Kennedy's reputation. Celebrity Love: Ted Kennedy's Romantic History
In the book, Kennedy attempts to extinguish one of the most infamous stories about his past. In 1969 after a party with campaign staff in Martha's Vineyard, he drunkenly drove a car into a lake and killed the car's passenger, 28-year-old Mary Jo Kopechne. The incident has gone down in history being referred to as "Chappaquiddick," the name of the … Read More
Leaves film set immediately after learning of her traumatic head injury.
Liam Neeson has rushed to the side of Natasha Richardson, his wife of fifteen years, after she experienced a traumatic head injury on Monday in Quebec, Canada. According to People, the injury took place at the bottom of the beginners' run at the Mont Trenblant ski resort, in an area known as the flats. Richardson, daughter of famed British actress Vanessa Redgrave and a recognized actress in her own right, was not wearing a helmet when she fell. She hit no objects or people on the way down and "was accompanied by an experienced ski instructor who immediately … Read More