(Reuters) – The mother of Ariel Castro’s children repeatedly went to authorities with accusations he was beating, abusing and threatening her. But her complaints never reached the point where Castro was Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Female Occidental College students, faculty and alumni say in a federal complaint that the Los Angeles school failed to take campus sex crimes seriously by improperly reporting and adjudicating sexual assaults and covering up rapes. The 250-page complaint filed by a group of 37 Thursday with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights says the school maintained a hostile environment for sexual assault victims and their advocates and violated federal Title IX laws against sexual discrimination. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
State Senator Malcolm A. Smith is accused of making payments to a city councilman as part of a bid to get on the mayoral ballot in New York, a criminal complaint said. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Health complaints from people living around turbines shown to be psychological effect of anti-wind lobby making people worry Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Afikim bus company to have special buses for Palestinian workers commuting from the West Bank to jobs in central Israel; announcement follows complaints from settlers that Palestinians are a security risk. Original post on haaretz.com Comments on reddit.com
A video posted by North Korea is taken offline after games maker Activision makes a copyright claim over use of footage from Call of Duty. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Yoga on our minds: the 5,000-year-old Indian practice may have positive effects on major psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, ADHD and sleep complaints. Original post on eurekalert.org Comments on reddit.com
LUCKNOW: The girl. who suffered 90% burn injury after allegedly being set on fire by a man at Loharra village in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh (UP) on December 31, died on Saturday after Original post on indiatimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Hewlett-Packard Co. was sued by an investor over a $8.8 billion writedown that the company said was partly related to falsified finances at Autonomy Corp., the British software maker it bought last year. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
That Marco Rubio interview in GQ was just another sign of how the Republican Party prefers to suppress scientific evidence if it contradicts faith. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
To many merchants, Amazon’s Web platform looks like an opportunity too good to pass up, but complaints by some to the Washington state Attorney General’s Office tell a different story. Original post on nwsource.com Comments on reddit.com
A suspected terrorist drove a van packed with what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb to the Federal Reserve building in Lower Manhattan and tried to detonate it Wednesday morning before he was arrested in… Original post on wnbc.com Comments on reddit.com
He wants other AT&T customers to join him. Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
People are most angry about pre-recorded robocalls. How well is the federal “do not call” registry working? Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
The officer was charged with depriving people of their civil rights for detaining numerous women drivers without probable cause, so that he could ask them to expose their breasts or talk about their underwear. Original post on miami.com Comments on reddit.com
VIRGIN Australia is rethinking its unaccompanied minors policy after a passenger claimed the airline treated him like a pedophile. Original post on news.com.au Comments on reddit.com
In the last few weeks, there has been ample chatter about social media Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
In the latest victory for an eccentric young activist, the Canadian Transportation Agency has ordered three of the country’s largest airlines to grant passengers greater recourse if their flights are delayed or cancelled, or they are bumped to a later flight for issues within the carriers’ contr… Original post on financialpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Background: the previous entries in our coverage of Charles Carreon’s bizarre and contemptible behavior on behalf of his client, FunnyJunk, against The Oatmeal Original post on popehat.com Comments on reddit.com
Are you failing to deliver the best customer service? That’s a mistake. Several years ago, a single problem customer changed the fate of my company. Original post on inc.com Comments on reddit.com
Some believe Siri is a driving force behind Apple’s record-breaking iPhone 4S sales, but not everyone is impressed with the Cupertino, California-based Original post on bgr.com Comments on digg.com
Some consumers say the use of the word Original post on usatoday.com Comments on reddit.com
A man thought to be a businessman who accused 10 federal polices officers of kidnapping and extortion in September 2011 was killed Thursday night in his home in Juárez. Original post on elpasotimes.com Comments on reddit.com
PhillyDeals: Cable subscribers will get a jury trial on whether Comcast overcharged up to $875 million. Original post on philly.com Comments on reddit.com
AT&T ignored abuse of the IP Relay call system intended for hearing-impaired Americans, allowing it to gain millions in improper government reimbursements, the US alleges. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
