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We're just too clever to find a boyfriend! It may sound insufferably smug, but these women say their high intellect means they struggle to meet someone Natasha Hooper, 22, says men do not know how to deal with educated women She is worried about not finding love because of a shortage of educated men Becca Porter, 23, says a man factory worker turned her down for being too clever She says the sense of achievement derived from learning is alien to most men Andrea Gould, 41, believes her intellect has prevented her from finding love ‘I get the impression they’d...

Decorated married Marine colonel, 56, who sexually abused daughter, 6, of one of the men serving under him, is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4871880/Marine-colonel-guilty-sexually-abusing-child.html#ixzz4sNrLcR98 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

He is what you might call, with some understatement, a catch. Chris Gray, 57, is tall and attractive with dark hair and blue eyes. By his own admission, he is ‘very well‑off’, owns several properties, including a £1.3 million terraced house in affluent Chiswick, West London, and is financially set for life, thanks to a series of successful investments. A widower, Chris is educated and well‑travelled — in part thanks to his previous career as a BBC cameraman of 30 years’ standing. The cherry on the cake? For hobbies, he flies small aircraft and enjoys dining in Michelin-starred restaurants. Read...

Homelessness among women veterans is expected to increase at greater rates as more women in the military reintegrate into their communities following their military service, according to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. While women currently make up eight percent of the total veteran population and 14.6% of the active duty military, those figures are expected to increase to an estimated 16% by 2035. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4814612/Homeless-vets-tell-traumatized-sex-assault.html#ixzz4qZiSU0uc Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

A man in Oklahoma conspired with a pregnant woman to rape her as-yet unborn baby, police have alleged. Daniel Thomas J. Deffner, 39, was arrested in Yukon after authorities say he was planning to molest and torture the baby when its mother, who he was messaging over Facebook, gave birth. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4606512/Oklahoma-man-arrested-planning-rape-NEWBORN-baby.html#ixzz4k4iCA76J Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

The horrific suicide video of a 12-year-old girl has gone viral - and police say there is nothing they can do to stop it. Katelyn Nicole Davis, of Cedartown Georgia, streamed herself on Facebook live on December 30, saying that she had been sexually abused by a family member. She continued filming as she hanged herself in the front yard of her Cedartown home. Now the video is being shared online, however, and Polk County authorities say they are powerless to stop it proliferating, Fox 5 reported Wednesday. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4111988/Katelyn-Nicole-Davis-12-livestreamed-committing-suicide-cops-t-stop-video-shared-online.html#ixzz4VXoJhOIN Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Montana's attorney general's office has been unable to find legal grounds to challenge a judge's decision to send a man to jail for 60 days for repeatedly raping his 12-year-old daughter. The amount of time behind bars, considered lenient by many, is 'reprehensible' but that alone was not enough to appeal the October 4 sentence issued by District Judge John McKeon, State Department of Justice spokesman Eric Sell said Monday. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4026162/Montana-incest-sentence-reprehensible-no-way-appeal.html#ixzz4Sk5uFZPH Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

An unarmed grandfather in the early stages of dementia was shot dead by police while he walked around the block near his home. Francisco Serna, 73, was hit nine times by gunfire from police in Bakersfield, California, answering a call about a man with a gun - but no weapon was recovered from the scene. He was stood in his neighbor's driveway at around 12.30am Monday morning when he was gunned down. His family said he took the late-night walks to tire himself out.

A mother and father have been arrested on child abuse charges after their twin infants were found 'looking like skeletons' and suffering from gruesome infections. New parents Kevin Fowler, 25, and Aislyn Miller, 24, from Owasso, Oklahoma were booked into Tulsa Jail on Saturday. Nurses and doctors who treated the couple's children described them as extremely malnourished, with bed sores and diaper rash. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4027974/Child-abuse-case-Oklahoma-called-worst-police-nurses-seen-infants-crawling-maggots.html#ixzz4Sj7lo0B6 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

State Rep. Allen Peake is among the influential conservatives torn over Donald Trump’s rise – and teetering toward disavowing the party’s nominee. A former floor leader for Gov. Nathan Deal and the champion of medical marijuana legislation, Peake told us for a story that ran Sunday that the prospect of the New York businessman in the White House “scares the bejeebies out of me” – though he said he’ll still support him over Democrat Hillary Clinton.

ATLANTA - A new poll conducted for FOX 5 shows Georgia has become a battleground state in the race for President, with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tied. The FOX 5 poll conducted by Opinion Savvy shows Democrat Clinton and Republican Trump tied at 43 percent.

A couple have been jailed for 10 years for keeping their four adopted children locked up in a basement without food, beds or a toilet for 22 hours a day. David and Rejeana Moss pleaded guilty to endangering the children from 2009 to 2013, as well as assault. The pair, aged 60 and 66, would lock the four children in the basement at their home in Dorset Township, Ohio, for most of the day, only letting them out briefly to go to the bathroom and do homework. If the children needed to use the bathroom while they were locked inside...

A man who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl when she accepted his offer of a ride home from school because her feet were sore, held her captive for nine months and raped her repeatedly at his trailer acknowledged his crimes on Thursday and apologized. The girl, who was in court to hear his admission, thanked him for eventually letting her go. Nathaniel Kibby pleaded guilty to seven counts including kidnapping, aggravated felonious sex assault and criminal threatening. He was sentenced to 45 to 90 years in prison. Kibby, who had pleaded not guilty after his arrest, had been scheduled to go...

KNOXVILLE – A three-day operation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and detectives with the Knoxville Police Department to combat human trafficking in Knoxville has resulted in the arrest of 32 men and women on prostitution and human trafficking-related charges. Two of the men, including a children’s minister, responded to ads for what they thought were girls under the age of 18. The Knoxville anti-trafficking operation, called “Operation Someone Like Me”, is the fifth operation of its kind in the state between the TBI and partner agencies to help identify, investigate and prosecute trafficking, and rescue victims.

A Florida mom shot by her four-year old son while driving in Florida stole $500 of children's clothing using her baby's stroller as cover. Jamie Gilt, 30, was arrested by Jacksonville Sheriff's Department on April 4, 2013 after she was detained by security guards at Dillard's department store in the town. The prominent gun rights activist was spotted stuffing children's clothes into her purse and hiding the bag in the child's stroller. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3487308/Pro-gun-mom-shot-four-year-old-son-STOLE-500-children-s-clothes-using-boy-s-stroller-Florida-store.html#ixzz42bbVzu3f Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

A high-profile pro-gun activist was rushed to hospital after she was shot in the back by her four-year-old son after he found her pistol lying on the back seat of her truck. Jamie Gilt, 31, who posts about firearms on her social media accounts was driving through Putnam County, Jacksonville, Florida yesterday in her truck when she was wounded. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3484064/Pro-gun-poster-girl-shot-four-year-old-son-driving-Florida-boy-pistol-seat-truck.html#ixzz42Q9ztWDU Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

A father-to-be killed his heavily pregnant girlfriend by burning her alive because he could not cope with the thought of becoming a parent, a court heard. Eren Toben, 20, lured his 19-year-old girlfriend Maria Peiner, who was eight months pregnant, into a wooded area in Berlin, Germany, before stabbing her with a bread knife and setting her alight. The court heard he wanted a 'free, happy life' and brutally murdered his partner and their unborn baby so he could avoid fatherhood. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3459320/German-father-burned-eight-month-pregnant-girlfriend-alive-not-bear-thought-dad.html#ixzz415bM8NOn Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Two engineering students at George Mason University have found a way to use sound waves to quash fires and have built a type of extinguisher using what they have learned that they hope will revolutionize fire fighting technology. Viet Tran a computer engineering major and Seth Robertson, an electrical engineering major, chose to investigate the possibility of using sound to put out fires as a senior research project and now believe they have found something that might really work. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-students.html#jCp

BRUSSELS: A number of Muslims in Europe are publicly abandoning their religion to become Christians or agnostics despite their former community's taboo against such acts.

I have a Benelli SN that I use for regular hunting/trap duties. Was thinking about a home defense shotgun. Would It make more sense to buy a different gun? M500? 870? or just buy a shorter barrel for the SN? I also have 2 45s and a Marlin 30/30 and a Win 7mmMag but I think the wife would be more comfortable with an easy to use Shotgun... I liked the 500, the Win spx was ok.. but the safety was too far. havent tried any others yet... just thought I would get some opinions... Mod the Benelli or new??