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A fish and chips shop in Australia has become the subject of a heated debate, with some calling for a boycott of the popular spot, because of its name. The Battered Wife, in Innisfail, Queensland, has sparked an intense argument on social media about whether or not the name is appropriate. The Red Heart Campaign, an organization that raises awareness about domestic violence against women and children in the country, called out the business on Facebook Monday. “In a year where we have lost 67 women and 18 kids to murder and manslaughter, and while hundreds of thousands of women...

...Despite unsuccessful attempts in 2009 and 2010, the Overtons are again appealing Hannah's high-profile case in which she was accused of intentionally or knowingly poisoning Andrew Burd with salt, but convicted for failing to take him to a medical facility in a timely manner (see "Unknown ingredient," Feb. 23, 2008). Andrew was the child of a drug-abuser with undiagnosed behavioral and eating problems that led him to frequently overeat and vomit. Overton, a former licensed vocational nurse, gave Andrew some spicy, salty seasoning dissolved in water, after which he vomited and became cold. She waited until her husband came home,...

A man who pleaded guilty to murdering his two male lovers, disembowelling them and flushing their organs down the toilet yesterday told a Sydney court he was "not a violent man"...Counsel for Peters, Kate Traill, told the court that principles of battered wife syndrome applied in a homosexual relationship when someone had been subjected to years of abuse...