"Gay spouse murder case puts focus on long-hidden problem" by Bella English | Globe Staff, February 24, 2012
Around 8 a.m. on March 29, 2010, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala punched out of her overnight shift as a paramedic in Springfield. That evening, police found her wife, Cara Lee Rintala, crying and cradling Annamarie’s lifeless body in the basement of the Granby home they shared with their 2-year-old daughter, Brianna.
In October, following a 19-month investigation, Cara was charged with first-degree murder in the strangulation death of Annamarie, 37, making it the first murder case in Massachusetts in which the victim and suspect are same-sex spouses. Cara, a 45-year-old Ludlow firefighter, has pleaded not guilty.
The case has shaken rural Granby, population 6,400. Residents of the Western Massachusetts town say they can’t recall the last murder.
Eight years after gays celebrated the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, the Rintala case is shining a light on domestic violence among gay couples, a subject that gay advocates say has festered in the shadows. Physical and psychological aggression among gay couples occurs at the same rate as heterosexual couples but is less likely to be discussed and reported, domestic violence specialists say....
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Related: Maryland Senate OK's same-sex marriage
Might want to rethink that.
Also see: The Joy of Marriage
Why should heterosexuals have all the fun?
Hey, Happy Valentine's Day anyway, ladies.
"Three women plead not guilty in T attack" by Brian R. Ballou | Globe Staff, February 24, 2012
The lawyers for three Boston women who allegedly attacked a man Sunday evening in the Forest Hills MBTA station are disputing prosecutors’ assertions that their clients were motivated by homophobic rage, saying the three women are themselves lesbians....
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While riding the T:
Teen accused of threatening bus driver, taxi driver
Suspicious powder is found at Suffolk DA's office
"29 students to face discipline after fight in Lynn that was posted on Youtube" by Amanda Cedrone, Globe Correspondent
Two Lynn students involved in a fight that was recorded and posted on YouTube have been identified and will face punishment Monday, along with 27 other students who stood by and cheered them on, officials said.
Lynn Mayor Judith Flanagan Kennedy said that the school superintendent, principal, school attendance officer, and officials from the Lynn police met Thursday to determine an appropriate punishment for those involved.
The students will be addressed Monday after homeroom and informed of their punishment, Kennedy said.
“We are going to inform all of them of what we expect of them,” she said. She declined to elaborate on how the students will be disciplined because she did not want them to find out through the media....
The 8-minute video clip titled “Lynn english high school fights” was posted on YouTube last Saturday, and showed two female students brawling with each other at the Cook Street Playground while their peers looked on. The video is no longer available on the website....
Neither is the information from my printed piece that tells you the incident occurred.
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