Bowed by Age and Battered by an Addicted Nephew
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Two sisters in the 70's lost their life savings, childhood home and dignity to their nephew's crack habit.
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Â· Family describe man who killed wife as tortured soul Â· Husband had been treated for mental illness
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I had give up on loving my stepchildren, or their loving.
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A man whose family has been hit by tragedy speaks of how he and his brother tried to save their brother's life.
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Relatives of a man who murdered a family of four testified Friday that his childhood was filled with abuse, but jurors deciding whether he should be executed also heard a witness describe being stabbed in his mouth, face and neck in another merciless attack the defendant confessed to.
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She was only five when she had a head injury that damaged her skull severely. There were multiple fractures on the skull which had become bare open at several places.
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The 20-year-old boy has been admitted to hospital.
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A murder-suicide by the son of a 60's cult leader has prompted former members to come forward with claims of abuse.
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"They are traumatized because of the violence they face every day and they don't have the skills to deal with it"  It is a tragedy becoming too familiar for a country where gun crime is still relatively uncommon and where limits on gun ownership are strict _ an 11-year-old boy shot to death, allegedly by a hooded teenager on a BMX bicycle.Rhys Jones, a cherubic-faced boy who liked playing tag and video games, was in a pub's parking lot kicking a soccer ball around with friends Wednesday when two youths rode by and fired shots.Rhys died of a single bullet wound to the neck, the latest victim in a rising wave of youth violence that is sparking soul-searching about why some British children stray into lawlessness. Read more
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TORONTO (CP) - When firmly spoken words fail to prevent junior from throwing CDs across the room at his younger sister, many parents resort to physical punishment or yelling.
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Ishmael Beah was a child when he got sucked into Sierra Leone's civil war--he grew up in a hurry.
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The last time Hadi saw his brother, his hands were tied behind his back and blood was running down his swollen face. They were both prisoners
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The boy before Judge Kenneth Biehn was quiet and withdrawn, an asthmatic whose mother used and sold crack cocaine and whose father was doing time for robbery. At just 14, Kareem Watts stood accused of his own, much more horrific crime: Stabbing to death a neighbor who disrespected his mother.
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Having an older sibling, particularly a brother, can stunt growth, work suggests.
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When James L. Pettaway Jr. returned from Iraq last year, his aunt and uncle were planning to pick him up at the airport. But a few days before they expected him, Barbara Pettaway heard someone rattling the doorknob and scolded the child she assumed was on the other side of the door. More rattling. She fussed some more.
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When Boston University sophomore  Kendrick Sledge was 14, incessant phone calls alerted her  parents to her relationship with an abusive and controlling  older boy, who would threaten suicide or a return to using  drugs if she tried to break up with him.
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Two teenagers and a 44-year-old man receive serious injuries following three separate attacks.