This is a story about how a bear attacked a woman in her own yard. The woman's grandson alerted her to the fact that a bear was there. She went out and started banging pots and pans together to scare the bear away. The bear took several swipes at her and was chased off by a neighbor who shot at the bear....

This is a story about how representative Pat Meehan is coming to Radnor college to talk about college campus assault reporting. There is a bill before Congress that will protect whistle blowers and encourage people to come forward. Currently one out of every four women on a college campus can expect to be assaulted while in college. An alarming number of assaults...

This is an article by the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault on a bill to end domestic violence and sexual assault. DUH! Is there anybody in the world who isn't against this? It's nice that they're passing a bill about this but why don't they actually do something to stop the predators. Women are consistently the targets of violence in 90% of...

Batteries were invented in the late 1800s. Shortly after that a man invented what he called the 'electric prod pole' that was a battery-operated device used to herd his cattle. The product was minimally successful but the military heard about it and saw huge potential as a weapon. Thus the birth of the stun gun. They have come along way since then....

This is a story about a territory in Australia that's reporting that the number of assaults were down the first quarter of this year compared to last year but that the number of robberies was up by almost 20%. Vehicle thefts were up as well. You can read the whole story HERE. One of the best defenses against an assault or even...

Here's a newspaper article about a police officer named Cynthia Flores who is speaking to college freshmen about resources available to them to keep them safe on campus. She pointed out that "Sexual assaults are a particular problem for college women. Flores said that one in four women will be sexually assaulted during their college years and that in about 90 percent...