"Mother admits abusing children, pets" February 25, 2011|Associated Press
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A woman tearfully admitted yesterday that she abused her children and dozens of pets, sometimes torturing dogs and cats to death in the presence of six young daughters in a home that her adult son described as “a concentration camp for the animals.’’
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"N.Y. man charged in mother’s killing" April 23, 2011|Associated Press
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A man who neighbors say spent many years caring for his elderly mother strangled the 88-year-old woman with a necktie in their home, then attempted to commit suicide several hours later before calling 911, police said yesterday. Authorities also said he had secretly spent much of her money....
Not a very good son.
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More:
New York man sentenced for slaying former girlfriend
Man who beheaded wife is sentenced
Remains of 3 more are found in N.Y.
N.Y. woman sentenced for killing daughter
Mother drives van into Hudson River, killing herself, three children
Mother posted 'forgive me’ before fatal plunge into river
Children’s funeral marred by anger
Push for gay marriage in N.Y. shifts to suburbs
N.Y. ex-comptroller ordered to prison
Embattled NYC school chancellor resigns
"Columbia allows return of ROTC
NEW YORK — Student and faculty leaders at Columbia University have voted to welcome the military’s ROTC program back to campus four decades after it was banned during the Vietnam War peace movement. The University Senate voted, 51 to 17, with one person abstaining Friday to “explore mutually beneficial relationships with the armed forces of the United States, including participation in the programs of the Reserve Officers Training Corps.’’
I guess you will just have to quit kicking it around in New York:
"N.Y. backs off limits on kickball, tag" April 20, 2011|Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. — Maybe they’re risky, but day camp games like tag, Red Rover, and kickball are no longer at risk in New York after state health officials yanked a proposal that threatened the future of those mainstays of child’s play.
Towns, villages, and camp operators had begun revamping upcoming indoor summer programs after the Department of Health sent out a long list of familiar games and activities it said presented a “significant risk of injury’’ and needed to be regulated more closely....
Leave it to government to take the fun out of camp.
The regulations are required under a 2009 law meant to close a loophole that allowed indoor day camps to operate without the same state oversight applied to outdoor camps, targeting “nonpassive recreational activities with significant risk of injury.’’ The law took effect April 1....
This is a joke, right?
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Related: Boston Globe Summer Camp
I already canceled.
Also see: New Coney Island roller coasters open
