Link here. In full:

'A 34-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of a 63-year-old man pushed under a London Tube train while he was wearing women's clothes.

The victim, from central London, was struck by a train at King's Cross underground station at rush hour on Monday evening.

His companion, from north London, was arrested at the scene.

Nina Kanagasingham, 34, will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday.'

Link here. Excerpt:

'A Californian mother has faced court accused of killing her twin daughters with a samurai sword.

Monica McCarrick, 28, allegedly stabbed her three-year-old girls, set fire to her apartment and then stabbed herself on October 12.
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She has since left hospital and been sent to prison, where she is bound to a wheelchair and wears bandages for her injuries.

She has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, child abuse, arson, and destruction of evidence.'

Link here. Excerpt:

'An Indian woman who gave birth prematurely to twins has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly throwing one of her children from a hospital window, police and hospital officials said.

The woman dropped the baby girl from a ground floor bathroom window of the KEM Hospital in central Mumbai early on Tuesday morning. The infant was found but had suffered head injuries and later died.

The girl's mother initially claimed that her daughter had been stolen but security camera footage showed her going into the toilet with the baby and emerging without her.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The lawyer for a young Florida woman who was known for unstoppable hiccups and is now accused of murder said Tuesday he may present an unusual defense in her case: His client has Tourette's Syndrome.

Jennifer Mee, 19, was charged Sunday with first-degree murder after police said she lured a 22-year-old man to a meeting where he was robbed and shot a day earlier. St. Peterburg Maj. Mike Kovacsev said police do not believe she fired the gun.

Mee was briefly famous in 2007 because she couldn't stop hiccuping. Her attorney, John Trevena, said she was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that can cause involuntary movements and speech problems.

"Hiccups are a symptom of Tourette's," Trevena said, declining to be more specific about how the condition might have affected his client's behavior.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A 3-month-old child was taken to a hospital in critical condition after his mother attempted to circumcise him at home, police said.

Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson said officers arrived at a home at Northeast 127th Avenue and Burnside Street at about 2 a.m. Sunday to assist medics after a call of an injured child.

Police said they learned the mother had attempted to perform a medical procedure on the infant.
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No arrests have been made at this point, Simpson said.'

Link to article here. Excerpt:

'A US woman who allegedly stowed the remains of four children in her closet and threw the bones of another into a landfill has been charged with five counts of murder.

Michele Kalina, 44, had previously been charged with abuse of a corpse on August 9 after her daughter discovered containers with the tiny bodies inside a closet of their Philadelphia apartment.

Berks County District Attorney John Adams said Kalina gave her family strict orders not to open the living room closet.

But Kalina's daughter broke that rule and made the gruesome find.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'The long-awaited second-degree murder trial of a woman suspected of shooting her wealthy former husband in 2004 is set to begin Oct. 25.

Forty-6-year-old Jan Waters is accused of killing 52-year-old Alan Waters in his Baton Rouge home after a long-running custody battle and dispute over money.'

Related article on same case here. Excerpt:

'A trial scheduled for Monday had all the makings of a made-for-TV movie, as the ex-wife of a wealthy man was accused of killing him in cold blood in their million dollar home in the Shenandoah area, but she shocked the courtroom when she pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Jan Waters' walk into court was her last as a free woman for years to come. She confessed to shooting her ex-husband, Alan Waters, in the chest on May 21, 2004. As the facts of the case were read aloud in court, Waters collapsed on one of her attorneys.'

Letter here.

'Re: "Calgary needs an Angel's Cradle," Editorial, Oct. 21.

Story here. Excerpt:

'Kimmel tackled the issue of gender visibility. Women make their gender visible, he said, while men are blind to their gender because it is a societal privilege. Men define themselves in relation to women, so therefore masculinity can only be characterized as non-femininity.

Story here. Excerpt:

'Three years ago, Jennifer Mee became a national sensation as the poor "Hiccup Girl," cursed with a three-week case of hiccups.

She appeared on national morning shows and thousands of suggestions from well-wishers poured in with remedies.

Now, Jennifer Mee, 19, has a much worse situation on her hands: The St. Petersburg, Fla., resident has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder.

According to the St. Petersburg police, Mee "lured" a man to an address, where two other men shot and killed him. All three suspects have admitted their involvement, police said. A conviction can lead to the death penalty.'

Story here.

'A 17-year-old girl has been given a 60 hour suspended community service sentence for falsely claiming she had been drugged, raped and made pregnant by an ex boyfriend last year.

The boy spent four days in custody after the girl made the accusations. It was not until April 2010 that the girl finally admitted she had made up the story.

The public prosecution department had called for a one month suspended jail term.'

So much for all girl's schools responding to public demand. Link to article here. Excerpt:

'A BAILOUT from the Uniting Church will not save prestigious girls' school Annesley College from potential redundancies and lesson-sharing with other schools next year.

Yesterday, the Uniting Church revealed a last-minute reprieve for the financially-unstable school, vowing to underwrite the servicing of any loans required by Annesley to fund its normal operations for two years.

This has secured the future of the 108-year-old college until 2013, but its future beyond that date remains uncertain.

At present, the college will be operating on 307 enrolments for next year - short of the church's original offer to give the school $1 million to keep it operating providing it could guarantee at least 350 students.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'It's been a rough month for Jennifer Petkov. The 33-year-old Trenton woman accused of bullying 7-year-old Kathleen Edward lost custody of two of her children this week, according to Fox 2.

The television station reports a Wayne County Probate Court judge has ruled Petkov's eight-year-old daughter and five-year-old son should live with their father until further notice.

The father, who had a relationship with Petkov prior to her current marriage, filed for an emergency hearing shortly after Petkov made national headlines by admitting on camera that she posted disturbing images on Facebook of Kathleen, who is in the final stages of Huntington's Disease, and her mother, who died of the degenerative brain condition.

From the Oct. issue of Harper's, an article by Susan Faludi. Only part of it is available to non-subscribers but you'll get the idea. Some things never change, and inter-generational "issues" always seem to be in every enclave of human endeavor. (Seems NOW was very close to having a 20-something for a president at their last election! Who'da thunk it?) One day I hope the MRA/FRA cause will be far enough along to have its own version of this! Excerpt:

Story here. In case anyone has any doubts about just how nuts certain women have become living with the effects of feminism/post-feminism/neo-post-feminism/etc. As always, I welcome insightful commentary. :) Excerpt:

'(NewsCore) - A Taiwanese woman left uninspired by the standard of men on offer in her city will finally tie the knot -- with herself, Shanghai Daily reported early Saturday.

Chen Wei-yih has bought a flowing white bridal grown, planned a lavish reception and even hired a wedding photographer to mark her unusual matrimony, which takes place next month

Lonely Chen, 30, told local media she was urged to wed by friends and loved ones but could not find a decent husband in Taipei, Taiwan's largest city.'