Last October, there was shock and outraged after two 12-year-old boys tossed a shopping cart from a fourth story walkway and hit a woman, who was left in critical condition and a medically-induced coma. The victim, Marion Salmon Hedges, a real estate broker and active volunteer at numerous organizations, had come to the East Harlem shopping complex to buy Halloween candy for needy children. Now, the Post reports that Hedges "bears no ill will" towards the boys. more ›

This week reports have been coming in that the Vatican has forgiven John Lennon, which, you know, may have been more appropriate before he died 28 years ago. Lennon’s 1966 remark that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus” was regarded by certain religious folks as "the ultimate blasphemy." Beatles records burned! Sensational headlines ran in the papers! Everyone overreacted! However, "with semi-official Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano using the 40th anniversary of The White Album to expunge Lennon of his sins," it seems all has been forgiven. Well, goddammit, that took long enough didn't it! Their reasoning? “[This was] showing off, bragging by a young English working-class musician who had grown up in the age of Elvis Presley and rock and roll and had enjoyed unexpected success”. more ›