Apr 13, 2012 | New York Magazine
Fire, Flood Threatens a Morbidity Emporium on Gowanus
Joanna Ebenstein was in Lily Dale, New York, a spiritualist community fifty miles south of Buffalo, spending the weekend "tipping" tables and communing with the dead via mediums when she received word of the disaster.
NYC Schools Want To Ban 'Loaded Words' From Tests
Divorce. Dinosaurs, Birthdays. Religion. Halloween. Christmas. Television. These are a few of the 50-plus words and references the New York City Department of Education is hoping to ban from the city's standardized tests.