Social Security Cost of Living Increase (If You Can Call This Living) Up-Date

A 90-yr.-old woman in Evanston, Ill., was discovered to be living w/ three dead siblings.

Neighbors described the woman as alert and aware, and said she was well liked on their close-knit block of large, historic homes. She enjoyed gardening and shared her plants with others, they said.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's office identified the dead as Anita Bernstorff, who was last seen alive in May 2008, Frank Bernstorff, not seen alive since 2003, and Elaine Bernstorff, who was last seen alive in the early 1980s.

Anita Bernstorff was the eldest, born in 1910.

In other "Marriage and 'the family' is the foundation of Western Civilization, and has existed since the dawn of time" news: Roaring Spring, Kentucky: The deaths of three siblings have been determined to be homicides.

Patterson identified the victims found in Wednesday's fire as 17-year-old Kayla Williams, 14-year-old Kortney Frensley and 5-year-old Ethan Frensley. A fourth person in the house was injured but has not been identified.

Patterson declined to say whether investigators have any suspects in the case.

What's your bet as to the involvement of another family member in the horror? And the eight-yr.-old alleged killer in Arizona was taught to shoot by his father, against the advice of the family priest.

The father, Vincent Romero, 29, was from a family of avid hunters and wanted to make sure the boy wasn't afraid of guns, said the Very Rev. John Paul Sauter of St. Johns Catholic Church. The boy's stepmother had suggested he have a BB gun, the priest said.

Romero taught his son how to use a rifle to kill prairie dogs, Sauter said. Police say the boy used a .22-caliber rifle Wednesday to kill his father and another man, Timothy Romans, 39, of San Carlos.

The priest did not say how he advised the couple but said Saturday that the boy "was just too young."

From "a family of avid hunters and wanted to make sure the boy wasn't afraid of guns." So why did the late male parental unit ask the priest for advice, & then ignore him? Maybe religion isn't useful after all. Maybe it's just a big fucking lie that people ignore or use, according to whatever the fuck they want to do.

Guess you got your wish though, Pops. Junior wasn't afraid to kill you dead, was he?