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Subway Suspect: 'It Would Be Cool'

A woman accused of pushing a man to his death in front of a subway train told police she did so because she blamed Muslims for the Sept. 11 attacks, and because "I thought it would be cool," prosecutors said at a court hearing. Erika Menendez was charged Saturday night with murder as a hate crime after she told police she spontaneously pushed Sunando Sen. She laughed so hard during her arraignment in Queens criminal court that Judge Gia Morris told her lawyer: "You're going to have...Full Story
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