Maybe the headline should have been, What parent gives a .22 caliber rifle as a gift to a 5-year old?

BURKESVILLE, KENTUCKY — Authorities say a 5-year-old child in Kentucky shot and killed his 2-year-old sister with a rifle he got as a gift.

Local coroner Gary White tells WKYT-TV that the mother said she had been outside on a porch for “no more than three minutes” on Thursday when the shooting occurred.

White also told the Lexington Herald-Leader the boy’s .22-caliber rifle was a present and he is used to shooting it. He said the rifle was kept in a corner and the family didn’t realize a shell was left inside it.

White said the shooting will be ruled accidental. “Just one of those crazy accidents,” he said.

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i’m just going to lie on my floor until i become attractive

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SOUTH GLENS FALLS — A Gansevoort woman was arrested Monday for allegedly arranging to have two strippers perform at her son’s 16th birthday party in November.

Village Police charged Judy H. Viger, 33, of Dimmick Road in Gansevoort, with five counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

She’s accused of organizing, managing and paying for two adult female entertainers who performed personal and intimate dances for five teens younger than 17.

The incident occurred Nov. 3 at the Spare Time Bowling Center in South Glens Falls.

Police said no other arrests are expected.

Saratoga County District Attorney James Murphy said the investigation was prompted by parents and children who attended the party and were “outraged” by what they witnessed. He said police interviewed a number of witnesses, including the dancers, bowling alley employees and people who attended the party.

Children at the party were as young as 13, Murphy said. He said police decided five charges were sufficient, though more could have been filed based on statements from witnesses.

“The charges stem from an allegation that she endangered not only the welfare of her own child, but the welfare of the 14- and 15-year-old children that were at the birthday party as well,” Murphy said.

Viger’s lawyer, Joseph Brennan, said Monday afternoon he was told the charges were not yet filed in court.

“I’m not going to comment on anything I haven’t seen,” he said.

The incident took place inside a private room with paper covering the glass door. The strippers, wearing bras and panties, were photographed performing dances on party attendees, some of whom were as young as 15.

Police began investigating when photos were posted on social media websites. At first, officers were told the women were a “bikini gram” brought in to sing “Happy Birthday” to the teen. No charges were filed.

But when The Post-Star published a story about the party, police and the newspaper received copies of photos the teen’s friends and relatives had posted on websites after the party. The photos seemed to contradict the “bikini gram” version of events.

Police said they were not shown those photos during their initial investigation.

The charge of endangering the welfare of a child accuses a person of “knowingly acting in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a child younger than 17.” It is punishable by up to a year in county jail.

Viger is scheduled to appear March 7 in Moreau Town Court.

They were drunk, high and speeding away from a crime scene — but a new lawsuit says it’s the tree’s fault they crashed.

The family of a woman who died in a fiery wreck is suing homeowners in a Tampa-area neighborhood where she and a fellow suspect hit a tree during a high-speed chase and died.

The suit says the wreck is the homeowners’ fault for failing to put up a warning sign near the tree.

Rouslan Toumaniantz first rose to Internet fame nearly four years ago, after he allegedly tattooed 56 stars on a Belgian teen’s face against her wishes.

Kimberley Vlaeminck became an overnight meme after she claimed that Toumaniantz gave her 53 more facial stars than she asked for.

Maintaining throughout the affair that Vlaminck asked for 56 stars, Toumaniantz was ultimately vindicated when the girl admitted she did in fact request the tattoo, and only made up the cover story after her dad saw the stars and got mad.

But the sensational headlines in the days leading up to Vlaeminck’s confession permanently scarred Toumaniantz’s business, and he was forced to flee to Russia for a fresh start.

While there, Toumaniantz began an online relationship with an 18-year-old named Lesya, and the two ended up falling in love. They arranged to meet in person, and it was apparently re-love at first sight.

Looking for a way to broadcast their mutual affection to the world, Lesya agreed to allow Toumaniantz to tattoo his name (since changed to “Ruslan”) across her face, just 24 hours after the two met in person for the first time.

“It’s a symbol of our eternal devotion. I’d like him to tattoo every inch of my body,” she wrote on her Facebook page.

The giant face tat wasn’t entirely out of place on Lesya: She had previously inked the words “all for love” on her forehead.

“I know that there are people who are terrified that Lesya has made a rash decision that she’ll regret horribly,” a friend of the tattoo-happy couple is quoted as saying,”but sometimes the best decisions are the ones you make in an instant with your heart rather than the ones long-debated in your mind.”