" When Melissa and Rudy Haberzettl's son Jacob was born in November 2006, he was perfect in every way -- full-term, healthy weight, and a champion eater. Like many new moms, Melissa was determined to follow doctor's orders: She breastfed Jake exclusively, put him to sleep on...
When you can't make it to your own Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame induction, it might be time to re-assess your health regime. Unfortunately, Ike Turner was unable to break from the long history of substance abuse that finally led to his demise."Rock-and-roll pioneer Ike Turner...
Model Ruslana Korshunova's death over the weekend has been ruled a suicide, but conspiracy theories are flooding the internet as to why the beautiful, young, model would have killed herself.See previous NowPublic...
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What the ....?"A student who scribbled an expletive on an English language exam paper was awarded 7.5 percent for accurate spelling and effective communication, The Times newspaper reported on Monday.The pupil, who...
I live in an area with lots of traffic, pedestrian and otherwise, and I see a lot of parents riding around with their kids on their bikes. I actually saw a woman topple over with her kid in the back. She wasn't going...
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Semi Truck Crashes Into Cermak/Chinatown CTA Station 2 Woman Dead, 19 Injured, 10 in Critical Condition"Update 10:45 pm - Service on the Red Line was fully restored less than three hours after the accident, said CTA spokeswoman Catherine Hosinski."Engineers determined...
A sad and unusual conclusion to this rare incident. See NowPublic member Politisite's commentary here. "A woman who died after she was hit by a spotted eagle ray leaping from the water off the Florida Keys...
"Prescription painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs now kill about 500 people a year in the Tampa Bay area, triple the number killed by illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin."
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Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
The New York medical examiner has concluded that Actor Heath Ledger expired from an accidental overdose comprised of 6 different prescription pills found in his...
NowPublic contributor politisite has been following this story and reported Monday that Emerson's body was found by police. Today's autopsy results reveal further details of her death.More NP coverage on this...
One wonders if Drew Peterson has nightmares, or does he sleep like a baby? He learned one thing from his 3rd wife, he learned that having a body left over can be dangerous. So we are not shocked wife #4...
"Civilian search-and-rescue specialists will join a suspicious death investigation started Wednesday morning when a passerby discovered dismembered human remains near the pathway system east of Deerfoot Trail. Calgary, Alberta,
Canada.
The search-and-rescue volunteers...
"The All Blacks are set to step out onto Croke Park in November 2008 after the GAA approved use of the stadium for select FAI and IRFU fixtures.
The Central Council of the GAA released a statement, saying that they...
The analysts involved in this study go on to assign a singularverb to a plural noun, but we'll let that one slide; evidently the ubiquity of SMS as a means of communication is reducing Irish schoolkids to monosyllabism. "The fatal attraction between Irish young 'uns and...
I can’t help thinking-I hope you don’t get this wrong-but what if Anna Nicole Smith actually committed suicide? What if she reacted to external influence? What if she wanted to die and initiated it herself?
She had been suffering depression after her son, Daniel died...