Have you ever been shocked by the behavior that some folks display during funerals? All those inconsolable men and women who seem totally unable to handle the passing of a loved one; a loved one they would take for granted and treat with much disrespect when he or she...
Sylvia Massara's guest on The Lit Chick Show talks about death, dying and suicide. Having lived through and survived the horrific experience of his brother's suicide at age 22, author Carl David has awakened to...
With all the cruddy news of the day, this story made me smile. ....." Two missed free throws, ordinarily the cause of a coach's headache, became the symbol of sportsmanship in a Milwaukee boys basketball game earlier this month. Milwaukee Madison senior Johntell Franklin,...
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"Reborn Baby" artist Deborah King's skills at their best expression as she reproduces babies into look alike dolls at her home in Fountainhall, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Proud parents around the world...
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When someone dies it is hard enough for many adults to deal with. For young kids dealing with death can be a lot harder and freightening. So what do we tell them as parents and how can we help them cope with the loss. This article has a few ideas that may help, but it will...
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The public funeral for the seven teenaged basketball players who died in New Brunswick over the weekend was on Wednesday. Our condolences."Students held hands and sang songs in front of a packed arena in Bathurst, N.B., where thousands of mourners gathered to remember...
Looks like Phelps and his horde of lawyers are finally on the receiving end, after a grieving family decided to sue the church members for protesting their son's funeral.Phelps and Co. have been protesting soldiers' funerals for years, saying deaths in combat are directly...
Alex, an African Grey parrot who participated in thirty years of experiments in avian language and cognition, has just died in the lab in which he lived. The cause of death is unknown.Because of Alex's high-level...
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Captain America is dead: a long-time symbol of not only a nation, but an ideal. He died not at the hands of a super-villain, but was shot down by a sniper on the steps of a courthouse as he fought for justice...
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"Though nearly three days have passed since the shooting spree that left thirty-three Virginia Tech students dead and dozens more wounded, the international news media still crowd this quiet South-Western Virginia...
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"Friends and fans, including Hollywood stars and Australia's prime minister, bid farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin on Wednesday at a service that veered from poignant tributes to belly laughs.
Irwin's...