Teenager Bullied to Death at School, Parents Gang Stalked

      13 year old Asher Brown of Cypress, Texas, a small community just outside of Houston, committed suicide by gunshot on September 23, 2010. This occurred after two years of incessant bullying at Hamilton Middle School in Cy-Fair, Texas. Asher's parents,...

Strange but true – man kills self, not found for 4 years WI

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - David Carter, 44, (but about 40 when he committed suicide) was found in his home alone last week when an agent came to his house to serve foreclosure papers. He had no immediate family, but...

Should there be any compassion for those who commit suicide?

I have always thought that suicide is certainly the most selfish act that someone can commit.  It is absolutely ruthless and it totally dismisses the sentiments, concerns and generosity of those who truly care about the one who has taken his or her own life.  For...

Soldiers, PTSD, and Suicide - Are we doing enough?

Are we doing enough? On March 31, 2011, we lost 28 year old Marine Purple Heart recipient and humanitarian, Clay Hunt.  Though Clay served in Afghanistan and Iraq, we did not lose him in a war zone.  Hunt took his own life due to the war zone that continued to...

INDIAN STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE IN CHINA

Eluru (Andhra Pradesh, India), May 19  News that an Andhra (Indian )student has committed suicide in China has come to light late.             According to information reaching here, Mr Satti Srinivasa Reddy of...

Girl Survives Golden Gate Bridge Jump

Golden Gate Bridge Jump: Girl Rescued A 16-year-old girl jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge on April 17, and survived. The girl hit the water after dropping 220 feet, and was still conscious when she was rescued by a...

Euthanasia and the Right to Die

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"I. Definitions of Types of EuthanasiaEuthanasia, whether in a medical setting (hospital, clinic, hospice) or not (at home) is often erroneously described as "mercy killing". Most forms of euthanasia are,...

The Lit Chick show meets a courageous woman

Sylvia Massara, novelist and host of the Lit Chick Show, is thrilled to feature K. C. Lauer, author of "Bad Girl Gone Mom", a book about drug and alcohol addiction written by a woman who's "been there, done that"...

Mother kills two children and ends life

Visakhapatnam.Feb 26  In a pathetic incident, a mother has killed her two children and ended her life, the incident occurred in Gandavaram village under Chodavaram mandal of this district. The woman threw her children in a tank and then jumped into it. All the three...

Post-genocide Rwanda: Can You Love a Child of Rape?

" Post-genocide, Rwandan women raise the children of their attackers. The militias came in the evening and locked us in a house. Then they said they were going to rape us, but they used the word "marry." They said they were going to marry us until we stopped breathing. Every...

Insulted by theft charges, woman kills child and ends life

Hyderabad: A woman has killed her one-and-a-half-year-old child and ended her life as she could not bear the insult of being suspected for theft in Kamareddi town of Andhra Pradesh state on Thursday.            ...

Tamil comedy artiste Shobhana found dead

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Prince Ali Pahlavi of Iran found dead in Boston's South End

Boston resident Alireza Pahlavi was pronounced dead on arrival after police were summoned to his home by a 911 call Tuesday. Ali died of a gunshot wound to his head which appeared to be self-inflicted. I saw this...

Tanzanian student commits suicide in souther Indian state capital

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The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

          “How many deaths will it take ‘til he knows that too many people have died?”                     –(Bob Dylan Blowin’ in the Wind)....

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