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More than 45,000 fans gathered Sunday at the Hannover stadium for a memorial service for Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke, whose suicide has shaken the country.
The bones and skulls of hundreds of people killed 15 years ago near the small Liberian village of Kpolokpai were transported in wheelbarrows to a marked mass grave where they were buried during a formal ceremony Sunday.
Marine Sgt. William J. Cahir, a former news reporter and congressional candidate, was laid to rest with full military honors Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Archaeologists said Friday they have unearthed a lavish burial site at the seat of the ancient Macedonian kings in northern Greece, heightening a 2,300-year-old mystery of murder and political intrigue.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's body and members of his family will travel for at least two hours from his Cape Cod home to Boston, where he will lie in repose for two days before his funeral at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Despite cheating allegations, the newly betrothed “Bachelorette” couple Jillian Harris and Ed Swiderski, are staying together. Is it because they can cash in as a couple?
Guitar virtuoso and inventor Les Paul will be buried Friday in his Wisconsin hometown — but not before the public gets to pay their respects in Milwaukee at a science and technology museum along the shores of Lake Michigan.
Michael Jackson won't be laid to rest on what would have been his 51st birthday after all.
He spent the last few years of his life on a globe-trotting odyssey, and now in death Michael Jackson still seems unable to find a permanent home.
Three members of the famed Civil War-era Buffalo Soldiers, whose remains were disinterred during a federal grave-looting investigation two years ago, were given full military honors and reburied Tuesday at a national cemetery.
New York City's medical examiner warns that proposed budget cuts could threaten Jewish and Muslim burial rites.
North Carolina State women's basketball coach Kay Yow was laid to rest Saturday, a week after her death following a long fight against cancer.
A Muslim graveyard has refused to bury nine gunmen who terrorized Mumbai over three days last week, leaving at least 172 people dead and wreaking havoc at some of its most famous landmarks.
The remains of a North Dakota civilian taken hostage and killed in Iraq nearly three years ago have been recovered along with remains believed to be those of his fiancee, an interpreter for the military, his sister and FBI officials said.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates lowered onto one knee to present the flag from the coffin of medical innovator Dr. Michael DeBakey to his widow, Katrin, at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday.
The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic cans.
A southwest Ohio man who planned to be buried next his mother has found someone else already in his grave.
Reclusive chess genius Bobby Fischer was buried Monday in a private ceremony at a churchyard in southern Iceland, a television station reported.
The burial planned Monday for a former Marine in a national cemetery was postponed after cemetery officials learned he was apparently in a double murder-suicide.
The head of a prepaid funeral supply business was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for ripping off about $2.5 million from clients by not delivering vaults and caskets.
After Lt. Col. David Canegata III died in a January helicopter crash in Iraq, his wife, Shenneth, buried him near their home in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
James Brown's body was placed in a crypt Saturday at the Beech Island home of one his daughters, family and friends of the soul singer said.
Filmmakers and researchers on Monday unveiled two ancient stone boxes they said may have once contained the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but several scholars derided the claims made in a new documentary as unfounded and contradictory to basic Christian beliefs.
CO2 from a nearby natural geological reservoir will be compressed it into a "supercritical fluid" before being pumped down the well – see link in story for animated version of this graphic (Image: CO2CRC)
Army probes burial mix-ups at Arlington cemeteryThe U.S. Army on Friday ordered an investigation into burial and record-keeping mix-ups at the nation's most venerated war cemetery.
Lady of Pacopampa: A woman born to ruleHe is certain that the girl born 3000 years ago was destined from birth to be the leader of their society, something that did indeed happen when she reached adulthood.
AMAZING video shot from a helmet cam of a skier who was trapped in an avalancheHoly crap!! I had a heart attack watching it!
Cities Too Poor To Bury Dead Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/01/cities-too-poor-to-bury-d_n_306702.html"CNN's Assignment Detroit project released a report Thursday detailing how 67 people lie in wait at the Wayne County morgue.
Michael Jackson's 51st birthday to be his burial day: father – Michael Jackson's body will be laid to rest on August 29, the day the King of Pop would have turned 51, his father told AFP.
Monroe 'burial plot' up for saleA US widow is auctioning off the burial plot occupied by her late husband above that of film legend Marilyn Monroe, the Los Angeles Times newspaper says. "Spend eternity directly above Marilyn Monroe", says the ad placed on eBay by Elsie Poncher of Beverly Hills.
Former President Cory Aquino's Wake and Burial (Photos & Videos)Photo Journal of former President Cory's wake and burial.
Grave offenses at Arlington National CemeteryA criminal investigation and allegations of misplaced bodies and shoddy care have roiled the famous burial ground
Gallery: Billy Mays FuneralBilly Mays is buried. The pallebearers wore OxyClean shirts. RIP, Billy. You deserve the memorial, not a washed up pedophile.
Michael Jackson to be buried without his brainMichael Jackson will be buried this week– without his brain. As his family tries to finalise details for the King of Pop's funeral on Tuesday they have been told it will be held back for tests.
Jacksons 'plan private ceremony' Pop star Michael Jackson's family is to hold a "private function" at a Los Angeles cemetery on Tuesday, the BBC has learned. Police confirmed the event would be taking place at the Forest Lawn Cemetery, but it has not been confirmed if the singer would be buried there.
Green Burial Method Turns You Into Soil Via Liquid Nitrogen - Science & Health News Briefs | NewserAs the movement toward greener, more natural burials gains steam, a Swedish biologist who specializes in soil production thinks she's got the best method, reports the Walrus magazine.
The Funeral - Your Last Chance to Be a Big SpenderA growing willingness to cater to individual tastes is helping the funeral industry hold its own during the recession. While some people spend an extra $1,000 or more on 14-karat gold mementos, others want less expensive or environmentally friendly options.
84-yr-old Buried With Box of Archway Sugar CookiesI kept my hand inside my coat, clutching the package as I walked toward her.
700 years on, a proper funeral for the 'teenage witch' who had her head chopped offThe body of a 14th century teenager thought to have been beheaded as a witch and buried on unconsecrated ground has been exhumed and given a proper burial.
Husband claims wife's ashes held hostage in legal dispute - poconorecord.com - The Pocono RecordAn East Stroudsburg man claims a local attorney held his wife's ashes hostage in a billing dispute. And for almost four years, he struggled to know if his deceased wife's cremation urns actually contained her remains.
Britain Charges More For Burial Of Corpse Of Obese PeopleLondon, England - Relatives of newly deceased obese Britons will have to pay an extra $105.50 in burial fees for their kin to be accommodated in the cemetery at Houghton Regis, Beds which has limited space.
The Green Hereafter: How to leave an environmentally friendly corpse.The embalming fluid used to keep corpses looking perky is another ecological bête noire. More than 800,000 gallons of the stuff are interred in Mother Earth annually, most of it containing carcinogenic formaldehyde.
NH again considering new idea in mortuary scienceCONCORD, N.H.— A New Hampshire lawmaker wants the state to rethink a ban on a new mortuary science that uses lye in hot water to dissolve bodies as an alternative to cremation.
Public Memorial Service Planned For Caylee AnthonyORLANDO, Fla. -- A public memorial service has been planned for Caylee Anthony, but an exact time and date has not been determined. The memorial service for the slain 2-year-old will be held at the First Baptist Orlando church.
I got divorced when my daughter was four years old and my freshly-ex husband and I shared custody 50/50. On the nights when she was with her dad, it broke my heart to come home to an empty house, so those nights I usually worked until around midnight.
Medieval walls in Spain contain bits of boneIn a macabre discovery fit for Indiana Jones, archaeologists in Spain unearthed a 14th century brick oven with a unique role - to bake bones.
Caylee may be crematedThe attorney for the Anthony family feels that might be the best option.
WFTV Legal Analyst Describes Private Investigators' Video WFTV's legal analyst viewed the video showing a private investigator for the Anthony family talking on the phone and digging with a shovel at the scene where Caylee's body was later found.
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