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A 36-year-old woman has died after she was struck several times while retrieving boxes on a Sacramento freeway.
A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month.
A Rhode Island man convicted of killing his wife during a 1999 scuba trip should serve at least 25 years in prison before getting parole, prosecutors in the British Virgin Islands told a judge on Wednesday.
A federal judge has given the widow of a Tulsa Cintas Corp. worker a week to show why certain evidence filed in her 2007 wrongful death lawsuit should be unsealed for public viewing — a ruling that breathed new life into her case against the nation's largest uniform supplier.
The ousted chairman of South Korea's oldest conglomerate, the Doosan Group, was found dead in an apparent suicide, a news report said Wednesday.
Bug spray that produces a fog to kill insects is likely to blame for the death of a 10-month-old South Carolina boy, and his 2-year-old brother was critically injured by the fumes, authorities said Monday.
The family of a college student who died on a spring break trip to Mexico has filed a lawsuit alleging it happened after a struggle with a traveling companion who has competed in ultimate fighting competitions.
It's alive. The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to "death panels" for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday.
Three teens convicted of beating a man on a dare, causing his fatal asthma attack on a Philadelphia subway platform, were sentenced Thursday to more than 12 years in prison.
A 6-year-old Florida girl has died after she was hit by a car while walking to the bus stop with her 9-year-old brother.
To say that “Notes Left Behind” is a book about a 6-year-old girl who died is accurate, but woefully inadequate. By filling her family’s house with hidden messages of love and hope, Elena Desserich continues to celebrate life long after she succumbed to pediatric brain cancer.
Two former members of a banned college fraternity at a western New York campus admitted Tuesday they plied a student with so much beer, champagne and vodka during a three-day hazing that the young man died of alcohol poisoning.
A New Jersey woman has pleaded guilty to one count of neglect in the death of her 25-year-old daughter who died from malnutrition.
A man accused of making more than $7 billion off the investment schemes of jailed financial manager Bernard Madoff drowned after having a heart attack, authorities said Monday.
A U.S. man faces life in a sweltering Caribbean prison after a jury convicted him of drowning his wife during a scuba-diving trip a decade ago in what prosecutors called a near perfect murder.
Authorities are looking into why a 911 call made from the cell phone of a slain New Jersey priest didn't result in police response.
The entire episode concerned the death of a patient named Cathy Becker who appeared with her son in a flood of patients from a hotel fire. As the Chief and several other hospital higher-ups questioned the staff about how she died, the story unfolded in flashbacks.
Five students have been arrested for fighting at a Chicago high school less than a month after an honor student was killed in a brutal beating recorded in a cell phone video camera.
Police say an Idaho woman who made a false 911 call to lure paramedics out of their station made a real emergency call minutes later when she got trapped under the station's garage door.
Ohio was on track this year to execute a record number of inmates. One botched execution and several lawsuits later, the death penalty is temporarily on hold.
The first woman to receive a federal death sentence since the Supreme Court reinstated the punishment in 1976 is challenging her conviction in a quadruple Iowa murder.
Phoenix has proposed a $250,000 settlement to the family of a New York City woman who accidentally strangled herself while in police custody two years ago at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
First-degree murder charges were dropped Monday against one of four teens accused in the brutal beating of a Chicago honor student that was recorded in a cell phone camera video.
Autopsies are expected after three half-marathoners died during the Detroit marathon.
Police say a 19-year-old man has died in Southern California after officers used a Taser to subdue him at a board-and-care facility.
Organ TransplantationMany physicians have serious and well-considered concerns about the morality of vital human organ transplantation, and about the fact that the general public has not been properly informed about what really happens when such organs are retrieved.
Mexican mayor announces rival's death hours before body is foundMauricio Fernandez was being sworn in again as mayor of San Pedro Garza Garcia, one of northern Mexico's most exclusive communities, when he announced to his cheering supporters: "Black Saldana, who apparently is the one who was asking for my head, was found dead today in Mexico …
Brown Man Thinking Hard: The Silent Halls Of DeathIt is a cruel kind of sadness that the families of the dead at Fort Hood will have to endure.
Police Raid Fort Hood Suspect's Home as 13th Victim Dies From Injuries - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.comSuspected gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who reportedly feared an impending war deployment, is wounded but alive in a hospital under military guard, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone at Fort Hood said Thursday night.
Newly wed finds out she is allergic to husband's spermNewlywed Julie Boyde made a shock discovery on her wedding night - she is allergic to her husband. Julie, 26, and groom Mike, 27, had dated for two years but never discovered her extreme sensitivity to his sperm as they used condoms.
7 Killed in military base shootingSeven people have been killed in a shooting at a major military base in Texas, United States media outlets have reported.
"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." — VoltaireQuestion: How many countries do you have to be at war with to be disqualified from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize? Answer: Five. Barack Obama has waged war against only Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia. He's holding off on Iran until he actually gets the prize.
Death of 'Soul of Capitalism': Bogle, Faber, MooreARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Jack Bogle published "The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism" four years ago. The battle's over.
Man Charged In Death Of 15-Month-Old BoyBALTIMORE -- A 21-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 15-month-old boy. Investigators said the man told them he had been "rough housing" with the boy.
Study: Man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898 The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ago. But the death toll, scientists now say, wasn't as high as previously thought.
Pesticides Likely Caused Infant's DeathANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. -- Investigators in Anderson County are trying to determine if pesticides caused the death of a baby.
BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Man killed in Halloween hat rowA man was beaten to death by a gang after he confronted a thief who stole his girlfriend's Halloween hat.
Tree Snaps, Killing 10-Year-Old Trick-Or-TreaterPELHAM, N.H. -- A 10-year-old boy was killed on Halloween night after a birch tree snapped and struck him. At about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, a branch of a birch tree on Fineview Circle in Pelham snapped about 4 feet from its base, Pelham fire officials said.
My little bug and I made our trip...We didn't have time to get to everything that we had planed so we will be taking another trip...Little Bug really enjoyed going to the Grave Yard.
Mystery deepens over Vienna UN death A British nuclear expert who fell from the 17th floor of a United Nations building did not commit suicide and may have been hurled to his death, says a doctor who carried out a second post-mortem examination.
I would really feel so much better if I knew that when suffering became unbearable I could order my last cocktail and go to sleep peacefully. I am at that age when it occurs to me it could be anything from now on out.
Father uses son's ashes in tattooA father from Herefordshire is to have a portrait of his dead son tattooed on his chest using the child's ashes.
BBC NEWS | Business | Wal-Mart starts selling coffinsThe world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, now plans to hold on to customers even after they die - by selling coffins. Prices range from a "Mom" or "Dad Remembered" steel coffin for $895 (£540), to a bronze model at $2,899.
Woman dies after 60 yrs in iron lungA woman who spent more than 60 years in an iron lung has died in her Thornbury care home, in Melbourne's north, at the age of 83.
Water overdose: Family wins $18 million in damagesThe family of a woman who died while taking part in a radio station water-drinking contest to win a Nintendo Wii has been awarded more than $US16.5 million ($18 million) by a jury in California.
Foot found on Richmond beach is seventh foot found on B.C. coastA right foot has been found inside a running shoe on a beach in Richmond, the seventh foot found along B.C.'s coast in two years, RCMP said Wednesday.
Verdict Reached In Water Death CaseSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A jury has reached a verdict in the case of a woman who died after drinking 17 bottles of water during a Sacramento radio contest.
'Death tourism' leads Swiss to consider ban on assisted suicide | Society | The GuardianThe Swiss government is considering restricting or even banning organised assisted suicide in an attempt to reduce so-called "death tourism". Swiss authorities want to ensure euthanasia is a last resort for the terminally ill, amid fears their current laws on assisted suicide co …
Insurance companies are full of actuaries, accountants, and statisticians. They have rooms full of mainframe computers and large and talented staffs who run them.
McDonald's staffer worked to deathJapanese officials say a McDonald's store manager who died of a brain haemorrhage was overworked to death.
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