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Do Dead People Crave Donuts?

Anneli Rufus | Posted 04.30.2012

Anneli Rufus

Whatever else she sent me, Medjool dates came too: thumb-sized, their dazzling honey-sweetness hidden inside skin whose color and crunch evoke, with every bite, cockroach wings. Of all things to find on a bus bench right after my birthday, of all things. Coincidence? No. Gift.

Hillary Surprised by Gaddafi's Death

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 12.20.2011

Shirin Sadeghi

Hillary Clinton has every right to be pleased with herself and her government. Gaddafi had finally landed in the enemy pile after years of swinging back and forth in his American alliance, and enemies are not meant to endure. His time had come, by all accounts.

Hillary Clinton Wants Gaddafi Killed

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 12.19.2011

Shirin Sadeghi

This week Hillary Clinton openly seemed to call for the political assassination of Moammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader. But this is actually against US law.

Officials: U.S.-Born Muslim Cleric Killed In Yemen

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.30.2011

SANAA, Yemen — The killings of U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and another American al-Qaida propagandist in a U.S. airstrike Friday wipe out t...

'Home Alone' Actor Dies At 87

Posted 09.13.2011

AP Text: SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Character actor Roberts Blossom, who played the white-bearded neighbor "old man Marley" in the movie "Home Alone,"...

'Brady Bunch' Creator Dies At 94

Posted 09.11.2011

AP Text/Video: LOS ANGELES -- Sherwood Schwartz, writer-creator of two of the best-remembered TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, "Gilligan's Island...

Brothers, 3 And 4, Found Dead In Car In Wisconsin

AP | By TODD RICHMOND | Posted 09.05.2011

MADISON, Wis. -- The dead bodies of 3- and 4-year-old Wisconsin brothers were found in a parked car early Wednesday morning and the boyfriend of the c...

Dead Man Sought For Jury Duty For 5 Years

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

GEORGETOWN, Mass. -- A Massachusetts man facing a criminal complaint for failing to appear for jury duty apparently had a good excuse. He's been dead...

Jean Stevens, Wyalusing Widow, Lived With Corpses Of Husband And Twin Sister, Say Police

AP | By MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 05.25.2011

WYALUSING, Pa. (AP)-- The 91-year-old widow lived by herself in a tumbledown house on a desolate country road. But she wasn't alone, not really, not a...

Falling Tree Branch Kills Baby, Hurts Mother At Central Park Zoo

Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK (AP / Huffington Post) -- Police say a 6-month-old baby has been killed and her mother injured by a falling tree branch at the Central Park Z...

Frosty, Polar Bear At Denver Zoo, Dead At 25

AP | Kieran Nicholson | Posted 05.25.2011

DENVER — The Denver Zoo is mourning the loss of Frosty the polar bear. The 25-year-old male was euthanized Thursday after suffering declining h...

Dead is a Four-Letter Word

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Chattman

I hate when news outlets break stories of celebrity deaths by simply coming up with a headline of the person's name followed by the word "dead" in all caps.

Raymond Cook: Doctor Kills Ballerina Elena Shapiro In DUI Crash: Police (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Elena Bright Shapiro was a 20-year-old ballerina with a promising career ahead of her. She died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, when the car she was driving w...

Danny Pang: Financier Under Investigation Dies

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — Danny Pang, an Orange County financier accused by federal regulators of defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollar...

Naked Dead Women Are Hawt!

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.25.2011

Charlotte Hilton Andersen

What is it about watching a well-dressed man either about to kill a senseless woman draped over the hood of his car that would make anyone want to buy their clothing?