Death

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Living Through Wanting to Die

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Suicide, Depression, Mark Goulston, Dying, Electroconvulsive-Therapy, Death, Health, Living News

Devastating illnesses can bring patients to the brink of a seemingly agreeable suicide. The role of the psychiatrist can be to look coldly through the pain and determine if there is a way to save the patient's life and make it worth enduring.

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North Country Blues: Michael Jackson, Media, Community, and a Small Town Murder

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Murder, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Pequot Lakes, Dru Sjodin, Garrison Keillor, Community, Memory, Georgianne Nienaber, Alfoso Rodriguez, Media, God, Sexoffender, Minnesota, Congo, Death, Living News

It seemed as though Jackson chose his own path to death while there are so many others who are literally thrown into the Grim Reaper's grip like carrion to the wolves.

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Writing Your Own Obituary

Jan Phillips | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Obituary, Genius, Crying, Death, Michael Jackson, Five Stages of Grief, Dying, Grief, Living News

We should give some thought to death, particularly our own. It helps us clarify what's really important.

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Michael Jackson: Another Look at The Man in the Mirror

Lissa Coffey | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Video, Mirror, Collection, Music, Neverland, Life, Death, Funeral, Celebrities, Living News

I heard on the radio an official confirmation that Michael had passed away. My heart dropped. What is it about celebrities that gets us so engrossed in their lives and deaths?

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Rumours, Lies and Truth: Life After Death of "King of Pop'

Deborah Hobson | Posted 07.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Music Icon, Michael Jackson, Concerts, King of Pop, Heart Attack, Death, Jackson 5, Entertainment News

I've been angry with Michael Jackson for some years now. His sudden death from a heart attack last week at the age of 50 shocked and saddened me.

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On (Public) Death and Dying

Christal Smith | Posted 07.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 9/11, Michael Jackson, 9/11 Widows, Celebrity, Dying, Death, Entertainment News

Perhaps we find that immersing ourselves in the deaths of others is cathartic

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White House Orders Celebrities to Stop Dying in Threes

Roy Rivenburg | Posted 07.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, The Grim Reaper, Comedy News, Death, Comedy News

At a White House ceremony attended by Amy Winehouse, Patrick Swayze and Ted Kennedy, Obama signed an executive order making back-to-back famous deaths punishable by fines.

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The Real Magic of Michael

Jim Selman | Posted 06.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Generation, New York Post, Service, Death, Michael Jackson Death, Legacy, Entertainment News

Michael Jackson's most important gift was that he allowed so many people to love him, to find in their sense of wonder and delight a bit of their own magic.

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U.S. Military Escalation Leads to Record Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Gareth Porter, Rethink Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bombs, Death, World News

We can't allow the Pentagon to continue blaming Taliban insurgents when it's obvious that the increase in civilian deaths are primarily the result of current U.S. foreign policy.

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News of Michael Jackson's Death Cripples Web: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer June 29, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Oxiclean, Internet, Michael Jackson, Box Office, Michael Bay, Twitter, Revenge of the Fallen, Shelly Palmer, Infomercial, Web, Transformers, Summer Blockbuster, Media News, Mediabytes, News, Billy Mays, Death, Home News

Michael Jackson's death increased Internet usage by more than 4.2 million worldwide users per minute, in comparison to the normal 2 million visitors...

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No One Who Was Normal Ever Made History: A Tribute to Michael Jackson

James Arthur Ray | Posted 06.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Normalcy, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Jesus, Geniuses, Michael Jackson Dies, Walt Whitman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Genius, Death, Life, Icon, Fame, Tribute, Entertainment News

Michael's life, when considered within the broader scope of highly creative people throughout history, was not really that unusual after all.

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A Fellow Gary Native and Ex-Motown Recording Artist Remembers the King of Pop

Eric Deggans | Posted 06.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Media, King of Pop, Gary Indiana, Hriller, Death, Entertainment News

My life and Michael Jackson's have run along somewhat parallel lines for years, back to our earliest days growing up in the shadow of steel mills in Gary.

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Can Anyone Restrain Themselves?

Evan Handler | Posted 06.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Politics, Pop Music, Celine Dion, John Kennedy, Farrah Fawcett, Assissination, Robert Kennedy, Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dies, Elvis Presley, Entertainment News

Celine Dion said to Larry King about Michael Jackson's death, "It feels like when Kennedy died, when Elvis Presley died." How could this feel to her like something she never experienced?

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Michael Jackson vs. The News

Mark Morford | Posted 06.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Media, Farrah Fawcett, Celebrities, Death, Entertainment News

Do you want to even compare? Do you dare even try? Don't you already know the outcome? Of course you do. You already know which kind of event...

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Death

Peter Daou | Posted 06.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Farah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Neda, Death, Michael Jackson Dies, Michael Jackson Dead, Living News

Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, are names from my youth who have now gone behind the black curtain and it gives us pause, as it should, and it hurts, as it must.

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The Media's Double Standard On Showing Neda's Death

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Pixelize, Pixelation, Msm, Body, Violence, Bodies, Media, Death, Mainstream Media, Editorial Standards, Plane, Television, Decency, Pixelization, Accident, Primetime, Chris Weigant, Body Parts, Blood, Prime Time, Neda, Train, Editors, News, Censorship, Media News

Either show us the Neda video uncensored, or don't show the poster. You can't really have this one both ways. The American public can either handle this image or we can't. Decide, and be consistent.

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Iran's Fine Green Line Between a People's Right to Protest and Violence

Patt Cottingham | Posted 06.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Violence, Human Rights, Youth, Death, Green, Women's Rights, Freedom, Barack Hussein Obama, Citizen Reporters, Martin Luther King, Internet, Mir Hussein Moussavi, Tehran, Change, Father, Neda Agha Soltan, Sacrafice, Living News

Although the US is a nation of immigrants that came here to escape repressive regimes or governments, as a society, we have largely forgotten what it is like to put our lives on the line to call forth change.

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So Long Dad: A Playlist for This Father's Day

David Wild | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Playlists, Parenting, Frank Sinatra, Father's Day, Fathers, Death, Living News

This will be my first Father's Day since losing my dad. I woke up this morning and sensed a new and profound void. So here's the playlist I put together in order to help fill that void a little.

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How to Help Afghans When Congress Approves $100 Billion More in War

ZP Heller | Posted 06.17.2009 | World

Read More: Progressive, Congress, Civilians, Troops, Military, Jane Hamsher, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, War, Taliban, Casualties, Anand Gopal, Death, World News

The increased presence of US forces in Afghanistan is the single greatest reason for the Taliban insurgency. And the more they surge, the more Congress will fund more war.

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Ramona

Jerry Zezima | Posted 06.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Cats, Pets, Humane Society, Humor, Books, Dogs, Super Bowl, Death, Family, Living News

Ramona, the fictional 8-year-old girl, was charming, lively and smart; Ramona, the real-life 8-week-old cat, was grumpy, boring and stupid.

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My Dead Mom Wants to Be Dug Up

Bonnie Fuller | Posted 06.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Cemeteries, Tombstones, Headstones, Toronto, Death, Media News

My mom is fed up with being dead and now she's especially turning in her grave due to ridiculous indignities she's being subjected to. Here's why!

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Discovering That A Deceased Partner Had Been Unfaithful

The Observer | Louise France | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Cheating Relationships, Marriage, Cheating, Adultery, Relationships, Romance, Family, Death, Living News

When my husband died I thought it was the worst thing that could happen. I was wrong' Julie Metz was a grieving widow when she discovered that her hu...

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Air Raid Victim Tells Obama to Leave Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 06.09.2009 | World

Read More: Airstrike, Civilians, War, Death, Afghanistan, Farah Province, Bombing, Barack Obama, Video, World News

Here is a face of the war in Afghanistan. Najibullah, an air raid victim from the Malwand district of Kandahar, points to where three bombs shattered his home during a recent US airstrike.

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Vaccines Save Lives: Here's Proof

Sarah Lovinger | Posted 06.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Health, Meningitis, Death, Vaccines, Health, Wellness, Living News

With all the controversy surrounding childhood vaccination, it is important to note that this vaccine may just save your child's life. I know my child will be in line for her meningitis vaccine when she reaches the appropriate age.

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