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Over the past six months, four students at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, Calif., have committed suicide in the same location, using the same...
Yahoo | Associated Press | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living
More than 8 million Americans seriously consider suicide each year, according to a new government study. About 32,000 suicides occur in the United St...
Pinaki Bhattacharya | Posted 10.23.2009 | World
Such was the scale of the developing human tragedy following Andhra Pradesh state Chief Minister, YS Rajashekhar Reddy's death that his bereaved son YS Jaganmohan Reddy had to issue a public appeal exhorting the people not to commit suicide.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business
Emergency physicians and mental health workers in North Carolina have begun to worry that they may be in the midst of a disturbing new trend, accordin...
Sean Gilfillan | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics
Why is America insourcing sacrifice to 1% of its population when it is deemed necessary to our national security and interests?
A Pakistan News | Posted 05.18.2009 | World
A suicide bomber was killed Friday by police before he could reach an Afghan minister's home in western Afghanistan, but a second bomber detonated his...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.19.2009 | World
In the Army alone, 18 troops committed suicide in February -- down six from January's high, but still above what they expected. Top brass in the military continue to be evasive about the problem.
AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Army is investigating an unexplained and stunning spike in suicides in January. The count is likely to surpass the number of co...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
Many U.S. troops are still passing away in "noncombat" ways, via accidents, friendly fire, suicides and so on. And in those cases, parents or spouses, and the media, are still often misled or lied to.
AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 11.14.2008 | Business
An out-of-work money manager in California loses a fortune and wipes out his family in a murder-suicide. A 90-year-old Ohio widow shoots herself in th...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics
When the U.S. military death toll in Iraq dropped to 13 last month it received wide attention. But now, midway through August, the toll this month ha...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
Despite the overall drop in U.S. deaths in Iraq there has been a spate of "noncombat" fatalities there in the past week. Also, Iraq vets continue to kill themselves at home at an alarming rate.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics
On June 23, Sean Webster's body was found in an isolated part of his base. The Naval Criminal Investigate Service is probing the death as a "probable" suicide.
Mona Ackerman | Posted 07.11.2008 | Living
Q: My niece just committed suicide. She is the 20-year-old daughter of my older sister. Needless to say, my sister is devastated and doesn't unders...
AP | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But re...
Stamford Advocate | Jeff Morganteen | Posted 06.21.2008 | Business
View the eBay listing for Samuel Israel III's business card. An eBay seller is looking to cash in on the saga of Samuel Israel, the 48-year-old hedge...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
As press reports proliferate concerning Iraq vet suicides, officials are encouraging troops to get help, even if they go to civilian therapists and don't report it to the military.
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