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18 min ago | CBC News

Residential school survivors reunite in Williams Lake

St. Joseph's residential school was torn down 26 years ago, but it left a painful legacy for survivors and their families.

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4 hrs ago | New Scientist

Suicidal behaviour is a disease, psychiatrists argue

As suicide rates climb steeply in the US a growing number of psychiatrists are arguing that suicidal behaviour should be considered as a disease in its own right, rather than as a behaviour resulting from a mood disorder.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Psychiatry, Genetics, Pharmacology, Science / Technology

8 hrs ago | KSL-TV

Did Josh Powell's brother bury Susan Powell's body?

WEST VALLEY CITY &#8212 The father of a West Valley City mother missing since 2009 says he was misquoted in a PEOPLE magazine article that claimed his daughter was buried by her brother-in-law, not her husband, as many have long suspected.

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Related Topix: West Valley City, UT

Fri May 17, 2013

New York Post

Bernie Madoff tormented by son's suicide

In an interview from prison, Bernie Madoff said he'll be forever haunted by the suicide of his oldest son, and he can't sleep at night because he blames himself for the 2010 tragedy.

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KESQ-TV Palm Desert

GG's Island Restaurant fire ruled arson

The fire that shut down GG's Island Restaurant in January 2012 has been ruled arson, according to Cal Fire investigators.

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BreakingNews.ie

Pregnant women should be entitled to abortion if risk of dying by suicide exists, top doctor says

Mary Regan, Political Correspondent A pregnant woman should be legally entitled to an abortion if there is a risk of her dying by suicide - even if the Surpreme Court ruling on the X Case did not determine this to be the constitutional position, acording to Master of the National Maternity Hospital, Dr Rhona Mahony.

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Related Topix: Fianna Fail (Ireland)

SanLuisObispo.com

How people die in SLO County: Stroke, drugs, suicide

San Luis Obispo County has the highest rate of stroke death in California and an above-average incidence of drug-induced deaths but is among the healthiest counties for mortality relating to heart disease and the flu.

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Related Topix: San Luis Obispo County, CA, San Luis Obispo, CA

Scoop

Budget falls short on assistance to halt rural suicide rate

Budget 2013 should have included some extra provision to address the increasing and alarming rate of suicide in rural New Zealand, the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network says.

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Related Topix: Oceania, New Zealand, World News

Fairfax Times

Recent rash of student suicides could be a contagiona phenomena

Lauren Anderson places fresh flowers on the gravesite of her brother, Josh Anderson, who committed suicide in 2009.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, Family, Teenagers

Thu May 16, 2013

The Hollywood Gossip

Dick Trickle Dead of Apparent Suicide; NASCAR Star Was 71

Police in North Carolina believe that Trickle took his own life, shooting himself at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Lincoln County at 12:02 this afternoon.

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Related Topix: Lincoln County, NC

The Age

Intruder commits suicide at Paris school

Paris: French police said Thursday that a man entered the courtyard of a private Roman Catholic school in the upscale 7th district of Paris and killed himself.

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WPXI

Investigators still looking into UPMC doctor's cyanide death

Investigators are still trying to determine how a prominent UPMC doctor ingested an apparently lethal dose of cyanide before collapsing at her home last month.

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Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Defense Law, Law, University of Virginia

Washington Examiner

Estranged spouses dead in Prince George's murder-suicide

A 47-year-old man shot in his estranged wife and then took his own life in Prince George's County, police said.

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Related Topix: Silver Spring, MD

Mirror.co.uk

Paris school shooting: Man commits suicide in front of group of nursery children

Police in Paris say a man has committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in front of a group of nursery school children.

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Patch.com

New NJ Suicide Hotline Could Help with Emotional Impact of Sandy

Although New Jersey has the second-lowest suicide rate in the nation, a new hotline has received approximately 300 calls since it was launched May 1, according to Philly.com. New Jersey's suicide rate for people ages 35 to 64 increased 31 percent from 1999 to 2010, and as a result the New Jersey Department of Human Services spent $648,981 to create ... (more)

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Related Topix: New Jersey Government, New Jersey, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy

Wed May 15, 2013

Patch.com

Police Chief Confirms Suicide as Cause of Train vs. Car

Mount Pleasant Police Chief Tim Zarzecki Tuesday confirmed that Ben Glaeser, 29, of Franksville committed suicide by driving his car into an oncoming Amtrak train.

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Bloomberg

Singapore Police Accessed Todd's Hard Drive, FBI Says

Singapore police accessed an external hard drive found at the home of American research engineer Shane Todd, the FBI said, rather than an unknown person as asserted by his family to support its claim he was murdered.

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Related Topix: US Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Village Voice

The New Yorker Launches Strongbox, a Project Developed by Aaron Swartz

It's at once terribly exciting and infinitely sad: This morning, the New Yorker announced the arrival of Strongbox , a new tool for receiving sensitive documents and messages from readers.

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Psychology Today

Midlife and Suicide: Why Are We Killing Ourselves?

May is Mental Health Month. Our collective mental health is a crucial topic for us to discuss all the time.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

The Times of India

Daughter-in-law should not be treated as housemaid: Supreme Court

The apex court made the observations while upholding the sentence of seven-year jail term to a man for torturing his wife, who committed suicide.

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Related Topix: Wedding