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3 hrs ago | International Business Times

Foxconn Workers Commit Suicide At Factory In China, Three Years After ...

Three workers at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China, have committed suicide in the past three weeks, a French news agency , citing state media and a labor-rights group, reported Saturday.

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Related Topix: China, World News,

3 hrs ago | Chattanoogan.com

Man Wanted In Murder Of Woman On Lovell Road Commits Suicide In Gordon County Hotel

Terry Lee Releford, who police were seeking in the the murder of a woman on Lovell Road on Sunday, has committed suicide.

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Related Topix: Weather, Florida

Sun May 19, 2013

RecordNET

Coroner's report paints picture of deaths in S.J.

The 71 homicides that marked a grim record in the city of Stockton last year was reflected in the tally of homicides in the annual report from the county Coroner's Office.

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Related Topix: Stockton, CA, San Joaquin County, CA

WMC-TV Memphis

Body of young woman found in Lawrence County

The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department says the body of a young woman has been found in the Black River but her name is not yet known.

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Related Topix: Arkansas

Newsalert

Death and Loneliness

The New York Times reports: In the 1990s, the suicide rate dipped with the crime rate.

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This is Hampshire

Winchester man with history of depression took his own life on fourth attempt

A WINCHESTER man with a history of depression and suicide attempts died at St Catherine's Hill, an inquest heard.

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Examiner.com

Where do souls go that commit suicide?

The answer to "Where do souls go that commit suicide?" is that they go back to the Source.

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Mirror.co.uk

Bedroom Tax triggers 338 per cent leap in hardship payments

More than 25,000 people applied for discretionary housing payments in April to help cover their rent - a 338 per cent leap on the same month last year when just 5,700 people asked for the cash.

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Related Topix: West Midlands County, England, Warwickshire County, England, United Kingdom

Sat May 18, 2013

The Wichita Eagle

Dead man proves to be key witness in murder trial

A Sedgwick County jury began deliberations Friday in a first-degree murder trial that started just six weeks after a key witness committed suicide.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Health

Patch.com

New 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 roughly 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

NEWS.com.au

Three new suicides at Foxconn China factory

Kenji Fujimoto was accepted into Kim Jong-il's inner circle during a 13-year stint serving North Korea's first family.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, World News,

WAVE-TV Louisville

Police: New Albany mother died after drowning children

The mother who was discovered dead with her two young children in a New Albany creek killed them before she drowned, according to New Albany police.' Police say Jaime Clutter died from hypothermia and drowning, but they are not exactly sure if she committed suicide or if her death was accidental.

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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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Related Topix: Canada

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

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