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    The Smoking Gun

    NOVEMBER 11, 2009 12:43PM

    By Sky Bluesky


    Topics: open call, death, dcsniper, fthood, violence, guns

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 46052 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Sex after death: The new "Body Worlds" exhibit shocks Berlin

    MAY 10, 2009 11:26AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: science, travel, körperwelten, body worlds, berlin, art, exhibits, culture, death, sex

    • 39 Ratings
    • 42805 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    My Completely Unhealthy Relationship With God

    JANUARY 24, 2009 3:55PM

    By Mungular


    Topics: god, christianity, death, sadness, anger, crackers and grapejuice

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 37764 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    What Remains?

    AUGUST 1, 2008 5:51PM

    By Verbal Remedy AKA Denise


    Topics: burial, bury, dead, funeral, casket, cemetery, death, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 50 Ratings
    • 27833 Views
    • 105 Comments
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    What is dignity? Is it a useful concept?

    JANUARY 6, 2009 3:15PM

    By Rick Lucke


    Topics: politics, science, religion, society, psychology, humanity, spirituality, death, guantanamo, prisoners, healthcare, animals, belief and religion, family, feminism, gay/lesbian, news, technology

    • 50 Ratings
    • 24195 Views
    • 108 Comments
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    I Hereby Resolve to Write to You, Especially When I Die

    AUGUST 6, 2009 9:01PM

    By Love Grandma


    Topics: grandma, letters, sense of humor, laughter, wodehousian wit, perfectionist/procrastinator, death, writing, guilt, grief, grandmothers counsel the world, jeeves and wooster, p.g. wodehouse, stephen fry is literally jeeves incarnate, audiobooks, exhibition, stroke, coma, eighty-two, documentary, thank god, premonition, diving for pearls, digital recorder, equipment failure, the last interview, no song, the unsent birthday gift, the unrecorded interview, the unmade phone call, the unwritten letter, guilty!, grace, thank you, letter-writing, compassion, open call, it’s nice to have humor still in this world such as it is, things always start out with a tarabang for me in the morning, when i first smile at myself in the mirror, no teeth, usually, hair all weird, eyes squinty, i start the day laughing, i like that

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 23704 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Erik Naggum, R.I.P.

    JUNE 24, 2009 9:15AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: personal, erik naggum, erik naggum eulogy, death, erik naggum death, r.i.p., erik naggum r.i.p., friend, politics, personal style, manners, controversy, controversial, role model, personal flaw, character flaw, legacy, epitaph, philosophy, meaning of life, commentary, abuse, abusive, foul language, common lisp, sgml, contribution, fools, foolish, intolerance, abruptness, free speech, excellence, insight, michael phelps, jimmy carter, bill clinton, jerry falwell

    • 83 Ratings
    • 22418 Views
    • 115 Comments
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    Why Do We Mourn Some and Not Others? (disturbing images)

    JUNE 26, 2009 7:17AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: michael jackson, farrah fawcett, death, rituals, pop, connections, abortion, iraq, the congo, darfur, culture, pop phenomenons, public mourning, open call, fiction, gossip, television

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 21628 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Weekly 10: The 10 Deadliest US Industrial Accidents

    JULY 16, 2009 6:28PM

    By J. Robert Godbout


    Topics: list, industry, death, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 19253 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    10 Strange Celebrity Deaths

    JULY 8, 2009 10:10PM

    By J. Robert Godbout


    Topics: celebrities, death, dying, famous people

    • Editor's Pick
    • 89 Ratings
    • 17243 Views
    • 85 Comments
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    In Bed with the Devil (One Last Time)

    OCTOBER 27, 2009 10:19PM

    By Beth Mann


    Topics: life, sex, death, bunnies

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 16865 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Moving the Cemetery But Leaving the Bodies

    FEBRUARY 5, 2009 11:52PM

    By odetteroulette


    Topics: sustainable mobility, open spaces, lexus contest, open call, funerals, death

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 15296 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Michael Jackson: The Divine In Everyone

    JUNE 29, 2009 1:38PM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: michael jackson, death, memory

    • 28 Ratings
    • 14382 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    What's On Your Bucket List?

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 11:27AM

    By marytkelly


    Topics: bucket list, fear, death, dying, habitat for humanity, joan walsh, global volunteers, mindfulness meditation

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 12158 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Weekly 10: Top 10 Countries For Life Expectancy At Birth

    JULY 30, 2009 4:14PM

    By J. Robert Godbout


    Topics: life, death, healthcare, health, sick, stats, list

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 12084 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Brian Jones - The Life and Death of a Rolling Stone

    MARCH 3, 2010 12:07AM

    By Tricia Weight


    Topics: playboy, journalist, writing, biograghy, murder, death, anita pallenberg, rolling stones, brian jones, gossip, books, music, true story, concert guide, tricia weight, music guide

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 9956 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    Dad, I Really Didn't Mean to Kill You

    APRIL 26, 2011 9:31PM

    By WhatsOneMore


    Topics: family, health, belief/religion, hospice, euthanasia, morphine, palliative care, nursing homes, elderly, advance directive, death, bereavement, protocol

    • 4 Ratings
    • 9255 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    A few words about Dan Fogelberg - A Confessional of Sorts

    JANUARY 10, 2009 3:55PM

    By TMaita


    Topics: dan fogelberg, music, death, alcohol, teenager, angst

    • Editor's Pick
    • 47 Ratings
    • 8477 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    "Naked as the Day Dr. Frankenstein Made Her"

    MARCH 23, 2009 8:57AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: death, celebrity, jade goody, natasha richardson

    • 3 Ratings
    • 8425 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Kira's Kingdom

    JULY 11, 2010 9:20AM

    By Progressive Liberal


    Topics: death note, anime, kira, violence, peace, death, fear, belief/religion, fiction, video, television, politics

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