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Kids need proper hydration not only to preform and feel their best, but to stay healthy and out of danger. High heat indexes and summer sports can leave kids out of time and out of fluid. Learn what exports are saying about energy drinks and hydration.
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Custer -
Walter Eagle Tail probably did not expect a hot dog eating contest to end in tragedy for him. Unfortunately the 47-year-old man got one piece caught in his throat and choked to death during the competition.
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Kiev -
The head of Ukraine's Moscow-linked parish of the Orthodox Church died Saturday, the ex-Soviet country's largest Church said.
In the Media
by AFP
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Los Angeles -
Mutilation is a strong word but one that fits for this story. Victims have lost limbs, skin and one even lost their life. This is due to a trend of private, untrained plastic surgery sweeping parts of the developed world.
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Sydney -
An Australian funeral director had to store the body of a 200-kilogramme (441-pound) man in her car overnight after a morgue refused it for being too big, reports said Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Chillicothe -
Texas newlyweds and parents Cristina Munoz, 26 and Nicolas Cruz, 31, were killed when their vehicles smashed on a unlined country road Wednesday morning near their place of employment. They are survived by their three young children.
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Chicago -
A renowned coffee expert was killed in Chicago Saturday while taking down a large coffee machine in the city's Grant Park.
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Brussels -
Former Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, who also played a prominent role in the European Union, has died in France aged 73.
In the Media
by AFP
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The World Health Organization (WHO) wants global governments to crack down after study shows that alcohol kills millions per year.
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America's Neptune Society is known as a reputable cremation provider for when those dear to us pass away. Since 2007, however, customers have also had the option of having their ashes scattered on the seabed — on an artificial reef.
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The CDC has revealed the five most common causes of death in the U.S. The Agency argues that these major causes are preventable.
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Edmonton -
The body of a missing Canadian journalist and filmmaker was confirmed to be found in Cambodia, according to reports from earlier today.
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Yangon -
Thousands of mourners Wednesday attended the funeral of Win Tin, a giant of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, in an outpouring of grief for one of the country's best loved champions of freedom.
In the Media
by Kelly MACNAMARA (AFP)
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Win Tin, one of the founders of Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition and its longest-serving political prisoner, died Monday aged 84 after striving for decades to bring freedom to a nation under military dictatorship.
In the Media
by Hla Hla Htay (AFP)
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Pleasant Grove -
Seven dead babies have been found in separate cardboard boxes inside a garage in Pleasant Grove, Utah, with the oldest thought to have died a decade ago.
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London -
Sue Townsend, the British author responsible for the multi-million selling Adrian Mole series documenting the hum-drum life of an awkward teenager, has died aged 68, her son told the BBC on Friday.
In the Media
by AFP
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London -
The number of known executions worldwide rose to at least 778 last year following a surge in Iraq and Iran, Amnesty International said Thursday, but China remains the world's biggest state executioner by far.Beijing is thought to have killed thousands ...
In the Media
by Robin Millard (AFP)
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On Friday a farmer in Norway was sentenced to a year in prison for leaving 400+ pigs to die of thirst, as well as hunger.
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A class action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against the United Nations over the cholera outbreak in Haiti which left over 9,000 dead and 700,000 sick. The contagion has spread to several countries.
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A young American CEO who apparently committed suicide in Singapore was involved in the world of the bitcoin, but was also struggling with other issues prior to her death, friends and ...
In the Media
by Jeremy Wagstaff and Rujun Shen (Reuters)
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Washington -
A 78-year-old American man who was declared dead and taken to a funeral home dramatically woke up as he was about to be embalmed, US media reported Friday.Walter Williams was registered dead on Wednesday evening after medics failed to find his pulse.
In the Media
by AFP
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London -
A million newborn babies a year die within 24 hours of birth, charity Save the Children said in a report, which urged governments to tackle preventable deaths.
In the Media
by AFP
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London -
A million newborn babies a year die within 24 hours, charity Save the Children said in a report out Tuesday which urged governments to tackle preventable deaths.The report by the British-based organisation said 6.6 million children around the world die...
In the Media
by AFP
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London -
A million newborn babies a year die within 24 hours, charity Save the Children said in a report out Tuesday which urged governments to tackle preventable deaths.The report by the British-based organisation said 6.6 million children around the world die...
In the Media
by AFP
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Sonora -
Death can sometimes be too close for comfort. Today is one of those times, with what is only being called a "suspicious" death so far.
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Copenhagen -
Just days after a Copenhagen zoo sparked global outrage by putting down a healthy giraffe named Marius, another Danish zoo says it may do the same thing to a giraffe with the same name.
In the Media
by AFP
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Caracas -
Two people died and 23 were injured as rival protests linked to Venezuela's deepening economic crisis exploded into violence on Wednesday, a prosecutor said.A pro-government demonstrator and a student were killed as demonstrations both for and against ...
In the Media
by Valeria Pacheco (AFP)
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New York -
Russell Brand, comedian, actor and recovering drug addict, stated that Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s death was preventable and the result of “stupid drug laws.”
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Bangkok -
A top executive of India's Tata Motors who plunged from the 22nd floor of an upscale Bangkok hotel left an apparent suicide note, Thai police said Monday.
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Staten Island -
On Sunday afternoon, a man in Staten Island suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease burned to death in his home when his cigarette lit his oxygen tank on fire.
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Death Image
The Capitol building of Texas
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With permission by Reuters//Esam Omran Al-Fetori
The body of Ronnie Smith is pictured in the morgue at Benghazi Medical Center in Benghazi
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Wimbledonian on Flick'r
A cemetery in France
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Texas Dept of Criminal Justice
An execution chamber at a U.S. State Prison
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Merck PR
Screen dump from the Merck website showing the words "Be well" in their logo.
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Old grave in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Travel Channel, Bio Channel, Google
Pictures from Ghost Hunters, The Dead Files, Psychic Kids, The Myrtle Plantation, Paranormal Investigation Equipment
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wikimedia commons
File photo: Montreal's St Patrick's Day Parade is the oldest and largest of it's kind in North America
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Facebook / Tyler Clementi
Facebook page: In Honor of Tyler Clementi
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com
Deceased Body with Toe Tag Identification
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Matt H. Wade, wikimedia
The Easter lily.
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The Daily Undertaker
Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak, biologist and head of operations at Promessa Organic is developing a new method of disposition for the dead called 'promession'. Described as an environmentally friendly form of burial, and could in fact be the greenest of green disposition options.
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Photo of cover of Death & Life of American Journalism by Robert McChesney and John Nichols.
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Wikipedia
The photo that made Robert Capa famous from the Spanish Civil War.
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Pictures from Ghost Hunters, The Dead Files, Psychic Kids, The Myrtle Plantation, Paranormal Investigation Equipment
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Travel Channel, Bio Channel, Google
Pictures from Ghost Hunters, The Dead Files, Psychic Kids, The Myrtle Plantation, Paranormal Investigation Equipment
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Travel Channel, Bio Channel, Google
Pictures from Ghost Hunters, The Dead Files, Psychic Kids, The Myrtle Plantation, Paranormal Investigation Equipment
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With permission by Reuters / Noah Berger
Aaron Swartz, Internet activist and programmer played a key role in stopping a controversial online piracy bill in Congress, has died at age 26, an apparent suicide, New York authorities said January 13, 2013
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