The brother of a woman murdered by her husband is set to erect a new memorial for her on the 18th anniversary of the death.

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New memorial for Webster’s wife

Emergency services urge the public not to jump into unknown waters to cool off in hot weather, after two deaths in two days.

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Shares his tale of grief after wife’s and daughter’s deaths.

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Biden Talks Suicide

Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan J. Wilson of California was the 1,974th U.S. death and the 3,000th overall coalition death, according to CNN's count.

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U.S. sailor is 3,000th Afghan war death

Minutes after Robin Gibb’s death , it began — the tweets of misery, the hashtagged mourning, the maudlin aphorisms streaming up and down Facebook walls and across Pinterest boards . The musician’s life was collated and curated by fans and passersby who felt compelled to make sense of it all in 140 characters or less. Read full article > >

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Tweet it and weep? Online, grief over dead celebrities is about us.

Robert Champion, a drum major, agreed to walk to the back of a bus as band mates beat him — a hazing ritual that led to his death, according to documents released by prosecutors.

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Hazing Ritual of a Band Is Described in Documents

Mexican authorities have arrested a man they say shot an American freelance journalist to death at a 2006 protest, state media reported.

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Apple's prized product designer Jonathan (“Jony”) Ive is a constant source of fascination among the press — doubly so after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

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Apple designer ‘winces’ over choices

A Peruvian minister denies claims that explosions used in oil exploration are to blame for the deaths of hundreds of dolphins.

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Peru denies dolphin death claims

A mother from Cardiff accused of beating her son to death says it was her husband who beat the seven-year-old and not her, a court hears.

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Five Egyptian policeman are sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison for their roles in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising.

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Jail for Egyptian protest police

A mother of twins born 18 months after the death of the biological father lost her Supreme Court appeal Monday, and the children are not eligible for survival benefits under Social Security.

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No benefits for posthumous conception

It's no bloody, foot-stomping battle to the death, but a legal fight befitting a mighty dinosaur is playing out on two continents as Mongolia's president tries to block the sale of a nearly complete skeleton of a 24-foot-long Tyrannosaurus that roamed Central Asia 80 million years ago.

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Mongolia tries to stop rare fossil sale

A Chinese businesswoman who received a death sentence for fraud is given a two-year reprieve, suggesting the sentence will probably be commuted to life in jail.

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Al-Megrahi death on front pages

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