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The U.S. Embassy in Berlin says a German contractor apparently has committed suicide inside the embassy building.
The Army has approved new guidance to military commanders in an effort to stem the rising toll of soldier suicides.
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A training manual for an assisted-suicide group tells "exit guides" that they are special people and should celebrate their role in guiding others to their deaths.
An official whose 7-year-old son was killed in last year's massive earthquake in Sichuan province committed suicide on Monday, state media and the local government said.
A soldier who had told his family he did not want to return to Iraq apparently killed himself in a Puerto Rican motel days before he was to join his unit and head back to the war zone, police in the U.S. territory said Monday.
A retired New York City police officer shot an off-duty officer he suspected was having an affair with his police officer wife, then killed himself in the driveway of his suburban home, authorities said Saturday.
A Wisconsin prison inmate has been accused of helping his suicidal cellmate hang himself with a bedsheet.
An Ohio couple has filed a lawsuit saying school officials failed to stop bullying that they claim led to their 17-year-old son's suicide.
A former pastor was indicted on a murder charge in his wife's 2006 death, which initially was ruled a suicide before her parents pressed authorities to reopen the case.
Police say an Ohio man fatally shot himself in the head moments after realizing he had run over a friend in a bar parking lot.
A 78-year-old man apparently took his own life after shooting three people at his home Wednesday, killing one of them, authorities said.
A New Jersey man accused of stabbing his girlfriend shot and killed himself in a taxi as officers closed in, police in a New York City suburb said Wednesday.
A former assisted suicide network leader being prosecuted in a Georgia man's death is defending his group's practice of guiding people who want to kill themselves because they're suffering but not necessarily dying.
Police in Texas say a man shot and wounded his estranged girlfriend and then killed her mother and her son before killing himself in a home in a Fort Worth suburb.
Terminally ill patients with less than six months to live will soon be able to ask their doctors to prescribe them lethal medication in Washington state.
The case against members of an assisted suicide ring charged with helping a Georgia man kill himself has exposed a rift in the "right-to-die" movement as key players, including Dr. Jack Kevorkian, rush to distance themselves from the group's practices.
A British woman with multiple sclerosis lost a court battle on Thursday aimed at protecting her husband from possible prosecution if he takes her to a suicide clinic overseas.
A U.S. Marine who fatally shot himself after sneaking into Canada had served two terms in Iraq, officials said Saturday.
A Marine wanted by the U.S. military for abandoning his unit sneaked across the border into Canada and fatally shot himself outside his mother's farmhouse, police said Friday.
Jesse Coltrane exchanged instant messages and phone calls with a despondent California teenager, then became startled by the picture on his webcam: The young man who had been discussing suicide was starting to cut the skin of his forearm with a razor blade.
- Suicide rates among active-duty U.S. military personnel are continuing to rise even as the Defense Department dedicates more resources to identifying troubled service members and getting them the help they need.
An attorney for a woman convicted in a MySpace hoax directed at a teen who ended up committing suicide asked a judge to dismiss her convictions Thursday, saying a computer-fraud law was improperly used to prosecute her.
Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet saw his fortune and his loved ones' money disappear along with his clients' when he lost $1.4 billion he had invested with Bernard Madoff, the French financier's brother said.
Police say the actor who portrayed the gay lover of a closeted mobster on "The Sopranos" has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in New York.
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US interpreter who witnessed torture in Iraq shot herself with service rifleShe killed herself two years ago, this is the first I've heard of it. "They refused to say what interrogation she objected to, and maintain that all documents relating to methods used at Tal-Afar have been destroyed." But assuming something along the lines of....
After reading the vitriolic comments regarding the suicide of the Freddie Mac CFO, David Kellerman, I wondered how many people have been impacted by a suicide. I have been impacted by a suicide.
The Associated Press: Iraqi blasts stir worries of insurgent pushIraqi blasts stir worries of insurgent push By BRIAN MURPHY – 55 minutes ago
My bullied son's last day on EarthEleven-year-old hangs himself with belt because of school bullying.
Freddie Mac CFO told to take time offA follow-up on the suicide of Freddie Mac's CFO, David Kellermann
Taliban Seize Control of Area Near Pakistani CapitalTaliban militants have established control of a strategically important area only 70 miles from the capital, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. The move is part of an unrelenting push by the Taliban toward the heart of Pakistan. More Articles
Freddie Mac Chief David Kellerman Commits SuicideNEW YORK (WCBS 880 / AP) -- Farifax, VA police tell CBS TV affiliate WUSA in Washington DC the acting head of Freddie Mac, David Kellerman, has committed suicide.
Freddie Mac Official Dead in Apparent Suicide - washingtonpost.comThe acting chief financial officer of troubled mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead in his Fairfax County home early this morning after an apparent suicide, according to Fairfax police.
Police investigating death of Freddie Mac officialActing chief financial officer apparently commits suicide.
Acting head of Freddie Mac commits suicideThe acting head of Freddie Mac, David Kellermann, has apparently committed suicide, Fairfax County Police tell WTOP. Fairfax County Police spokeswoman Mary Anne Jennings says Kellermann, 41, was found at his Hunter Mill estates home Wednesday morning.
Freddie Mac Executive Found DeadWASHINGTON (AP) — Media reports on Wednesday said that the acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac has been found dead in an apparent suicide.
Man held on $5 million bond in child's deathBond has been set at $5 million in Will County Circuit Court for a man charged of the killing of his fiancee's 18-month-old child. Lee K. Ponshe, 25, of Elwood was arrested Thursday night in connection with the death of Halli R. Burton, formerly of White Hall.
I'm interested in this question when it comes to you - my fellow Viners - "What is it that you fear the most?" Fear rules the world if you take the time to think about it.
Constantly bullied, he ends his life at age 11SPRINGFIELD - He was just 11 years old, and they called him gay. They said he acted like a girl and bullied him. Girls, boys - anyone, it seemed - taunted Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover until he could take it no more.
Iraq arrests children recruited by Al-QaedaIraqi security forces have arrested four children who were recruited by Al-Qaeda to carry out suicide attacks in and around the northern city of Kirkuk, an army general told AFP on Sunday.
A Tragedy ExploitedFrom the onset, police Supt Franklin Mabanag, who initially handled the case and led the operation to invite — nay, arrest without warrant — Pam Arteche, Trina's sister, had seemed to impress upon the media that foul play was involved in the death of Trina from a gunshot wo …
While it's routine to assign numbers to the recession's costs in terms of jobs lost or businesses relocated or shut down, assessing the human impact is far more difficult.
Gestapo police handling of a broadcaster's case in RPIn a sense, I am glad that the Philippine National Police (PNP) in dealing with the household of Broadcaster Ted Failon did so with heavy, heavy hands. By their doing so, we are all witnesses to how our police handle Juan de la Cruz, the average Pinoy.
Air terror as man jumps from plane at 23,000ftA passenger on a charter flight in northern Canada forced open the aircraft's door and leapt to his death, making the freezing cabin depressurise at 23,000ft.
S&L; scandal figure jumps to death in Florida | WFTS-TVA key figure in the 1980s savings and loan scandal has jumped to his death in Florida.
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Getting to the Roots of Hate Crimeexcerpt: " Just last week, an eleven year old boy in Springfield, MA killed himself because he could no longer withstand his classmates taunting him and calling him gay.
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