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THE NEW FORTY START SHRIEKING!
Some days I feel as if I am in the middle of a crowded room shrieking insanely but no one hears me. No one looks at me. No one stops what they are doing. It is as if I am invisible. I don't understan...
Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:39 AM
THE MINNESOTA BASHAW BLOG A Tradegy in Kansas City
Recently former Kansas City Chief linebacker, Jovan Belcher, killed his girlfriend and then took his own life at the Chiefs practice facility in front of some coaches. Since the killings reports have...
Posted on 12/5/12 at 4:22 AM
BEST FRIENDS ND "Are you thinking of ending your life?"
"Are you thinking of ending your life?" Few phrases are as difficult to say to a loved one. But when it comes to suicide prevention, none are more important. Before starting a conversation with some...
Posted on 10/12/12 at 9:47 AM
NEW PLATEAUS The Right to Life; The Right to End It.
A difficult, but thought-provoking issue is the case of Englishman,Tony Nicklinson. The 57-year-old suffered a stroke in 2005 and has lost all ability to move except for some facial motion--including ...
Posted on 6/29/12 at 8:55 AM
HEALTHBEAT Speaking of suicide
April has been a cruel month here in southwestern Minnesota, where the lives of four teens were recently lost to suicide. For their families, friends, classmates, teachers and others who knew them, t...
Posted on 4/29/11 at 2:34 PM
ND center gets grant for suicide prevention 
A Minot State University center has been given a grant to provide high school teachers with training in spotting students who are at risk of suicide.
By Associated Press , August 11, 2012
Red Wing, Minn. man would have faced murder charges if he hadn't committed suicide
Alan Sylte would face first-degree murder charges had he not killed himself after fatally shooting a Lake City police officer, the Wabasha County Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
By Anne Jacobsen , July 31, 2012
Minnesota man free pending appeal in suicides case
A former nurse convicted of searching out suicidal people in online chat rooms and encouraging them to kill themselves will remain free pending his appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
By Associated Press , July 23, 2012
Appeals Court upholds aiding suicide conviction
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed the convictions of a former nurse who scanned online chat rooms for suicidal people then, feigning compassion, gave a British man and a young woman in Canada instructions on how to kill themselves.
By Amy Forliti , July 17, 2012
Suicides averaging nearly one a day among US troops
Suicides are surging among America's troops, averaging nearly one a day this year — the fastest pace in the nation's decade of war. The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in the first 155 days of the year far outdistance the U.S. forces killed in action in Afghanistan — about 50 percent more — according to Pentagon statistics obtained by The Associated Press.
By Robert Burns , June 07, 2012
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AP source: RFK Jr.'s wife hanged herself
The Kennedy family, so practiced at public mourning, is grieving again after the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. was found dead at her home in suburban New York. Mary Richardson Kennedy, 52, an architect who struggled with drug and alcohol charges in recent years, hanged herself.
By Jim Fitzgerald , May 17, 2012
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Minnesota man kills wife and self, son wounded in shooting
Police in the Twin Cities suburb of St. Anthony say a man fatally shot his wife and wounded their son before turning the gun on himself. Officers were called to the couple's residence about 8:30 p.m. Monday. Police say the 52-year-old man fatally shot his 45-year-old wife outside the residence before taking his own life.
By Associated Press , May 15, 2012
Minnesota grand jury indicts right-to-die group
A Minnesota grand jury has indicted a national right-to-die group and several members for their actions in the 2007 suicide of a suburban Minneapolis woman.
By Steve Karnowski , May 14, 2012
Dad says charging bullies won't bring Minnesota girl back
The father of a 13-year-old girl in southeastern Minnesota who committed suicide says he was initially stunned when authorities decided not to charge any of the kids who allegedly bullied her. But Rick Ehmke, of Mantorville, says charges wouldn't bring his daughter Rachel back.
By Steve Karnowski , May 09, 2012
Minnesota grand jury reviewing right-to-die case
A grand jury is expected to hear evidence this week about the involvement of a national assisted suicide group in the death of a Minnesota woman in 2007. Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom issued a statement Monday confirming his office is investigating Final Exit Network and that he will be convening a grand jury.
By Associated Press , May 08, 2012
Former Rutgers student convicted in webcam case (VIDEO)
Dharun Ravi, 20, shook his head slightly after hearing guilty verdicts on all 15 counts against him. He and his lawyers left the courthouse without comment, his father's arm around his shoulders. He could get up to 10 years in prison by some estimates — and could be deported to his native India, even though he has lived legally in the U.S. since he was a little boy — for an act that cast a spotlight on teen suicide and anti-gay bullying and illustrated the Internet's potential for tormenting others.
By Geoff Mulvihull , March 16, 2012
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Man in Rutgers video stream says he noticed webcam
A webcam was noticeably aimed at a Rutgers University freshman and his male guest during their intimate episode in a dorm room, the man testified Friday at the privacy-invasion trial of the student's roommate. "I had just glanced over my shoulder and I noticed there was a webcam that was faced toward the direction of the bed," said the man, identified only by the initials M.B. "Just being in a compromising position and seeing a camera lens — it just stuck out to me."
By Geoff Mulvihull , March 02, 2012
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‘Try Not to Breathe’: Attempting suicide, then attempting life
Suicide is the third-leading cause of death for young people ages 10 to 24, claiming 4,400 lives annually, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. That statistic alone is alarming, but at least 149,000 more young people attempt suicide and survive each year. It’s this second statistic that Jennifer R. Hubbard humanizes in her young-adult novel “Try Not to Breathe,” about a teenage boy struggling to find meaning after attempting to take his own life.
By Susan Carpenter , February 03, 2012
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Man charged in Mississippi priest's death found dead in jail
Mississippi corrections officials say a man accused of killing a Roman Catholic priest and taking the victim's car on a family vacation to Disney World has been found dead in his prison cell of an apparent suicide.
By Holbrook Mohr , January 26, 2012
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