Tag: suicide
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the war of christmas: murder, suicide, norad & santas
norad fighters escort santa through ‘north america’from no one has to die tomorrow: As if Christmas had not been destroyed enough by consumerism, here comes NORAD pushing their propaganda on the young believers. NORAD has a website to ‘track’ Santa’s whereabouts, and they are using Rudolph’s rfid red nose to follow the jolly old elf.…
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we all failed gary webb: dark alliance ‘suicide’ 4yrs later
from consortium news: Since Gary Webb’s suicide four years ago, I have written annual retrospectives about the late journalist’s important contribution to the historical record – he forced devastating admissions from the CIA about drug trafficking by the Nicaraguan contra rebels under the protection of the Reagan administration in the 1980s. And each time I’ve…
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3 strange deaths + 1 should’ve been
teens streams suicide live on webfrom threat level: A 19-year-old Florida teen’s suicide broadcast Wednesday on Justin.tv was a result of an overdose of opiates and benzodiazepine, the Broward County Medical Examiner & Trauma Services Division said Friday. The Pembroke Pines teen was pronounced dead about 6 p.m. on Wednesday, coroner spokeswoman Sherri Baker said…
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money murder meeting meltdown more
‘economic 9/11’ exacting grim psychological toll in USfrom afp: The murder-suicide of a Los Angeles financial manager who shot dead five members of his family before killing himself has highlighted the psychological toll of the economic meltdown. The bodies of Karthik Rajaram, a 45-year-old business school graduate, and his wife, three children and mother-in-law, were…
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uk top cop died from exposure on welsh mtn; suicide unproven
from guardian: Michael Todd, the former chief constable of Greater Manchester, died from exposure after ingesting alcohol and pills when his personal life unravelled, a coroner ruled today at the inquest into his death. The 50-year-old policeman was found dead on Mount Snowdon with an empty bottle at his side on March 11 this year.…
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misc: hadron hack, obits, paul, barr & jones
update: transformer glitch shuts down biggest atom smasherfrom ap: The world’s largest particle collider malfunctioned within hours of its launch to great fanfare, but its operator didn’t report the problem for a week. In a statement Thursday, the European Organization for Nuclear Research reported for the first time that a 30-ton transformer that cools part…
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the supposed lone anthrax gunman supposedly suicided
from ap: Anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and severely rattled the post-9/11 nation may have been part of an Army scientist’s warped plan to test his cure for the deadly toxin, officials said Friday. The brilliant but troubled scientist committed suicide this week before prosecutors could charge him with murder. The sudden naming of…
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Death Of The DC Madam (Updates)
Building Manager: DC Madam’s Death Not Suicidefrom WESH: The building manager of a Central Florida condo said he spent time talking to Deborah Jean Palfrey on Monday as she packed to go to her mother’s house and she did not seem suicidal. Deborah Jean Palfrey has many ties to Central Florida. For the past 12…
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dc madam suicided?
from usa today: Police say they believe Deborah Palfrey, the so-called D.C. Madam, may have committed suicide at her mother’s home in Tarpon Springs, Fla., according to the Associated Press and local news organizations. “Tarpon Springs detectives said a body was found in a small storage shed on the west side of the mobile home,”…
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coverup of veteran suicide risk
from raw replay: Did the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs try to cover up an epidemic of suicides? CBS News reports that “attorneys for veterans rights groups accused the VA of nothing less than a cover-up, deliberately concealing the real risk of suicide among veterans.” A CBS reporter cites 12,000 attempted suicides by veterans per…
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uk top cop who led cia rendition probe found dead
from ap: A city police chief who led an investigation into charges that Britain cooperated with secret CIA flights to transport terrorism suspects without formal proceedings has been found dead, his deputy said Tuesday. Manchester Chief Constable Michael Todd, 50, was found dead in Snowdonia, about 240 miles northwest of London, Deputy Chief Constable Dave…
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booz biometrics, castro quits, rotarix, lonsdale & checkmate
booz allen hamilton wins $6m biometrics bidfrom washington technology: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has won a contract worth $6.3 million to conduct a biometrics research project at the request of the Air Force, the Defense Department announced yesterday. Under the contract, the McLean, Va., company will help conduct research for a new 3-D facial recognition…
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wikileaks plugged, cia fronts, UN plunge & US runs drugs
wikileaks.org taken offline in USfrom bbc: A controversial website that allows whistle-blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US. Wikileaks.org, as it is known, was cut off from the internet following a California court ruling, the site says. The case was brought by a Swiss bank after “several…
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unsolved mysteries: danny casolaro
the perplexing case of a freelance journalist, who at the time of his death in 1991, was researching an insidious & wide-ranging conspiracy from wikipedia: Danny Casolaro was found dead in a bathtub in the Sheraton Inn, Martinsburg, West Virginia, one day after allegedly arranging to meet a source in connection with an investigation he…
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the golden suicides
When Theresa Duncan, 40, took her own life on July 10, followed a week later by her boyfriend, Jeremy Blake, 35, their friends were stunned & the press was fascinated: what had destroyed this glamorous couple, stars of New York’s multi-media art world, still madly in love after 12 years? Nancy Jo Sales reveals the…