Suicide

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Suicides spike in US Army, to surpass last year's record

AFP American Edition 9 days ago

Suicides in the US Army are headed to a new record, with 140 suspected cases reported since the start of the year, a top general said on Tuesday. The cause of the rising suicide rate remained unclear and varied from base to ...

Woman widowed by cop husband's suicide sues NYPD

AP News 12 days ago

NYPD widow sues husband's former employer, saying its blame game drove him to suicide Michael Pigott was an experienced NYPD lieutenant with an elite team trained to deal with the most hostile scenarios. He was calm under pressure. A good leader. Last ...

Germany Soccer Enke Obit

AP News 14 days ago

A framed picture of Robert Enke is seen in a mourning area at the station Eilvese in Neustadt am Ruebenberge, northern Germany, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. Robert Enke, the Hannover 96 and Germany's national team goalkeeper, killed himself by intentionally getting hit ...

Germany stunned by Enke's suicide death

AP News 15 days ago

Soccer-loving Germany stunned by Hannover goalkeeper Robert Enke's suicide death The suicide death of Robert Enke left Germany stunned Wednesday, sending the soccer-obsessed country into mourning and leaving the national team without its top goalkeeper for next year's World Cup. Enke's widow ...

Smoking tied to suicide risk in bipolar disorder

Reuters US Online Report Health News 15 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with bipolar disorder who smoke appear to have a heightened risk of suicidal behavior -- possibly because they are generally prone to impulsive acts, a new study suggests. Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is ...

NM teen back in jail after failed suicide attempt

AP News 17 days ago

NM teen accused in slaying of Navajo nun reportedly tried to commit suicide in jail A New Mexico teenager suspected of killing a nun on the Navajo Indian reservation reportedly tried to commit suicide over the weekend. Albuquerque television station KRQE reported ...

Mass shootings in recent years

AP Features 20 days ago

Here is a glance at some of the worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years: ___ Nov. 5, 2009: The Army says 13 people were killed and 30 wounded in a shooting rampage at its Fort Hood base in Texas. The suspect ...

Suicide prevention groups protest `The Office'

AP News 21 days ago

`The Office' and its Halloween hangman scene anger suicide prevention groups Some suicide prevention groups aren't laughing over a scene in "The Office" where Steve Carell's character tries to scare young children by struggling in a hangman's noose. The American Foundation for ...

Prominent SKorean businessman commits suicide: police

AFP Asian Edition 23 days ago

The former head of South Korea's giant Doosan group hanged himself on Wednesday, police said, amid reports he had run into difficulties managing his present company in the face of the economic crisis. The body of Park Yong-Oh, 72, was found by ...

Anguish over California teen suicides spurs action

AP News 25 days ago

Cluster of Calif. teen suicides spurs community's anguish, questions, random acts of kindness Grim news hit this university town in late October just two days before a PTA forum on teenage stress: Another Palo Alto teen had died after stepping in front ...

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