LAUREL, Md. - An inmate who escaped from a hospital Wednesday, briefly taking a worker hostage and stealing two getaway cars, was cornered hours later in a cemetery by police and killed in a shootout, authorities said.

...Killed in a cemetery, how convenient. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Hilltop Cemetery, a historic cemetery in Central Florida hasn't been maintained and because of that has cracked and sunken graves and visible human bones and skulls of the deceased are visible. picked by princess2408 1 year ago

McCronklin says it's just a closeout sale on one section, and the cemetery is doing very well. Signs along the street outside the cemetery also advertise that no one with bad credit will be turned down. picked by Nev 5 months ago

Homosexuals have been designated an area in a Copenhagen cemetery for those who want to be buried among people who shared their sexual orientation. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Amid miles of winding pathways and 114 acres of burial ground in New Dorp stands a 15-foot monument. This shrine, located in Moravian Cemetery, has been a part of the borough's landscape since 1863. Fossils that are between 248 and 540 million years old. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

During the restoration works at the Nashville City Cemetery archeologists found a very rare "piece of eight", latter named the "peso" and today known as "8 reales," dated 1776. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- America's most recent war dead lie in a quiet patch of ground at Arlington National Cemetery known as Section 60. In that parcel are 485 men and women who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. At least 4 million people visit the cemetery each year, according to its Web site, and officials say Arlington, sadly, is running out of space for graves. There are more than 290,000 bodie... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 1 year ago

Every Memorial Day, volunteers put small American flags next to grave stones of the about 965 veterans buried at the Krafft Road cemetery.

All the flags were undisturbed during a Mass on Memorial Day. But the next day, cemetery workers noticed the flags were disappearing -- the small, wooden staffs still were in the ground, but Old Glory itself had been removed. picked by lynxears 6 months ago

Four Chicago-area cemetery workers have been charged with allegedly digging up graves and dumping the remains so the burial plots could be resold.

*Developing story.* picked by beckinacea 5 months ago

With space at Brooklyn's historic Green-Wood Cemetery at a premium these days, one man is perhaps most responsible for the few remaining plots as they begin to expire. picked by suebe 4 months ago

Vandals desecrated 148 graves in the Muslim section of a military cemetery in northern France, hanging a pig's head on one of the headstones, police said on Sunday.

Whatever your beliefs, this is just plain wrong. Wtf is wrong with some people. picked by doggylives 2 years ago

Excavations at Kfar HaHoresh, in the north of Israel, have revealed a prehistoric funerary precinct dating back to 6,750-8,500 BC. This funerary has grave goods including phallic figurines and sea shells from the Mediterranean and Red Seas, along with other items from Syria, Cyprus and Anatolia. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The disappearance of Waikiki Beach to erosion could cost the tourism industry nearly $2 billion annually in lost visitor spending, trigger more than 6,000 job losses and shrink state tax revenues by about $125 million a year, according to a new report based on surveys with Waikiki visitors. picked by muppet 12 months ago

How would YOU feel if you visited a cemetery and saw a grave stone that said you DIED a year ago? One woman got to experience exactly that. On a positive note, she now understands why she hadn't had many visitors lately... picked by Wingnut 3 years ago

Archeologists have unearthed a Roman-era cemetery dating from the 3rd century A.D. in northeast Syria, one of several recent archaeological discoveries in the history-rich country. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The family of a Miami man who died 17 years ago is suing a Florida cemetery for losing his remains. The body Miguel Toledo was missing recently when his grave at Dade South Memorial Park was opened to permit his widow, Ondina, to be buried alongside him. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Family cries and moans, whining that their father should get special treatment and be buried at Arlington Cemetery (even though he doesn't qualify) just because he is a Holocaust Survivor. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Florida picked by moe 2 years ago

Gather 'round, boys and girls, for a titillating Halloween tale: The Petrified Body of Lake Placid. picked by Alton 3 years ago

A married couple in Colorado got a shock while renovating their home last month when they discovered dozens of gravestones on their property. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago