One of two Italian women slain on a Cape Verde resort island in a brutal attack might have been alive when she was buried by her killers. picked by Browntrout 3 years ago

Ignorance of the risks of transmission mean that people with HIV and AIDS are being buried alive by their relatives in Papua New Guinea. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Felix is a 12 year old cat who ended up buried in the collapse of Cologne's city archive, but has now been reunited with his owner. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

Steve Cooper's friends told him he looked like the goddess Bahucharaji - who according to legend castrated her husband because he preferred acting as a woman. Steve now lives among 80 eunuchs at an Indian temple and blesses people who come to visit... way to go Steve! picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Just as he's being shoved into a mortuary box, he comes to life. I think his aunt said it best... "when I die I want to be buried with a mobile phone.” picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

A wristwatch buried in the ice at the North Pole three years ago was found by a boy more than 1,800 miles away after it floated ashore on the Faroe Islands. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

It's shocking that this Pakistani official would defend this practice.

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Note: The original post blew up plime this morning. Props to 2many for fixing it.This is a different link, but the original story link is embedded in the detailed article. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A two-day-old baby girl was found alive in a grave in southern India on Thursday, after she had been buried by her grandfather who did not want to bear the cost of bringing up a girl, authorities said. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

The baby taken from the womb of a Worcester murder victim last weekend was found alive tonight, and a female suspect in the case taken into custody, authorities said. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A 58-year-old mother believed she had cremated her missing son - only for him to turn up alive and well a day later. picked by Proverb 2 years ago

The birth mother, a member of the he Leech Lake Band of the Ojibwe, changed her mind and tribal officials cited the Indian Child Welfare Act, a federal law designed to keep American Indian children with native families. The child will probably wind up in foster care, as the mother has been declared unfit as she is a drug addict. picked by suebe 12 months ago

Two sisters and the brother who killed them with a kitchen knife will share a single funeral service and be buried together. A sad update picked by suebe 8 months ago

A father and three children who vanished on a Christmas tree-cutting trip in the Northern California mountains were found alive after huddling in a culvert for warmth during three days of heavy snow. picked by wags273 2 years ago

Eating lots of curry may help you lose weight, research suggests.

Scientists believe that haldi, or turmeric, which is used in most Indian meals, has an active ingredient that can help fight obesity. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Using his bare hands, Michael Keller knew he didn’t have much time to rescue a teenage girl who had been buried nearly up to her neck when tons of dirt and sand came crashing down from a Pacifica cliff to the beach below. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The power of positive thinking and Buddhist meditation techniques saved the life of a Chinese construction worker. picked by lostsoul135 2 years ago

Investigators think a Vancouver man may have been accidentally buried and killed while he was digging for treasure in Clark County. picked by muppet 2 years ago

In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class.

His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment. Classmates in Lima, a two-day trip from his Amazon home town, laughed at his grammatical stumbles, his odd pronunciation. picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

A 10-year-old boy is in critical condition at Children's Hospital in Seattle after being buried in a backyard sandbox by his playmates. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

According to a fascinating report printed in the London Telegraph in 1880, a man was buried ‘in a condition of apparent death’ for 40 days and survived. No tricks or tomfoolery were involved, so how did he do it?(Hmmmm, no tomfoolery) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago