"Though young people are less fearful than their parents, going to the cemetery is still a grave undertaking, not a walk in the park." So it was a break with tradition when parklike Fushouyuan Cemetery in suburban Qingpu District applied late last year for scenic-site status from the city's tourism commission. picked by suebe 8 months 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

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

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

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

Despite the ceasefire, a doctor who worked for an Israeli hospital erupts with shock and grief and is broadcast on live TV as his home is bombed. He was one of the few from inside Gaza able to report on the devastation of the war. Three of his daughters were killed in the inexplicable attack. picked by equinox 10 months ago

Garrison Keillor, author and host of the live radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," is to be released Friday from a hospital where he was undergoing tests after suffering a minor stroke, his spokesman said.
Keillor, who turned 67 last month, checked himself into United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Monday, picked by Bingo 3 months ago

A top Italian maternity hospital has drawn criticism from right-wing politicians by replacing crucifixes on the walls of its wards with images of the Virgin Mary so as not to offend immigrant women giving birth there. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital is the first U.S. hospital approved to start performing face transplants. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Warrington Hospital has apologised to a mother whose miscarried baby's body was stored in the mortuary for almost two years without her permission. Leanne McCabe, 25, of Runcorn, Cheshire, found out the body of her son had been frozen when she had a second miscarriage at the hospital last year. More at The News of the World picked by suebe 10 months ago

If you or a loved one develops pneumonia or has a heart attack and is taken to a hospital, do you know what the chances are of getting out alive? Hospital death rates are difficult to pin down because some see sicker patient populations than others. Your chances of survival have become a little easier to find, thanks to information included in the government's Hospital Compare Web site. picked by TraumaMamma 1 year ago

Along with 2 others. A fourth person is in the hospital in critical condition. The driver who caused the accident fled the scene, but was later arrested...DUI picked by Moe 8 months ago

An owner of a Long Island gym was arrested Wednesday on charges that he murdered an armored-van guard during a heist 14 years ago and later killed two other men to cover up the first shooting. picked by muppet 1 year ago

A Clarksville preacher was killed by a goat Tuesday that he was attempting to return to a fenced-in area. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Crawford County authorities say an inmate escaped the county jail and left behind a rose fashioned out of toilet paper because he felt sorry for breaking out.

How thoughtful. picked by Nicky666 1 year ago

A prison spokesman said "The two were not supposed to be put in the same cell..."

Duh!!! picked by tigertony 9 months ago

Deputies found a jail door unlocked early Saturday and were looking for the inmate. They spotted Jackson trying to come back in and found 14 packs of cigarettes they believe were stolen from a convenience store about a block away. picked by kakana 9 months ago

Authorities say an inmate at Taylor Correctional Institution masterminded a scheme that resulted in false tax refunds of more than three million dollars. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Two gay men were killed in Baghdad's Sadr City slum, a local official said on Saturday, and police said they had found the bodies of four more after clerics urged a crackdown on a perceived spread of homosexuality. picked by kakana 8 months ago