A ham steak tossed onto a school lunchroom table has a Maine community struggling with what constitutes a hate crime and bruised race relations. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest and other best selling books hung himself on Friday. picked by bernardblack 3 weeks ago

Shawn Lonsdale, whose one-man crusade against Scientology made him a public enemy of the church, was found dead at his home over the weekend in an apparent suicide. He was 39. There were no signs of foul play, and police found what appeared to be a suicide note. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Ninjas, disguised as a volcanic reef, attacked a Cruise ship which later sank off the coast of Santorini. picked by PulsisX 2 years ago

A dual-citizenship American/French man dies. LA police call it a suicide, French police aren't so sure.

..."The homicide detectives' theory — which strikes his family and friends as unlikely, even absurd — was that de la Plaza took drugs, stabbed himself, then washed or disposed of the knife before dying." picked by lynxears 5 months ago

Van Halen was never the same after David left the group. David may be a lot of things, but he is definitely a showman.

Bonus: Some great David Lee Roth Quotes
Also to stay topical, he was once hit by something thrown from some arse heckler and replied "I know who did that and I'll be sleeping with his girlfriend tonight" picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Homicide detectives are investigating the bizarre death of a San Diego man after his suicide attempt turned into a fight with his girlfriend. picked by wags273 8 months ago

who's who on suicide lane! Thankfully, the following ten celebrities only attempted suicide and did not succeed. picked by willster09 9 months ago

Three suicide bombings killed at least 30 people in Iraq today, mostly policemen, prisoners and tribal leaders, as insurgents launched fresh assaults in the violence-plagued country.ir picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

The NYPD lieutenant who authorized the fatal use of a taser stun gun on a naked Brooklyn psychiatric patient committed suicide at Floyd Bennett Field this morning. picked by shep182 4 days ago

PACE University student, Stanislav Shmulevich flushed a Koran down a toilet. At first he was charged with vandalism, but after pressure from Muslim groups and the wacked-out PC crowd he is not being charged with multiple felonies and hate crimes. (Click on embedded links for more info) picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Hyperlinked article examines the definition and history of crime and how it is handled around the world.
Also addresses penal law in the U.S., the
natural law theory of crime, aiding and
abetting, and different types of crime. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

"The decedent had jumped from the top of a ten-story building intending to commit suicide (he left a note indicating his dispondency). As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast through a window, which killed him instantly." And the story gets better...

(The website has some strange colors, hard to read. The full story is copied in the comments.) picked by muppetmaker 3 weeks ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide attacker detonated an explosives-rigged vest at a Shiite funeral in Baghdad, killing 32 people gathered to mourn the death of an Iraqi army officer killed in a car bombing, police and ambulance officials said.

Isn't it the height of bad taste to bomb a funeral? What if it turns into a geometric progression? picked by bevissimo 9 months ago

Take a look at a mugshot and see if you can guess the crime the person was charged with. It's a multiple choice so give it a shot. This person was charged with Aggravated Assault or DUI or Retail Theft. Which do you think.

FYI, don't read the filename of the photographs. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Romas Kalanta (February 22, 1953 - May 14, 1972) is considered a national hero of Lithuania, and is the subject of several books. Romas Kalanta set himself on fire in a public place in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas on May 14, 1972 in protest of the oppression of the Lithuanian language, culture and people by the government of the Soviet Union. At the time it was very difficult to tell the western ... read full post picked by leopoldogolba 9 months ago

A corporal in the Duke of Lancaster's regiment became the first British soldier ever to be convicted of a war crime yesterday as a court martial heard that he and his colleagues systematically abused ... picked by mrnelson 2 years ago

The study, published in the August edition of Annals of Plastic Surgery, revealed that women who underwent surgery to enlarge their breasts were three times as likely to commit suicide as those who did not have the surgery. picked by DemureArt 1 year ago

According to the victim, 2 kids went to his home to get away from an all-night party at their house so they could sleep. The kids were there 10 minutes. Mom picked them up and returned with a mob to brutally and savagely attempt to murder victim and his male lover. No charges will be filed however despite this is an obvious hate crime. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Mother of two in Naperville,IL. set a gasoline spalshed room on fire with her an her two kids inside. Very tragic!! picked by nesbyniccolo 1 year ago