Evidently the poor dying woman was blocking a really good sale. picked by readingitall 1 year ago tags murder robbery death dying crime police |
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A British man has been jailed for three years for urinating on a disabled woman as she lay dying, in an attack filmed by a friend on his mobile phone. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Death and dying are arguably our last taboos 0 comments edit related share artsThis exhibition features people whose lives are coming to an end. It explores the experiences, hopes and fears of the terminally ill. All of them agreed to be photographed shortly before and immediately after death. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago |
A 10-year-old Lincoln girl dying of brain cancer has one wish -- for her father to be at her bedside. 14 comments edit related share plime.com*Edit, this is a picture of the girl and her dad. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago |
German artist Gregor Schneider is planning the ultimate (literally!) performance art piece: he plans to show a person dying as part of the exhibition! picked by doggylives 6 months ago 8 comments edit related share arts |
Probing a glowing bubble of gas and dust encircling a dying star, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a wealth of previously unseen structures. The object, called NGC 2371, is a planetary nebula, the glowing remains of a Sun-like star. The remnant star visible at the center of NGC 2371 is the super-hot core of the former red giant, now stripped of its outer layers. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Five veterinary clinics in eastern Alabama received 32 surprises in the last week: Healthy cats in containers and carriers, along with notes from an anonymous donor saying she is dying from cancer. picked by smarty1052 2 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
They had just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. I can't imagine. picked by tigertony 3 months ago 7 comments edit related share world |
Some even stopped to take pictures 2 comments edit related share plime.comMy faith in humanity is officially gone. picked by gammerus 1 year ago |
San Marcos police are investigating an officer who pulled over a speeding car, then kept the occupants waiting even though they were rushing a dying dog to an emergency veterinary clinic. The teacup poodle, Missy, died while the pair said they waited 20 minutes for Officer Paul Stephens to issue a ticket. picked by lila 4 months ago 25 comments edit related share plime.com |
A 22-year old Rhode Island woman tried to conduct a drive-through robbery of a bank while riding in the back of a hired limousine... picked by jokestarter 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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The English language has given us not only "dead", but 213 euphemistic phrases for death and dying. Here they are in all their morbid 'glory'. picked by TheStep 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
An interesting article by a doctor on what he has learnt from the patients who have died in his care. Sad, but, in a way, (for me, at least) comforting picked by Marz 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
The death and life of the American newspaper. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago 1 comments edit related share world |
Ugh this is so sad. Amazing that the guy has such an awesome attitude about the whole thing. 5 comments edit related share plime.comHealth is not really the best category...we need an "Inspirational" category, kind of the opposite of WTF. picked by Moe 1 year ago |
American writer Susan Sontag was terrified of death. She beat cancer in the 1970s, and again in the 1990s, but third time around she wasn't so lucky. In a tender account of her final illness, her son David Rieff recalls how he colluded with his mother's fantasy that she wasn't dying - and what this ultimately cost him after she had gone picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
A rare new kind of star may have been discovered. It is much like the white dwarf our own sun should eventually become—save for a mysterious shroud of carbon ash. The findings could shed light on the life and death of stars, astronomers said. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A 56-year-old woman has been charged with murdering her husband by running him over with a car in Perth. 0 comments edit related share plime.comDifferent from Bornbad's post. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago |
Police say a man was shot to death Sunday night over some quarters. (short news) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
"None of us can know the answers for sure until our own time comes, but the few individuals who have their brush with death interrupted by a last-minute reprieve can offer some intriguing insights. Advances in medical science, too, have led to a better understanding of what goes on as the body gives up the ghost." picked by fogowar 1 year ago 6 comments edit related share weird |