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 11 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 6 months 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 4 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 2 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 1 year ago

Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital is the first U.S. hospital approved to start performing face transplants. picked by dollyllama 7 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 3 weeks 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 4 months ago

A Clarksville preacher was killed by a goat Tuesday that he was attempting to return to a fenced-in area. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Two teenage girls who attempted to rob a cab driver, slashing his face with a box cutter, were thrown from the taxi and killed in a wreck on Tuesday, police said. picked by mutil8or 6 months ago

A man who was sentenced to die for the murders of two college students in 1986 is taking his appeal to Supreme Court, saying he is too fat to be easily killed by lethal injection. picked by suebe 2 days ago

An Inglewood city employee who was part of a tree-trimming crew was killed Tuesday after being pulled into a wood chipper, authorities said.

*Third one in 6 months, what is it with CA and woodchippers? picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

The family said Chaney was discharged from Harper Hospital in Detroit on New Year's Eve and two days later he was found dead several miles away on Longwood Road near Woodward Avenue wearing a hospital gown and bracelet, a T-shirt and shorts. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

The owner of an opposition Internet news site in Russia's volatile Ingushetia region was shot and killed Sunday after being detained by police.

same red curtain. different day. picked by stinkobinko 1 month ago

In August, a patient died several weeks after a third doctor operated on the wrong side of his brain. Afterward, state health authorities ordered the hospital to take steps to avoid similar accidents in the future picked by Bornbad 3 weeks ago

An American tourist from California was killed by a train as he walked on the tracks in a daze after he drank a cappuccino laced with drugs and then was robbed, railway police said Monday. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

A gunman killed a police officer and injured three others during a traffic stop Thursday, triggering a manhunt in a suburban Miami neighborhood, officials said. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

King Luther, Rutland, VT's only police dog, died during the pursuit of a stolen vehicle.
R.I.P. King Luther.

More pictures and video here. picked by suebe 2 months ago

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Soldier killed when his Humvee was hit by roadside bomb. Soldier killed when his Humvee was hit by roadside bomb. Soldier killed when his Humvee was hit by roadside bomb. Soldier killed when his Humvee was hit by roadside bomb. Soldier killed when his Humvee was hit by roadside bomb. Why do we: a) Still use... read full post picked by sfeldner 2 years ago

In a cruel twist of fate - a teenager was killed by a hit-and-run driver at the same spot where his 14-year-old friend had died in a car crash just hours earlier. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago