A widow has immortalised the memory of her husband by commissioning a painting using his ashes. picked by evadiva 4 months ago

A Belgian widow is suing two prostitutes who she claims encouraged her husband to take drugs and have sex when he was unwell, leading to his death. The wealthy businessman — who had a heart condition — asked the sex workers to bring an electric sex toy, champagne and ecstasy tablets for a "special Christmas treat." picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Buddy Holly's widow is trying to keep the woman whose name was made famous by the 1950s hit song "Peggy Sue" from selling a book about her friendship with the rocker. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Scientists have discovered a potentially marketable contraceptive in the venom of Chile's black widow spider, whose bite is fatal to many but can also cause prolonged, painful and involuntary erections in men. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A 62-year-old woman known as the "Black Widow" is being held in a North Carolina jail on $1.5 million bond for relatively petty charges, while police race to unravel a web of mysteries — including the deaths of her two husbands and a female "best friend" — before time runs out and "she's outta here." picked by suebe 3 years ago

She helped fulfill her husband's dream of going to a Steelers game. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

Changes in the UK climate mean that winters once cold enough to kill off exotic spiders are now mild enough for them to survive.

Black Widow based scare-mongering from the Telegraph in the link.

Slightly more sombre reporting from The BBC, but they do have a video picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

A 99-year-old British woman who spent two months with her son in France returned to find her pension had been cut off because she was ruled dead. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

PATNA, India (Reuters) - A rich 80-year-old Indian widow has spent thousands of dollars on a feast for 100,000 people in the hope it would please the gods and open the doors of heaven for her, local officials said.

-I heard it was a divine party.
(photo not related) picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

"It was just before supper time and I was predigesting the evening s**t for the kids," she recalled. "When I looked up at the TV I saw Bob there, and of course I was pretty excited. He started waving at me, and then, all of a sudden, SLAP! My whole world, my life, layed smashed across the back of Obama's left hand. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Check out this Flip Book from 1903. 365 musings on widows and widowhood, one for each day. Entry for February 9th: “A man that marries a widow is bound to give up smoking and chewing. If she gives up her (widows’) weeds for him he should give up his weed for her.” Just so ya know. picked by meggysue 11 months ago

The practice of sati, in which a woman burns herself to death on her husband's pyre, began in medieval times when Hindu women chose to kill themselves after their husbands died in battle rather than be taken prisoner by invaders. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Weeks after her purse was stolen, a 70-year-old South Carolina woman received its contents -- including irreplaceable photos -- in the mail. picked by muppet 2 years ago

The finger had long since been buried.

Cool story, though. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

A ninety year old has left loads of money to her local community after they accepted her when she retired. Examples include giving £500 to everyone over sixty who has lived in the village for over 20 years. picked by makuus 6 months ago

Local businesses and volunteers from Medicine Hat, Alta., surprised a pregnant widow by renovating her house. Dozens of volunteers helped overhaul Andrea Maksymowich's home by adding a new fireplace, a new kitchen and new furniture in 7.5 hours. Fifty companies donated more than $45,000 worth of materials. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Although less than the $130 million requested, the award could blaze a legal trail for 8,000 similar cases who's plaintiffs have been watching the progress of this trial intently. This was the first trial since the Florida Supreme Court in 2006 voided a $145bn class-action jury award, saying each smoker's case had to be decided individually. picked by equinox 9 months ago

A woman once convicted of killing her Marine husband with arsenic to pay for breast implants was cleared Thursday after new tests showed no traces of poison. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

he widow of Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay says her husband didn’t commit any crimes, according to court documents filed Friday in the ongoing effort by the federal government to seize nearly $13 million in assets from his estate.

*OMFG MY BLOOD IS BOILING!!! picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The prospect of super-strength military body armor inspired by silk from deadly black widow spiders has moved a step closer after research revealed by a US university picked by neilharvey 2 years ago