A radical Baptist church in Kansas known for picketing the funerals of soldiers who perished in Iraq said it intends to protest Heath Ledger's memorial service with signs claiming the actor died and is in Hell because he played a gay character in “Brokeback Mountain.” picked by Jerry520 2 years ago

He was shot in the leg, she was dead, kids were dead. Police first said he was not a suspect. Then they arrested him hours before he was to go to their memorial service. They are considering the death penalty. I could not find the link to the initial story... picked by Moe 2 years ago

A bit of an oldie, but a goodie. The 25-year memorial of the volcano's eruption is celebrated in the pictures and stories found in the above link.

A thanks goes out to Suckersklub for his link yesterday, which has had me thinking about volcanoes ever since! picked by chinook 12 months ago

Freeze-dry pet preservation creates a lasting memorial and more importantly, preserves your pet in a natural state thereafter, without any alteration in appearance. This allows pet owners to see, touch and hold their pets, and in a sense, "never have to let go." picked by muppet 2 years ago

The Jane Doe patient, an African-American woman hospital officials estimate to be in her late thirties or early forties, was admitted to the Grady Emergency Care Center at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital on Dec. 15 after being hit by a car in downtown Atlanta. According to the report, she is 5'6, between 130-140 pounds, and has three snowflake tattoos below her right knee. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

The Wappner Funeral Homes in Mansfield now offer families the opportunity to include a webcast and internet viewing of all funeral services, including the wake, memorial service and burial. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Toni Morrison once lamented that there was no monument to commemorate slaves and their history. “There is no suitable memorial, or plaque, or wreath or wall, or park or skyscraper lobby,” “There’s no 300-foot tower, there’s no small bench by the road.”

Well now there is a monument. She finally has her “bench by the road.” picked by BernardBlack 1 year ago

It became a makeshift memorial to the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Now a massive steel column has been returned to ground zero as a symbol of rebirth. picked by suebe 3 months ago

A cavebelow the Palatine Hill, decorated with seashells, mosaics, and pumice stones is likely to be the memorial to the founders of Rome. picked by suckersklub 2 years ago

Is it okay to show your patriotism at the office?

For one Arlington woman, the answer was "no" after she hung an American flag in her office just before the Memorial Day weekend. picked by Nateebiinature 6 months ago

Members from Westboro baptist church attempt to protest a memorial service for a Continental Flight 3407 crash victim. They are surrounded by counterdemonstrators wearing white plastic angel wings, blocking their signs from view.
Small video of the incident is worth a view, it is quite impressive how they just surrounded them and got them to leave without even confronting them. picked by theclansman 9 months ago

Newman, a former chain smoker, has been reported as seeking treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC.

No confirmations from his staff nor the hospital.
Say it ain't so, blue eyes.

Edit: Hopefully, this update is true. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Military blogger's entry one year after his buddy was killed in Iraq. Interesting blog, I recommend you take a look around. picked by cheeselog1234 2 years ago

At a ceremony to remember the 320,000 people that weere killed at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria a group of nazi lovers shouted "Heil Hitler" and "This way for the gas". They attacked the group of survivors and was able to evade the police. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

The memorial service for the five members of a Parkville family killed by a wrong-way truck in an Ohio highway accident included some uninvited guests nearby. picked by iamtoni78 2 years ago

Not long after Dale Neumann and his wife were convicted of the murder of their child through faith healing comes the story of Zachery Swezey who lay dying with a ruptured appendix whilst his parents prayed and preachers anointed him with oil

His memorial page here picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

A brazen thief who offered condolences at a memorial service made off with $10,000 collected for the family of an ironworker killed in a Las Vegas Strip construction site mishap, friends and family members said.

*oh I hope they do find him. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Every Memorial Day, volunteers put small American flags next to grave stones of the about 965 veterans buried at the Krafft Road cemetery.

All the flags were undisturbed during a Mass on Memorial Day. But the next day, cemetery workers noticed the flags were disappearing -- the small, wooden staffs still were in the ground, but Old Glory itself had been removed. picked by lynxears 6 months ago

The collection, affectionately known as Save the Girls, is a lasting memorial to the bomber crews who flew the aircraft, to the artists who painted the nose art and to those in Hollywood and the graphic illustration industry who first inspired the art picked by doggylives 1 year ago

A sign bearing the title "Mt. Cleese" appeared recently at the Awapuni Landfill in Palmerston North, New Zealand after a local satirist suggested it be renamed "John Cleese Memorial Tip," with the tag line: "All manner of crap happily recycled."

I wanted to repost ogri's plime classic, but alas the link is dead. So here's another.
ogri - where are you? picked by suebe 2 years ago