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Brazilian Trader Shoots Himself at Exchange

He clings to life after suicide attempt in wake of plunging market

Reuters Reuters Nov 18, 08 4:28 CST
(Newser) - A Brazilian trader was in critical condition after shooting himself in the chest on the floor of the nation's commodities and futures exchange yesterday. The tragedy occurred in the raucous interest rate futures pit, where some $21 billion in contracts are traded daily. Brazil's main stock index has plunged 50% since May. More »

More about:  stock market • suicide • Brazil • Great Depression • assisted suicide • stock exchange • Fiscal crisis • Sao Paolo

Kevorkian's Congressional Bid Advances

'Dr Death' gets enough signatures to be on Michigan ballot

Associated Press Associated Press Jul 8, 08 8:38 CDT
(AP) - Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot as a congressional candidate in Michigan. The Oakland County elections director says Kevorkian had about 3,200 valid signatures—about 200 more than needed. More »

More about:  Congress • Michigan • physician • assisted suicide • ballots • Jack Kevorkian • physician assisted suicide • Dr. Death

Dr. Death Set to
Make House Call

Kevorkian plans to run for Congress as a Michigan independent
 

Oakland (Mich.) Press Mar 12, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan doctor who says he's helped at least 130 die and who's been convicted of second-degree murder in one such assisted suicide, says he plans to run for Congress in a Detroit suburb, the Oakland (Mich.) Press reports. Kevorkian, 79, will make an independent bid against the incumbent Republican; he’ll need 3,000 signatures to get on the ballot. More »

More about:  Congress • murder • Michigan • assisted suicide • Jack Kevorkian

Legal Assisted Suicide Hasn't Led to Abuse

Study of Oregon, Netherlands finds fears to be unfounded

BBC BBC Sep 27, 07 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fears that legalizing physician-assisted suicide would lead to its use on unwilling, disabled people are unfounded, concludes a new study conducted in Oregon and the Netherlands, where the practice is legal. Researchers scoured hundreds of cases for any kind of bias, finding, “no evidence to justify the grave and important concern often expressed about the potential for abuse.” More »

More about:  cancer • research • Netherlands • Oregon • euthanasia • assisted suicide • physician assisted suicide

Swiss Neighbors Demand End to Assisted Death

Angered by stream of bodies and ambulances at housing complex

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Jul 13, 07 5:24 CDT
(Newser) - Neighbors of an organization that has become the center of Switzerland's "assisted suicide tourism" have demanded an end to the deaths in their housing complex, the Guardian reports. Residents complain about the stream of ambulances and bodies that have disturbed their sleep for 9 years as some 700 people have committed suicide with the help of Dignitas. More »

More about:  Switzerland • assisted suicide • Zurich

Prison Hasn't Mellowed
Dr. Death

Kevorkian's outraged
at meager progress on  assisted suicides

New York Times New York Times Jun 4, 07 6:02 CDT
(Newser) - Jack Kevorkian, who was paroled Friday after 8 years in prison, says he won't be involved in any more suicides—except perhaps his own. "When I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it right,” he tells the New York Times . But prison hasn't blunted the passion for phsyician-assisted suicides that earned  the combative former pathologist the sobriquet Dr. Death. More »

More about:  murder • suicide • prison • death • Oregon • assisted suicide • physician assisted suicide • Jack Kevorkian • Dr. Death • Jack Kervorkian

Kevorkian
Set to Leave
Prison Friday

'Doctor Death' will retire from mercy killing, won't stop lobbying for legalization

Associated Press Associated Press May 27, 07 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Kevorkian, the champion of mercy killing, will be released from prison June 1 after doing eight years for helping a Michigan man commit suicide. The 79-year-old retired pathologist spent a decade assisting terminally ill patients end their lives, using a homemade machine to administer the fatal drugs and then dropping off the bodies at hospitals. More »

More about:  prison • doctor • Oregon • painkiller • physician • assisted suicide • physician assisted suicide • Jack Kevorkian • Jack Kervorkian

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