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(Newser) - Thousands more well-wishers flocked to the Kennedy Library in Boston today to pay their respects to Ted Kennedy, the Globe reports. Mourners stood in an eight-wide line that snaked back and forth throughout the parking lot. Among the mourners were several state lawmakers, a group from the Democratic Republic... More »

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Boston • Ted Kennedy • death • funeral • senator • Kennedy Library • US Senate • wake

 Senior Bushes Will 
 Skip Kennedy Funeral 

43rd president will represent family at service

Aug 28, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush won't attend Ted Kennedy's funeral tomorrow, the AP reports. All of the living presidents had been expected at the senator's service in Boston, but the 85-year-old Bush changed his mind after learning his son would be among the mourners, a rep says. Bush... More »

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Boston • Barbara Bush • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • death • George HW Bush • funeral • senator • George W. Bush

(Newser) - With a tropical storm bearing down on the Northeast, President Obama and Michelle Obama will leave Martha's Vineyard tomorrow, a day ahead of schedule, to ensure he arrives in Boston in time to deliver a eulogy at Ted Kennedy's funeral Saturday. If possible, they'll return to the Vineyard afterward; if... More »

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weather • Boston • Michelle Obama • Ted Kennedy • death • tropical storms • hurricane • funeral • bicycles • bicycle • President Obama • Martha's Vineyard • bike helmet • eulogy

(Newser) - Thousands of constituents and admirers turned out this afternoon to honor Ted Kennedy as a motorcade bearing the senator's body from his Cape Cod home to his brother's presidential library wound through the streets of Boston. Some wept, some applauded as both locals and out-of-towners flooded to say goodbye. "... More »

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cancer • Boston • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • death • Cape Cod • senator • brain cancer • US Senate • Hyannis Port

(Newser) - He wasn't always the most articulate person in one-on-one conversations, but Ted Kennedy gave powerful speeches, writes Gail Russell Chaddock in the Christian Science Monitor. Three that resonate:
  • His 1980 concession: “For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures,
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Senate • Ted Kennedy • obituary • Robert Bork • Massachusetts • death • speech • US Supreme Court • Robert F. Kennedy • senator • Robert Kennedy

 Website Predicts 
 Your Odds of Dying 

Risk based on age, gender

Aug 27, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Feeling morbid? A new website will give you your odds of dying in the next year, LiveScience reports. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon came up with DeathRiskRanking.com. Input some basic info—age, gender, place of residence—and the site spits out when and of what you're likely to die. "... More »

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technology • health • public health • death • website • mortality • odds

(Newser) - A new "conspiracy" video making the rounds on YouTube purports to show Michael Jackson being escorted from a coroner's van after his death, reports the Telegraph. The poster claims to have received the video from a "trustworthy" source, though there is absolutely nothing on the video that supports... More »

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YouTube • video • death • conspiracy • Michael Jackson • Elvis • conspiracy theory • Tupac Shakur • resurrection

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Fiore Beau 
 'Happy' Jenkins Is Dead 

Plus, Fergie and the Prince are together again, sorta

Aug 24, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Murdered model Jasmine Fiore wanted to get back together with ex-boyfriend Robert Hasman, he said this morning on Today. When Hasman heard Fiore’s suspected murderer, Ryan Jenkins, had killed himself, “I was happy,” he said. Fiore’s mother, Lisa Lepore, said of Jenkins, “He wanted... More »

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entertainment • divorce • celebrity • death • Gwyneth Paltrow • Kirstie Alley • celebrity divorces • Royal Family • Sarah Ferguson • Chris Martin • celebrity marriage • Jasmine Fiore • Ryan Jenkins • Robert Hasman

Disney World Stuntman Killed
in Practice

He's the third park employee to die on the job this summer

Aug 19, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disney World canceled its “Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular” yesterday, after one of the performers suffered a head injury and died during practice, the AP reports. He’s the third park employee to meet an untimely demise on the job this summer, but Disney says the deaths are unrelated,... More »

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Disney World • death • accidental death • stuntman

(Newser) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the 88-year-old sister of John F. Kennedy and the founder of the Special Olympics, died at Cape Cod Hospital early today, the Wall Street Journal reports. Shriver had been in critical condition for a week. Inspired by the struggles of her mentally disabled sister Rosemary, Shriver spent... More »

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John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • death • Cape Cod • Special Olympics • women's issues • Eunice Shriver

 Newton-John's  
 Dead Ex Alive in Mexico 

Speculation reigns he faked it to escape debt

Aug 10, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Olivia Newton-John’s former lover has been presumed dead since going missing on a 2005 fishing trip—but he may have faked it due to rising debts, the Daily Mail reports. Private investigators claim to have found Patrick McDermott working in a small Mexican fishing town, and a fax... More »

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entertainment • Mexico • celebrity • death • faking your own death • Olivia Newton-John

(Newser) - Diarrhea kills 1.6 million children under 5 every year—more than AIDS or malaria—and gets a fraction of the funding. But a deceptively simple new treatment may mark a breakthrough, Time reports. Zinc supplements appear to dramatically decrease diarrhea-related deaths—one afflicted village in Mali hasn’t had... More »

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Africa • AIDS • malaria • children • treatment • death • diarrhea • women's issues

(Newser) - Thirty years after Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in a plane crash, the New York Daily News looks back at athletes "gone too soon": Roberto Clemente (Dec. 31, 1972): His plane went down while trying to deliver supplies to Nicaragua earthquake victims. Search parties never found Clemente's body.... More »

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Pat Tillman • athlete • death • plane crash • Dale Earnhardt Sr. • accident

(Newser) - A Wisconsin jury has convicted a man of reckless homicide for praying instead of taking his ill daughter to the doctor, the Wausau Daily Herald reports. Dale R. Neumann, 47, faces up to 25 years in prison in the 2008 death of his 11-year-old daughter, Madeline Kara Neumann, who suffered... More »

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Wisconsin • death • Christians • prayer • Dale R. Neumann

(Newser) - Conservative radio hosts are scaring America's seniors with a campaign against an end-of-life counseling proposal in the health care reform bill, the Washington Post reports. Under the proposal doctors would be reimbursed for consulting with elderly patients about what medical interventions they would prefer as the end nears, but opponents... More »

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health care • euthanasia • death • AARP • health care reform • end of life care • seniors

 Idol Hit-and-Run 
 Suspect Was 
 Fleeing Cops 

Was running from previous collision when he allegedly hit Cohen

Jul 28, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The driver suspected of killing outspoken American Idol contestant Alexis Cohen was fleeing police at the time of the hit-and-run, People reports. Authorities say Daniel J. Bark, 23, hit a parked car, refused to stop for a bicycle cop, and was pulled over minutes later—allegedly after fatally... More »

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entertainment • American Idol • New Jersey • drunk driving • death • accident • singer • hit-and-run • Alexis Cohen

(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett left the vast bulk of her estate to her troubled 24-year-old son, Redmond, and nothing to Ryan O'Neal, sources have told KTLA-TV. Most of her $6 million estate was left in trust to Redmond in the will, which Fawcett updated in 2007. The fund will be controlled by... More »

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cancer • death • actor • estate • Farrah Fawcett • Charlie's Angels • Ryan O'Neal • Redmond O'Neal • anal cancer • last will and testament

(Newser) - A woman was killed early today in a stampede at the Ganges River where thousands of devout Hindus gathered to witness a total eclipse of the sun, AP reports. Millions poured outside to see the longest eclipse of the 21st Century. But many in the superstitious nation fearfully huddled indoors... More »

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India • death • eclipse • stampede • solar eclipse • Ganges River

Spectator Death, Squabbles Rock Tour de France

No one has tested positive for drugs, but spirits are still low

Jul 19, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cycling can't seem to catch a break. Despite a clean record on drug tests, this year's Tour de France will be wrapping up under dark clouds. Between the death of a 61-year-old spectator, a pellet-gun attack on riders, and accusations of sabotage between teams and individuals, the race itself has... More »

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cycling • death • Tour de France • sabotage • Lance Armstrong • shooting

World's
Oldest Man
Dies at 113

British man was one
of the last surviving WWI veterans

Jul 18, 09 6:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's oldest surviving veteran of World War I has died aged 113, the BBC reports. Henry Allingham, who became the world's oldest man after the death of a Japanese 113-year-old last month, passed away peacefully at a care home for veterans. Politicians and veterans' groups paid tribute to Allingham, who... More »

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veterans • death • Britain • oldest man • World War I • longevity • Henry Allingham

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