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October 2008
- Suicide Nets Set for Golden Gate
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Oct 11, 08 6:19 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A panel has approved a plan to hang nets along the Golden Gate bridge to catch would-be suicides, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The bridge's board voted 14 to 1 in favor of installing the barrier after hearing testimony from psychiatrists, suicide prevention experts, and family members of people who have leaped from the bridge, believed to be the world's top suicide magnet. More »
September 2008
- Depression Killed David Foster Wallace
  
  Salon | Sep 27, 08 6:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - After a torrent of tributes to David Foster Wallace since his suicide 2 weeks ago, Salon talks with close friends and family members about the decades-long battle with depression that led the beloved and astonishingly talented writer to take his life. For years, Wallace functioned with the help of antidepressants, but he'd developed problems with the drugs, and stopped taking them. More »
August 2008
- Colleges Face Suicide Crisis
  
  USA Today | Aug 18, 08 4:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - More than half the students at 70 US colleges have contemplated suicide, a startling new study has found. Surveys revealed that 55% once thought of taking their own lives, 18% seriously considered it and 8% actually tried, reports USA Today . Broken romances, school-related problems, and emotional and physical pain were most often cited as the reasons. More »
July 2008
- Golden Gate Guardians Study Suicide Barriers
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 8, 08 10:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Golden Gate Bridge is an increasingly popular spot for suicides, but officials are divided over erecting unsightly barriers that might have discouraged the 35 who killed themselves there last year. The Los Angeles Times reports the agency that maintains the bridge is now studying five designs but doesn't have the $25 million to $50 million they would cost. Options include adding nets and raising the existing pedestrian barrier from 4 to 12 feet. More »
June 2008
- With No Body, Cops Doubt NY Banker's Suicide
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 11, 08 11:31 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An international manhunt is now under way for a former hedge-fund manager who disappeared the day he was to begin serving a prison sentence for defrauding investors. A car belonging to Samuel Israel III was found Monday at a bridge over New York's Hudson River, the Wall Street Journal reports; though bodies of suicide jumpers are normally found quickly, there's no sign of Israel. More »
- Hedge Fund Fraud Missing; Suicide Possible
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 10, 08 2:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Police aren't ruling out suicide as a New York hedge-fund manager due to begin serving a 20-year prison term yesterday remains missing, the Wall Street Journal reports. Police found Samuel Israel's car parked near a bridge over the Hudson, with “Suicide is painless” written in dust on the hood. More »
- 'Wonder Woman' Finds Body in Potomac
  
  Washington Post | Jun 7, 08 1:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Lynda "Wonder Woman" Carter didn't need super powers to make a surprising—and gruesome—discovery in Washington this week. She was rowing alone on the Potomac River when she spotted a woman's body. She said she "did what anyone would have done"—and yelled to nearby fishermen to call the cops, reports the Washington Post. The dead woman was apparently a suicide. More »
- NFL Steroid Dealer's Death Called Suicide
  
  Dallas Morning News | Jun 7, 08 6:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Convicted steroid dealer David Jacobs’ death has been ruled a suicide, the Dallas Morning News reports. Authorities say Jacobs, 35, shot himself in the stomach and head. Officials also found some 150 containers of steroids in his Texas home. The medical examiner has not yet explained the death of Jacobs’ girlfriend, whose body was found with his, apparently shot several times. More »
- Lincoln's Failings Offer Modern Lesson
  
  New York Times | Jun 6, 08 7:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Abraham Lincoln had his dark days. For a while, Lincoln was mercury-pill-popping, sleep-deprived wreck who briefly considered suicide. “Lincoln went Crazy,” wrote friend Joshua Speed. “It was horrible.” Lincoln, of course, grew out of it, facing his flaws in a way today’s leaders ought to emulate, writes David Brooks in the New York Times. More »
May 2008
- Soldier Suicides Set Record
  
  Reuters | May 30, 08 3:51 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Army recorded it highest ever number of suicides last year, with 115 soldiers killing themselves, Reuters reports. The rate is staying high this year, with 38 soldier suicides so far. The military said the statistics showed no direct link between the increase in suicides and repeated deployments to combat zones—but admitted the stresses of war were taking their toll. More »
- When Suicide Conflicts With Japan's Polite Society - washingtonpost.com
  
  Washington Post | May 28, 08
  
  TOKYO -- Japan's new recipe for killing oneself is being purged from the Internet at police request. Drugstores are pulling ingredients from shelves.
- Suicides linked to work-related stress up in Japan
  
  AP Online | May 24, 08
  
  The number of people who committed suicide or tried to in Japan because of work-related stress has doubled in the last five years, a government report said, illustrating the growing anxiety many here feel from increased workloads and competition.
- Overwork-linked suicides in Japan have doubled over the past five years, report says
  
  AP Worldstream | May 24, 08
  
  The number of Japanese who committed or attempted suicide due to overwork and stress has doubled in the past five years, a government report published Saturday said.
- '20th Hijacker' Tried Suicide at Gitmo
  
  Reuters | May 21, 08 7:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A man accused of being al-Qaeda's 20th 9/11 hijacker tried to kill himself at Guantanamo Bay last month, Reuters reports. A lawyer for the Saudi said he cut his wrist open after learning that the Pentagon had filed capital charges against him. The charges were dropped last week without explanation but the Pentagon has reserved the right to reinstate them. More »
- MySpace Bully's Case Sets Risky Course: Experts
  
  Wired | May 16, 08 2:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A criminal indictment over MySpace bullying that led to a Missouri teen's suicide sets an unusual and perhaps dangerous legal precedent, experts say. Because her activities violated the site’s terms of use, Lori Drew faces charges of computer fraud and abuse related to the death of Megan Meier, Wired reports—and the charges involve a contract that few users even bother to read. More »
- Woman Indicted in MySpace Suicide Case
  
  Associated Press | May 15, 08 3:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Missouri woman has been indicted in the case of a teenage girl who killed herself after receiving cruel messages on MySpace, the AP reports. The woman, Lori Drew, is charged with pretending to be a teenage boy on the site and having a helper taunt the 13-year-old victim. Drew faces up to 20 years in prison on counts of conspiracy and accessing protected computers. More »
- DC Madam to the Big Screen?
  
  New York Post | May 13, 08 1:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The DC madam may have committed suicide last week to avoid jail, but her story lives on. Literary agents are discussing doing a documentary on Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the New York Post reports, and have lined up biographer C. David Heymann to write a book about the sex industry, with Palfrey as the focus. "Perhaps her life won't have been taken in vain," said agent Marianne Strong. More »
- DC Madam Saw 'No Way Out': Suicide Note
  
  Tampa Tribune | May 5, 08 2:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Unable to bear the prospect of prison time, the so-called DC Madam hanged herself, officials in Florida said today. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, whose body was found Thursday, left behind suicide notes in which she referred to "this 'modern day lynching'" and said she saw "no way out i.e. 'exit strategy' for me other than the one I have chosen," the Tampa Tribune reports. More »
- Mother Found 'DC Madam' Hanging, Fla. Police Say
  
  Associated Press | May 1, 08 3:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The so-called “DC Madam” hanged herself in Florida, police said today, committing suicide two weeks after her conviction for money laundering and racketeering. Officials say her mother found Deborah Jeane Palfrey, 52, hanging in a storage shed this morning, along with suicide notes whose details they did not divulge. Police said Blanche Palfrey had no indication her daughter was contemplating suicide. More »
April 2008
- Docs Suffer Highest Suicide Rate
  
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Suicide Nets Set for Golden Gate

Depression Killed David Foster Wallace

Colleges Face Suicide Crisis

Golden Gate Guardians Study Suicide Barriers

With No Body, Cops Doubt NY Banker's Suicide

Hedge Fund Fraud Missing; Suicide Possible

'Wonder Woman' Finds Body in Potomac

NFL Steroid Dealer's Death Called Suicide

Lincoln's Failings Offer Modern Lesson

Soldier Suicides Set Record

When Suicide Conflicts With Japan's Polite Society - washingtonpost.com

Suicides linked to work-related stress up in Japan

Overwork-linked suicides in Japan have doubled over the past five years, report says

'20th Hijacker' Tried Suicide at Gitmo

MySpace Bully's Case Sets Risky Course: Experts

Woman Indicted in MySpace Suicide Case

DC Madam to the Big Screen?

DC Madam Saw 'No Way Out': Suicide Note

Mother Found 'DC Madam' Hanging, Fla. Police Say

Docs Suffer Highest Suicide Rate