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April 2008
- Tragic Bond Links Heart Donor, Recipient
  
  Hilton Head Island Packet | Apr 7, 08 4:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Georgia man who took his own life last week had lived 12 years after receiving a transplanted heart from a South Carolina man who also committed suicide, police said. And in a twist worthy of Edgar Allan Poe, the donor's widow had met and married the recipient, the Hilton Head Island Packet reports. More »
- China Blasts Dalai Lama 'Suicide Plots'
  
  Guardian (UK) | Apr 2, 08 5:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Chinese authorities are accusing the Dalai Lama of organizing suicide attacks, building an arsenal of weapons and explosives in Tibetan monasteries, and plotting to disrupt the Beijing Olympics. The fresh allegations come in the wake of last month's raging protests in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa and China's violent response. More »
March 2008
- More Afghan Families Using Girls to Pay Debt
  
  Newsweek | Mar 30, 08 6:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Besieged by debt, more Afghan farmers are paying lenders by handing over their girls as "loan brides," Newsweek reports. Often taken from their families forever, the girls—some younger than 5 years old—are commonly beaten or pushed to suicide by their fate. "My heart is still with my parents, brothers and sisters," one girl said. "Only my body is with my husband's family." More »
- FDA Probes Suicide Link to Asthma Drug
  
  USA Today | Mar 28, 08 7:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The FDA has opened an investigation of anecdotal links between the popular asthma and allergy drug Singulair and suicidal thoughts. In the past year, manufacturer Merck has added warnings of several possible side effects of the pill related to the nervous system, including anxiety, depression, tremors, and suicidal thinking. The FDA says its review of the drug, which had sales of more than $4.3 billion last year, may take up to nine months. More »
- Suicide Kills More LA Cops Than Criminals
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 26, 08 5:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cops in Los Angeles are more likely to die by their own hand than from a criminal's bullet, the Los Angeles Times reports. Psychologists trying to improve the LAPD's suicide prevention efforts found that 19 police officers in the city killed themselves between 1998 and 2007, while just seven died on the job. The police say the nature of the work is often to blame. More »
- Dad Penned Apology Before Killing Family
  
  Chicago Tribune | Mar 26, 08 5:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An Iowa man left a note in his kitchen and voice mail messages for friends and ex-colleagues apologizing before killing his wife and four young children, the Chicago Tribune reports. Steven Sueppel then killed himself in a fiery highway crash. The former bank executive was facing trial on embezzlement charges, and had admitted using half of the cash for cocaine. His messages said the shame was too much to bear. More »
- JK Rowling Considered Suicide
  
  Times (UK) | Mar 23, 08 10:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Before Harry Potter came along, his creator was broke, recently divorced, depressed, and near suicide, reports the Times of London. JK Rowling was a mom in her mid-20s, living in a cramped apartment paid for by a friend when she sought professional help. “We’re talking suicidal thoughts here, we’re not talking ‘I’m a little bit miserable,'” she told a student magazine at Edinburgh University. More »
- Cobain Isn't Curt in New Documentary
  
  Independent (UK) | Mar 21, 08 4:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new documentary tells the story of Kurt Cobain’s life in the singer’s own words, the Independent reports. Kurt Cobain: About a Son , on DVD this month, is constructed around 25 hours of previously unreleased interviews of the Nirvana frontman by journalist Michael Azerrad. Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994, speaks openly about his band, his marriage, and his childhood. More »
- Former Child Pilot Commits Suicide
  
  Associated Press | Mar 19, 08 10:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Vicki Van Meter, the girl who at age 11 astounded the nation with a 5-hour cross-country flight, is dead at 26, the AP reports, of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Van Meter’s trans-continental flight was a record at the time, and a year later she became the youngest pilot to fly across the Atlantic. “We all thought she was coping,” her brother said of her history of depression. More »
- Portrait of the Suicide Bomber as a Young Man
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 17, 08 11:03 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The people carrying out suicide bombings in Iraq are overwhelmingly young men from other countries who grew up in large, poor families, the LA Times reports. After interrogating four dozen men taken into custody over 4 months, the American military has drafted a profile of the typical suicide bomber, who is in his late teens or 20s and in thrall to al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to a report released yesterday. More »
- Dr. Death Set to Make House Call
  
  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 »
- Golden Gate Considers a Fence
  
  Washington Post | Mar 3, 08 10:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - San Francisco may finally be coming to grips with its Golden Gate suicide instrument, from which more than 1,300 people have thrown themselves, reports the Washington Post, making it America’s No. 1 self-annihilation destination . But for years the bridge’s guardians have resisted calls to erect a barrier, believing that thwarted suicides will just kill themselves elsewhere—despite a mountain of scientific evidence to the contrary. More »
February 2008
- 17th Youth Dies in Welsh 'Suicide Borough'
  
  Guardian (UK) | Feb 20, 08 10:15 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A 16-year-old schoolgirl found hanged in the woods yesterday became the 17th youth suicide in the area of Bridgend, Wales, since early 2007. The rash of suicides has focused intense scrutiny on the town of 39,000 and its surrounding borough, where baffled police have so far failed to unearth any common motive linking the victims, the Guardian reports. Victims have ranged in age from 15 to 26. More »
- Suicides Spike Among Middle-Aged
  
  New York Times | Feb 19, 08 10:10 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have spiked dramatically in recent years, in contrast to flat or declining rates in younger and older demographics, mystifying experts, reports the New York Times . For people 45 to 54, the rate jumped 20% between 1999 and 2004; for women, the increase was 31%. Theories about the cause include lack of support systems, declining hormone-replacement therapy use, and prevalence of prescription painkillers . More »
- Epilepsy Drugs Increase Risk of Suicide: FDA
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Feb 1, 08 6:11 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Taking epilepsy medication can double risk of suicidal behavior, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Results of a government study showed the increased risk for 11 specific drugs, including Pfizer’s Neurontin and Lyrica, but the Food and Drug Administration warned that the findings probably apply to all epilepsy medications. Labels for the drugs will be changed to reflect the risks. More »
- Soldier Suicides at Record High
  
  Reuters | Feb 1, 08 4:26 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A record number of US soldiers may have killed themselves last year and it's likely linked to the stresses of war, according to the latest figures from the military. The survey found 121 soldiers died in confirmed or suspected suicides last year, a 20% increase over the previous year and the highest number since the Army started keeping records 30 years ago. The number of attempted suicides has also leaped since the Iraq war began. More »
October 2007
- Japanese Internet-Assisted Suicide - Lifestyle News - Digital Trends
  
  Digital Trends | Oct 15, 07
  
  Japanese Internet-Assisted Suicide - A Japanese man has been arrested for aiding the suicide of a young woman who contacted him via his suicide web site. - Lifestyle News at Digital Trends
May 2007
- Let's Die Together
  
  The Atlantic | May 1, 07
  
  Why is anonymous group suicide so popular in Japan?
April 2007
- Suicide Takes A Communal Turn
  
  The Atlantic | Apr 23, 07 2:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Of all the things initiated in anonymous online chat rooms, group suicide has to be the most macabre. David Samuels explores why hundreds of Japanese adults, previously unknown to each other, have gathered to die together in small groups, often asphyxiating themselves in cars by carefully placing charcoal burners to suck the oxygen out of the air. More »
October 2004
- Japan's lost generation finds solace in suicide | World news | The Guardian
  
  Guardian (UK) | Oct 27, 04
  
  Disaffected young people are using the internet to make pacts to end their lives.