TRAGIC

Teens arrested after young girl’s suicide

April 13, 2013
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MARTHA MENDOZA | Associated Press, Yahoo!7 Eight days after allegedly being sexually assaulted while passed out at a party, and then humiliated by online photos of the assault, 15-year-old Audrie Pott posted on Facebook that her life was ruined, ‘worst day ever,’ and hanged herself. For the next eight months, her family struggled to...
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Police Officer Kills Double Amputee in Wheelchair

September 25, 2012
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Police investigate a group home in southwest Houston, Texas, after a wheelchair-bound amputee was shot by to death a member of the Houston Police Department after threatening him with what turned out to be a silver pen. By The Associated Press HOUSTON September 23, 2012 (AP) A Houston police officer shot and killed a...
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Naked 80-year-old woman tased by police

June 17, 2012
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Police tased a naked 80-year-old woman who was quoting the bible to calm her down after she attacked officers with her walking stick. The incident happened last month in St George, South Carolina, but the police department have now backed the officer involved, claiming the woman could have hurt fellow officers and medical crews...
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“Zombie Attack” victim may go blind

June 13, 2012
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A homeless man who almost died after a naked assailant repeatedly bit his face is recovering well but is likely to go blind, doctors say. Ronald Poppo was sent to hospital in critical condition after the May 26 incident in Miami that some media reports have dubbed the “zombie” attack. “He lost his left...
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The sick fascination with a death video

June 7, 2012
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By Steve Lillebuen, Special to CNN Police inspect the Montreal apartment where Luka Magnotta, the suspect in a videotaped dismemberment, reportedly lived. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Steve Lillebuen: People share anything online, even video of a dismemberment Death video exposed underbelly of the Internet and pushed it into wide circulation, he says Social media has been changing...
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Eduard Khil, the ‘Trololo Man,’ Dead at 77

June 5, 2012
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Neetzan Zimmerman Russian baritone crooner Eduard Khil, who became world famous two years ago when his 1976 performance of the song “I Am So Happy to Finally Be Back Home” went viral on YouTube, passed away today in St. Petersburg, two months after suffering a stroke that caused irreversible brain damage. He was 77....
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Doctors plan more amputations to save Aimee

May 21, 2012
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The parents of a woman who has lost a leg to a rare flesh-eating bacteria say she knows that she faces more amputations in a bid to save her life.Aimee Copeland, 24, was infected with the bacteria while kayaking. She is in a critical condition in hospital and has already had her left leg...
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SES worker saves crash victim from morgue

April 2, 2012
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A crash victim was moments away from being taken to the morgue when rescue volunteers challenged paramedics’ advice and found he was still alive. The 30-year-old Melbourne man had been pronounced dead more than an hour earlier and covered with a plastic tarp when State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers found a pulse. The SES...
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‘Dead’ crash victim abandoned by ambulance crew found alive by SES volunteers

April 2, 2012
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Ambulance Victoria is undertaking a review after a car crash victim declared dead by a paramedic was later found to be alive when cut from the wreck by a SES volunteer. Paramedics were called to the crash between a sports car and a four-wheel-drive near Bacchus Marsh just before 3pm AEST on Sunday. Paramedics...
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Baby cut from pregnant mum: woman gets life

March 2, 2012
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BUB CUT FROM PREGNANT MUM: WOMAN GETS LIFE Brett Barrouquere, AAP A US woman has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a pregnant acquaintance and cutting her baby boy alive from her womb. Kathy Coy agreed to the sentence in a deal last month in which she avoided a possible...
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