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Ohio Says Funeral Home Can't Use Liquid Cremation
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsAn Ohio funeral home director who used lye and high temperatures to liquefy bodies has been ordered to stop the unusual practice, which authorities say is not approved under state law. For two months now, Jeff Edwards, the funeral director at Edwards Funeral Service in Columbus, has been disposing of bodies using alkaline hydrolysis, or liquid cremation, a process that uses lye and high temperatures to liquefy human remains. But last week, state officials told him that it "is not an authorized form of disposition of a dead human body," according to The Columbus Dispatch, which first reported ...
Arizona Buries Shooting Victim Who Died Shielding Wife
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsMavanell "Mavy" Stoddard was surprised to find love again late in life. After her husband died, she moved back to her hometown of Tucson and rekindled a romance with her high school sweetheart. But now she finds herself a widow twice over. Her new husband, Dorwan Stoddard, was one of the six people killed more than a week ago when a gunman opened fire at a meet-and-greet event for Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Witnesses say the 76-year-old threw himself over his wife's body to protect her from the bullets, but was shot in the head himself. Mavy Stoddard, 75, was shot three times ...
Elizabeth Edwards to Be Buried Saturday Beside Son
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Dec. 9) -- Elizabeth Edwards will be laid to rest this weekend next to her son Wade, who was only 16 when he was killed in a car accident 14 years ago. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at the Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, N.C., and is open to the public. Edwards died Tuesday at age 61 after a long battle with cancer. The estranged wife of two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards became an inspirational and sympathetic figure as she publicly shared the struggles of her private life -- Wade's death, her fight against cancer and her husband's ...
Sen. Robert Byrd Laid to Rest
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySen. Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress, was laid to rest in Arlington, Va., Tuesday. Byrd, who was the president pro tempore of the Senate, was buried in a private cemetery beside his wife, Erma Byrd, who died in 2006. A small memorial service for the senator's friends, family, and former staff members proceeded the burial and featured a bluegrass banjo player. Byrd's burial followed a string of remembrances and ceremonies held in his honor following his death last week at age 92. A memorial service in West Virginia was attended by President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, ...
Climate-Friendly Cremation? You First...
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhen President Obama joins leaders of 191 other countries at the Copenhagen climate summit this month, he will be bringing with him a number of proposals to try to limit man-made emissions of heat-trapping gases. In light of a declining urgency on the issue in the United States, the "Climategate" e-mail hacking scandal, and the inherent difficulty of getting an international conference to agree on much of anything, all one can say to the president is, "Good luck with that." But for those who remain concerned about climate change and greenhouse gases, there is something new you can try to ...
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