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Published: 04/13/11

Ohio Woman Found Dead, Lodged in Basement Window

By  not in system - AOL News
Ohio Woman Found Dead, Lodged in Basement Window

LEBANON, Ohio -- Police say an Ohio man found his wife's body lodged in a basement window at their home when he returned from an out-of-state trip. Investigators in Lebanon in southwest Ohio do not suspect foul play in the death of 44-year-old Esther Kline. Police say in a statement that there are indications she may have locked herself out of the home and was trying to get in through the window when she got stuck. David Kline called 911 Tuesday night to say he found his wife not breathing. Firefighters removed the body from the window. Authorities have not said how long the woman was ...

Published: 04/1/11

Experts: German Celebrity Polar Bear Knut Drowned

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Experts: German Celebrity Polar Bear Knut Drowned

BERLIN -- Germany's celebrity polar bear Knut died from drowning after collapsing due to swelling of his brain and falling into his enclosure's pool, an expert said Friday. Pathologist Claudia Szentiks said a necropsy of the four-year-old bear who died suddenly two weeks ago showed he was suffering from encephalitis, an irritation and swelling of the brain that was likely brought on by an infection. AFP / Getty Images Knut, seen here in his enclosure at the zoo in Berlin in December, died March 19. A pathologist says the polar bear drowned after collapsing. She said it was ...

Published: 03/31/11

A Severed Pig's Head, a Friend's Dead Body and Other Things Not to Bring to a Soccer Game

By  Matthew Hall - AOL News
A Severed Pig's Head, a Friend's Dead Body and Other Things Not to Bring to a Soccer Game

You can add the dead guy at a pro game in Colombia last weekend to a list of crazy behavior by soccer fans at games. In the now infamous story, fans in Colombia stole the body of a murdered friend from a funeral home and took his corpse to the stadium to cheer on their favorite team -- a whole new twist on Pro Zombie Soccer. Christopher Jacome, 17, was shot and killed on Saturday while playing soccer in his local park. The following day, friends took his coffin and carried it into the 42,000-capacity General Santander Stadium in Cucuta for a match between Cucuta Deportivo and Envigado. It ...

Published: 03/22/11

Israeli Military Strike Kills 4, Injures 13 in Gaza Strip

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Israeli Military Strike Kills 4, Injures 13 in Gaza Strip

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli military strike aimed at Palestinian militants missed its target Tuesday, killing three children and their uncle and wounding 13 other family members as they played soccer in their backyard in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said. Adel Hana, AP Palestinians carry a body to the morgue of Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday after an Israeli strike at a house east of Gaza City. The attack, launched in response to repeated rocket fire toward Israel, dramatically escalated a recent round of simmering violence with Palestinian militants and ...

Published: 03/21/11

Police: Ex-NYC Cop Not Cooperating in Probe of Estranged Wife's Homicide

By  David Lohr - AOL News
Police: Ex-NYC Cop Not Cooperating in Probe of Estranged Wife's Homicide

Police trying to determine who is responsible for the death of a suburban New York wife and mother found Wednesday following a nearly weeklong search say the woman's estranged husband, an ex-cop, is refusing to fully cooperate with investigators. The partially clothed body of Tina Adovasio, a 40-year-old nurse and mother of four from the Bronx, was found in Westchester County by a group of teenagers on ATVs in a wooded area about 100 yards from a state highway, police said. NY Daily News / Getty Images Former cop Edwin Coello arrives at the 45th Precinct on ...

Published: 02/27/11

Guns and Death: A Love Story

By  Alison Fairbrother - Politics Daily
Guns and Death: A Love Story

The first reporting I did after my dad died Christmas weekend involved shooting a semi-automatic handgun at close range near Fort Meade, Maryland. My friend and Politics Daily colleague James Grady e-mailed me: "Would you be averse to appearing [along with James, his son Nate, and weaponry expert Steve Hunter] in a video of you firing a powerful handgun at an indoor range as part of a story about the history of the 1911 .45?" I was having trouble writing. My dad had been my muse and confidant and I thought about missing him every day. So when I had a chance to do a story that had nothing to ...

Published: 01/6/11

Dying 'Body Worlds' Artist Plans to Put His Plastinated Corpse on Exhibit

By  Ben Muessig - AOL News
Dying 'Body Worlds' Artist Plans to Put His Plastinated Corpse on Exhibit

Gunther von Hagens says he's not only the founder of the touring "Body Worlds" exhibition -- he'll soon be one of the showpieces as well. The German artist, doctor and anatomist made a name for himself by finding a way to "plastinate" cadavers by using synthetic resin to freeze semi-dissected bodies in lifelike poses with the skin peeled back. And after being diagnosed with terminal Parkinson's disease, von Hagens says he is planning to donate his own body to his provocative traveling show when he dies, according to The New York Times. ...

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