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Without Means: The role of guns in suicide deaths
Lindsay Van Sickle’s dad loved to shoot. He lived on a farm and hunted as a little boy. As an adult, he spent time at the shooting range. He collected what she calls “cowboy guns” and loved the history...
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Daughter tries to come to terms with father's suicide
A few years ago Anne Emerson decided to visit her mom in Boston while on break from law school. One early morning during her stay they got a phone call. It was about her father … and the news wasn’t...
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After suicide attempt, college student helps others deal with mental illness
Three years ago, Wesleyan college student Molly Jenkins tried to take her own life—twice.Molly told her mom that her suicidal thoughts first began while recovering from a major surgery that left her...
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After the accident: Metra and pedestrian fatalities
Frequent commuters are all too familiar with the pangs of delays: the groans induced by announcements made over a train intercom, or the confusion created when train or bus operators suggest...
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What happens if you try to prevent every suicide?
Each year, nearly three times as many Americans die from suicide as from homicide. More Americans kill themselves than die from breast cancer.As Thomas Insel, longtime head of the National Institute of...
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Suicide in the Black community
Being Mary Jane is a television drama that airs on the BET Network. The title character is Mary Jane Paul, an African-American broadcast journalist played by Gabrielle Union. Most episodes of the show...
View ArticleMorning Shift: November 3, 2015
When it comes to your sexual and romantic identity, how do you describe yourself? Heterosexual? Gay? Lesbian? Bisexual? What about skoliosexual, lithromantic or aromantic? There are lots more...
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In reversal, death rates rise for middle-aged whites
A decades-long decline in the death rate of middle-aged white Americans has reversed in recent years, according to a surprising new analysis released Monday.The cause of the reversal remains unclear....
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Texas county says Bland was despondent over not meeting bail
HOUSTON — Sandra Bland, the black woman found dead in a Texas county jail this summer, killed herself because she was despondent over her relatives' refusal to quickly bail her out, attorneys for...
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Biographer Dissects Life of Open Internet Advocate
Computer prodigy Aaron Swartz was always dissatisfied with formal education. He left high school at 14, and dropped out of Stanford twice. He said neither experience really fed the curiosity that...
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