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Google Now Lets You Create a Data Will

You can decide what happens to your account after you croak

(Newser) - Google unveiled a new feature yesterday that will answer one of life's great burning questions: What will happen to my email when I die? Dubbed the Inactive Account Manager—"not a great name, we know," the company admits in this blog post —the feature lets Google...

Reactions to Margaret Thatcher&#39;s Death
 Pundits Wrestle With 
 Thatcher Legacy 
OPINION
Apr 8, 2013 2:00 PM CDT

Pundits Wrestle With Thatcher Legacy

Pundits grapple with controversial legacy

(Newser) - The Iron Lady is dead , and reactions are pouring in from pundits around the planet. Here's what people are saying:
  • David Weigel at Slate is predicting a "gulf of difference between American coverage, in which Thatcher will be remembered as a glass ceiling-shattering pal of Ronald Reagan; and
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Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87
 Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87 
Apr 8, 2013 7:58 AM CDT

Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87

Former prime minister dies 'peacefully' after stroke

(Newser) - Margaret Thatcher suffered a stroke and died this morning at the age of 87, the BBC reports. "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announce that their mother, Baroness Thatcher, died peacefully," spokesman Lord Bell said in a statement today. Thatcher was Britain's first...

Assistant Mysteriously Dies at David Hockney's Home

Police say no signs of violence in 23-year-old's demise

(Newser) - A young assistant to David Hockney has died after being taken to a hospital from the artist's house. Dominic Elliott, 23, was taken to Scarborough General Hospital, near Hockney's home in northeastern England, yesterday morning. Humberside police said they could not confirm Elliott's name, but released a...

How Nora Ephron Died
 How Nora Ephron Died 
nyt magazine
Mar 10, 2013 4:45 PM CDT

How Nora Ephron Died

The Manhattan writer maintained her wit to the end

(Newser) - Nora Ephron maintained a death-defying wit in her final days, breaking down only once—when she accepted "a brutal form of chemotherapy," writes her son Jacob Bernstein in a touching New York Times Magazine piece. Having overcome a blood disorder, the writer of When Harry Met Sally and...

DC Comics Killing Latest Robin
 DC Comics Killing Latest Robin 
Feb 25, 2013 8:59 AM CST

DC Comics Killing Latest Robin

Damian Wayne has been a fan favorite

(Newser) - We're sorry you had to hear it this way, comic fans, but Robin is about to be grounded. Fan-favorite Damian Wayne will die in Batman Incorporated #8, the New York Post reports in a morning spoiler. "He saves the world. He does his job as Robin. He dies...

22 Illinois Frat Members Charged in Pledge's Death

David Bogenberger died after booze-filled pledge event

(Newser) - Northern Illinois University freshman David Bogenberger, 19, was found dead Nov. 2 at a frat house, his blood-alcohol level more than four times the .08 limit for driving—and now 22 members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity have been charged with criminal hazing. Authorities say Bogenberger had been given...

Eerie Discovery: Gene Predicts What Time We&#39;ll Die
Eerie Discovery: Gene Predicts What Time We'll Die
in case you missed it
Nov 24, 2012 9:00 AM CST

Eerie Discovery: Gene Predicts What Time We'll Die

Scientists accidentally stumble on finding

(Newser) - Scientists have made a discovery that, at first glance, seems pretty creepy: a gene variant that predicts the time of day we're most likely to die. Researchers looked at the sleeping patterns of 65-year-olds, and found that those with the more common variant of a single nucleotide near the...

Man 'Dies' While Voting —Then Asks, 'Did I Vote?'

Michigan man stops breathing while filling out his ballot

(Newser) - A man who nearly died while casting his ballot Monday had only one concern upon being revived: "Did I vote?" A nearby nurse rushed to the elderly man's aid when he stopped breathing at a township office in southern Michigan, reports the Detroit News . After CPR, he came...

Worker Cooked to Death at Tuna Plant

Not clear how Jose Melena ended up inside 'steamer machine'

(Newser) - Authorities say a 62-year-old employee has been cooked to death at a Southern California seafood plant for tuna maker Bumble Bee Foods. Local media report that Jose Melena was found shortly before 7am Thursday at the plant in Santa Fe Springs. It's not clear how the man ended up...

Boston Student Found in River Chained to Block

Jonathan Dailey disappeared a week ago

(Newser) - A missing Boston graduate student has been found dead in the Charles River, bound with chains to a cement block. Jonathan Dailey, 23, was identified yesterday, a day after the body of a 62-year-old man was found in the river near the Boston University boathouse. The older man's death...

Oregon Farmer Eaten by His Hogs

Terry Vance Garner's body parts, dentures found in pen

(Newser) - Don't go into the hog pen. A 70-year-old Oregon farmer went to the barn to feed his hogs and never returned. A family member later found a few body parts and Terry Vance Garner's dentures in the pen. Authorities are still investigating what happened, but they believe it'...

Diver Dies Working on Johnny Depp Lone Ranger

Crew member was preparing tank for Disney Western

(Newser) - Authorities are investigating the death of a diver on the set of the new Lone Ranger movie starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer. The 48-year-old crew member, wearing scuba gear at the time, may have died of a heart attack while preparing a deep-water tank on location at a ranch...

Mitt Rips 'Disgraceful' US Response to Protest

Early statement 'sympathetic' to attackers: Romney

(Newser) - Moving quickly to make a political point following yesterday's attacks on the US diplomatic missions in Egypt and Libya, Mitt Romney called an early US statement "disgraceful" for "sympathizing" with protesters. A statement released in Cairo shortly after angry demonstrators began to gather at the embassies referred...

Prisoner at Gitmo Found Unconscious Dies

'Extensive lifesaving measures' failed to revive him

(Newser) - A prisoner has died at the US Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, the US military said today, two days after the man was apparently found unconscious in his cell at the isolated, high-security prison. The prisoner, whose name and nationality were not released, was found by guards on Saturday and...

Cyclist Plunges to Death in Bike Race

Dad of 3 falls off bridge as he veers to avoid pothole

(Newser) - An Arizona father of three plunged to his death from a bridge during a 206-mile bike race Saturday. Robert Verhaaren, 42, veered to avoid a pothole and catapulted over a guardrail over the Snake River in Wyoming, falling 35 feet into shallow water just eight miles from the finish line...

'Jackass' Stunt Kills German

'Bavarian Dumbasses' may be charged with manslaughter

(Newser) - A crazy stunt styled after MTV's Jackass reality TV series cost a young man his life Sunday. The 20-year-old German, identified in a local newspaper only as Tobias, was part of a group of six who called themselves the “Bavarian Dumbasses.” They modeled their stunts on those...

2nd Yosemite Camper Dies of Hantavirus

4 suspected with viral infection stayed at same camp

(Newser) - A second person has died from the rare hantavirus infection after staying at a Yosemite campsite in California. Both victims and two others who may have contracted the virus all spent time in tent cabins at the popular Curry Village campground, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . "This is being...

Man Killed While Posing as Bigfoot

Cars strike Montanan hoping to be mistaken for Sasquatch

(Newser) - A Montana man dressed up as what he hoped would be taken for Bigfoot was struck by two cars and killed. Randy Lee Tenley, 44, was wearing a hard-to-see military-type "Ghille" camouflage suit and was standing along a highway near Kalispell as the light was fading when he was...

Mom Fighting Saudi Prince for Daughter Falls to Death

Cohen-Ahnine wanted daughter back from Sattam al-Saud

(Newser) - A French woman embroiled in a custody dispute over her daughter with a Saudi prince plunged to her death last week in Paris—and her lawyer says it was not suicide. Candice Cohen-Ahnine, 35, even told relatives she felt "threatened" several days before falling from her fourth-floor apartment off...

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