Here are your top stories for this Wednesday, January 11, 2012: – Iran confirms death sentence to American – Four dead in apparent Ohio murder-suicide – North Carolina panels says sterilization victims should get $50,000 – Alaska town seeks shovels for next storm Incoming search terms:fabian maureira artisttop news stories in January 2012

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It was a New Year’s Day tragedy in California after a Navy pilot shot himself in the head after fatally shooting another pilot and two others in a murder-suicide in Coronado, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Yesterday, the Marine Corps identified the man as Lt. j.g. John Reeves. The Prince Frederick, Maryland [...]

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Seven people were found shot to death yesterday inside an apartment in Grapevine, Texas. The seven people, believed to be related, were in the process of opening Christmas present in the apartment’s living room area, according to Grapevine police Sgt. Robert Eberling. Authorities responded to the apartment “in reference to a 911 open line,” Grapevine [...]

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Illinois mother Sara McMeen shot each of her three children, including a 10-month-old baby, in the head before killing herself over the weekend, according to police. Investigators found all of their bodies in the backyard of their residence in Emington, a small farming community about 80 miles southwest of Chicago. Authorities released autopsy results and [...]

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Film legend Rita Hayworth‘s grandson, who had a history of drug addiction and suicide attempts, has been found dead in his NYC apartment. Andrew Embiricos, 25, was a sales exec for Virgin Atlantic Airways, who earned a psychology degree at Fordham University and founded a charity group on Facebook that provides clothing to the homeless. [...]

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Do you live in one of the saddest cities in the United States?  This week, Men’s Health released its list of America’s 100 saddest cities. The popular men’s magazine came up with the list by calculating suicide rates (CDC) and unemployment rates (Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of June 2011). They then used SimplyMap for [...]

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Ilya Zhitomirskiy, one of four co-founders of the Diaspora social network, died over the weekend in San Francisco at the age of 22. Zhitomirskiy committed suicide, according to media reports. A San Francisco Police Department officer confirmed yesterday that a police report about Zhitomirskiy’s death says officers responded at around 8:10 p.m. PDT Saturday night. [...]

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Here’s a sad story out of Texas. A teenager there tweeted 144 times in six hours about being sexually abused by a family member and being forced into prostitution. Then, 18-year-old Ashley Billasano committed suicide after tweeting to about 500 Twitter followers that she was going to do so. No one tried to intervene and [...]

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The audio has just been released from a 911 call placed earlier this month after Terrell Owens allegedly overdosed on painkillers. Owens was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on October 6 and, according to his assistant, T.O. may have been trying to kill himself. During the 911 call, which was placed at 11:02 p.m. [...]

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With his wife Ruth Madoff scheduled to speak to CBS‘ 60 Minutes on Sunday and NBC‘s TODAY on Monday, ABC News presented an exclusive interview with Bernie Madoff on Good Morning America this morning, kind of. Barbara Walters had to recount what Madoff said to her, as the North Carolina prison doesn’t allow TV cameras [...]

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What really happened to Anneka Vasta?  No one seems to know for sure. In 1975, Vasta was the Penthouse “Pet of the Year”. On January 4th of this year, some joggers found Vasta’s naked, dead body washed up on the shores of Camp Pendleton, the Marine Corps base near San Diego. Although she was 58 [...]

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I think it’s safe to say that, so far, it is NOT getting better. Gay teens are still being bullied relentlessly and they’re still killing themselves.  This simply must stop. Jamie Hubley, a 15-year old gay teen who was bullied at school, committed suicide on Friday. His suicide note was found on Tumblr. You can [...]

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