Kansas Set to Legalize Bio-Cremation
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Kansas funeral industry regulators are set to setting rules for using a new form of cremation, by dissolving bodies in lye, that will become legal...
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Woman’s Leg Crushed by Falling Headstone While Having Sex in Cemetery
HAMILTON - A woman who may have been engaged in sexual activity in a township cemetery Tuesday evening was injured when a tombstone fell on her leg, police...
Woman's Leg Crushed by Falling Headstone While Having Sex in Cemetery
HAMILTON - A woman who may have been engaged in sexual activity in a township cemetery Tuesday evening was injured when a tombstone fell on her leg, police...
States Consider: Is It Legal To Dissolve Bodies?
Hal Shimp didn't want a traditional send-off after death. He didn't want a big, somber service, and he certainly didn't want to be buried.When the 91-year-old World War...
SCI Announces 70% Acquisition of Neptune Society
HOUSTON, June 3, 2011 -- Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), the largest provider of deathcare products and services in North America, today announced that it has acquired 70%...
Monks Suing For Right to Sell Caskets Set for Trial on Monday
From: NOLA.com - A federal lawsuit brought by St. Tammany Parish monks fighting for their right to sell handcrafted caskets to the public without a state license is set to...
The Story Behind National Geographic's Viral Chimp Funeral Photo
The November issue of National Geographic Magazine features a moving photograph of chimpanzees watching the burial of one of their own. Since it was published, the picture and...