Death and Dying Customs

BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. -- The ashes of more than 1,600 people who have never been identified or whose bodies were never claimed were buried Wednesday morning in a simple ceremony that has become a poignant custom in Los Angeles each December. The ashes...

Change doesn't come easy to many. To some it doesn't come at all. The way things are and the way someone is often doesn't differentiate from one era of someones life to another, from one place to another. Traditions, you see, die hard among those...

Six Five fraternity members charged with the hazing death of a college student accepted guilty pleas Friday. (3:39 p.m. This corrects a previous version. One member, Ryan Lawson, had his case continued for twelve months.)* All six were got two-year...

 On Christmas Eve 2004, Bailey Bauer, a 7-year-old girl from Mina, died.  Her parents, Bryan and Stacy Bauer, were grief stricken, but their faith and what occurred at the hospital that Christmas Eve changed them, they said.  Bailey had been sick with a...

Doctors in America are harboring an embarrassing secret: Many of them are going broke. This quiet reality, which is spreading nationwide, is claiming a wide range of casualties, including family physicians, cardiologists and oncologists. Industry...

Holiday movies, specials and very special holiday episodes of your favorite series fill the TV screens between now and Christmas Day. Here are many of the highlights. “Glee” 8 p.m., Tuesday, Fox. Extraordinary Merry Christmas: The glee club...

For the third year in a row, the “Poe Toaster,” who annually marked the birth of Edgar Allan Poe by leaving cognac and three roses on his grave, failed to make to the nocturnal trip....

North Korean media report a miraculous act of mourning for deceased leader Kim Jong Il by a bird in Berlin. A fruit tree also miraculously blooms there in winter in his honor....

We drive out of Chicago well before dawn Monday so we'll be on time for the 1 p.m. funeral service in suburban Detroit. A mutual friend has died, killed in a car crash on an icy road Friday morning. My......

The iconic Clifton's Cafeteria, which is in the beginning stages of a renovation, will play host to a screening of "Chinatown," which will also feature a performance by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson....

Life insurance companies are facing heat from officials in several states, including Pennsylvania, to be more aggressive at identifying payable policies, even if they haven't received a claim. In recent months, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department and...