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Few police agencies address suicides within ranks

AP — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:48:36 +0000

Police Sgt. Chuck Cross pointed his department-issue .40-caliber handgun at his temple, finger on the trigger, as he sat drunk against his hallway wall.

Golden Gate suicide barrier would cost up to $50M

AP — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:15:48 +0000

A new report says installing a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge would alter the view and cost as much as $50 million.

18 suicides reported in national parks this year

AP — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:02:36 +0000

Having mailed a farewell letter to his family back in Minnesota, Jerry O. Wolff stepped off a shuttle bus on a sunny Sunday morning and disappeared into Utah’s rugged Canyonlands National...

Record number of Japanese elderly kill themselves

AP — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:12:01 +0000

The number of elderly Japanese killing themselves surged 9 percent to a record high last year, fueled by mounting health and economic worries among seniors in a rapidly aging society, the government said...

Soldier suicides hit highest rate _ 115 last year

AP — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:26:45 +0000

Army soldiers committed suicide in 2007 at the highest rate on record, and the toll is climbing ever higher this year as long war deployments stretch on.

Army suicides reported up again at 115 in 2007

AP — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:28:38 +0000

The number of Army suicides increased again last year, amid the most violent year yet in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. An Army official said Thursday that 115 troops committed suicide in 2007, a nearly 13 percent increase over the previous year’s 102. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because a full report on the deaths wasn’t being released until later Thursday.

Army suicides reported up again _ at 115

AP — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:28:08 +0000

The number of Army suicides increased again last year, amid the most violent year yet in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Army suicides reported up again _ at 108

AP — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:03:14 +0000

The number of Army suicides increased again last year, amid the most violent year yet in both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Army suicides reported at 2-decade high

AP — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:18:08 +0000

Pentagon officials say there were fewer Army suicides last year than they had feared. But it was still the highest number in almost two decades.

Debt woes drive thousands of Indian farmers to suicide

AP — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:11:35 +0000

On the last night of his life, the farmer walked into his dusty fields, choked down pesticide and waited to die.