Google's new "digital afterlife" feature feels creepy and morbid, but it's the kind of responsible data control we should embrace for the rest of our Internet selves.
A Washington state man celebrated his birthday this year by treating himself to the most expensive drink you can custom-order at Starbucks. Let's hope he didn't chug that toxic — and potentially lethal — dose of caffeine in one sitting.
The incurably morose former Smiths frontman is still ill after being hospitalized over the weekend. But don't take Morrissey's melodramatic (and very public) update on touring plans too literally, because the soil isn't falling over his head just yet.
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After his death was originally attributed to "natural causes," Chicago resident Urooj Khan's body was revealed today to have contained cyanide at the very untimely time of his death.
Discovered: Wizard-like scientists make objects invisible; death is close when chromosome tips are worn down; pregnant women who contract flus are more likely to have autistic babies; prosthetic skin that heals itself.
Sad news today, TMZ is reporting that Phyllis Diller, the legendary comedian whose career spanned decades and entire evolution of modern comedy, has died. She was 95.
Another death to report today: Film critic Judith Crist has died at the age of 90.
Today, Serena Dai took a look at the flight paths some corpses take to reach their final resting places. One of our commenters got to wondering if the dead have to go through the same airport security measures as the rest of us.
Andy Griffith, a television legend, died in his home this morning according to close friend and former University of North Carolina President Bill Friday.
Lonesome George, a giant and awesome tortoise believed to be the last of his subspecies, died on Sunday at the Galapagos National Park.
On Tuesday, a Twitter rumor of Hosni Mubarak's death gained momentary traction in the West, but as The New York Times pointed out on Wednesday, speculation about the former president's health is a daily thing in Egypt, where people write off the news as political manipulation.
American painter Thomas Kinkade died on Friday at the young age of 54 in his California home.
Instead of mourning Napster's last day on this Internet planet, we thought we'd point out Napster's many deaths.
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