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RFK Jr.'s wife hanged herself

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 11:39am

BEDFORD, N.Y. -- The Kennedy family, so practiced at public mourning, is grieving again after the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. was found dead at her home in suburban New York.

Mary Richardson Kennedy, 52, an architect who struggled with drug and alcohol charges in recent years, hanged herself.

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Community invited to LGBT discussion

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, May 14, 2012 - 11:24pm

OGDEN — Area residents are invited to attend “Making Change: A Community Stands Against LGBT Bullying and Suicide,” to be held at 7:15 p.m. Thursday in the main Weber County Library auditorium, 2464 Jefferson Ave.

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Michael Hunt: Suicides are more trauma for NFL

Michael Hunt Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Last updated Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 4:59pm

It was reported that Junior Seau killed himself Wednesday the same way Dave Duerson committed suicide 15 months ago.

They both shot themselves in the chest.

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Ogden OUTReach's executive cirector, Marian Edmonds, speaks to the crowd as Charles Frost waits to be introduced at the Ogden Amphitheater on Tuesday during a vigil to end bullying. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Vigil speakers urge end to bullying, suicides of gay teens

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 6:21am

OGDEN — Jackson Carter recalled being bullied through elementary school, to the point that he wanted to kill himself.

It started because of his race as a white child on an American Indian reservation near Roosevelt. Then it was because of the weight he put on as he ate to comfort himself after his family moved to Layton. It returned in high school, when he was bullied for his sexual orientation before he had figured it out for himself.

And just last week, second-language teacher Bonnie Flint in Davis County said her district received an email from a gay student who said he was being bullied and called names in the locker room.

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Riverton SWAT standoff ends with apparent suicide

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 30, 2012 - 8:20am

RIVERTON -- A SWAT standoff in Riverton has ended with the 31-year-old suspect taking his own life.

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Body found in Wash. mountain bunker

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 12:18pm

NORTH BEND, Wash. -- Authorities in Washington state say they've found a body in an elaborate bunker they had surrounded in the Cascade Mountains, and it appears to be that of a man wanted for killing his wife and teenage daughter last weekend.

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OUTreach program to stage rally against bullying, suicide

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 27, 2012 - 6:02pm

OGDEN -- Ogden OUTreach, a program for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered teens, is hosting a community rally: "A Community Stands up -- Northern Utah Addresses LGBT Bullying and Suicide" to fight the continuing number of teen suicides, especially among gay teens.

The rally will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the Ogden Amphitheater, 343 25th St., Ogden.

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SLC library death ruled a suicide

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 4:32pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Salt Lake City police say a person is dead after jumping from a rooftop garden area at the Salt Lake City Main Library.

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Experts say suicide is a growing problem in the Top of Utah

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 7:07am

OGDEN — In the past three years, McKay-Dee Hospital has treated more than 2,000 people for attempted suicide.

The problem is growing, experts say, which is why it is more important than ever to discuss it.

“We are losing too many people to suicide, and we need to work to make it OK to talk about feelings and emotions, talk about suicide as an issue and help people know how to get help,” said Kristy L. Jones, community projects coordinator for Intermountain Healthcare’s urban north region.

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Driver apparently commits suicide after police chase in N. Ogden

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 11:22pm

NORTH OGDEN — A driver apparently shot and killed himself after a chase with North Ogden police.

Police pulled over the suspect, who had warrants out for his arrest, in the parking lot of Bicentennial Park near 2650 N. 400 East about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday. He gave officers a false name and took off in his sport utility vehicle, said North Ogden Detective Paul Rhoades in a news release.

The suspect drove his SUV over the curb and through the park.

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Utah Highway Patrol identifies man who shot self

Obituaries The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, April 8, 2012 - 9:36pm

PRICE — A man who shot himself in the head near Price after a police chase through rural Utah has been identified.

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Family members of Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younnus, mourn her death at Karachi airport in Pakistan on Sunday, March 25, 2012. Fakhra who committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of her flat in Rome, was a victim of an acid attack allegedly carried out 12 years ago by her husband, the son of a feudal politician. (AP Photo)

Female acid attack victim commits suicide in Pakistan

Sebastion Abbott The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 9:28am

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus had endured more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body when she finally decided life was no longer worth living.

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Authorities say bullying not a big factor in fifth-grader's suicide

Andy Grimm, Becky Schilkerman Chicago Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 9:02am

CHICAGO -- More than four months after 10-year-old Ashlynn Conner was found hanging from a scarf in her closet, authorities on Monday ruled the Illinois fifth-grader's death a suicide but minimized bullying as the reason the girl took her own life.

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Suicides among Army personnel up 80 percent in four years

Shari Roan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 6:09pm

Suicide among young Army personnel is among the saddest tolls of the country's two long wars this century. A report released Thursday found suicides among U.S. Army personnel rose 80 percent between 2004 and 2008.

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Two suicides stun Clearfield High School

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 8:22pm

CLEARFIELD — Twenty-three grief counselors were at Clearfield High School on Thursday to help students and faculty cope with the suicides of two pupils this week.

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