Funeral home uses dead critters to cheer guests
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MADISON, Wis., Jan 31 (Reuters Life!) - A stuffed squirrel clutching a fishing rod. A dead badger hefting a football for a winning pass. Other ex-rodents enjoying a carousel ride.
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A funeral service for a mother and her two young daughters killed in a crash is due to be held.
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A candlelit service is to be held for family and friends of the murdered prostitutes in Suffolk.
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Sometimes it takes looking into the casket and viewing the body to get closure. Sometimes it takes seeing the cadaver to accept finality.
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A Georgia county is suing to recover $2  million in cleanup costs and other expenses from the owners of  a crematory where 334 corpses were found dumped in the woods,  buried in pits and stacked in storage sheds.
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Around the country, this is the season when cemeteries become homes for many familiesâ second Christmas tree.
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Friends and fans, including Hollywood stars and Australia's prime minister, bid farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin on Wednesday at a service that veered from poignant tributes to belly laughs.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The cremated remains of six people were found in the basement of a rental home where the tenant was being evicted, officials said.  The ashes were found in boxes as workers removed belongings from the house, said Dr. Ron Holmes, Jefferson County coroner.
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A series of race-baiting incidents have left some wondering about the display of Halloween ghouls in nooses.
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"Bark Mitzvahs," pet chaplains, and kitty funerals are all part of a growing recognition by churches and synagogues of the bonds people have with their animals.
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FREDERICTON, Canada -- Someone gave Theresa Seeley tobacco to scatter on her son's coffin -- a gift, in the Indian tradition, for the elders waiting to greet his soul.
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As the community struggled to comprehend the killerÂs actions, families prepared for funerals.
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The funeral of Emma Caldwell, whose body was discovered in woods more than two years ago, takes place.
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Family, friends, fans and movie stars said a moving final farewell to &quot;Crocodile Hunter&quot; Steve Irwin in a high-energy memorial service fuelled by laughter, tears and music.
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Friends still reeling from the mauling death of Carlos Sousa Jr. at the San Francisco Zoo memorialize their lost loved one online.
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Environment lovers can now take their passion to the grave.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  The looters and would-be thieves seemed to rise up out of the dark as in Night of the Living Dead. That&#39;s how Holiday Inn owner John Zaccari remembers the first harrowing ...