Conductor Kills Himself in California Cathedral
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The orchestra conductor of Southern  California's landmark Crystal Cathedral committed suicide early  on Friday, shooting himself inside a barricaded storage room.
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Archbishop Christodoulos of the Greek Orthodox Church died Monday after a battle with cancer, church officials told CNN. He was 69.
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Preliminary information suggests that a man who apparently committed suicide after setting a fire in Yosemite National Park had earlier killed his wife and two young daughters, police said Sunday.
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The apparent suicide of a University of Georgia researcher at ground zero in New York over the weekend has family, friends and colleagues struggling to understand what happened.
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Jerry Hadley, 55, an American tenor was noted for his bright lyric voice and lively acting, shot himself on Tuesday.
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Cellist-conductor Mstislav Rostropovich has been hospitalized for an unspecified reason, and his manager said Tuesday "it does not look good."
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A nine-hour standoff between police and a church worker, who opened fire in the Crystal Cathedral complex, ended early Friday when the man shot and killed himself, police said.
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Police are investigating how a 25-year-old Georgia man entered the former World Trade Center site in New York and killed himself. The ground zero site is protected by high fences and owned by the Port Authority.
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The chief of plush toy maker  Applause LLC shot himself to death hours after telling an  interviewer that he was awaiting news about a deal that could  save the privately held company from ruin, police said on  Monday.
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The surgeon who transplanted a heart into a 14-year-old Arkansas boy so the teenager was able to be home for Christmas, apparently committed suicide in Little Rock.
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At least 10 people were killed and  nearly 200 injured on Wednesday when two Los Angeles commuter  trains collided after one struck an automobile left on the  tracks in what authorities called an aborted suicide attempt by  a "deranged" man.
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Long-time Purcellville business and community leader Edward E. Nichols Jr. apparently killed his wife, Margaret H. Nichols, then killed himself, at their home on Nursery Avenue Friday afternoon, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said today. They were both 87.
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Greece's Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, who eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary, died Monday at his home of cancer, church officials said. He was 69.
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A man in Italy kills himself in despair over his comatose wife, hours before she regained consciousness.
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A Roman Catholic priest is "utterly shattered" that police looking for a missing woman have found a body in his church.
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A man who led officers on a car chase was hospitalized Tuesday after jumping from the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and taking a police dog with him. The leap down 200 feet into the frigid ocean water killed the dog, authorities said.
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A suicidal California man could  face the death penalty for triggering a rail crash that killed  11 people, authorities said on Thursday, and they described a  possible copycat attempt by another depressed driver.