Tag: TRAGEDY

While it's becoming increasingly common for people to leave suicide notes on their Facebook pages, the circumstances surrounding Stephen Garcia's death in particular still gives us the creeps. Distraught over the separation from his ex-girlfriend, the 25-year-old California native was apparently on a court-ordered visit with their 9-month-old son Wyatt when he drove to an isolated dirt trail in ...

While the people of Haiti are struggling to find survivors and loved ones, not to mention food, shelter, and water, many of the rest of us are simply trying to wrap our heads around the level of sheer destruction and incomprehensible death toll. Like the tsunami of 2004 that killed almost 300,000 people, the scope of the tragedy in Haiti is beyond words, tears, and human understanding. And while ...

Shellie Ross, a popular mommy blogger and Twitter personality, suffered a personal tragedy recently when her two-year-old son, Bryson, fell into the family pool and drowned. He slipped away from her side while the two were outside in the family's backyard. Ross immediately called the paramedics, but sadly, it was too late. Half an hour after calling an ambulance, a distraught Ross reached out to ...

An Italian seismologist has demanded a public apology from the Italian authorities that suppressed his predictions of the earthquake and resultant aftershocks. The quake and its aftermath have taken over 200 lives and left as many as 17,000 homeless since it first struck near the town of L'Aquila yesterday, according to reports by the Daily Mail and the New York Times. Over a month ago, National ...

It's not news that the economy is hurting people. But it is news that the financial crisis may be responsible for depriving us of the musings of a D-list celebrity. Yes, dozens of Americans might be reeling today at the news that 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Kim Zolciak's Web site has been suspended "due to failure of payment." We're not sure what happened yet, but that's the news ...