http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 3:15:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32121/mental-illness-drove-niu-killer-to-suicide-tries.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe shooter who left 5 dead and 15 injured at Northern Illinois University in February had tried to kill himself four times, an investigative effort by Esquire finds. “I want to die. Life sucks,” Steve Kazmierczak told a nurse after attempting to overdose on prescription medication while in high school in suburban Chicago.http://www.newser.com/story/32121/mental-illness-drove-niu-killer-to-suicide-tries.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 10 Jul 2008 11:20:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29741/with-no-body-cops-doubt-ny-bankers-suicide.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn international manhunt is now under way for a former hedge-fund manager who disappeared the day he was to begin serving a prison sentence for defrauding investors. A car belonging to Samuel Israel III was found Monday at a bridge over New York's Hudson River, the Wall Street Journal reports; though bodies of suicide jumpers are normally found quickly, there's no sign of Israel.http://www.newser.com/story/29741/with-no-body-cops-doubt-ny-bankers-suicide.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 11 Jun 2008 7:22:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23169/china-blasts-dalai-lama-suicide-plots.html?refid=rss_all_defaultChinese authorities are accusing the Dalai Lama of organizing suicide attacks, building an arsenal of weapons and explosives in Tibetan monasteries, and plotting to disrupt the Beijing Olympics. The fresh allegations come in the wake of last month's raging protests in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa and China's violent response.http://www.newser.com/story/23169/china-blasts-dalai-lama-suicide-plots.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 11 Apr 2008 6:55:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22785/fda-probes-suicide-link-to-asthma-drug.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe FDA has opened an investigation of anecdotal links between the popular asthma and allergy drug Singulair and suicidal thoughts. In the past year, manufacturer Merck has added warnings of several possible side effects of the pill related to the nervous system, including anxiety, depression, tremors, and suicidal thinking. The FDA says its review of the drug, which had sales of more than $4.3 billion last year, may take up to nine months.http://www.newser.com/story/22785/fda-probes-suicide-link-to-asthma-drug.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 11 Apr 2008 6:55:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22578/suicide-kills-more-la-cops-than-criminals.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCops in Los Angeles are more likely to die by their own hand than from a criminal's bullet, the Los Angeles Times reports. Psychologists trying to improve the LAPD's suicide prevention efforts found that 19 police officers in the city killed themselves between 1998 and 2007, while just seven died on the job. The police say the nature of the work is often to blame.http://www.newser.com/story/22578/suicide-kills-more-la-cops-than-criminals.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 11 Apr 2008 6:55:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22564/dad-penned-apology-before-killing-family.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAn Iowa man left a note in his kitchen and voice mail messages for friends and ex-colleagues apologizing before killing his wife and four young children, the Chicago Tribune reports. Steven Sueppel then killed himself in a fiery highway crash. The former bank executive was facing trial on embezzlement charges, and had admitted using half of the cash for cocaine. His messages said the shame was too much to bear.http://www.newser.com/story/22564/dad-penned-apology-before-killing-family.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 11 Apr 2008 6:55:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22427/kevorkian-declares-bid-for-house-seat.html?refid=rss_all_defaultEuthanasia advocate Jack Kevorkian declared a bid for Congress in Detroit today, the Detroit Free Press reports. In a free-wheeling press conference, he admitted to being apolitical but vowed to trumpet individual rights in his campaign. “You can’t take my innate rights away from me without a fight,” said Kevorkian, who will run as an independent in a highly competitive district.http://www.newser.com/story/22427/kevorkian-declares-bid-for-house-seat.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 11 Apr 2008 6:55:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22326/jk-rowling-considered-suicide.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBefore Harry Potter came along, his creator was broke, recently divorced, depressed, and near suicide, reports the Times of London. JK Rowling was a mom in her mid-20s, living in a cramped apartment paid for by a friend when she sought professional help. “We’re talking suicidal thoughts here, we’re not talking ‘I’m a little bit miserable,'” she told a student magazine at Edinburgh University.http://www.newser.com/story/22326/jk-rowling-considered-suicide.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 11 Apr 2008 6:55:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22165/cobain-isnt-curt-in-new-documentary.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA new documentary tells the story of Kurt Cobain’s life in the singer’s own words, the Independent reports. Kurt Cobain: About a Son , on DVD this month, is constructed around 25 hours of previously unreleased interviews of the Nirvana frontman by journalist Michael Azerrad. Cobain, who committed suicide in 1994, speaks openly about his band, his marriage, and his childhood.http://www.newser.com/story/22165/cobain-isnt-curt-in-new-documentary.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 11 Apr 2008 6:55:04 CDT