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1. Bruce Springsteen opens up: Depression, Jake Clemons, manager Jon Landau among concerns
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM In a profile appearing in The New Yorker, Bruce Springsteen admitted that he battled depression and thoughts of suicide as his career was taking off in the 1980s. ...

2. Bulgarian officials name bus bomber: Mehdi Ghezali is Swedish national with Guantanamo ties
(World/International)

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The pro-Israeli website “Anne’s Opinions” has published a close-up photograph of the suicide bomber who carried out the attack on a tour bus carrying Israeli ...

3. Romney campaign needs Rob Portman as VP...now!
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to Social Security and Medicare. Yet Social Security and Medicare together still constitute the third rail of American politics, and Ryan’s presence on the ticket could constitute political suicide for ...

4. N.J. law enforcement to take on, eliminate human trafficking
(N.J./State)

... for prostitution on Pacific Avenue in Atlantic City. Six days later, I was hospitalized in a psychiatric treatment facility wanting to commit suicide." Moved by stories such as this one, newly appointed ...

5. Cat ladies beware: T. gondii cat parasite increases suicide risk
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY ANGELA DAIDONE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Don't blame the cat. Mental health issues, including the incidence of suicide, may be caused by a parasite found in cat litter boxes, a study out of the ...

6. Another al Qaeda plane bombing foiled
(World/International)

...  And just a few months ago, a CIA informant, who had infiltrated al Qaeda's inner circle in Yemen, volunteered to be a suicide bomber and brought an updated version of the underwear bomb to US authorities. ...

7. German high school students largely ignorant of Hitler's dictatorship
(World/International)

... Berlin. Hitler ruled Germany from 1933 until he committed suicide in April 1945, leaving in his wake the kind of death and destruction the world had never before seen. “All responsible people in Germany ...

8. Adopted son of Jerry Sandusky: Father's sex abuse was a family affair
(U.S./Nation)

... the same time, details surfaced of Matt Sandusky’s attempted suicide just four months after first going to live with the couple in 1995. "The probation department has some serious concerns about the ...

9. George Clooney adds producer power to 'August: Osage County' starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts
(Entertainment/Movies)

... (Streep), the tyrannical matriarch of an Oklahoma clan, and her three adult daughters in the aftermath of their father’s probable suicide. Ms. Roberts will play Barbara, the oldest and strongest daughter, ...

10. MTV's ‘Teen Mom’ star Amber Portwood: Celebrity, mother, and prisoner
(Entertainment/Movies)

... plastered over the news with her latest suicide attempt, ultimately shaping her decision to quit. Portwood believed she wouldn’t have passed the drug rehab program had she stayed there any longer. As ...

11. Suicide of 7-year-old Detroit boy
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

This is a warning to everyone especially to parents to always keep an eye on their kids' social networking whereabouts. I am a parent and I'm worried and I don't want anyone to experience threatening cases ...

12. Rutgers to study genetics of U.S. military suicide, mental health risks
(Health/Healthquest)

... soldiers at risk for suicide or psychological issues – part of the largest study of mental health risk ever conducted by the United States military. “I am especially pleased that we have the opportunity ...

13. Tyler Clementi and Cason Crane: The ties that bind
(Life/Style)

... suicide because he felt humiliated and alone after his roommate used a webcam to spy on him and another man in his dorm room. Cason Crane grew up in Lawrenceville, NJ, received a deferment from Princeton ...

14. Suicide of 7-year-old Detroit boy raises more bullying awareness
(U.S./Nation)

... that the child’s death is still being investigated, but as of Thursday afternoon it appeared that the situation is a suicide, “exactly as presented.” Experts say that signs of depression in young children ...

15. N.J. 'Jeans for Troops' day set for May 24
(N.J./State)

... we asked of them, and now they are coming home to a high unemployment rate among veterans, increasing suicide rates, and mounting debt that often leads to homelessness. Our organization works to help curb ...

16. Ex-Rutgers student Dharun Ravi sentenced to 30-day jail time in Tyler Clementi web cam spying case
(N.J./State)

... a fair one,” Berman said. Nettl also argued Berman did not remind the jury Clementi’s suicide was not part of the case and that Ravi was not charged in connection of it. “Think a way of handling it ...

17. Against Me! singer Tom Gabel to undergo sex change: Gaslight Anthem defends decision
(Entertainment/Movies)

... persons life how they insult and condemn a person for his choices. How about the people who go through this and never find peace and end up committing suicide? Would you rather that? Or maybe he could ...

18. CIA Saudi Arabian double agent: Blown cover causes concern
(World/International)

... the New York Times. “It was one of the most tightly held operations I’ve seen in my years in the House.” Saudi intelligence placed the ‘would-be’ suicide bomber in Yemen inside the al Qaeda in the Arabian ...

19. Is high school football an endangered species?
(Sports/Professional)

... have been quite vocal about post-career problems, which include depression, thoughts of suicide, family problems, bankruptcy, homelessness and for some, like Dave Duerson and Junior Seau, suicide. Following ...

20. CIA had leg up on al Qaeda underwear bomb plot
(U.S./Nation)

...  This latest plot allegedly involved a suicide bomber who was told to buy a ticket on an airline of his choosing and decide the timing of the attack using his own discretion. The underwear bomb is now ...