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BBC faces dilemma as anti-Thatcher song tops chart

Opponents of the late Margaret Thatcher are taking a kind of musical revenge on the former prime minister, pushing the song "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" up the British charts in a posthumous protest over her polarizing policies.

 

Cremation is hottest trend in the funeral industry

Cremation

Every year in America, 2.5 million people die. In 2011, the last year for which numbers are available, 42 percent were cremated, according to the funeral directors association. That's double the rate of just 15 years ago.

 

Biker killed on way to another's memorial

A motorcyclist was struck and killed by a fire truck in Brooklyn, New York, while he was on his way to a memorial for another biker killed in a crash one year ago.

 

Mourners Line Up for View of Kennedy’s Coffin

Mourners Line Up for View of Kennedy’s Coffin

Mourners for Senator Edward M. Kennedy gathered in long lines around the presidential library in Boston.

 

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