STYLE BUZZ – Twenty-year-old model Ruslana Korshunova fell to her death from her downtown New York apartment building yesterday in an apparent suicide. Known as “The Russian Rapunzel” Korshunova — originally of Almaty, Kazakhstan — had been featured in ads for Marc Jacobs, DKNY, Vera Wang and Christian Dior. Her tragic death seems to have come as an absolute surprise to friends and family, who claimed she seemed to be “on top of the world,” though some reports suggest that she had shown her distress in posts on a social networking site.

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1. “Supermodel’s Death Plunge”
2. “Sad: Model Dies in Apparent Suicide”
3. Ruslana Korshunova Photo Gallery
4. “Where’s The Line? Fox Shows Footage of Dead Supermodel “
5. “Ruslana Korshunova, No Longer Anonymous”
6. BlackBook: Ruslana Korshunova Suicide: The Conspiracy
7. Ruslana Korshunova
8. Ruslana Korshunova Photos
9. Ruslana Korshunova, Supermodel, Dies In Fall (PHOTOS)
10. Model Falls from Manhattan Building in Apparent Suicide
11. Model Apparently Jumps to Death in Lower Manhattan
12. Model dies in fall from NYC building
13. That Hot Model Who Died, I Knew Her, Group On Facebook

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BUSINESS BUZZ – Hedge fund manager steals $450 million from investors and then fakes his own suicide before reporting to prison for a 20 year sentence. His car was found near the Hudson River bridge with the message “suicide is painless” written on the hood. His body has still not been found and the FBI and others think he has skipped town. Law enforcement is monitoring airports and boarders and consider Mr. Israel “armed and dangerous”. Update: Feds Say Israel did NOT kill himself and is still at large! Update 2: His girlfriend helped him escape! Update 3: After weeks on the run, Samuel Israel turns himself in. Don’t you kinda wish he escaped? Would make the story better!

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1. Samuel Israel Turns Himself In, Surrenders To Police
2. “Where in the World Is Samuel Israel III?”
3. Girlfriend Arrested For Helping Him Flee
4. Feds Rule Out Suicide — Samuel Israel Is Alive and Running
5. AP: “Suicide?”
6. “The FBI believes Israel, 48, got into someone else’s car and was driven away from the Bear Mountain Bridge”
7. “The Only Place This Guy Will Wash Up Is a Beach in the Bahamas”
8. “The Former Employees I Spoke to Said He Wouldn’t Last a Day in Jail”
9. Samuel Israel Manhunt Covered in the New York Times
10. Original SEC Charges From Back in 2005

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SCIENCE BUZZ – 26 dolphins beached themselves in Cornwall; one expert says it looks like mass suicide. The dolphins were all found to have inhaled a lot of mud, leading scientists to wonder why. Previous mass beachings in Iran and Florida are still unexplained, and still incredibly depressing to think about.

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1. Are Dolphins Committing Mass Suicide?
2. Last Year’s Mass Suicide of Dolphins in Iran
3. Is the Royal Navy to Blame?
4. Previous Sonar Link to Dolphins Suicides?

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CULTURE BUZZ – Sad Kermit, who covers the saddest songs ever, has a new video where he re-enacts the attempted suicide scene from The Royal Tenenbaums. I always knew from watching the Muppet Babies that Kermit would grow up to be the emo one.

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1. YouTube - Sad Kermit Re-enacting Needle in the Hay Scene from Royal Tanenbaums
2. MySpace.com - Sad Kermit
3. This Is Obviously the Work of a Sick Genius
4. Sad Kermit Sings Some of the Most Depressing Songs from the 21st Century
5. YouTube - Sad Kermit Covers Johnny Cash Song “Hurt”
6. “It’s Actually Very Well Done”
7. The World’s Most Revolting Web Phenomenon
8. Sad Kermit covers Elliott Smith’s “Needle In The Hay”

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CELEBRITY BUZZ – Whitney Houston’s 15-year-old daughter tries to stab Whitney during an argument, then attempts to kill herself by slashing her wrists. Wayward children of crackhead parents make for great reality television! I’d much rather watch a show about a rebellious teenager than a washed-up R&B star any day.

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1. Pics: Bobbi Kristina Brown is 13 and smoking weed
2. Is This Going to Be On the Next Episode of “Being Bobby Brown”?
3. She’ll Probably Be Dead by the Time She’s 21
4. Bobbi Kristina Is Going to the Psych Ward
5. Bobbi, What Are You Smoking?

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POLITICS BUZZ – Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, who helped 130 people die, plans to run for Congress, complicating a Michigan race that is expected to be among the most competitive in the nation. This gives new meaning to Puff Daddy’s “Vote or Die” campaign.

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1. He’s Like the Picture Perfect Image of Honesty…and MURDER
2. AP News Story: Suicide Doctor Plans Congressional Run
3. Dr. Kevorkian and Osama Bin Laden on the Same Page: End Human Suffering
4. Kevorkian Urges People Not to Vote, Boycott “Tyrannical” US Government

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SCIENCE BUZZ – The new smoking-cessation wonder drug really does help people quit, but apparently it also causes nightmares, blackouts, paranoia, depression, hallucinations, and even suicide. Well, no one ever said quitting was easy. The FDA is investigating, and stated recently that a connection between Chantix and serious psychiatric problems appears “increasingly likely.”

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1. This Is My Brain on Chantix
2. FDA: Chantix May Pose Psychiatric Risks
3. The Productive Highs and Dark Lows of Chantix
4. Pfizer’s Chantix Created “Living” Nightmare For One User?
5. Pfizer Heightens Chantix Warning
6. FDA Probes Chantix Suicide, Behavior Concerns
7. Chantix and Side Effects Lawsuit
8. Chantrix: Chantrix Is the Most Successful Stop-Smoking Pill To Hit the Market. User Experiences and More.
9. Chantix Official Site

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