All Work and No Play ... Why the Japanese are killing themselves over work. (Associated Press, Jun 16, 1998)
I	n the 1980s, the notoriously hardworking Japanese coined a term to describe workers who die suddenly after putting in extremely
long hours. The word is karoshi,or death from overwork. Japan has a new word for the '90s— karojisatsu,suicides from overwork.
(Chapter 1)
Food for Thought Prisoner attempts religious conversion through diet. (Toronto Star, Sep 1, 1987)
A	prisoner who died when he choked on a Bible shoved down his throat baffled a medical specialist who at first suspected murder
because he couldn't believe someone could do that to themselves ...
(Chapter 10)
Babies on Board Two remarkably similar tragedies occur only weeks apart. (AP, Reuters, Jul 15 & Aug 8, 1998)
R	elatives drove around their neighborhood for up to an hour searching for four young cousins before discovering they were
locked in the trunk of the car, suffocating and dying from the heat ...
(Chapter 7)
News Nuggets:

Attack of the Killer Turnip: One solid argument for eating more vegetables. (Chapter 4)

Train of Thought: Psychic tries to stop freight train with mind. Locomotive has other ideas. (Chapter 5)