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In most of the Upper Peninsula, December is a slow time between the departure of leaf-gazing tourists and the invasion of the snowmobiles.
Dec. 29, 1995
World & Nation
With copper nearing record high prices, thieves are robbing cemeteries of brass and bronze items.
July 20, 2008
Travel & Experiences
Searching 6 feet under for celebs
Oct. 25, 2009
California
For more than a century, the pioneer families of this Sierra logging town have buried their dead in a dirt, oak-studded field at the edge of Burrough Mountain.
June 14, 1992
The furnace-like day doesn’t stop thousands of fans from a procession to the King’s grave on the eve of the anniversary of his death.
Aug. 16, 2007
A Protestant extremist hurled grenades and fired a pistol into a large crowd of Roman Catholic mourners Wednesday, killing three people, wounding 68 and turning the funeral of three Irish Republican Army members into chaos and panic.
March 17, 1988
The body of the 3-year-old girl was dressed in a white gown, with roses placed in her blond hair and lavender across her chest.
June 4, 2016
Memorials: Cemetery officials say decorations exceed what rules allow. Family, in mourning for five years, accuses panel of cruelty.
June 9, 1996
Books
Some time between Christmas and New Year’s, someone visited Mark Twain’s grave in Elmira, N.Y.
Jan. 5, 2015
The survivors of Tulelake War Relocation Center traveled 10 hours by bus, and almost half a century back in history, to honor 11 of the dead they left behind.
Sept. 11, 1989