Day: May 29, 2008

Stonehenge Used as Cemetery From the Beginning

New research shows that Stonehenge was used for more than 500 years as a cemetery. The burials were initially uncovered in a pit around the edge and in the nearby ditch surrounding the monument.

This makes me most sad. When will we realize we can’t ask people to commit and live among atrocities and then expect them to be shiny happy people?

An Army official said Thursday that 115 troops committed suicide in 2007, a nearly 13 percent increase over the previous year’s 102. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because a full report on the deaths wasn’t being released until later Thursday.