POLITICS BUZZ – U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first African-American woman to represent Ohio in Congress, was reported dead today by a number of professional news outlets.Only problem was, she wasn’t! Rather, Rep. Jones is currently in critical condition after suffering from a brain aneurysm.

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The Best Links:

1. Updated: Remembering Rep. Tubbs Jones
2. News Outlets Report Death of Congresswoman — Who Is Still Alive
3. Washington Post: Capitol Briefing’s Original Post
4. Several news organizations, including The Associated Press, had earlier reported that Tubbs Jones had died.
5. Confusion Over Tubb Jones’ Condition
6. In Critical Condition
7. Erroneously Reported Dead
8. CBS News: 404 Not Found

SCIENCE BUZZ – Dissolving bodies with lye, which has been used to get rid of animal carcasses for years, is being touted as the green alternative to burial and cremation.Burial is expensive, and cremation can be sacrilegious (someone could try to smoke or snort your ashes). The third option of dissolution could become a viable, environmentally-conscious form of corpse removal.

The Best Links:

1. Dissolving Dead Bodies More Eco-Friendly Than Burial or Cremation
2. Discuss: Your Ethical Feelings about Honoring Someone’s Wish to be Cremated, Buried, Or Dissolved
3. Dissolving Bodies With Lye Isn’t Being Offered Yet in the US
4. Cremation and Burial Is Sooo Last Year
5. “It was like you never existed.”

STYLE BUZZ – Luxurious couches made from recycled caskets.The perfect furniture for classy goths and secret vampires.

The Best Links:

1. The Official Website for Coffin Couches
2. Coffin Couches Take Resting, and Recycling, to New Levels
3. A Website Dedicated to Casket Furniture (It’s Really Expensive!)
4. Gadgets: Casket Furniture Eternaltainment Center
5. Company Recycles Stainless-Steel Coffins Collected from Southern California Funeral Homes
6. Great for Vampires!