AUSTIN, Texas — Several Austin-area funeral home embalmers say it's common practice to pour human blood from corpses down the drain, a procedure that Austin Water officials admit they were unaware was ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

DEATH is inevitable for all of us, but have you ever wondered what happens to your body after you die? Well, luckily, the owner of a funeral home has explained the process, detailing why certain ...

It is thought a range of chemicals were used to embalm and preserve the bodies of the dead in ancient cultures. Russian scientists believe a different balm was used to preserve hair fashions of the ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's body is expected to be embalmed and put on permanent display. How do you preserve a body indefinitely? At the moment, the "Dear Leader's" body is on temporary display ...

Venezeula has decided not to embalm the body of its late president, Hugo Chavez, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said on Friday in a Twitter message. The initial plan was to have Chavez’s ...

Timesha Beauchamp's family has hired an attorney after she was wrongly declared dead and opened her eyes at a funeral home. The mother of Timesha Beauchamp, the 20-year-old Michigan woman wrongly ...

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