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(CNN) -- The ashes of cremated body parts from some of the nation's war dead were dumped in landfills until 2008, unbeknownst to their survivors, an Air Force general acknowledged Wednesday. The practice was stopped, and remains from cremated body parts now are disposed of at sea, Air Force...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/01/19/ac.ridiculist.snorting.ashes.cnn -- Police said they will search Thursday for what is left of the cremated remains of a man and two dogs that robbers stole from a Florida house and then snorted after mistakenly thinking it was cocaine. Members...

Grandma's ashes mistakenly sold FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla., -- A Florida woman said a potted violet containing her grandmother's ashes was mistakenly sold at a yard sale. Piper Gaffrey of Fort Walton Beach said her husband was running the sale before she arrived last week and she soon found...