The latest figures confirm a confusing fact: Most soldiers who kill themselves have never deployed to a combat zone, and the vast majority have never been in battle at all.
The attack in Norway by avowed white supremacist Anders Behring Breivik raises the question of how best to deal with this kind of hate. Breivik went on trial today.
It's not "save our souls," but "save yourself." If the boat's going down, make sure you get a life vest.
But the court ruling is hardly an endorsement of the US government's broader anti-terror strategy.
The Greek man who killed himself in Athens reportedly said he didn't want to leave debts to his kids.
The UK-Argentine tough talk has escalated to a dull roar, but nobody's listening to the Islanders.
Another dispatch from the "Why are we still writing about this in 2012?" files