CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian cemetery is training gravediggers as lifesavers and has installed a defibrillator to jumpstart the hearts of grief-stricken mourners who regularly collapse at funerals.

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) -- A woman accused of digging up her ex-boyfriend's grave and stealing his ashes pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony vandalism, prosecutors said. Martha LaFollete, 48, lived with Roger Barber for five years until his death last November, said Athens County sheriff's Lt. Darrell Cogar. Police speculate she may have stolen Barber's ashes because she wasn't invited to his funeral.

Walker County has filed an appeal after a judge dismissed its lawsuit against the Marsh family earlier this month in the Tri-State Crematory case. Judge William J. Smith ordered a dismissal in the lawsuit filed by Walker County against the Marsh family Oct. 4.

LONDON (AFP) — Bury me naked. Put a mobile phone in the coffin. Cremate me with my pet's ashes. Bury me with my teeth in. And do make sure I'm actually dead. Those were some of the most popular requests by people planning their funerals, according to research by the British charity Age Concern, which promotes the interests of elderly people.

Two Richmond-area funeral businesses, operating under the K.L. Jordan name, have lost their state licenses. Fraud charges against their owner have been referred to local commonwealth's attorneys. The licenses of K.L. Jordan Funeral and Cremation Services of Nine Mile Road in Henrico County and of K.L. Jordan Casket and Urn Co. of Broad Street in Richmond were revoked by the Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers three days after an Oct. 9 hearing, which Kiplin Lane Jordan, the owner of the two businesses, did not attend.

TALLAHASSEE - A funeral director's license has been suspended after the family of a dead man received two sets of cremated remains from the director's funeral home, state officials said. The six-month suspension, along with other disciplinary measures, was handed down last week during a meeting of the board of the state Division of Funeral, Cemetery & Consumer Services, which falls under Florida's chief financial officer.