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Date Item Title
December 13, 2008 Death And The Downturn
October 19, 2008 The bright side of death
July 02, 2008 A Serious Undertaking
April 01, 2008 China women 'first female pallbearers' in Singapore
March 02, 2008 On the Job: Burial site cares for the living
November 04, 2007 The Storyteller: 78-year-old Seneca man still digging graves the hard way
October 18, 2007 Australia cemetery trains lifeguard gravediggers
September 03, 2007 Mortuaries armed with new equipment
July 15, 2007 Funeral director's first burial is her dad
May 24, 2007 New York area funeral homes offer Harley-Davidson-drawn hearses
April 04, 2007 On Call: students find part-time work moving the deceased
March 12, 2007 Six feet under-grads
March 08, 2007 Funeral homes make adjustments for obese clientele
February 14, 2007 "I'll Sue Over Coffin Error"
February 05, 2007 Tyler Cassity puts new life back into the business of burial
October 28, 2006 Pimp my coffin
October 10, 2006 Morticians Called Heroes
August 09, 2006 NZ warning over hearse tax dodge
August 04, 2006 Trouble for Death-Care Companies?
July 23, 2006 In funeral homes, customers are speaking up
July 23, 2006 Funeral director accused of drunkenness on probation
July 23, 2006 Canada: Only Good for the Living
July 23, 2006 Funeral homes offer to preserve DNA
July 15, 2006 Forest Hill problems have industry scrambling to retain its polished image
July 15, 2006 Your next party at a funeral home?
June 17, 2006 Man can give funeral advice without license
June 16, 2006 Alabama agency hoping to sell troubled cemeteries
June 14, 2006 Death comes to all, preparation is necessary
June 13, 2006 Profit began before the grave in Frankenstein case
June 07, 2006 Read fine print or prepaid funeral deal may haunt you
June 05, 2006 More women undertake mortuary careers
June 03, 2006 State punishes Alton funeral home
May 19, 2006 As bodies increase, pressure growing on county coroner
May 19, 2006 In Ghana, a grave business has a fanciful side
April 29, 2006 His job was really the pits: 47 years of graveyard shift
April 23, 2006 For a Price, Final Resting Places That Even Tut Could Appreciate
April 19, 2006 Basement vaults recall funeral industry's past
April 19, 2006 A Memorial Fit for Hog Heaven
April 19, 2006 "Backyard" funeral parlour closed down
March 30, 2006 16-year-old undertaker
March 28, 2006 Funeral homes undertake change
March 14, 2006 Funeral Home Happy to Host Weddings
March 02, 2006 Burying The Competition
February 22, 2006 Family upset with Wilmington mortuary
February 11, 2006 Do-It-Yourself Funerals
February 03, 2006 Equal Rights for Mega Corporate Funeral Chains!
January 30, 2006 Mortuary science department displays caskets in classroom
January 17, 2006 N.B. woman starts petition against funeral tax
January 11, 2006 When Corpses Become Mere Commodities
December 14, 2005 WYOMING Funeral homes dispute nears end
 
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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries

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