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The Café News Page, compiled by the ICCFA's Rick Platter, is your comprehensive daily update of the latest news about the cemetery, cremation and funeral service business.

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Industry News 6.27.12

Wed, 06/27/2012 - 07:03 — Rick Platter

Undercover Undertaker shows dignity in death is a cultural concern (U.K.)

DEAD WOMEN WALKING We're Buying Our Graves!!! (U.S.)

Home burglarized while family attends funeral (U.S.)

CBS ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF “DANCING ON THE STARS (U.S.)

Carriage Services Expands Its Oklahoma Footprint (U.S.)

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Industry News 6.26.12

Tue, 06/26/2012 - 07:34 — Rick Platter

Hardy Doric Seeks to Honor, Memorialize the Dead (U.S.)

More options offered at cemetery for cremated remains (Canada)

Traditional funerals dying out in Korea (Korea)

Ex-S. Ind. funeral director sentenced for fraud (U.S.)

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Industry News 6.25.12

Mon, 06/25/2012 - 07:23 — Rick Platter

Thousands of Filipinos live among the dead in Manila cemetery (Philippines)

Funeral firm ‘stacked up bodies like televisions’, C4's Dispatches reveals (U.K.)

Forest Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery nixes sale of Elvis crypt (U.S.)

Helpful Hands on Life's Last Segregated Journey (U.S.)

Dems attack Southerland funeral legislation as self-serving (U.S.)

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Industry News 6.22.12

Fri, 06/22/2012 - 08:14 — Rick Platter

To lie down in green pastures (U.S.)

More Regulations For SC Funeral Homes and How They Spend Your Money (U.S.)

Racial Tensions Flare Anew in a Texas Town (U.S.)

McLin Funeral Home gets potential buyer (U.S.)

Hillenbrand: Trying To Avoid Death (U.S.)

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Industry News 6.21.12

Thu, 06/21/2012 - 07:43 — Rick Platter

Funeral director undertakes Ironman challenge for Royal Liverpool Hospital (U.K.)

CBS “announces” new reality series ‘Dancing On the Stars,’ will take place at famous Hollywood cemetery (U.S.)

Three years after Illinois cemetery scandal, litigation comes to an end (U.S.)

Cemetery Oversight Act regulations are adopted (U.S.)

Whole-body donors essential to medical research, education (U.S.)

The start of a new way to end: Cremation (U.K.)

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Industry News 6.20.12

Wed, 06/20/2012 - 07:44 — Rick Platter

State says regulations needed to implement final piece of Cemetery Oversight Act are acopted (U.S.)

As Burr Oak settlement payments arrive, old wounds reopen (U.S.)

Deluge of tourists could result in Hatfield cemetery visitor center (U.S.)

Funeral homes split over offering food (U.S.)

As interest in non-traditional burial grows, providers in Northern Utah offer more options (U.S.)

Profitable Funeral Home Owners Break Off Negotiations, Force Union To Prepare For Job Actions (U.S.)

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Industry News 6.18.12

Mon, 06/18/2012 - 07:29 — Rick Platter

New app takes sting out of cemetery searches (U.S.)

NATIONAL CEMETERIES ARE A FINAL BENEFIT FOR THOSE WHO SERVED (U.S.)

Teen plans to follow in dad's footsteps (U.S.)

Preplanning funeral takes a lot of stress out of situation (U.S.)

No funeral required (U.K.)

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Industry News 6.14.12

Thu, 06/14/2012 - 07:58 — Rick Platter

Lohman family agrees to sell funeral home chain (U.S.)

Impacting Motivational Speaker & Self Assurance Guru: Dennis S Brown to Keynote (U.S.)

Funeral director charged with selling heroin at funeral home (U.S.)

Hairston Funeral Home seeks nominees for Scholarship Benefit (U.S.)

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Industry News 6.11.12

Mon, 06/11/2012 - 09:32 — Rick Platter

Funeral Homes Offer New Services to Cater to Growing Latino Burial Market (U.S.)

Funeral laws face change in Pennsylvania (U.S.)

Facing off over funerals (U.S.)

A new way to remember loved ones: QR code tombstone (U.S.)

Too Fat To Cremate? (U.S.)

A celebration of life: More families opt to turn funerals into FUN-erals (U.S.)

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Industry News 06.04.12

Mon, 06/04/2012 - 09:56 — Rick Platter

Oldest pet cemetery in US is final resting place for thousands of animals (U.S.)

St. Louis funeral director has carved a life from respecting the dead (U.S.)

Discovery of WWII veteran buried in cardboard box in Florida cemetery sparks outrage (U.S.)

Funeral costs up 17.5 percent (U.S.)

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