Burials

• By Tom Jacobs

The nonprofit Missing in America Project ensures the "last full devotion" for the nation’s honored dead, its military veterans.

• By Lourdes Medrano

Moammar Gadhafi’s secret burial adds another chapter on how victors treat the bodies of their opposition’s leadership.

• By Michael Todd

Trained celebrants — often with backgrounds in psychology, social work, acting and other professions that emphasize writing or public speaking — are helping families create personalized ceremonies to honor loved ones who've passed on.

• By Andrea Cooper

The numbers are still small and even proponents admit to a whiff of fad, but backers of green burials see their way of death as the wave of the future.

• By Frank Nelson