Burials

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

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

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.

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.