Odierno said he hopes Saddam will eventually turn himself in, but he doubts that will happen -- and it would be better if soldiers captured, rather than killed, him.

CNN: U.S. general: Saddam on the run

An animal rights activist said Knut should be killed rather than treated like a domestic pet - a suggestion that triggered a nationwide surge of affection for the cub.

BBC: Polar bear cub Knut was defiant in the face of death threats

Unlike movie or restaurant reviews, the mainstream travel media is undying in its adulation, invariably flattering, and on those occasions when I have had an assignment to cover a place and felt guilty telling people to go there because it was not worthwhile, the story would be killed, rather than run in a way that reflects reality.

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Although she lived with the constant possibility of capture, it held no fear for her, and she did not yet know that her husband, rather than betray her, had been arrested by the Gestapo, tortured and killed.

ECONOMIST: Nancy Wake

In 2006, portions of human remains from a crash of a Navy training plane that killed four people were cremated and deposited in a landfill, rather than being placed in a group burial as they should have been, the time line said.

WSJ: Dover Military Mortuary Sent Some 9/11 Remains to Landfill

Rather than blunting her credibility, the witness stressed to jurors that Stacy Peterson seemed to truly believe her husband killed Savio.

NPR: Peterson Screams, Then Gets 38 Years For Murder