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  Mourners form 2-mile-long line to see Chavez’s coffin

Chavez's coffin taken to streets, crowds mourn

CARACAS (Reuters) - The coffin of deceased Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez was brought out of a military hospital onto the streets of Caracas on Wednesday, where grieving multitudes gathered to honor him. Full story

No rest for the dead with surround-sound coffin

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish man has designed a coffin with built-in speakers linked to a music playlist that can be updated by the living. Full story

Souped-up coffin comes with a sound system

  A company in Sweden has created a coffin that has a state-of-the-art sound system built inside. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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Authorities in Poland have recovered 12 coffins with bodies still inside of them after a bizarre heist near Berlin last week. NBCNews.com's Al Stirrett reports.

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