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UN: 4 peacekeepers killed in Darfur shooting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A peacekeeper serving with the joint U.N.-African Union force in Darfur opened fire on fellow peacekeepers, killing four and injuring one, the United Nations said Friday. Kieran Dwyer, spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force, said the peacekeeping mission in Darfur, known as

Washington State PTA Opposes NRA Call For Armed School Guards

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The Washington State PTA says it opposes the National Rifle Association's proposal for having armed police in every school. The gun-rights organization issued the call at a press conference Friday, breaking its silence on last week's shooting rampage

A week after school massacre, new details emerge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By KATIE ZEZIMAAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - As the nation paused to mark a week since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, new details emerged Friday about the gunman, Adam Lanza, who acquaintances said was able to take apart and reassemble a computer in a matter of minutes but

Parents hesitant about NRA armed schools proposal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By CHRISTINE ARMARIOAP Education Writer MIAMI (AP) - The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for the placement of an armed police officer in every school, but parents and educators questioned how safe such a move would keep kids, whether it would be economically feasible and how it

Gunman kills woman at Pa. church, 2 men elsewhere

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By GENARO C. ARMAS and JOE MANDAKAssociated Press HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A man fatally shot a woman decorating for a children's Christmas party at a tiny church hall and killed two men elsewhere in a rural township on Friday before he was shot dead in a gunfight with state troopers. Three

UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan; 4 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations said South Sudan's armed forces shot down a U.N. helicopter on Friday killing all four Russian crew members on board, an attack South Sudan's military spokesman blamed rebel fighters. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Mich. student arrested after online teacher threat

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

WATERLOO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A 16-year-old student in southern Michigan was arrested Friday after authorities said he threatened a teacher in an online posting, the latest clampdown on unruly students in the wake of last week's Connecticut school massacre. The Jackson County sheriff's

Cops: Teen said he'd shoot Pa. school, guns found

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

By RANDY PENNELLAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Two handguns have been seized from the bedroom of a teen who threatened a shooting at his suburban Philadelphia high school a week after a mass killing at a Connecticut elementary school, police said Friday. The Council Rock South High School

Education Secretary Asks For Reasonable Gun Limits

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

WASHINGTON (AP) - Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the country needs to reevaluate its values and consider common-sense gun control measures after a mass shooting at a Connecticut school. Duncan was speaking at a Washington elementary school one week after the massacre at

Michelle Obama's Letter To Newtown: 'My Heart Aches For You'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 21st

NBCNEWS.COM - A week after the Newtown school shooting in which a young man fatally shot 27 people – 20 of them children – Michelle Obama has penned an open letter to Newtown residents. Titled "Holding You in Our Hearts," the first lady praises the heroism