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Obama to hold moment of silence for Conn. victims

Obama to hold moment of silence for Conn. victims
By KEN THOMASAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to observe a moment of silence at the White House on Friday morning in honor of the victims of the Connecticut elementary school massacre. The White House says the president will observe the moment of silence at 9:30 a.m.

Idaho parents say man entered class, choked boy

Idaho parents say man entered class, choked boy
By JOHN MILLERAssociated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The guardian of a northern Idaho fifth-grader was upset Thursday with a school's response after she says a man entered a classroom, harassed and assaulted children and put her grandson in a chokehold. Jerry Peery said other parents in the small

Bells Toll For Victims One Week After Shooting

Bells Toll For Victims One Week After Shooting
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Bells are ringing in a Connecticut town to commemorate the moment one week ago when a gunman began a shooting rampage at an elementary school that killed 20 children and six adults.    Gov. Dannel (DAHN'-uhl) Malloy and other officials are leading a moment

Bells Toll For Victims One Week After Shooting

Bells Toll For Victims One Week After Shooting
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Bells are ringing in a Connecticut town to commemorate the moment one week ago when a gunman began a shooting rampage at an elementary school that killed 20 children and six adults.    Gov. Dannel (DAHN'-uhl) Malloy and other officials are leading a moment

Bells Toll For Victims One Week After Shooting

Bells Toll For Victims One Week After Shooting
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Bells are ringing in a Connecticut town to commemorate the moment one week ago when a gunman began a shooting rampage at an elementary school that killed 20 children and six adults.    Gov. Dannel (DAHN'-uhl) Malloy and other officials are leading a moment

Bells Toll For Victims One Week After Shooting

Bells Toll For Victims One Week After Shooting
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Bells are ringing in a Connecticut town to commemorate the moment one week ago when a gunman began a shooting rampage at an elementary school that killed 20 children and six adults.    Gov. Dannel (DAHN'-uhl) Malloy and other officials are leading a moment

Dozens of Mich. schools close amid threats, rumors

Dozens of Mich. schools close amid threats, rumors
By ED WHITEAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) - Dozens of Michigan schools canceled classes for thousands of students to cool off rumored threats of violence and problems related to doomsday scenarios based on the Mayan calendar, officials said Thursday. Public schools in Genesee and Lapeer counties,

Biden: 'We have to take action' on gun control

Biden: 'We have to take action' on gun control
By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration will push to tighten gun laws in response to last week's schoolhouse massacre in Connecticut, Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday, and Speaker John Boehner said the GOP-controlled House would consider the proposals.

Report: Social media talk focuses on gun control

Report: Social media talk focuses on gun control
WASHINGTON (AP) - A report shows that the school shooting in Connecticut has led to more discussion about gun policy on social media than previous rampages. The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released the report Thursday. It says gun policy accounted for almost 30

Hot spots draw believers, but not doomsday

Hot spots draw believers, but not doomsday
By VANESSA GERAAssociated Press As the sun rose from time zone to time zone across the world on Friday, there was still no sign of the world's end - but that didn't stop those convinced that a 5,125-year Mayan calendar predicts the apocalypse from gathering at some of the world's