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Conn. dad recalls loving, creative 6-year-old

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 15th

By By BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Fighting back tears and struggling to catch his breath, the father of a 6-year-old gunned down in the school shooting in Connecticut told the world Saturday about a little girl who loved to draw and was always smiling, and he also

School adviser: Gunman a loner who felt no pain

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By By ADAM GELLERAP National Writer SOUTHBURY, Conn. (AP) - At Newtown High School, Adam Lanza had trouble relating to fellow students and teachers, but that was only part of his problem. He seemed not to feel physical or psychological pain in the same way as classmates. Richard Novia, the

Conn. gov: Love pours in after school shooting

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says the "innocent little boys and girls" killed by a gunman at their school were "taken from their families far too soon." He said in an address Saturday what's important right now is "love, courage and compassion." Friday's massacre

Okla. teen arrested in school shooting plot

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BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) - Hours before a gunman opened fire at a Connecticut elementary school, police in Oklahoma arrested a teenager for allegedly plotting to attack his high school and trying to recruit classmates to help him. Police in Bartlesville, a community about 40 miles north of Tulsa,

Names and ages of those killed in Conn. rampage

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By By The Associated Press Names and ages of the 26 people gunned down at a Connecticut elementary school Friday in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history: Charlotte Bacon, 6 Daniel Barden, 7 Rachel Davino, 29 Olivia Engel, 6 Josephine Gay, 7 Ana Marquez-Greene, 6 Dylan Hockley, 6

'Always smiling': Portraits of Conn. victims

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By By MATT SEDENSKYAssociated Press Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age. Others found their life's work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. After the gunfire

Medical Examiner: Conn. School Victims Shot Up Close, Multiple Times

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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - A medical examiner says all the victims of the Connecticut school shooting were killed up close by multiple gunshot wounds. Dr. H. Wayne Carver said at a news conference Saturday the deaths are classified as homicides. He says he believes "everybody was hit

No rise in mass killings, but their impact is huge

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By By HELEN O'NEILLAP Special Correspondent A gold plaque hangs next to a bullet hole in the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a lone gunman killed six worshippers and injured three others last August. It is engraved with the words, "We Are One." "It frames the wound," says Pardeep

Ala. police kill suspects after separate shootings

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Police in Alabama fatally shot two suspects Saturday following separate shooting incidents 75 miles apart that left several others, including two officers, wounded. Authorities said Jason Letts, 38, of Jemison opened fire early Saturday morning at a hospital in Birmingham,

AP PHOTOS: Scenes from the Connecticut shooting

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By By The Associated Press Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit for anyone regardless of age. Others found their life's work in sheltering little ones, teaching them, caring for them, treating them as their own. After the gunfire ended at