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Lieberman, Democrats want ban on assault weapons

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic lawmakers and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should be established to examine mass shootings in the United States. The proposals were

Some of the deadliest school shootings in the US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

By By The Associated Press A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed 26 people, 20 of them children, and himself on Friday. A look at some other school shootings in years past: - April 2, 2012: A gunman killed seven people in a rampage at a Christian university in California. The

High court fight looms over right to carry a gun

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By By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The next big issue in the national debate over guns - whether people have a right to be armed in public - is moving closer to Supreme Court review. A provocative ruling by a panel of federal appeals court judges in Chicago struck down the

Conn. victims: Lively youngsters, devoted adults

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By By The Associated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - At the very start of their lives, the schoolchildren are remembered for their love of horses, or for the games they couldn't get enough of, or for always saying grace at dinner. The adult victims found their life's work in sheltering

Obama grieves, promises to use power to help

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By By JIM KUHNHENN and BEN FELLERAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and girls turned the commander in chief into another parent in grief, searching for answers. Alone on a spare stage after the worst day of his

Obama grieves, promises to use power to help

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A list of victims of the Conn. school massacre

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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

Staffers hailed as heroes after Conn. shooting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 16th

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - A worker who turned on the intercom, alerting others in the building that something was very wrong. A custodian who risked his life by running through the halls warning of danger. A clerk who led 18 children on their hands and knees to safety, then gave them paper and crayons

Conn. gunman had hundreds of rounds of ammunition

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By By MATT APUZZO and PAT EATON-ROBBAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - The gunman in the Connecticut shooting rampage was carrying an arsenal of hundreds of rounds of especially deadly ammunition - enough to kill just about every student in the school if given enough time, authorities said

Whitworth Cruises Past Occidental 95-66

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LOS ANGELES – Dustin McConnell scored 20 points to lead visiting Whitworth to a 95-66 win at Occidental College on Saturday night at Rush Gymnasium. Four players reached double figures for the 13th-ranked Pirates (6-1), led by McConnell's career-high 20 points.