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Conn. victims: Lively youngsters, devoted adults

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By 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 little ones

Quotations of the day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By The Associated Press "Can say that we're truly doing enough to give all the children of this country the chance they deserve to live out their lives in happiness and with purpose? I've been reflecting on this the last few days. If we're honest without ourselves, the answer is

Gunman's mother kept trials of home life hidden

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By ADAM GELLERAP National Writer NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - At the bar, everybody knew her name. Nancy Lanza was the one who, if she heard you were short on cash, regularly offered to pick up the tab at My Place. Two or three nights a week, Lanza - the mother of the gunman in Connecticut's

Right-to-work Nevada a rare bright spot for labor

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By NICHOLAS RICCARDIAssociated Press The future of the American labor movement may lie just off the Las Vegas Strip, inside a squat building huddled in the shadow of the Stratosphere casino. That's the home of the Culinary Workers Local 226, a fast-growing union of hotel and casino

Obama signals action following school shooting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By JULIE PACE and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is vowing to use "whatever power this office holds" to safeguard the nation's children, raising the prospect that he will pursue policy changes to stem gun violence in the wake of an elementary school

2 funerals begin a sad procession in Connecticut

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By ALLEN G. BREED and HELEN O'NEILLAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Opening a long and almost unbearable procession of grief, Newtown began laying its dead to rest Monday, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys - one a football fan who was buried in a New York Giants jersey and

Fla. woman gets life in prison in family killings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By JIM FITZGERALDAssociated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - A woman who was convicted of orchestrating the beating deaths of her millionaire husband and mother-in-law was sentenced Monday to life in prison. The judge also called her a coward for skipping the court session. Narcy Novack, of

AP PHOTOS: Connecticut shooting victims mourned

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

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. Others found their life's work in sheltering the little ones, teaching them, caring for them as their own. President Barack Obama joined hundreds gathered in Newtown

Sen. Inouye battles respiratory complications

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A top aide says Sen. Daniel Inouye continues to fight respiratory complications at a Washington-area hospital and says there is no timetable for his release. The 88 year-old Inouye is the nation's longest-serving senator and has been a

Authorities: Kansas man who killed 2 cops dies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 17th

By By JOHN HANNAAssociated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A man with a history of theft and weapons convictions gunned down two police officers investigating possible drug activity in a Kansas grocery parking lot, and was later killed after an armed standoff, authorities said Monday. Hundreds