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The Best We Can Do
This morning my co-blogger Sarah Cody and I appeared on Fox 61 to discuss tips on talking to kids about the horrific tragedy in Newtown. (Sarah is a TV pro. I am a newspaper chick. I’ll forever have fond memories of her helping me attach a mic... -
Ban Semi-Automatic Weapons. Find Another Hobby.
Two weeks after the Sandy Hook shooting -- just after I put my son on the school bus -- I read about this man who had made threats to his ex-girlfriend and her son, who most likely goes to school with my youngest son. The man, who is being held on a $2....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Firearms
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Walker Delivers Pep Talk To State GOP
The Hartford Courant— Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and hero to conservatives across the nation for his efforts to quash public employee unions, delivered a pep talk to Connecticut Republicans Monday night. Walker reminded the crowd at the state GOP's...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, John McKinney, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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UConn Study: When Video Game Players See Enemy As Human, They Are More Aggressive
The Hartford CourantA new study of video games found that a player's perception of enemies as human, not alien, led the player to be more verbally aggressive afterward. The study also found that men were more physically aggressive than women in behavioral tests taken...Tags: University of Connecticut, Gaming, PlayStation, Sony Corp., Wake Forest University
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READER SUBMITTED: Newport Ambulance Gets Dream Dinners In Honor Of National EMT Week.
Greater HartfordOn Saturday, May 18, Dream Dinners delivered a weeks worth of dinners for the staff of the Newport Ambulance station. Volunteers man the station 24-7 and were some of the first responders to the Sandy Hook shooting. Their event director thought it would... -
Newtown parents join Quinn to call for ban on high-capacity ammo magazines
Tribune reporterThe grieving mother of a 6-year-old killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School joined Illinois Democrats on Sunday in calling for a statewide ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Nicole Hockley choked up when discussing the December...Tags: John J Cullerton, Politics, Pat Quinn, Executive Branch, Illinois Governor
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Graduate helps in creative ways
The Leader-TelegramBefore sitting down to create a mosaic depicting Jesus at the request of a school chaplain, Molly Wirz designed what she planned to create and assembled her own glass. The 18-year-old Regis High School senior then began affixing the pieces of colored...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Separation of Church and State, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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N.Y. Giants honor Weatherford as 'Man of the Year'
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.Dan Tanoos, superintendent of Vigo County schools, remembers the first time he saw Steve Weatherford as a freshman at Terre Haute North Vigo High School. Weatherford was in trouble as Superintendent Tanoos walked into the high school just as...Tags: National Football League, Hurricane Sandy (2012), New York Giants, Sports, Super Bowl
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Advocacy group keeps spotlight on Ayotte gun vote
The New Hampshire Union Leader, ManchesterA New Hampshire advocacy group continued to pressure U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte over her vote against the Manchin-Toomey amendment to enhance federal background checks to purchase guns. At a Granite State Progress and Mayors Against Illegal Guns news...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Voting, Politics, Health, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Yarmouth ride, race to honor first responders and police
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.This weekend offers a pair of opportunities for the public to show their appreciation to police officers and first responders. The First Responder Appreciation Freedom Ride, a 50-mile motorcycle ride honoring all the first responders who rushed to...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Richard Donohue, Jr., Sports, Boston Marathon
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Should disturbing news affect our parenting choices?
The world recently learned of the astounding story of the three women who were found alive in a house in Cleveland after being kidnapped on the streets about 10 years ago. Two of the women were teenagers when they disappeared. I’ve never been...
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California Senate approves measures aimed at reducing gun violence
SACRAMENTO --The state Senate approved two bills Thursday introduced following the mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, including one requiring gun owners to keep their firearms in locked safe-boxes if they live with someone...Tags: Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Roderick Wright, Politics, Shootings
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