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L.A. to draft law banning possession of large-capacity gun magazines
The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to draft a law prohibiting the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines, sparking lawsuit threats from two gun rights organizations. On an 11-0 vote, the council called for an ordinance labeling the...Tags: Elections, Gun Control, Newspaper and Magazine, Dennis P. Zine, Personal Weapon Control
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Lakeland police: 3 middle school students had plans to create 'chaos'
Three Lakeland middle schoolers were arrested on conspiracy charges after, police say, they had plans to create mass "chaos" at Sleepy Hill Middle School. One 13-year-old girl, a 13-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl were all arrested and face charges...
Tags: Columbine High School, Teaching and Learning, Students, Eric Harris, Adam Lanza
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Newtown Will Build A New Sandy Hook Elementary School At Existing Site
The Hartford Courant— A new Sandy Hook Elementary School building will be built at the site of the existing school, a task force of town leaders decided Friday night. The school, at a cost of almost $60 million, will take the place of the old building, where a mass...Tags: Renovation, Students, Dannel P. Malloy , Adam Lanza, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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NRA convention gets underway; Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent on tap
HOUSTON -- The National Rifle Assn.’s annual convention begins in earnest Friday in Houston, with leaders who have spent the year defending the group in the wake of mass shootings emboldened by the recent defeat of federal gun control legislation...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Parties and Movements, Interior Policy, Human Interest, Gun Control
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Houston airport shooting hot topic at NRA convention
HOUSTON -- When the annual National Rifle Assn. convention opened Friday, the day after an incident in which a gunman died at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, attendees didn't shy away from discussing the incident. In fact, it was a hot topic of...
Tags: Gun Control, Shootings, Suicide, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Personal Weapon Control
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Keeping A Mother's Promise
The gravity of the moment that comes with holding your child for the first time — looking into their eyes, rocking them to sleep, allowing their breath to fill your heart, marveling at how nature has taken a part of you and a part of your husband to...
Tags: Sandy Hook Promise, Gun Control, Gabrielle Giffords, Superman (fictional character), U.S. Senate
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Newtown panel: Tear down Sandy Hook, rebuild
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A task force of elected officials on Friday recommended tearing down the Connecticut elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot dead in December and rebuilding on the site. The group of 28 Newtown...
Tags: Elections, Murder, Students, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Man charged with shooting woman outside Erie school
Erie Times-News, Pa.An east Erie elementary school was locked down and a teacher's aide was rushed to a hospital after a confrontation between the female aide and a male acquaintance erupted into gunfire Friday morning. Police said the aide, Tamara Logan, 44, was shot...Tags: Autism, Shootings, Prosecution, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice
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READER SUBMITTED: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Donates $2,500 to Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism
StatewideColdwell Banker Residential Brokerage is pleased to announce that it has donated $2,500 to the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism through its charitable foundation, the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation. The donation was made...Tags: Schools, Autism, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Banking, Elementary Schools
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Task force: Sandy Hook Elementary should be torn down, rebuilt
Faced with what one official called a “gut-wrenching” decision, a task force has voted to tear down the old Sandy Hook Elementary School and build a new one in its place. The committee of 28 officials in Newtown, Conn. unanimously...Tags: One World Trade Center, Education
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Connecticut Moms Take Lead On Social, Political Causes
The Hartford CourantFar from the Hallmark holiday it's turned into, Mother's Day was conceived in the U.S. by female activists interested in expanding women's impact in society. In Connecticut and across the county, women are carrying on that tradition, incorporating their...Tags: Newtown, Personal Weapon Control, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Mother's Day, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
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Panel urges rebuilding of Connecticut school on site of massacre
ReutersNEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A special task force of elected town officials on Friday recommended tearing down Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 children and six adults were shot to death in December, and rebuilding it on the site...Tags: Columbine High School, Teachers, Elections, Shootings, Teaching and Learning
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