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Caren Besner: Some professors trying to force views on students
FAU Professor James Tracy offered his opinion on the recent events that occurred in Boston in the Sun Sentinel on April 24. The professor previously opined on the earlier happenings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. His comments cast...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Columbia University, Students, Israel, Charles Manson
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READER SUBMITTED: Five Mentors Honored By Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters
StatewideNutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, Connecticut's premier youth mentoring organization, has formally recognized five state "Bigs" (adult mentors) for making a significant contribution to advancing the mentoring concept and for changing the lives of...Tags: Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Eastern Connecticut State University, United Way , Nutmeg, Media Industry
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L.A. looks to ban possession of high-capacity gun magazines
This post has been corrected. See below for details.The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to draft a law prohibiting the possession of high-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: Newspaper and Magazine, Paul Krekorian, Crime, Law and Justice, Periodicals, Dennis P. Zine
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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: Newspaper and Magazine, Gun Control, Paul Krekorian, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Eric Harris, Health and Safety at School, Students, Dylan Klebold, Adam Lanza
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Sandy Hook Educators To Receive Posthumous Congressional Award
Six teachers and staff from Sandy Hook Elementary school who died trying to protect their students in the Dec. 14 massacre will posthumously receive a Congressional medal Monday, in a special ceremony at Newtown High School next week. Family members of...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Education, Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Teachers
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Emmaus police: Rumor of high school shooting not credible
Emmaus police say recent rumors circulating about a planned shooting at the school were unsubstantiated and not credible. The police department issued a news release Tuesday afternoon saying that it investigated the rumors and determined they were just...
Tags: Shootings, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Students, Prosecution
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Senate moves to begin debate on gun measures
WASHINGTON -- The Senate may begin voting as soon as Thursday on legislation intended to reduce gun violence, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided Tuesday to initiate the procedural steps required to overcome a threatened filibuster by...
Tags: Gun Control, Shootings, Joe Biden, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Voting
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Newtown families help Obama press for gun reform
HARTFORD, Conn. — President Obama sought Monday to use the emotional pull of the Newtown school massacre to galvanize public support for his drive to pass stricter gun control measures, even as more than a dozen Republican senators promised to...
Tags: Laws, Joe Biden, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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Allan Powell: Historic judgments need repeated
The sordid results of Senate voting on April 17 reflect clearly the loss of common sense and the courage to stand up to the political clout of the National Rifle Association. When the vote count became public, two thoughts came to mind. First was the word...Tags: Gun Control, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Lobbying, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America
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Fund For Sandy Hook Responders Lags
The Hartford CourantMore than a month after legislators announced the establishment of a fund to help first responders to the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, just less than $22,000 has been donated by the private companies that pledged to sustain it. As of...Tags: Mental Health, Laws, Northeast Utilities, Behavioral Conditions, Murder
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Newtown Charities Raise $20.4 Million, Reveal Plans For Cash
The Hartford CourantMore than 40 charitable groups, many formed following the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, have collected nearly $20.4 million since the Dec. 14 shooting, with about 15 percent of the money being distributed, the attorney general's office said...Tags: Consumers, Shootings, United Way , Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice
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