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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: Wake Forest University, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, University of Connecticut, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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Bill Would Provide Federal Aid For Newtown School
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD – Three Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut are planning to file legislation that would allow the use of federal dollars to help pay for the construction of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School. If approved, it would mark the...Tags: Executive Branch, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Sandy Hook Elementary School, Heavy Engineering
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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: Elections, Teaching and Learning, Shootings, Teachers, Politics
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Decision Delayed On Location For New Sandy Hook Elementary School
The Hartford CourantDetermining the future site of a new Sandy Hook Elementary School will take at least another week, and possibly longer, members of a 28-member task force said Friday night after being briefed on the trauma suffered by the school's staff. The briefing,...Tags: Renovation, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Health and Safety at School
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Mother's quest to find treatment for son highlights mental health system's limitations
When Chris Marciano was 4 years old, he would have a blistering tantrum whenever music came on the radio. By the second grade, his teacher described him as "not with us." At age 11, he was kicked out of school. "The pediatrician said he was just...
Tags: Prisons, Health Treatments, Juvenile Delinquency, Health Insurance, Family
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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: Teaching and Learning, Students, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Health and Safety at School, Eric Harris
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Troopers being trained to take down shooters
The StateThe bullets whizzing down the halls of an abandoned dorm at the South Carolina Sanatorium were not real. But that hardly mattered to SC Highway Patrol Senior Trooper Bridget Wyant as she guarded the rear of a four-man squad shuffling toward screams...Tags: Law Enforcement, Safety of Citizens, Laws, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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School Safety Legislation: A Tally by State
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.After the devastating school shootings in Newtown, Conn., in December, state lawmakers around the country vowed to act. The mission: Devise ways to prevent a similar tragedy. They came up with hundreds of possible strategies. An Education Week...Tags: Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Mary Fallin, National Government, Teachers
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School safety demands more study
Let's go back several years to the Columbine High School shootings. Before my retirement I was a police officer and director of school security. I learned that notes of the two Columbine shooters said that the first person they were going to look for...Tags: Barack Obama, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Politics, Personal Weapon Control
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Daum: Getting it wrong in Boston
As social media sites have pelted out news of the Boston bombing, playing fast and loose with the numbers of the dead and injured and amplifying hearsay into a cacophony of confusion, one tweet seemed to say it all: "Dear Journalism: Get yourself together...
Tags: Weddings, Olympic Games, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Few mechanical differences found between AR-15s, hunting rifles
The Lima News, OhioAn AR-15 semiautomatic rifle rests on one end of the table. The black, sleek weapon by DPMS Firearms has a collapsible stock, pistol grip and flash suppressor. When politicians talk about banning weapons, an intimidating firearm like this one often sits...Tags: Weaponry, FBI, U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, Assault
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OPINION: Boston: Running the right way
Richmond Times-DispatchApril is a spectacular month. It heralds warm spring days awash in color. Azaleas, forsythia, flowering trees, yellow dandelions and lush green grass brighten the landscape. Baby birds chirp ceaselessly while their parents frantically search for worms and...Tags: Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Martin Richard, U.S. Army, Massachusetts General Hospital, Sports
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