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Connecticut Tragedy Has Local Connection
While the nation and the world are mourning the deaths of the victims of Friday's horrific Connecticut school shootings a local couple are grieving a much more personal loss.
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To Newtown with Love: Send a Card or Letter to Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown
December 15, 2012 There has been an overwhelming reaction to Friday's school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Want to write a letter to the students, teacher and Sandy Hook community? There is an effort online to send support to those dealing with this tragedy.
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Names of Victims in Newtown, Connecticut Massacre Revealed
Authorities have released the names of the victims of Friday's mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which Adam Lanza, 20, reportedly killed 27 people, as well as himself. Lanza's rampage began when he shot and killed his mother, Nancy, at her home before he drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed six adults and 20 children before taking his own life.
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In An Emergency? You Can Text 911!
December 15, 2012 Not interested in freaking out over the phone and having your melt-down recorded for possible later airing on TV? Well, come 2014 you can text your distress instead!
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Talking to Children About Tragedy in Wake of Connecticut School Shooting
How do you explain the unexplainable to children? Today, parents across the country, including myself, were faced with this -- fumbling over words while explaining the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown - located only 20 miles away from my own daughter's elementary school.
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UPDATE: 2 Dead, Many Injured at Clackamas Town Center Mall near Portland, Oregon After Assault Rifle Attack
December 11, 2012 Holiday shopping was interrupted at Clackamas Town Center southeast of Portland after a gunman in a ski mask fired at least 60 shots
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The First Family Lights Up The National Christmas Tree [VIDEO]
December 7, 2012 This is one of America's favorite times of the year. Seeing the President and the first family light up the tree. President Obama and his family flipped the switch on the National Christmas Tree Thursday night.
President Obama said that he hopes that the new tree lasts longer than the last one, which died after just a year.
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December 7th, 2012 – National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day And The 71st Anniversary Of The Attack
December 5, 2012 The day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said would live infamy, still does 71 years later and surprisingly it took Congress 53 years after the bombing to declare December 7th as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, but we don't need a national declaration to bring this tragic day to mind. Here's some ideas on how to observe the anniversary of this tragic day.
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Five States Set to Expand Classroom Hours by 300 Hours
Earlier this week, five states announced plans to add a minimum of 300 extra hours to molding young minds in the classroom next year in hopes of strengthening the American student performance.
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Vote for Florida’s New Licence Plate Tag
December 3, 2012 There's something about Florida and elections. The Sunshine State is giving you the chance to choose the next licence plate that will grace Floridian vehicles.
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Walmart Employees Confront Shoplifter, Shoplifter Winds Up Dead
An unidentified man has died after a confrontation with two Walmart employees and a contract security guard at the superstore's Lithonia, Georgia, location.
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Possible Vinyl Chloride Chemical Spill Reported In New Jersey
Our friends in New Jersey never seem to get a break. First Hurricane Sandy, and not this. There are reports that four tank cars from a train wreck were dumped into Mantua Creek in Paulsboro, New Jersey on Friday (11/30). There are reports that they are leaking vinyl chloride.