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  • News Newtown shooting memorial

    Sandy Hook students return to class for first time since Newtown shooting

    Security measures have also been increased, with a new system incorporating more cameras and locks, as Sandy Hook students attend classes for the first time since a shooting at their school.

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    Woman accused of using Facebook to scam donors for Newtown victims

    A Bronx woman is accused of using her Facebook account to solicit money she said would be used for a funeral fund for the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting.

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    Newtown official: We’re overwhelmed, so please stop mailing us packages

    Newtown, Connecticut, has received so many gifts since the Dec. 14 massacre that a local official is kindly asking people to stop sending them.

  • News national rifle association logo

    NRA leader says schools vulnerable to attack

    Protesters twice interrupted the first official statement from the National Rifle Association since the shootings at an elementary school in Connecticut.

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    Country observes moment of silence for school shooting victims

    People across the U.S. are asked to observe a moment of silence Friday, December 21, 2012 in memory of the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings.

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    Galesburg finds connection with Connecticut tragedy

    Galesburg’s historic Second Baptist Church dates back to the Civil War era. That’s where the sanctuary shows the spirit of…

  • News State Police at Sandy Hook Elementary shooting - photo from AP

    First-responders recount initial chaos of school massacre

    Amid the chaos he witnessed at the Newtown school shooting, one first responder says he’ll never forget the line of parents waiting to pick up their children.

  • News Avielle Rose Richman

    Newtown victim has connection to our area

    A Sabula, Iowa couple lost their granddaughter in the shootings that happened at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut.

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    NRA Facebook page down after Newtown shootings

    The National Rifle Association has remained conspicuously silent following the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.

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    School resumes for students haunted by Newtown tragedy

    With their sense of normalcy shattered following last week’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, students at other schools are seeing more police and counselors on hand.

  • News Mary Sherlach photo from Newtown Patch

    Connecticut teachers were heroes in the face of death

    What the teachers and principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School did for the children in their care could win a soldier in a war zone a Purple Heart.

  • News Grace McDonnell photo from McDonnell family handout

    Sandy Hook shooting victims – who they were

    Here are details about the people whose lives were cut short when a gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school.

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