Newtown School Shooting
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by ABC News via twitter 12/15/2012 12:14:11 AM -
People leave the scene of a shooting incident at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in this December 14, 2012 handout photo. Twenty-six people, including 20 children, have been killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. REUTERS/John Woike/Hartford Courant/Handout
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A tearful President Barack Obama expressed ''overwhelming grief'' for the victims of a shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school and called on Americans to set aside politics and ''take meaningful action'' to prevent more tragedies of this kind. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
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CT gov Dan Malloy tells #Newtown church goers to find solace in each other: "People lost their children, brothers, sisters, spouses."
— Jaclyn Reiss (@JaclynReiss) December 15, 2012 -
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"We heard after Columbine that it was too soon to talk about gun laws. We heard it after Virginia Tech. After Tucson and Aurora and Oak Creek. And now we are hearing it again. For every day we wait, 34 more people are murdered with guns. Today, many of them were five-year olds. President Obama rightly sent his heartfelt condolences to the families in Newtown. But the country needs him to send a bill to Congress to fix this problem. Calling for ‘meaningful action’ is not enough. We need immediate action."
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Four adults and 18 children spent 45 minutes locked in a closet. A SWAT team escorted them out. nyti.ms/XoiW7o
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 15, 2012 -
Google modifies homepage to show lit candle following today's school shooting in Connecticut - http://www.google.com/ pbs.twimg.com/media/A-HtuSNCUAAhExO.png
by Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 1:53:16 AM -
On the subject of gun control, historian Dr Tim Stanley, writing in The Daily Telegraph, says: "Gun control laws will be invoked, but they'd be incredibly difficult to pass in a culture that defines freedom by the right of self defence. And what it really takes to change a society is a revolution of the soul – something no law can make happen."
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I'm reviewing emergency scanner audio, first callout from this morning's school shooting in CT. Will post momentarily.by Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 2:27:50 AM
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[Audio] First emergency scanner traffic audio from Connecticut school shooting - http://bit.ly/UtLbk6by Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 2:40:56 AM
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Reviewing more scanner traffic audio from CT shooting. The first responders sound horrified. You can hear it in their voices on the air.by Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 2:47:52 AM
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Writing on The Washington Post's Wonkblog, Ezra Klein says: "If roads were collapsing all across the United States, killing dozens of drivers, we would surely see that as a moment to talk about what we could do to keep roads from collapsing. If terrorists were detonating bombs in port after port, you can be sure Congress would be working to upgrade the nation’s security measures. If a plague was ripping through communities, public-health officials would be working feverishly to contain it."
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"One dressed up in goofy costumes to make her students smile. Another was a psychologist — preparing to retire." The New York Times says Dawn Hochsprung, the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School, and Mary Sherlach, a school psychologist - both killed in the shooting - will be remembered as dedicated educators who died "alongside the children they cared for as if they were their own."
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WNBC reporter: Law enforcement officials say CT school shooting suspect fired at children from close rangeby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 4:08:06 AM
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[Newtown school shooting] Police say it'll take throughout the night to positively ID school shooting victims - @JohnCharltonFOXby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 4:08:47 AM
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WNBC reporter: NBC News reporting parents being called in to positively identify children one-by-oneby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 4:09:34 AM
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Family drama as national tragedy
Reuters columnist Nicholas Wapshott has written a piece on the Newtown shooting. In it, he says:
"In this media-obsessed world, where becoming famous seems far more important than achieving real goals or finding genuine happiness, to go out in a welter of bullets and blood, like Bonnie and Clyde, has somehow become an acceptable second best. Thanks to high technology, a family drama can quickly turn into a national tragedy and a psychological upset can trigger a murder spree."
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[Photo] Hundreds turn out for vigil at church in Newtown, CT - http://instagram.com/p/TPe87uB4pB/by Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 4:14:49 AM
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[Photo] Town flag at half staff in Newtown, Connecticut - http://bit.ly/Y3FBuOby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 4:15:26 AM
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Petition calling on Obama to draft gun control legislation has twice the threshold required for a White House response petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/immed…
— Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) December 15, 2012 -
[Resource] Newtown, Connecticut ranked number 5 in Top 100 list of safest American cities - http://bit.ly/UjqBDqby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 4:19:29 AM
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RT @passantino: Pope Benedict XVI wrote special message to Newtown shooting victims http://lat.ms/UjqRSTby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 4:21:15 AM
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CBS News' John Miller: Appears Connecticut school shooting suspect planned attack in advanceby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 4:23:37 AM
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CBS News' John Miller: CT school shooting suspect shot out glass of school, gained accessby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 4:24:08 AM
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Here's an interesting piece from The Atlantic about how Japan has virtually eliminated gun deaths. Unbelievably, the country can get as few as two gun-related deaths a year. How did Japan become a land without guns?
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RT @alucci: NBC4: Newtown shooter's photo wasn't in his high school yearbook- in its place it said "camera shy."by Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 4:34:05 AM
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[New blog] A look at how fourteen news apps covered the Connecticut school shooting - http://bit.ly/VGCZgcby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 5:01:39 AM
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RT @Niteshift: An unthinkable tragedy in Newtown. pbs.twimg.com/media/A-IZxuBCYAAgmbq.jpg
by Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 5:08:18 AM -
Connecticut school could not have prevented shooting, experts say
By Jillian Mincer
U.S. school districts have spent millions of dollars on metal detectors, security cameras and elaborate emergency-response plans since the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School, but almost nothing could have prevented Friday's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, security experts say.
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RT @wfaachannel8: Frisco students gather to pray for and honor those affected by shooting http://bit.ly/W7XOHoby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 5:12:57 AM
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[Newtown school shooting] RT @kellyburton_: Mom helped save her class of almost 20 kids today #amazedby Matthew Keys via twitter 12/15/2012 5:15:57 AM
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Below, our colleagues have assembled a profile of Adam Lanza.
Young man returns to elementary school as mass killer
By Chris Francescani
In the aftermath of Friday's elementary school shooting, a shattered New England town searched for clues to why a young man would commit so heinous an act.
The life of Adam Lanza will be dissected, analyzed and re-analyzed in the days to come as investigators dig into the background of the 20-year-old, who law enforcement sources say returned to his elementary school and opened fire.
Thus far, there are clues, but no answers.
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Australia defends its handling of French submarine deal
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia defended its scrapping of a deal for French submarines on Sunday, saying the government had raised concerns to Paris for months, as a new deal with the United States and Britain continued to fuel a multinational diplomatic crisis.