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Second school officer wanted in Aberdeen
The Aberdeen Public Board of Education and the Aberdeen City Council both discussed the addition of another full-time school resource officer Monday evening. The intent is to have the resource officer work with the middle schools, said Aberdeen...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
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Newtown panel: Tear down Sandy Hook, rebuild
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A task force of elected officials on Friday recommended tearing down the Connecticut elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot dead in December and rebuilding on the site. The group of 28 Newtown...
Tags: Public Officials, Shootings, Renovation, Murder, Gun Control
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Task force: Sandy Hook Elementary should be torn down, rebuilt
Faced with what one official called a “gut-wrenching” decision, a task force has voted to tear down the old Sandy Hook Elementary School and build a new one in its place. The committee of 28 officials in Newtown, Conn. unanimously...Tags: One World Trade Center, Education
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Loyola's Crane, Towson High's Skinner named Unsung Hero Award winners
The One Love Foundation announced Thursday that North Carolina’s Zoe Skinner (Towson High) and Loyola’s Jason Crane (Chesapeake-Anne Arundel) have been selected as the 2013 Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award winners. Now in its third...
Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Schools, Awards and Prizes, Loyola Greyhounds
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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: Schizophrenia, Crime, Law and Justice, Symptoms, Trials, Bipolar Disorder
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Can Fort Lauderdale compel background checks at gun show?
A showdown is brewing between Fort Lauderdale and the Ohio-based company that has long held gun shows at the city-owned War Memorial Auditorium. The city has clamped down on the arms-bazaar excesses of the show, and a lawyer for Suncoast Gun Shows say...Tags: Public Officials, Politics, Fort Lauderdale, National Rifle Association of America, Father's Day
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Letters to the editor: Oklahoma tornado, public school chiefs, and assault rifles
Once again, teachers protected their students. It happened at Sandy Hook Elementary in December, and it happened in Monroe, Okla., this week. Stories are being reported of teachers placing their bodies over their students, and as one child said, "Our...Tags: Weight, Firearms, Teachers, Salt, Health Insurance Cost
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Somerset Borough police welcomed in area schools
Staff writer, @DA_AmberRA police officer is now monitoring the halls of the Somerset Area School District. Somerset Borough police Chief Randy Cox told council members during Monday’s meeting that the officer-in-school program is being implemented successfully. The... -
Sandy Hook parents help Illinois high-capacity magazine ban
— Grieving parents of children killed at a Connecticut elementary school gave haunting testimony about their lost sons Monday as they tried to persuade the Illinois Senate to approve a ban on the sale of high-capacity gun magazines in Illinois....
Tags: Firearms, Periodicals, Mike Bost, Crime, Law and Justice, Tom Cross
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Coats defends his vote on guns
Although polls nationwide and in Indiana show overwhelming support for tightening background checks for gun purchases,Sen. Dan Coats, Indiana's Republican senior senator, voted "no." He says most constituents who contacted him wanted him to do just that....
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Joe Manchin III, U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Immigration
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More guns used in suicides than homicides
When people think of gun violence, they typically think of a masked robber or a disturbed young man with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. In truth, the most common victim of fatal gun violence is a distraught man who, alone in a...
Tags: Oviedo, Winter Park, General Practitioners, Services and Shopping, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Album review: George Strait's reflective 'Love Is Everything'
Last fall, George Strait revealed that he plans to retire from the road following his so-called Cowboy Rides Away Tour, which concludes its 2013 leg with a sold-out gig June 1 at San Antonio's 72,000-capacity Alamodome. (The Texas native is to resume...Tags: Entertainment, New York City, CBS Corp., Music
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