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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, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Illinois Governor, Mariah Carey, Crime, Law and Justice
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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, Dylan Klebold, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Eric Harris, Health and Safety at School
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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: Interior Policy, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Barack Obama
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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: Olympic Games, John F. Kennedy, Social Media, Reddit Inc., The New York Times
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Gun control backers consider strategy after Senate defeat
WASHINGTON — Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and — after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements — fury. What they don't have is a clear path to changing the political arithmetic of the...
Tags: Interior Policy, Harry Reid, Mark Begich, Chris Murphy, Organizing for Action
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With Boston blasts, law enforcement plunges into the unknown
Suddenly, everything looked like a bomb. "Please note," one Boston first responder warned his colleagues Monday, in the churning radio traffic that immediately followed the bombings at the Boston Marathon. "There’s three handbags in front of the...
Tags: Abortion, Oklahoma City Bombing (1995), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Sports
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Newtown tragedy brings bipartisanship back to Congress
They started out with a lot in common -- Joe Manchin and Patrick Toomey. Sure, one's a Democrat and one's a Republican, but they're both conservatives, both longtime gun owners and both sport an "A" rating from the National Rifle Association. But now...
Tags: Eric Harris, Justice System, Government, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Guns but no roses
WASHINGTON -- The biggest obstacle to the Obama administration's push for tighter gun control may be its own best argument: Newtown. This is because nothing proposed in the gun control debates would have prevented the mass killing of children at Sandy...
Tags: Interior Policy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dylan Klebold, Washington, DC, Assault
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Burbank teen suspected in Twitter threat to shoot fellow student
A 16-year-old high school student was arrested in Burbank on Tuesday night after allegedly threatening on Twitter to shoot another student at his school, police said. Authorities received several calls about the alleged threat about 6 p.m. Tuesday,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Twitter, Inc., Students, Google+
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Safety 'No. 1 issue,' superintendent says of Twitter threat
Aside from the reporters outside, it was "business as usual" at a Burbank high school Wednesday, a day after a 16-year-old student allegedly threatened via Twitter to shoot another, the district's superintendent said. Jan Britz said Burbank police...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Social Media, Twitter, Inc., Health and Safety at School, Students
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States move quickly, divergently on gun laws
Even as momentum for new gun legislation wanes in Washington, lawmakers across the country are fashioning their own response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, resulting in a patchwork that tightens restrictions in some places and eases them...
Tags: Interior Policy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice System, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Laws
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Hunters seek to boycott Colorado over new gun control laws
Some hunters are targeting Colorado’s important tourism dollars by urging a boycott of the state because of its recently approved gun control legislation. “It’s a question of principle,” Chris Jurney, vice president of the...
Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, James Holmes, Laws, Personal Weapon Control
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