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Newtown students to return to classes in wake of school massacre

YoopyaDec 18, 20120

(Reuters) – The schools of Newtown, which stood empty in the wake of a shooting rampage that took 26 of their own, will again ring

At memorial, Obama pledges effort to reduce gun violence

YoopyaDec 17, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama, speaking at a memorial service for the victims of a mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, said on Sunday

Newtown School Shootings: Morgan Freeman Says Statement Was Hoax

YoopyaDec 17, 20120

Turns out Morgan Freeman hasn’t spoken his mind on the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Having played all manner of heavyweights – even God –

Boehner opens door to tax hikes, shifts fiscal cliff talks

YoopyaDec 17, 20120

(Reuters) – The first real movement in the “fiscal cliff” talks began on Sunday, with Republican House Speaker John Boehner edging slightly closer to President

Funerals begin for Newtown victims as schools confront tragedy

YoopyaDec 17, 20120

(Reuters) – The small Connecticut town shattered by an act President Barack Obama called “unconscionable evil,” holds on Monday the first two of 20 funerals

Newtown shootings: Democrats Malloy and Feinstein seek gun controls

YoopyaDec 16, 20120

Two senior US Democrats have called for stricter gun control following the elementary school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty children and six women died

Gunman kills two at Oregon mall before taking own life

YoopyaDec 12, 20120

(Reuters) – A gunman opened fire inside an Oregon shopping mall on Tuesday in the middle of the busy Christmas season, killing at least two

Obama, Boehner talk and exchange new offers on “fiscal cliff”

YoopyaDec 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Negotiations to avert the “fiscal cliff” ahead of a year-end deadline intensified as President Barack Obama and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John

Navy identifies SEAL killed in hostage rescue in Afghanistan

YoopyaDec 11, 20120

(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy SEAL was killed in Sunday’s rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor kidnapped by the Taliban, the Defense Department said

Analysis: Distrust among members of Congress complicates “cliff” talks

YoopyaDec 10, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama and his Republican opponents in Congress enter a crucial week in the “fiscal cliff” impasse with more than just differences over taxes