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Silence, ringing of bells to honor victims of school massacre

YoopyaDec 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Many Americans will remember the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre with a moment of silence on Friday, just before a powerful

Attorney General Holder to meet Newtown sous-investir

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Newtown, Connecticut, on Thursday to meet law enforcement officials and investigators who are examining the school

Gun laws show difficulty of stemming violent acts

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

WASHINGTON (AP) — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons,

U.S. soldier could face death penalty for Afghan killings

YoopyaDec 20, 20120

(Reuters) – A decorated U.S. soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in two forays from his remote military camp was ordered to face a

President Obama is Time’s ‘Person of the Year’

YoopyaDec 19, 20120

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2012. “We are in the midst of historic

Newtown shootings: Obama ‘backs assault weapons ban’

YoopyaDec 19, 2012June 27, 20230

US President Barack Obama wants to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the wake of the mass killings in Newtown, Connecticut, his spokesman says. Jay

Inquiry harshly criticizes State Department over Benghazi attack

YoopyaDec 19, 20120

(Reuters) – Security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya was grossly inadequate to deal with a September 11 attack that killed a U.S. ambassador

Newtown backlash prompts gun investment overhaul

YoopyaDec 19, 20120

(Reuters) – Gun makers are facing pressure from some major U.S. investors after the Newtown elementary school shooting, with private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management

Republicans put squeeze on Obama in “fiscal cliff” talks

YoopyaDec 19, 20120

(Reuters) – Frustrated by their inability to wring more “fiscal cliff” concessions out of President Barack Obama, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives announced

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