memeorandum: Kurt Vonnegut's life:FOX NEWS Style (John Amato/Crooks and Liars)

3:50 AM ET, April 17, 2007

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Virginia Tech Shooting Leaves 33 Dead — Thirty-three people were killed today on the campus of Virginia Tech in what appears to be the deadliest shooting rampage in American history, according to federal law-enforcement officials. Many of the victims were students shot in a dorm and a classroom building.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Boing Boing, Blogcritics Section, NION, SABREOCRACY.NET and Planet Blacksburg

CNN:

Witness survives by pretending to be dead … BLACKSBURG, Virginia (CNN) — A gunman who killed at least 30 people in one of two shootings on the campus of Virginia Tech was dressed "almost like a Boy Scout," said a student who survived by pretending to lie dead on a classroom floor.

Discussion: Counterterrorism Blog, ProfessorBainbridge.com ®, Ali Eteraz, shotinthedark.info/wp …, Booman Tribune and PoliBlog (TM)

Liza Porteus / Fox News:

Federal Officials: At Least 32 Dead After Virginia Tech University Shooting — BLACKSBURG, Va. — At least 32 people are confirmed dead and at least another 21 are wounded after a shooting at Virginia Tech University Monday morning, federal law enforcement officials told FOX News.

Discussion: CBS News, Confederate Yankee, Firedoglake, shotinthedark.info/wp …, Patterico's Pontifications and Scared Monkeys

ABCNEWS:

Massacre at Virginia Tech: 29 Confirmed Dead — Fatalities Expected to Rise; Suspected Gunman Among the Dead — Apr. 16, 2007— At least 29 people are dead in what may be the biggest mass killing on a college campus in American history — and the death toll may rise.

Discussion: Associated Press, The Volokh Conspiracy, Done With Mirrors, CANNONFIRE, Comments From Left Field, TPMCafe blogs, NION, The Carpetbagger Report, The Gun Toting Liberal™, No More Mister Nice Blog, Wizbang, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, AMERICAblog, The Reaction, Middle Earth Journal and The Democratic Daily

Michael Sneed / Associated Press:

Gunman kills 32 at Virginia Tech before being killed — Authorities were investigating whether the gunman who killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history was a Chinese man who arrived in the United States last year on a student visa.

Discussion: The Peking Duck and Riehl World View

Michelle Malkin:

Carnage at Virginia Tech; Readers point to campus ban on self-defense; More video, plus student e-mail — Scroll for updates... All the latest. (Update: Cell-phone video added, Bush video, more eyewitness reports, and questions about campus management of the crisis) — Virginia bloggers tracking the story here.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Brutally Honest, AndrewsDad, Riehl World View, The Mahablog, Clayton Cramer's BLOG, Winds of Change.NET, Right Wing Nut House, The Newshoggers, Classical Values, Done With Mirrors and Yourish.com

The Blotter:

Lapse of Federal Law Allows Sale of Large Ammo Clips — Brian Ross and Dana Hughes Report: — High capacity ammo clips became widely available for sale when Congress failed to renew a law that banned assault weapons. — Web sites now advertise overnight UPS delivery of the clips …

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, On Deadline, The Caucus, The Gun Toting Liberal™, NewsBusters.org, DownWithTyranny!, Confederate Yankee, Blue Crab Boulevard, Jules Crittenden and The Democratic Daily

David Williams / Daily Mail:

A lovers' tiff in the dormitory... then the university killer began his rampage — Terrified students lined up against the wall of their classroom and shot, execution-style. — Doors chained shut by the killer to keep his victims in and police out. Blood-soaked bodies piled on top of each other.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:

THIS IS AWFUL: "At least 20 people were killed this morning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University after a shooting spree at two buildings on the campus." Nobody seems to know much yet on what happened. These things do seem to take place in locations where it's not legal for people …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Thinking on the Margin, ABCNEWS, Winds of Change.NET, Kiko's House, Clayton Cramer's BLOG, The Lede, TheNewsHole, Flopping Aces, Debbie Schlussel, The Volokh Conspiracy, Cliff Schecter, Firedoglake, Op For, No More Mister Nice Blog, alicublog and TBogg

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Report: At least 20 29 32 dead, 28 wounded in shooting at Virginia Tech; Update: Chinese man on student visa? Update: Two suspects? — Good lord. I've been peeking at this story for hours and until a few minutes ago there was one reported dead and the gunman was in custody.

Washington Post:

At Least 20 Killed in Virginia Tech Shooting — At least 20 people were killed this morning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University after a shooting spree at two buildings on the campus. — The unidentified shooter was among the dead, according to officials …

Discussion: MSNBC, Hot Air, CANNONFIRE, The Garlic, Obsidian Wings and Neptunus Lex

ABCNEWS:
Massacre at Virginia Tech: 33 Confirmed Dead

Discussion: CANNONFIRE

Debbie Schlussel: Who is the "Asian" Mass Murderer at Virginia Tech? …

John M. Broder / New York Times:
32 Shot Dead on Virginia Tech Campus

Discussion: The Huffington Post

The Neal Boortz Show:
CARNAGE AT VIRGINIA TECH

Discussion: Wake up America and NewsBusters.org

AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
VA Tech Attack A Premeditated Act Or Jealous Act Of Rage?

Discussion: local6.com and TBogg

Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Tragedies as Occasions for Discussing Ways To Prevent Repeat Tragedies:

Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Daniel W. Drezner

Planet Blacksburg: Virginia Tech is Devastated by the Worst College School Shooting in U.S. History

Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Rumor Dispelled—Virginia Tech Killer ID'd: Wayne Chiang

Discussion: The Blotter and Hot Air

The Roanoke Times:
At least 22 killed in shootings at Virginia Tech

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Washington Post, The Strata-Sphere, Attytood, On Deadline and The Moderate Voice

Shmuel Rosner / Haaretz:

Republican presidential hopeful Thompson: Money-making part of Jewish tradition — WASHINGTON - Former Wisconsin governor and Republican presidential hopeful Tommy Thompson told Jewish activists Monday that making money is "part of the Jewish tradition," and something that he applauded.

Discussion: Eschaton, Hullabaloo, The Volokh Conspiracy, toohotfortnr and Matthew Yglesias

Washington Post:

Final War Funding Bill in Works — U.S. Divided on Pullout, Favor Congress to Set Policy, Poll Finds — Congress and the White House will move this week toward a final showdown over a contested war funding bill, with most Americans trusting Democrats over President Bush to set Iraq policy …

Discussion: Political Animal

White House:
President Bush Discusses the Iraq War Supplemental

Discussion: Washington Post, Redstate, Crooks and Liars and Wake up America

ABCNEWS:

EXCLUSIVE: Gonzales Contradicts His Own Testimony — Recently Released E-Mails Show Attorney General's Involvement in Attorney Firing Talks — By JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG and ARIANE de VOGUE — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' assertion that he was not involved in identifying …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, AMERICAblog and Crooks and Liars