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ABCNEWS:
Virginia Tech Killer Identified — Cho Seung-Hui, 23-Year-Old Student, Left 'Distrubing Note' — We now know the identity of the killer at Virginia Tech. — He is Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old resident alien of the United States, as first reported by ABC News.
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Associated Press:
Israeli professor killed in US attack — As Jews worldwide honored on Monday the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, a 75-year-old survivor sacrificed his life to save his students in Monday's shooting at Virginia Tech college that left 32 dead and over two dozen wounded.
John M. Broder / New York Times:
32 Shot Dead on Virginia Tech Campus — Thirty-two people were killed, along with a gunman, and at least 15 injured in two shooting attacks at Virginia Polytechnic Institute on Monday during three hours of horror and chaos on this sprawling campus. — The police and witnesses said some victims …
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Doug Donovan / Baltimore Sun:
'I don't think my teacher got out' … In Monday morning's lecture on solid mechanics, all was quiet except for the sound of Professor Liviu Librescu's voice. — Then came the gunshots — in the classroom next door. In an instant, Virginia Tech's Norris Hall, a building dedicated …
Adam Geller / Associated Press:
Va. Tech president: Gunman was student — BLACKSBURG, Va. - A Virginia Tech senior from South Korea was behind the massacre of at least 30 people locked inside a campus building in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, the university said Tuesday.
Washington Post:
Gunman Kills 32 at Virginia Tech In Deadliest Shooting in U.S. History — An outburst of gunfire at a Virginia Tech dormitory, followed two hours later by a ruthless string of attacks at a classroom building, killed 32 students, faculty and staff and left about 30 others injured yesterday …
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Sheldon Drobny / The Huffington Post:
Take A MSM Holiday — If you want to get through the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre in a healthier way, don't watch the news for about a week. If you did not need an anti-depressant before this event, you may have to start if you decide to listen, watch, or read the news.
Debbie Schlussel:
Who is the "Asian" Mass Murderer at Virginia Tech? UPDATE: Shooter is S. KOREAN w/Student Visa — **** UPDATE #3, 04/17/07: The shooter has now been identified as a South Korean national. **** UPDATE #2: The shooter has now been identified as a Chinese national here on a student visa. Lovely.
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Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
On Internet Condolences: Republicans Drop the Ball on Va. Tech Shootings
On Internet Condolences: Republicans Drop the Ball on Va. Tech Shootings
Fox News:
Parents Demand Firing of Virginia Tech President, Police Chief …
Parents Demand Firing of Virginia Tech President, Police Chief …
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Richard Esposito Reports / The Blotter:
'I Want to Clear My Name' — Richard Esposito Reports:
'I Want to Clear My Name' — Richard Esposito Reports:
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The Jawa Report, It was then that I carried you, Classical Values, Don Surber, Hot Air and Michelle Malkin
Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy:
HOW COMMON ARE MASS SHOOTINGS AT US SCHOOLS? Eugene poses …
HOW COMMON ARE MASS SHOOTINGS AT US SCHOOLS? Eugene poses …
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Reason Magazine
New York Times:
Virginia Tech Shooting Leaves 33 Dead
Virginia Tech Shooting Leaves 33 Dead
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Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
POLICY AND REACTIONS TO TRAGEDY: Eugene asks below about how we respond …
POLICY AND REACTIONS TO TRAGEDY: Eugene asks below about how we respond …
Michael Sneed / Associated Press:
Gunman kills 32 at Virginia Tech before being killed
Gunman kills 32 at Virginia Tech before being killed
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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 …
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Ex-Aide Says Gonzales Discussed Firings — The former top aide to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has told Congressional investigators that Mr. Gonzales was "inaccurate," or "at least not complete" in asserting that he had no role in the deliberations about individual United States attorneys …
Washington Post:
Senate Delays Gonzales Testimony on Firings — After Slayings at College, Judiciary Panel Moves Session on Prosecutors to Thursday — The Senate Judiciary Committee canceled testimony scheduled for today from Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales after concluding that the hearing …
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Washington Post:
New Loyalties for Old Fundraising Networks — The two most dominant political fundraising networks of the past quarter-century have splintered during the wide-open 2008 presidential race, newly released campaign finance records show. — Large numbers of the Rangers and Pioneers …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Fundraising Totals Challenge Early Campaign Assumptions
Fundraising Totals Challenge Early Campaign Assumptions
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The Caucus
Jules Crittenden:
PC Racists — It's worse than I thought. — What we did to the German people, I mean. — Here's that Bundeswehr training vid. * The sausage-eater sergeant actually says "drei Afro-Amerikaner." So the reported comments weren't sanitized after all, though the quote was truncated for reasons of taste.
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The Jawa Report
Eduardo Porter / New York Times:
For Illegal Immigrants, Housing Slump Takes Toll — HURON, Calif. — Some of the casualties of America's housing bust are easy to spot up and down California's Central Valley. — From Fresno to Sacramento, big tangles of wire and PVC pipes clutter vacant lots in silent subdivisions, waiting for houses to be built — some day.
Curt Brown / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Taxi drivers can't refuse riders, MAC rules — All airport taxi drivers must transport riders carrying alcohol or risk suspension of their licenses, the Metropolitan Airports Commission ruled Monday. — Starting May 11, airport taxi drivers who refuse to transport riders carrying alcohol will be suspended for 30 days.
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Rocco DiPippo / American Thinker:
Hypocrisy has a Human Price on the Streets of Baghdad … I have observed first-hand the effects of the Bush Administration's new Iraq security plan since it began two months ago. Street violence in Baghdad and surrounding areas has declined. Shops and markets once boarded up are reopening.