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Matt Higgins / CBS Connecticut:
CBS News: 27 Dead, Including 20 Children, In Elementary School Shooting — NEWTOWN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut/AP) — CBS News is reporting that at least 27 people are dead, including 20 students, after a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The gunman is among the dead.
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Hartford Courant:
One Confirmed Dead In School Shooting In Newtown — State police responding to a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — At least one person is dead after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dickinson Drive. — Police said there are multiple shooting victims.
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New York Times:
18 Children Killed in Grade School Shooting in Connecticut — Eighteen children were killed on Friday morning in a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., about 65 miles northeast of New York City, according to a person who had been briefed on the shooting.
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Twelve facts about guns and mass shootings in the United States — When we first collected much of this data, it was after the Aurora, Colo. shootings, and the air was thick with calls to avoid “politicizing” the tragedy. That is code, essentially, for “don't talk about reforming our gun control laws.”
David Frum / david-frum:
Every Day is the Day to Talk About Gun Control — I have a daughter in a public elementary school in the District of Columbia. When I read news of a school shooting, it touches a particularly intimate place in me. To be a parent is to be haunted by fears.
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Rep. John Frey / CNN:
Gunman dead, two adults killed in Connecticut school shooting — [Updated at 12:27 p.m. ET] The mom who spoke to CNN's Meredith Artley said she heard “at least 100 rounds” being fired. — The shooting began about 9:35 a.m., the parent said. There was a “pop pop pop” in the hall outside the room.
New York Post:
MASSACRE: Up to 27 people, including 20 children, shot dead at elementary school in Connecticut — A crazed gunman dressed in black went on a rampage at a Connecticut elementary school this morning, in a massacre that left the shooter and 26 dead others - including 18 children.
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
American Exceptionalism: The Shootings Will Go On — Insane rampages are, sadly, not confined to the United States. One happened this very day in China, where a cruel madman attacked a group of children at school. — Here's the difference: — Twenty-two children injured.
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Skschust / CBS New York:
20 Children Among 28 Dead In Newtown Elementary School Massacre — NEWTOWN, Conn. (CBSNewYork) - Twenty children are among 28 people who were killed Friday morning after a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — State Police Lt. Paul Vance said 18 children and 6 adults …
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Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
LIVE UPDATES: Newtown, Conn., School Shooting — 6:00 p.m.: “Evil visited this community today,” said Conn. Gov Dan Malloy. — 5:29 p.m.: Gunman's mother was teacher's aide at school and not a teacher as previously believed, authorities say. — WATCH LIVE press conference with Conn. State Police
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Pete Yost / bigstory.ap.org:
AP SOURCE: SUSPECT DROVE TO MOTHER'S SCHOOL
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Fox News:
At least 26 dead in shooting at Connecticut elementary school
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
White House: “Today Is Not The Day” To Debate Gun Control
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Associated Press:
Official with knowledge of Conn. school shooting: 27 dead, including 18 children
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Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Fischer: God Didn't Stop CT School Shooting Because He's a Gentleman Who Doesn't Go Where He Is Not Wanted
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BuzzFeed:
Gun Control Org Sees “Huge” Influx Of Donations After Sandy Hook Shooting
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AP Member Choice Limited / Chicago Tribune:
Connecticut elementary school shooting: Multiple deaths reported
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
MSNBC's Alex Wagner: Hopefully CT School Shooting Will Result In ‘Political Capital’ To Reform Gun Laws
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Allison Benedikt / Slate:
President Obama, Today Is the Day To Politicize This Tragedy
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Washington Post:
School shooting: President Obama's remarks on the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Connecticut school shooting: Obama: 'We've endured too many of these tragedies'
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Carney On Gun Control: “Today Is Not The Day” (VIDEO)
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USA Today:
26 reported killed in Newtown, Conn., school shooting
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Barack Obama's Only Comments On Gun Control During The 2012 Campaign
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Marijuana Not High Obama Priority — President Obama says recreational users of marijuana in states that have legalized the substance should not be a “top priority” of federal law enforcement officials prosecuting the war on drugs. — “We've got bigger fish to fry,” Obama said of pot users …
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Ethan Nadelmann / The Huffington Post:
Parsing Obama's Words on Legalizing Marijuana
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Bobby Jindal / Wall Street Journal:
The End of Birth-Control Politics — Over-the-counter sales of oral contraceptives will cut off a disingenuous attack line. — The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists announced its support last month for selling oral contraceptives over the counter without a prescription in the United States.
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Jordan Fabian / ABCNEWS:
Obama: More Moderate Republican Than Socialist — President Barack Obama waves to reporters as they shout questions to him regarding the fiscal cliff as he walks across Pennsylvania Avenue back to the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Obama had dropped by a holiday party …
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Chance Of Going Over The Cliff Now At Least 75%
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama says he'd be seen as moderate Republican in 1980s
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petitions.whitehouse.gov:
Immediately address the issue of gun control through the introduction of legislation in Congress. — The goal of this petition is to force the Obama Administration to produce legislation that limits access to guns. While a national dialogue is critical, laws are the only means …
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Jarrett Skorup / Michigan Capitol Confidential:
'We'll Be At Your Daughter's Soccer Game!' — Union protest speaker tells governor that union members will ‘visit you’ everywhere over right-to-work bill — LANSING — A speaker at a union protest against right-to-work legislation said if Gov. Rick Snyder signed the bill he would get …
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BuzzFeed:
News Outlets Battle Romney Campaign Over Expenses — $812 for one meal? Media organizations are telling their credit card companies not to pay until they see a price breakdown. — Reporters wait to disembark the campaign plane of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts …
ProPublica:
Karl Rove's Dark Money Group Promised IRS It Would Spend ‘Limited’ Money on Elections — In a confidential 2010 filing, Crossroads GPS — the dark money group that spent more than $70 million from anonymous donors on the 2012 election — told the Internal Revenue Service that its efforts …
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