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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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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.
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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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.”
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.
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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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 — Bryan Fischer spent the first hour of his radio program today discussing this morning's truly horrific shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut, which he, of course …
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Pete Yost / bigstory.ap.org:
AP SOURCE: SUSPECT DROVE TO MOTHER'S SCHOOL — You are here — Home » United States government » AP source: Suspect drove to mother's school — WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspect in the Connecticut school shootings is Adam Lanza, 20, the son of a teacher at the school …
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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Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
Carney On Gun Control: “Today Is Not The Day” (VIDEO) — As reports of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. were still coming in Friday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney deferred questions about gun control legislation. — “Today is not the day, I believe as a father …
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Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
LIVE UPDATES: Newtown, Conn., School Shooting — Tune into World News with Diane Sawyer at 6:30 p.m. ET. — 6:25 p.m.: Nancy Lanza, mother of gunman Adam Lanza, was found dead in her Connecticut home. The 20-year-old man, shot her in the face, authorities told ABC News.
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New York Post:
MASSACRE: Up to 27 people, including 20 children, shot dead at elementary school in Connecticut
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Huckabee Says Connecticut School Massacre Occurred Because We ‘Removed God From Our Schools’
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Skschust / CBS New York:
20 Children Among 28 Dead In Newtown Elementary School Massacre
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Associated Press:
Official with knowledge of Conn. school shooting: 27 dead, including 18 children
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BuzzFeed:
Gun Control Org Sees “Huge” Influx Of Donations After Sandy Hook Shooting
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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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Washington Post:
School shooting: President Obama's remarks on the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Thoughts on the Newtown Elementary School Tragedy
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Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
Obama, silent about union violence in Michigan, immediately reacts to Connecticut school shooting
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Fox News:
At least 26 dead in shooting at Connecticut elementary school
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AP Member Choice Limited / Chicago Tribune:
Connecticut elementary school shooting: Multiple deaths reported
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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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Allison Benedikt / Slate:
President Obama, Today Is the Day To Politicize This Tragedy — We don't need you to cry at the podium. We need you to do something. — President Obama: — Twenty-seven people are dead, 20 of them children, and you just told the nation that we're all going to have to “extend a hand to those in need.”
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Mike Bloomberg:
Statements of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs on Newtown, Connecticut Shooting
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
White House: “Today Is Not The Day” To Debate Gun Control
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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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Matthew Chapman / The Huffington Post:
NRA: Still Not Enough? — Newtown Elementary School Shooting , School Shooting , Newtown , Newtown School Shooting , Sandy Hook , Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting , School Shootings , Politics News — How many people will have to die before the NRA and the politicians they control …
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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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