Posts Tagged ‘the-shooting’

US man on Pakistan murder charge

Friday, January 28th, 2011

A US consular official is facing murder charges after the shooting of two motorcyclists on a busy street in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police say.

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Political Memo: Talk of Bipartisan Progress Fading in Arizona

Friday, January 28th, 2011

As the days pass since the shooting spree, Arizona appears to be slipping back into its old ways.

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Political Memo: Talk of Bipartisan Progress Fading in Arizona

In an Ocean of Firearms, Tucson Is Far Away

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

People at the nation’s largest gun trade show rejected suggestions of a connection between the shooting rampage in Tucson and gun control legislation.

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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Loughner

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Jared Lougher, the man accused of fatally shooting six and wounding 13 others in Tucson, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday. Loughner, who shot and critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the shooting, was charged with attempting to…

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In an Online Gaming World, Tucson Suspect Gave Hints of Problems

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Among the many traces left on the Internet by Jared L. Loughner, the man charged with the shooting spree in Tucson, were postings that reveal a deeply troubled individual.

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Site of Shooting in Tucson Reopens

Saturday, January 15th, 2011

A week after the shooting in Tucson, a sprawling gun show at the county fairgrounds was to go forward and the Safeway supermarket where the shooting occurred reopened for business.

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News Analysis: Facing Challenge, Obama Returns to Unity Theme

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

President Obama addressed a nation traumatized by the shooting, calling for an end to partisan recriminations.

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Obama: ‘We Can Be Better’

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

President Obama addressed more than 14,000 Wednesday at a memorial service in Tucson, Arizona, urging civility in the wake of the shooting rampage that killed six and wounded 13 others, including Re. Gabrielle Giffords. “We can be better,” Obama said….

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Calif. Judge to Hear Loughner Case

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Whether Jared Lee Loughner is mentally ill or not, federal judges in Arizona have determined the only way for the shooting suspect to get a fair trial is to bring in a judge from outside the state. Judge Larry A. Burns, from Southern California, has…

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Shootings spur debate on discourse

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

In the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the killing of six other people in Tucson, Arizona, Saturday, CNN Opinion contributors have offered a variety of perspectives.

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Obama Heads to Tucson on Wednesday

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

A White House official said Monday that President Obama will travel on Wednesday to Tucson, Arizona, the scene of the shooting rampage that left six people dead and critically injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The president is navigating…

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Talk Radio Hosts Reject Blame in Shooting

Monday, January 10th, 2011

In Tucson’s first rush hour since the shooting, talk radio hosts denied that their heated rhetoric had played a role.

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Obama to Lead Moment of Silence

Monday, January 10th, 2011

President Obama will lead a moment of silence to memorialize the victims of the shooting Saturday in Arizona. The moment of silence will be Monday morning on the South Lawn of the White House. “It will be a time for us to come together as a nation in…

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AZ Suspect Was Obsessed With Giffords

Monday, January 10th, 2011

Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old suspected of perpetrating the shooting rampage that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the ICU and six others dead, appears to have had a long fixation on his congresswoman. A safe in his home contained a form letter…

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Keith Olberman | Special Comment: Violence and Threats Have No Place in Democracy (Video)

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

The political rhetoric of the country must be changed to prevent acts of domestic terrorism. In the aftermath of the shooting of 19 people in an attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Countdown’s Keith Olbermann reminds Americans that “violence, or the threat of violence, has no place in our democracy.”