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Twitter closes accounts over child pornography allegations
Nishtha • 12 years agoTwitter has closed down a string of accounts after it was revealed to contain disturbing images of child abuse. Hacker groups claimed to have broken into the
The world ended on Friday after all - thanks to NRA
Robertson • 12 years agoDebate is for later. The NRA wants guns in schools NOW.
Funerals continue for Newtown victims, Kids return to school
Fp Archives • 12 years agoMost children returned to school for the first time today in Newtown, as the toll of funerals for the 26 dead continued.
Funerals begin for Newtown victims as U.S. schools confront tragedy
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe two funerals on Monday ushered in what will be a week of memorial services and burials for the 20 children and six adults massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
America will have to deal with blind spots: guns and mental health
Roy • 12 years agoWill the horrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut put the spotlight on mental health? Or are Adam Lanza's medications, if any, going to become a way for gun rights advocates to change the subject from gun control?
US shooting: Will Obama take a stand on gun control?
Fp Archives • 12 years agoOne certainty in the weeks to come is that both parties in Washington will carefully watch public opinion on gun control and the Constitution's Second Amendment, which protects gun ownership rights.
What India can learn from the US school shootings
Sudhir • 12 years agoJust a hug in times of sorrow has redemptive powers, but grief counselling for survivors is important for the healing process. How America deals with the Newtown school shooting tragedy offers India lessons on responding with a human face to those in trauma.
US shooting: Jamie Foxx says actors can't ignore role of movies
Fp Archives • 12 years agoJamie Foxx, one of the industry's biggest stars, said Saturday as he promoted Quentin Tarantino's upcoming ultra-violent spaghetti Western-style film about slavery, Django Unchained, that actors can't ignore the fact that movie violence can influence people.
US school shooter had Asperger's syndrome
Fp Archives • 12 years agoA law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the unfolding investigation, said Lanza had been diagnosed with Asperger's
Shootout in school leaves Newtown shell shocked
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe town is still attempting to come to terms with the shootout.