Sandy Hook Elementary
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Sandy Hook students set to return to class
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An open house is being held at a repurposed school for students who attended Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown.
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Adam Lanza's body claimed, final resting place a mystery
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Adam Lanza's father, Peter Lanza, of Stamford, Conn., claimed his son's body Thursday, and there were "private arrangements" over the weekend, according to the family spokesman.
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Nouel Alba poses as Sandy Hook victim's aunt, police say
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Nouel Alba, 37, was arrested Thursday and accused of using her Facebook account, telephone calls and text messages to seek donations for what she called a "funeral fund."
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Utah teachers to receive weapons training
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Organizers say the goal is to arm more teachers in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shooting, where 20 children and six educators were killed.
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National Cathedral honors Sandy Hook victims with memorial
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To the right of the National Cathedral's large main sanctuary, tucked away in a corner, sits the Children's Chapel. On Tuesday, 20 small angels stood on the altar in honor of the young lives stolen in the shooting at Sandy Hook.
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Newtown celebrates Christmas and remembers victims
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Twenty-six candles, one for each victim, were lit at midnight Monday near a huge sidewalk memorial filled with teddy bears, flowers, candles, posters and other tributes to the dead.
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D.C. rally aims to end gun violence
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Saturday, the Joint Project to End Gun Violence gathered in Northwest D.C. for a rally and vigil to stop gun violence in the wake of the deadly elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
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NRA wants armed officers in all schools
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LaPierre's speech, which represented the nation's largest gun-rights lobby, is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings."
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Josephine Gay, Sandy Hook victim, was Md. native
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One week after the shooting, Howard County Executive Ken Ulman presented a dogwood tree from the county's "Blossoms of Hope" program. It will be delivered to the Newtown, Conn. community as a gesture of sympathy and solidarity.
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Arne Duncan asks for reasonable gun limits
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the country needs to reevaluate its values and consider common-sense gun control measures after a mass shooting at a Connecticut school.
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Sandy Hook shooting moment of silence marks lives of 26 victims
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The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown on Friday, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community - and the nation - to its core.
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Sandy Hook school shooting: One week after
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President Barack Obama says his administration has received an outpouring of support for stricter gun laws following last week's elementary school massacre in Connecticut, telling respondents to an online petition, "We hear you."
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Gun control: Vice President Joe Biden meets with law enforcement
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Vice President Joe Biden said he and President Barack Obama are "absolutely committed" to curbing gun violence in the United States.
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Social media rumors: Police controlling threats of school violence
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Police say the rumors on Facebook and Twitter claim possible acts of violence would be coming to 20 county schools Friday.
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Connecticut shooting: Victims of past shootings band together
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Standing together - 23 families forever changed by mass shootings, from Virginia Tech to the Aurora, Colo. theater shooting.
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Christopher Johnson walks into Va. Sandy Hook school with 2X4
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A man carrying a two-by-four with the words “high-powered rifle” written on it was taken into custody Wednesday after he walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Shenandoah County, officials say.
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After Newtown, sales spike for assault weapons, armored backpacks
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Since the deadly Connecticut school shooting some anxious parents are buying armored backpacks for children and firearms enthusiasts are stocking up on assault weapons in anticipation of tighter gun control measures.
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Sandy Hook shooting: Jefferson Academy collects gifts for Newtown
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In an effort to comfort the students of Sandy Hook elementary, middle schoolers at the Jefferson Academy in SW D.C. have been collecting stuffed animals to send to Connecticut.
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