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Winter TCA: Fox entertainment chief defends 'The Following'
“The Following,” a new Fox drama about the hunt for a cult of killers is coming under scrutiny in the wake of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., last month. Premiering on Jan. 21, “The Following” stars Kevin...Tags: American Idol (tv program), Television, Kevin Williamson, Nicki Minaj, Entertainment
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Substitute Valley View teachers get emergency training
Leroy Brown was talking a few months ago with an eight-year substitute teacher who said she'd never participated in a lockdown drill at a school. Brown, safety director for Valley View School District 365U, realized the teacher would be unprepared if...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Teachers, Health and Safety at School, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Students
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How realistic should school shooting drills be?
"I want to see my kids! Bang! Bang!" the man shouted as he stormed into the front office of a South Carolina elementary school and pointed a handgun at a secretary and custodian. Both went limp at the verbal gunshots, and the "shooter," a police officer...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Medical Specialization, Injuries and Wounds, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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More security for Deerfield, Highland Park high schools
Officials plan to add $400,000 of enhanced security at the entrances to Highland Park and Deerfield high schools in coming months. An armed guard will also be posted soon at Deerfield High School, like the one that Highland Park already has, officials...
Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture, Health and Safety at School, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Students
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Newtown Tragedy Subject of PBS Series
The Hartford CourantPBS has announced plans to broadcast a weeklong series of documentaries and news specials surrounding the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, "After Newtown," from Monday, Feb. 18, to Friday, Feb. 22. One of those specials, a psychological profile of the...Tags: Frontline Limited, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Adam Lanza, PBS (tv network), Barack Obama
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Berlin Discusses School Safety
The Hartford CourantSchool security will be improved, but no system can prevent a crazed person determined to harm people, as Adam Lanza did Dec. 14 in a Newtown school where he murdered 20 students and six educators, then killed himself. That was the message from town...Tags: Gun Control, Politics, Interior Policy, Health and Safety at School, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
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Rachel's Challenge looks to inspire students in Sturgis
STURGIS, S.D. - Rachel Scott was a 17-year old girl who was among those killed at Columbine High School in 1999, but years after her death, her message of kindness is still being spread around the world. Rachel's father and stepmother started Rachel's...
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Sandy Hook violence prevention commission meets for first time
A 16-member commission, appointed in Connecticut to examine last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school, kicked off its deliberations Thursday, even as the nation continued to wrestle with finding policies on how to deal with gun violence....
Tags: Virginia Tech, Injuries and Wounds, Regional Authority, Dylan Klebold, Health
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Op-Ed: Arming Schools Is Surrendering To Culture Of Violence
A strange thing happened at Taft Union High School in Fresno, Calif. this month. A student brought a gun to school and shot a classmate, but no one died. A teacher and school supervisor talked the gunman into surrendering. Both were unarmed. The story...Tags: Virginia Tech, Wayne LaPierre, Taft Union High School Shooting, Politics, Michael Bloomberg
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South Bend council head calls for police in every school
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – In the wake of the Newtown shooting, South Bend's Common Council president believes there should be an armed officer at EVERY school. Students at Riley High School in South Bend are used to seeing police officers around, not only...Tags: Shootings, U.S. Congress, Joe Donnelly
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Police: 'Dark Knight Rises' shooting suspect planned massacre
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — As officials this week laid out the most detailed portrait yet of last year's Aurora movie theater massacre, they also mapped sometimes paradoxical behavior by the man accused of the rampage, James Holmes. At a hearing...
Tags: Weaponry, Lawyers, Emergency Incidents, Judges, Explosions
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2012 is tragic, but mass shootings not increasing, experts say
As Howard B. Unruh barricaded himself in his home against the police -- after finally running out of ammunition -- he got a call from an assistant city editor at a local newspaper who had looked up his phone number. “Why are you killing people?&...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Politics, Blacksburg, Murder, Personal Weapon Control
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