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Ariz. Shooting Victim Yanked
From Town Hall for Threats

Jan 16, 2011 5:36 AM CST

Ariz. Shooting Victim Yanked From Town Hall for Threats

Victim interrupted a taping of ABC News' This Week

(Newser) - A man who was injured in the Tucson shooting last weekend was pulled from a town hall meeting yesterday after allegedly threatening a participant, reports the Arizona Daily Star . James Eric Fuller interrupted the meeting, being taped by ABC's This Week, telling a Tea Party leader on stage, "You're...

Gabrielle Giffords Off
Ventilator for First Time

Jan 15, 2011 4:48 PM CST

Gabrielle Giffords Off Ventilator for First Time

Doctors replace breathing tube with tracheotomy tube

(Newser) - Another milestone for Gabrielle Giffords: Doctors today took her off a ventilator for the first time since last week's shooting, reports CNN . They removed her breathing tube—she was breathing on her own all along, but it had been left in as a precaution—and replaced it with a tracheotomy...

McCain Defends Palin
(Without Naming Her)

john mccain

Jan 15, 2011 10:59 AM CST

McCain Defends Palin (Without Naming Her)

He also praises Obama's 'terrific' speech

(Newser) - He never mentions the name Sarah Palin, and he certainly goes nowhere near the phrase "blood libel," but John McCain comes to the defense of his former running mate in the Washington Post . "Imagine how it must feel to have watched one week ago the incomprehensible massacre...

Loughner Video: 'This Is
My Genocide School'

Jan 15, 2011 10:26 AM CST

Loughner Video: 'This Is My Genocide School'

Community college releases video that got him suspended

(Newser) - The community college in Tucson that suspended Jared Lee Loughner for creepy behavior has a released a video he made calling it a "genocide school" that "tortured students." When officials at Pima Community College saw the four-minute rant on YouTube, it was the last straw—see other...

Christina's Organs
Go to Girl in Boston

Jan 15, 2011 6:37 AM CST

Christina's Organs Go to Girl in Boston

Tucson victim's dad would like to give recipient a hug

(Newser) - Christina Taylor Green gave one last time, in the form of some of her organs, which were donated to a little girl in Boston. "It was very poignant to find out. That's what Christina was all about," father John Green tells CNN. "It's a blessing." Green...

John Roll Remembered
as Fair Jurist, Regular Guy

Jan 15, 2011 12:03 AM CST

John Roll Remembered as Fair Jurist, Regular Guy

Received death threats after controversial 2008 immigration case

(Newser) - Judge John Roll took tough immigration cases on head-on in his courtroom, but yesterday the slain judge was remembered as a guy who loved walking his beloved basset hounds and was prone to getting lost on the way to McDonald's. "That's always a good thing to hear, that people...

Loughner Posed With Gun
in G-String

Jan 14, 2011 5:56 PM CST

Loughner Posed With Gun in G-String

More disturbing details emerge, along with new timeline

(Newser) - Police issued a new timeline of Jared Lee Loughner's whereabouts prior to Saturday's shooting, and the Arizona Daily Star has it here . Among its highlights and the day's other developments:

Loughner dropped off film at Walgreens the night before, and police say the photos show him posing with a gun

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Another Loughner Ex:
He's Faking Mental Illness

Jan 14, 2011 10:00 AM CST

Another Loughner Ex: He's Faking Mental Illness

Says he went on 'rants' about government

(Newser) - Another of Jared Lee Loughner’s high school girlfriends has come forward, and this one suspects he’s “faking" mental illness to keep out of prison, Fox News reports. He was a smart, quiet kid whose anger flared when government came up, she says. He had a “temper...

Ex-Girlfriend: Don't Blame Me for Loughner's Meltdown

Jan 14, 2011 9:07 AM CST

Ex-Girlfriend: Don't Blame Me for Loughner's Meltdown

Kelsey Hawkes describes 'completely normal' teen

(Newser) - When Kelsey Hawkes dated Jared Loughner he liked to play clarinet and Super Mario Bros. They did their homework together. They shared a love of classic rock. She once taught him how to make French toast. He was, in other words, a “completely normal” 16-year-old during the 10 months...

Shooting Victim Speaks:
'This Is Not Happening'

Jan 14, 2011 8:10 AM CST

Shooting Victim Speaks: 'This Is Not Happening'

'Good Samaritan' stayed with Pam Simon

(Newser) - Pam Simon's first thought was "this is not happening." The aide to Gabrielle Giffords' next thought was "that's a toy gun." A moment later: "It's happening." Then she was shot, and lay on the ground pretending to be dead, she tells the Wall Street ...

Don't Expect Any Gun Control
Bills to Pass: Lawmakers

Jan 14, 2011 7:47 AM CST

Don't Expect Any Gun Control Bills to Pass: Lawmakers

NRA not expecting a fight, say advocates

(Newser) - The Tucson shooting has prompted the drafting of a number of gun-control bills—but lawmakers don’t expect any major legislation to pass. In fact, insiders said, Congress is looking less likely than ever to step up regulation, reports New York Times , which notes that many members of Congress own...

First Lady Writes Open Letter
to Parents About Shooting

Jan 13, 2011 6:24 PM CST

First Lady Writes Open Letter to Parents About Shooting

Michelle Obama finds lessons to be shared

(Newser) - Parents wrestling with kids' questions about the Tucson shooting would do well to tell them about Christina Taylor Green, writes Michelle Obama in an open letter on the White House blog . Christina was only 9 but already learning about public service and "how to give back." She and...

Black Bag With Ammo
Found Near Loughner House

Jan 13, 2011 3:49 PM CST

Black Bag With Ammo Found Near Loughner House

Police think it's the one Jared Lee Loughner pulled from a car

(Newser) - Looks like Arizona police have found the black bag that Jared Lee Loughner pulled from a family car the morning of the shootings. A teenager walking his dog near the Loughner house found a bag containing ammunition and took it to a neighbor who called police, reports the Arizona Daily ...

Ground Zero Flag Raised
for Youngest Tucson Victim

Jan 13, 2011 2:21 PM CST

Ground Zero Flag Raised for Youngest Tucson Victim

Christina Taylor Green, born on 9/11, is mourned

(Newser) - The family of the youngest victim of the mass shooting in Arizona held hands and paused in a moment of silence today under the large American flag recovered from Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks, and later escorted the 9-year-old's small brown casket into the church. Several hundred other mourners,...

Ariz. Hospital Fires 3 for Snooping on Shooting Victims

Jan 13, 2011 1:14 PM CST

Ariz. Hospital Fires 3 for Snooping on Shooting Victims

Three employees accessed confidential medical records

(Newser) - The University Medical Center in Tucson has fired three employees for illicitly accessing confidential medical records on the victims of Saturday’s shooting. The hospital is playing host to six of the people injured in the shooting, including Gabrielle Giffords, according to the Arizona Daily Star . Administrators announced the firings...

Loughner More Insane
Than Left or Right

analysis

Jan 13, 2011 12:55 PM CST

Loughner More Insane Than Left or Right

He embraced fringe theories on both sides

(Newser) - Analysts looking through Jared Lee Loughner's deranged online ramblings say that while some influence from the extreme left and extreme right is apparent, the only pigeonhole that fits is the one marked "insane." Some elements of the fringe right share Loughner's fixation on grammar conspiracies, currency manipulation, and...

Giffords Takes
'Major Leap Forward'

Jan 13, 2011 12:10 PM CST

Giffords Takes 'Major Leap Forward'

Doctors say she's moving arms and legs on command, becoming aware

(Newser) - When Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes for the first time yesterday, it was no fluke. Doctors today gave their most upbeat update yet: She's moving her arms and legs on command and keeping her eyes open for 15 minutes at a stretch. They've started "aggressive physical therapy" and hope...

Loughner's Ex-Girlfriend:
This Isn't the Jared I Knew

Jan 13, 2011 11:57 AM CST

Loughner's Ex-Girlfriend: This Isn't the Jared I Knew

Kelsey Hawkes says he was a 'pretty great guy' in high school

(Newser) - Jared Loughner may have been seen as “creepy” and “hostile” in recent years, but it wasn’t always so, says his ex-girlfriend. Loughner dated Kelsey Hawkes six years ago, in high school, and she tells the Early Show she saw him as a “completely different … person,...

We Regulate Toys,
So Why Not Guns?

nicholas kristof

Jan 13, 2011 11:54 AM CST

We Regulate Toys, So Why Not Guns?

Nicholas Kristof: Better laws would be the greatest tribute of all

(Newser) - Nicholas Kristof makes his case for stricter gun control today in the New York Times , but not before laying out his credentials first: He's "an Oregon farm boy" who got a .22 for his 12th birthday and still shoots occasionally—meaning he's no "city slicker" alarmist who thinks...

Tucson Speech
Proves Obama's Back

OPINION roundup

Jan 13, 2011 8:25 AM CST

Tucson Speech Proves Obama's Back

Most agree his memorial speech was brilliant

(Newser) - President Obama’s speech yesterday was, by most accounts, a smash success. A few takes:

“We’ve been complaining for two years about the lack of music and passion in his big speeches. But if he’d moved the country when he was talking about health care or bailing

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