Gunmaker Investments Under Review By California Teachers' Fund After Newtown...
The California State Teachers' Retirement System is re-examining multimillion-dollar investments in two publicly traded firearms manufacturers, Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co., a fund...
View ArticleMass shootings: a growing epidemic
Twenty-six people were killed at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Friday morning after a young man opened fire. Twenty of the victims were children, between the ages of six and seven. Six school...
View ArticlePaul Krugman: 'I'm Still Agonizing' Over Possible Fiscal Cliff Deal
Paul Krugman has a personal dilemma. That's because President Barack Obama's most recent proposal for a fiscal cliff deal includes extending unemployment benefits and boosting spending, as well as a...
View ArticleFernando Hernandez, High School Student, Arrested For Alleged Violent...
A high school student in Moreno Valley, Calif. is in custody after allegedly threatening to shoot his teacher. The teacher, who worked at Canyon Springs High School, alerted a school officer Monday...
View ArticleJames Mattioli, Jessica Rekos Funerals: Newtown Shooting Victims Laid To Rest
Newtown will say goodbye to two more children today, as James Mattioli and Jessica Rekos are laid to rest. The funerals for the 6-year-old boy and girl will be the third and fourth of 20 children's...
View ArticleCalifornia Teachers Invested In Cerberus Capital Management, Which Owns Gun...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The nation's largest teachers' pension fund announced Tuesday that it was reviewing its firearms holdings after determining that its investment in a gun maker was linked to one of...
View ArticleTargeted Facebook Ad Goes Horribly Wrong After Newtown School Shooting
This story originally appeared at Fast Company. By Tyler Gray Facebook user Peter Thoeny brings this to our attention. The targeted ad appears next to a status update by Thoeny, who says "I am mad as...
View ArticleGene Rosen, Newtown Resident, Took In 6 Children During Sandy Hook Shooting
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Gene Rosen had just finished feeding his cats and was heading from his home near Sandy Hook Elementary school to a diner Friday morning when he saw six small children sitting in a...
View ArticleJimmy Greene, Jazz Saxophonist, Named Song After Daughter Ana Grace, Killed...
As the stories of Newtown, Connecticut's youngest shooting victims continue to emerge, so does the anguish of those who knew them best. Among them: Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Greene, whose 6-year-old...
View ArticleRichard Hickock, Perry Smith, 'In Cold Blood' Killers, Exhumed From Mount...
The graves of Perry Edward Smith, right, and Richard Eugene Hickock, left, sit on a sloping hillside at the Mount Muncie Cemetery, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in Lansing, Kan. Smith and co-defendant...
View ArticleCerberus Capital, Owner Of Gun Manufacturer Freedom Group, Will Sell Off All...
A row of different AR-15 style rifles are displayed for sale at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop, Thursday, July 26, 2012 in Aurora, Colo. A similar rifle was used by Adam Lanza in Friday's...
View ArticleSandy Hook School Girl Plays Dead, Survives Elementary Shooting; Pastor Jim...
When little children play "let's pretend," the stakes should never be so high. When killer Adam Lanza stalked Sandy Hook Elementary school with an assault rifle, one 6-year-old girl had the wit to...
View ArticleLatest shooting puts pressure on Obama admn to act on gun laws
WASHINGTON: The shooting spree in a Connecticut school that left 20 small children and six adults dead capped a tragic year for the US, which saw similar massacres in a Colorado theatre and Wisconsin...
View ArticleJack Pinto, Noah Pozner Funerals: Burials Begin For Sandy Hook Shooting...
Monday marks the first two burials of the 20 young children massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School last week. Jack Pinto, 6, is remembered as a huge football fan who loved the New York Giants. Wide...
View ArticleAmmunition Sales Soar Amid Massacres As Big Clip Bans Languish
After every mass killing of recent years, people have called on the government to ban high-capacity gun magazines -- clips holding more than 10 bullets that allow extended firing between reloads. The...
View ArticleGun Control Debate Encouraged By Pro-Gun Senators
WASHINGTON -- Even as most Republicans played it safe and initially said little about the politically treacherous issue of gun control, a senior GOP senator has called for a study of both gun violence...
View ArticleIllinois Concealed Carry Ruling Sets Stage For High Court Fight Over Right...
WASHINGTON -- The next big issue in the national debate over guns – whether people have a right to be armed in public – is moving closer to Supreme Court review. A provocative ruling by a panel of...
View ArticleArizona Electors Question Barack Obama Birth Certificate
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) doesn't support comments by threeGOP presidential electors in the state questioning President Barack Obama's citizenship. (AP/Charles Dharapak) The chairman of the Arizona...
View ArticleJoe Manchin: Gun Control Discussion Needed (VIDEO)
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) doesn't care if he faces backlash for his new stance on gun control. "The easiest vote to take in Washington is a no vote. Vote for nothing, you don't really have to explain...
View ArticleMichael Bloomberg: Obama Should 'Lead From The Front' On Gun Control (VIDEO)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg again pressured Obama to take action on gun control, saying the president should "lead from the front." Bloomberg suggested Obama should propose a plan on gun...
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