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A novel about a massacre
"The Sandcastle Girls" by Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, 320 pages, $25. "How do a million and a half people die with nobody knowing? You kill them in the middle of nowhere." This is a story of a massacre that you probably know nothing about; the...Tags: Armenia, World War I (1914-1918), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Authors
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Police: Colorado shooter acted alone, no speculation on motive
In an afternoon news briefing about the movie theater shooting that left 12 people dead, Aurora, Colo. police could not provide any motive behind the massacre at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises. They confirmed that 24-year-old James Eagan Holmes has...
Tags: John Hickenlooper, Movies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Shootings, Arts and Culture
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A young survivor of genocide takes her message around the world
At 24, Clemantine Wamariya knows more about trauma and survival than most of us ever will. If we're lucky. When Wamariya was 6, she and her sister were forced to flee the ethnic killings in Rwanda, spending the next several years in a series of African...
Tags: Washington, DC, Human Interest, Politics, Rwanda, Human Rights
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How to help the victims of the Colorado massacre
Aurora, Colorado, is a city in mourning after a gunman opened fire in a crowded movie theater, killing 12 and injuring 58. Friends, family members and those simply wanting to offer support have gathered together in remembrance services throughout the...
Tags: John Hickenlooper, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Shootings
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Unclear boundaries, persistent questions
One week ago, thousands of moviegoers nationwide were making plans to catch midnight screenings of"The Dark Knight Rises"in Chicago, in Los Angeles, in Atlanta, in suburban Denver. We know what happened at the Century 16 in Aurora, Colo. As the story,...
Tags: Taxi Driver (movie), Peter Bogdanovich, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Movies
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Athletes Who Use Guns Must Use Their Influence In Wake Of Newtown Massacre
The Hartford CourantSome of the best hunters and anglers in the world are to be found on the rosters of American professional sports teams. Some of the best hunters and anglers in the world are to be found enshrined in Cooperstown, Canton and Springfield. They are...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, Government, Behavioral Conditions
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Aurora, the Amish school and other rampages had one thing in common
The mysterious building at Lowry Air Force Base was surrounded by fortifications and barbed wire, with no-nonsense air police carrying machine guns and holding the leashes of ferocious German shepherds. The base no longer exists and that building,...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Entertainment Events, Musikfest, Laws, Charlie Dent
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Yom HaShoah: A world-wide call of remembrance
Each year, the State of Michigan holds a ceremony in the rotunda of the Michigan State Capitol building to observe Holocaust Commemoration Day to honor those Jews in Michigan who are survivors of the Nazi concentration camps of World War II. Of course,...Tags: Holocaust Remembrance Day, Europe, Religion and Belief, World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest
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McManus: A ticking clock on Syria
The interventionist liberals of the Obama administration were a doleful bunch last week. It was the 20th anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo, when a Bosnian Serb army battered a city full of civilians with artillery while the United States issued...Tags: Russia, Bashar Assad, NATO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wars and Interventions
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American history's devaluation deprives students of crucial understanding
The teaching of history is inconvenient for government control freaks. Troublemakers are always pointing out, for example, that America's soul was formed by its history, the most crucial segments of which involved struggles against the tyranny of control...Tags: England, Personal Weapon Control, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Allentown, Revolutions
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Candles lit to commemorate Holocaust victims
Six candles were lit Friday at Carmel City Hall to commemorate the 6 million lives lost during the Holocaust in World War II. The ceremony in Carmel featured Madene Shachar, who is a director and educator at the world's first museum to commemorate the...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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