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College students buttress work with Lakeland clients
December 27, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S5 About 40 college students volunteer at Lakeland Village in Medical Lake through a program called College In-Resident Volunteers. The program allows students to volunteer in exchange for housing on Lakeland’s …
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Court: Slowed education cuts not ‘forward progress’
December 20, 2012 in Region SEATTLE — The Washington Supreme Court ruled today that the state Legislature isn’t making enough progress toward finding more money for K-12 education in answer to the court’s decision in … 6
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Dozens of Mich. schools close amid threats, rumors
December 20, 2012 in Nation/World DETROIT (AP) — Dozens of Michigan schools canceled classes for thousands of students to cool off rumored threats of violence and problems related to doomsday scenarios based on the Mayan … 1
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Holder to meet with first responders in Newtown
December 20, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Newtown, Conn., to meet with first responders and law enforcement officials about last week’s school shooting. A Justice Department official …
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NY cardinal compares slain Conn. teacher to Jesus
December 20, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A single bell tolled Thursday at the Connecticut funeral of a 6-year-old girl killed by a gunman at her elementary school, while a cardinal in New …
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Funerals set for 5 students, teacher shot in Conn.
December 20, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — More funerals and a memorial service are scheduled to be held in Connecticut and New York for students and teachers killed by a gunman at an …
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Funerals for 4 kids, teacher shot at Conn. school
December 20, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — More funerals and a memorial service are scheduled to be held in Connecticut and New York for students and teachers killed by a gunman at an …
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Funerals become a sad routine in Newtown
December 20, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A season that should be a time of joy has been marked by heart-wrenching loss in Newtown, as more victims from the massacre of 20 children …
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Kids, dads build gingerbread houses, bonds at school
December 20, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page V1 When most people think about parent volunteers in the school, they think of moms and grandmothers. One kindergarten class in the Central Valley School District is working to bring fathers …
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Mom of twins prepares for life after graduation
December 20, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S5 Senior year can be a hectic time for high school students. College applications must be mailed, senior project deadlines loom, plus there’s the daily grind of regular schoolwork. Imagine tackling … 2
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Education Notebook: Cold students, warm hearts
December 20, 2012 in Washington Voices on Page S6 The Ferris High School ASB officers camped out in the cold for a cause earlier this month in their annual “Freezin’ for a Reason” fundraiser, to raise awareness about homelessness …
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Funerals become a routine in shattered Newtown
December 19, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — One by one by one by one, each with fresh heartbreak, hearses crisscrossed two New England towns on Wednesday, bearing three tiny victims of the Sandy …
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One by one, shattered Newtown buries its dead
December 19, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — One by one by one by one, each with fresh heartbreak, hearses crisscrossed two New England towns on Wednesday, bearing three tiny victims of the Sandy …
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New school to re-create the old for Newtown pupils
December 19, 2012 in Nation/World MONROE, Conn. (AP) — When the children who survived a shooting that killed 20 of their classmates return to school in a different building, they’ll find things just as they … 1
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Armored backpacks and a rush on guns after Conn.
December 19, 2012 in Nation/World SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The reaction to the deadly Connecticut school shooting can be seen at gun stores and self-defense retailers across the nation, with anxious parents buying armored …
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Pentagon day care review expanding to schools
December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expanding a Pentagon review of hiring at military day care centers to include Defense Department schools, youth centers and other facilities where …
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Shattered Newtown tries to make sense of tragedy
December 19, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — For a third straight day Wednesday, funeral processions rolled through a grieving Connecticut town trying to make sense of the massacre of 20 first-graders and six …
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Obama to press for policy changes after shooting
December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence, underscoring the growing political consensus over tightening gun restrictions following the horrific massacre at a …
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Grief mixes with impatience in shattered Newtown
December 19, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Mourners overlapped at back-to-back services as funerals began in earnest in a Connecticut town that lost 20 of its children and seven adults to a gunman, …
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Grief mixes with impatience in shattered Newtown
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Emotions are in tatters amid a global crush of attention to a Connecticut town once known mostly for its bucolic atmosphere and sterling school system. Newtown …
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Cruz visits home of Giants fan, 6, killed in Conn.
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — New York Giants receiver Victor Cruz has visited the home of the 6-year-old Connecticut shooting victim who was buried in a replica Cruz jersey. Jack Pinto …
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13 surrender in Illinois fraternity drinking death
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Thirteen of the 22 people facing hazing-related charges following a Northern Illinois University student’s death have turned themselves in to police. A DeKalb Police Department spokesman …
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Investors turn against gun makers after massacre
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Investors shunned some of the nation’s largest gun makers Tuesday, putting up for sale the manufacturer of the Bushmaster semiautomatic rifle used in the Connecticut school shooting … 3
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Classes resume in Newtown, minus Sandy Hook
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown returned its students to their classrooms Tuesday for the first time since last week’s massacre and faced the agonizing task of laying others to rest, …
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Gun advocates conflicted on changes after massacre
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World KITTERY, Maine (AP) — In a region where gun ownership is a cherished right, holiday shoppers snake through rows of shotguns, pistols and semi-automatic assault rifles at the Kittery Trading …
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NRA promises to help prevent school shootings
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — After four days of self-imposed silence on the shooting that killed 26 people inside a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, the nation’s largest gun rights lobby emerged Tuesday …
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Stylists: Lanza never spoke, made no eye contact
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — As a teenager, Adam Lanza would come in for a haircut about every six weeks without speaking or looking at anyone and always accompanied by his …
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Experts: Kids are resilient in coping with trauma
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts. Last week’s school shooting in Connecticut …
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APNewsBreak: $1 coin backers give to Harkin center
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A South Korean businessman and his Iowa metals company gave $500,000 to a university institute honoring U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, who is pushing for a … 1
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Utah boy brings gun to school, cites Newtown fears
December 18, 2012 in Nation/World KEARNS, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Utah sixth-grader caught with a gun at school told administrators he brought the weapon to defend himself in case of an attack similar …
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