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Rahm Emanuel wants Chicago to end all investments in gun makers
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Monday he was requesting all of his city’s pension funds to divest their investments in gun manufacturers, becoming the latest public official to use the purse as a weapon in the growing battle against gun violence....
Tags: Assault, Rahm Emanuel, Government, Elections, White House
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Obama to announce gun policies Wednesday
WASHINGTON -- President Obama plans to reveal his gun policy proposals Wednesday, marking the culmination of a nearly monthlong effort by Vice President Joe Biden and the administration to identify ways to reduce gun violence. Press Secretary Jay Carney...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Assault, Joe Biden, White House, Jay Carney
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Sandy Hook students, Ingrid Michaelson record benefit single
Nearly two dozen students who survived the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., have joined with indie folk-pop singer Ingrid Michaelson to record a version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” as a benefit for...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Harold Arlen, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), Apple iTunes, Tom Waits
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Video mocks celebrity gun control PSA
After last month's Newtown, Conn., school shooting reignited debate about the causes of gun violence in the U.S., some in Hollywood weighed in by appearing in a public service announcement calling for stricter gun control measures. Now the star-...
Tags: Shootings, The Town (movie), Our Idiot Brother (movie), Personal Weapon Control, Knight and Day (movie)
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Supervalu sells grocery chains, including Albertsons, to Cerberus
Supervalu Inc. is selling five of its top supermarket chains — Albertsons, Acme, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Star Market — to an investor group owned by Cerberus Capital Management for $100 million in cash. Cerberus’ AB Acquisition...
Tags: Supervalu Inc., Adam Lanza
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Gunmaker Smith & Wesson OKs extra $15 million in stock buybacks
Firearms maker Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. said it will buy back an additional $15 million of its stock as gun control talk swirls in the aftermath of the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. The company said it has already completed a $20-...
Tags: Firearms, Cabela's Inc., Walmart, Buyback, Adam Lanza
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Quentin Tarantino refuses to talk violence with TV interviewer
Quentin Tarantino has been getting asked a lot about the link between movie violence and real-life violence lately, especially since his new film "Django Unchained" features an over-the-top massacre. But, he finally lost it when a British TV interviewer...
Tags: Quentin Tarantino, United Kingdom, NPR, Django Unchained (movie), Kerry Washington
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Alabama police: High school white supremacist planned bomb attack
Alabama police say they have averted an attack on a high school by a student aligned with the white supremacist movement. Russell County High School student Derek Shrout, 17, appeared in court Monday after officials said they'd found bomb-making...Tags: Students, Newspaper and Magazine, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Teaching and Learning
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Body of Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza quietly claimed by his father
The body of Newtown, Conn., shooter Adam Lanza was claimed by his father last week, a family spokesman said Monday. Peter Lanza claimed his son's body from the Connecticut medical examiner last Thursday, said family spokesman Errol Cockfield. “...
Tags: Stamford, Adam Lanza, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Gun control: Surge in support, new poll shows
Public support for stricter gun laws has leaped to its highest point in eight years with 58% now in favor, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday. That's a 14-point jump from last year. Of those surveyed, 92% of Americans want background...
Tags: Shootings, Firearms, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, George H.W. Bush
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N.Y. county declines to release names of licensed gun owners
It's not exactly the kind of gun battle you'd see in movies -- with advertiser boycotts instead of bullets, threatening reader comments instead of gunfights, and public officials ready to defy state law. Putnam County, N.Y., officials have said they...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Tom King, Lawyers, Adam Lanza, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Weekend Talk Shows for Dec. 22-23: Placido Domingo; Ben Affleck; Adele
SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show Annual political awards. (N) 5 p.m. KNBC McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY Today Holiday travel; shopping after Christmas; holiday potluck. (N) 6 a.m. KNBC Good Morning...
Tags: Holidays, Shootings, Placido Domingo, Adele (music artist), Personal Weapon Control
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