(Image credit: Emilie Parker Fund/Facebook)Emilie Parker, the little girl with the blond hair and bright blue eyes, would have been one of the first to comfort her classmates at Sandy Hook Elementary School, had a gunman’s bullets not claimed her life, her father said.“My daughter Emilie would be one of the first ones to be standing and giving support to all the victims because that’s the kind...
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Sandy Hook Elementary shooting leaves 28 dead, law enforcement sources say
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NEWTOWN, Conn.--A shooting rampage in this small Connecticut town on Friday morning left 28 people dead, including 20 children killed inside their elementary school, authorities said.
The dead included the suspected gunman, whom law enforcement sources identified as Adam Lanza, 20. Police said that Lanza first apparently killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, at the home they shared in Newtown....
US Dollar falls as fiscal cliff worries grow
Label: Technology NEW YORK: The US dollar dropped to its lowest level against the euro in three months Friday, the euro going above US$1.31 as politicians in Washington appeared no closer to averting the economy-crunching fiscal cliff.With just over two weeks to go before the deadline, markets began to show strains from worries that US leaders will not be able to carve out a compromise deal to beat the...
Captain Amarinder Singh gets reprieve in Amritsar Improvement Trust case
Label: Lifestyle CHANDIGARH: The trial against former Punjab chief minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, in Amritsar Improvement Trust case would now be conducted by another court in Mohali. Justice K C Puri of the Punjab and Haryana high court passed these orders on Friday, while disposing off a petition filed by the Congress leader. Justice Puri ordered that the trial against former CM would be conducted before senior...
Space Pictures This Week: Frosty Mars, Mini Nile, More
Label: HealthPhotograph by Mike Theiss, National GeographicThe aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, illuminates the Arctic sky in a recent picture by National Geographic photographer Mike Theiss.A storm chaser by trade, Theiss is in the Arctic Circle on an expedition to photograph auroras, which result from collisions between charged particles released from the sun's atmosphere and gaseous particles...
Conn. Shooter Adam Lanza; 'Obviously Not Well'
Label: Business Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut this morning, was "obviously not well," a relative told ABC News.Family friends in Newtown also described the young man as troubled and described his mother Nancy as very rigid. "[Adam] was not connected with the other kids," said one friend.Late today, police...
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Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s 2012 Christmas card: Fiscal cliff, Gretzky in heaven
Label: World Here it is, ladies and gentlemen — your Rep. Loretta Sanchez Christmas card for 2012! (Courtesy of the Office of Rep. Loretta Sanchez) Over the past decade, the California Democrat’s wacky holiday greetings have drawn a cult following. “I’ve seen them being sold on eBay,” the congresswoman told us. (Courtesy of the Office of Rep. Loretta Sanchez) Nice topical theme this...
EU leaders upbeat on euro future after deal on banks, Greece
Label: Technology BRUSSELS: EU leaders debated the euro's future in a bullish mood Thursday after deals on banks and Greece, despite fears that political uncertainty in Italy could cause new worries for the single currency.As video showed the bloc's 27 leaders smiling and joking with each other at the beginning of a two-day summit, EU President Herman Van Rompuy said leaders should aim to cap a triumphant...
At 100 plus, they keep 65-year-old India healthy
Label: Lifestyle SURAT/BHARUCH: From East India Company to Nano, they have seen it all. They may not have had formal education, but these centurions in Gujarat set an example for those shying away from voting. In Surat's Hirabaug polling booth, all eyes were glued on 110-year-old Ujiben Kakadia, the oldest voter in the city. She came in her grandson's car to cast her vote on Thursday morning and was accompanied...
Global Checkup: Most People Living Longer, But Sicker
Label: Health If the world's entire population went in for a collective checkup, would the doctor's prognosis be good or bad? Both, according to new studies published in The Lancet medical journal.The vast collaborative effort, called the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010, includes papers by nearly 500 authors in 50 countries. Spanning four decades of data, it represents...
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