VA. Tech Shooting Survivor: Obama’s Gun Plan a 1st Step, But “We Need a Movement” to Overcome NRA; Debate on Armed Police in Schools: Needed For Kid Safety or Part of the Student-to-Prison Pipeline?; Behind the NRA’s Money: Gun Lobby Deepens Financial Ties to $12 Billion Firearms Industry.
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January 16, 2013
Obama to Unveil New Assault Weapons Ban; NY Gov. Enacts Sweeping Gun Law
House OKs Sandy Relief Bill After GOP Delay
France Launches Ground Operations in Mali
U.S. Considers French Request for “Targeting” Intelligence in Mali
Amnesty Calls for International Human Rights Monitors in Mali
Syria: Bombings at Aleppo University Kill Dozens
Israel Blocks Activists from Returning to Palestinian Anti-Settlement Encampment
Clashes Follow Funeral of Slain Palestinian Teen
U.N. Urges Israel to Halt Expansion of E1 Settlement
Salazar to Resign as Interior Secretary
Maryland Gov. Proposes Repeal of Death Penalty
AWOL Antiwar Sergeant Detained at Fort Irwin
Aaron Swartz’s Father Tells Funeral-Goers Son “Killed by Government”
“Aaron’s Law” Introduced to Alter Computer Fraud Penalties