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Columbine parents praise essay by mom of shooter

Parents and survivors of the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School are saying good things about an essay released Tuesday by the mother of shooter Dylan Klebold.

Dozens 'lie down' at Capitol for Columbine event

Dozens of people participated in a "lie-down" at Colorado's state Capitol Monday to demand stricter gun control and mark the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings. Thirteen people representing those killed at Columbine lay like spokes of a wheel at the west steps of the Capitol. They had wrapped blue and white ribbons around their necks, the official colors of the suburban Denver school.

Winfrey cancels program on Columbine anniversary

Oprah Winfrey decided Monday to pull an already-taped episode of her talk show that was to mark the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, saying it "focused too much on the killers."

10 years on, Columbine principal still on the job

Columbine High School principal Frank DeAngelis speaks easily, almost matter-of-factly, about the personal price he paid after the massacre at his school: His marriage of 17 years collapsed, he suffered anxiety attacks and he still carries survivor's guilt.

Sunset vigil marks Columbine's 10th anniversary

Hundreds attended a sunset candlelight vigil on Sunday to honor the 13 victims of the Columbine High School massacre on the eve of its 10th anniversary.

Shoot first: Columbine transformed police tactics

The first officers on the scene had never trained for what they found at Columbine High School: No hostages. No demands. Just killing.

1,000 gather to commemorate Columbine victims

With words of hope and healing, Coloradans on Monday marked the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings that left 12 students and a teacher dead.

UK: 2 charged with Columbine anniversary bomb plot

British prosecutors say they've charged two teens with plotting to bomb a school on the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School killings in the United States.

School districts across US scramble to handle wave of violent threats

A Web designer was charged Thursday with posting on his own site a bogus threat to kill 50 San Diego State University students, then alerting a TV station to try to draw publicity, the FBI said. Cristobal Fernando Gonzalez, 32, faces one felony count of making a threatening communication through the Internet. He was being held on $30,000 bail. His parents said outside the federal courthouse that he was remorseful. "I hope it doesn't ruin his future," said his mother, Diana Gomez. Scores of schools across the country closed or evacuated students Thursday and at least a dozen people were arrested in the wave of campus threats that started soon after the Virginia Tech shootings. At least two students were arrested for bringing guns onto campus. The overwhelming majority of the threats referred to Monday's massacre in Blacksburg, Va., or the 1999 Columbine High School killings, authorities said. Friday is the eighth anniversary of the Columbine attacks. A 12,000-student school district in Yuba City, Calif., about

Rosie Says She's Treated for Depression

Rosie O'Donnell says she began being treated for depression after the Columbine school shootings and hangs upside down for up to a half-hour a day to improve her mental state. When gunmen killed 13 people at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999, O'Donnell said she felt as if it had happened to her children.

Columbine Evacuated After Bomb Threat

Columbine High School, the site of the nation's deadliest school shooting eight years ago, was evacuated Thursday after a bomb threat was called in, authorities said.

Columbine Game Pulled From Festival

A key sponsor has withdrawn from an alternative media festival and six video game makers have pulled their entries over organizers' rejection of a game depicting the Columbine High School massacre.

Columbine Killers' Writings Released

Authorities released nearly 1,000 pages of new documents from the Columbine High School massacre Thursday, including step-by-step plans written by the two killers as they gleefully plotted the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.

Columbine Video Game Draws Relatives' Ire

An online game based on the Columbine High School massacre is drawing criticism from relatives of those who died in the 1999 attack, including a father who says it trivializes the actions of the two teen killers.

Colo. Sheriff Asks Families About Tapes

Authorities are asking victims of the Columbine High School attack and their families whether recordings and journals made by the teenage gunmen should be made public.

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Cyberbullying laws won't save your children
Source: msnbc.com

Attention-grabbing headlines, spotlight-hungry politicians and Internet safety crusaders would have us believe that technology is killing our children by the school bus-load.

10 Years Later, the Real Story Behind Columbine
Source: USA Today

Apparently many of the "facts" originally reported about the 1999 Columbine High School tragedy were inaccurate. This article reviews the case.

Caylee Anthony will join 'the angels on the wall'
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

LEESBURG - The names of more than 90 murdered children -- including Polly Klaas, JonBenet Ramsey and Julian King, the nephew of singer-actress Jennifer Hudson -- decorate concrete blocks that sit in Don Williams' front yard.

Update: Guns don't kill people, children kill people...

Police in the small Arizona town of St. Johns, population 3,865, are still trying to determine the motive for a double homicide committed there last week by an 8-year-old boy.

Gun-free zones get people killed. by Ted Nugent. Monday, December 10, 2007
Source: The Detroit News

Here we go again. Someone tell me why, with nearly 3,000 articles written worldwide within 48 hours following the tragic slaughter at the Omaha, Neb.

Should teachers be allowed to pack a gun? - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

"Jane Doe," who agreed to be interviewed by phone on condition of anonymity, says she does not want to be viewed as an "Annie Oakley." Trying to extricate herself from an abusive relationship led her to buy her first gun just a few years ago, she says.

A Columbine in Long Island?
Source: NY Daily News

A pair of Long Island students were plotting to launch a bomb-fueled, Columbine-style attack at a local high school that would "kill so many people" it "will go down in history," authorities said yesterday.

Milking The Mayhem and Baiting For More: Inside The Mind Of The Media
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Terrorists... Mass murderers... Tired of feeling isolated? Sick of being unknown? Not wanting to commit that massacre for fear no one will know? Well your dreams of martyrdom have finally been answered.

Pew Research Center: The NRA's Image Improves as Support for Gun Control Slips
Source: pewresearch.org

Each year since its occurrence in 1999, the April 20 anniversary of the Columbine High School tragedy renews debate about the desirability of stricter controls on firearms.

I, Columbine Killer - Video Game Simulates Columbine HS Massacre
Source: Wired News

I barrel into the Columbine High School cafeteria, pull down the fire alarm, and the kids erupt into chaos. Then I pull out my Savage-Springfield 12-gauge pump-action, which I've sawed off to 26 inches for maximum lethality.

The Good in the World: Columbine To Platte Canyon Ride Set For Saturday
Source: thedenverchannel.com

Hundreds of motorcycle riders were expected to participate in a memorial ride from Columbine High School to Platte Canyon High School on Saturday.

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