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Fear prompts gun sales, panic after Colo. massacre
DENVER (AP) — Firearms sales are surging in the wake of the Colorado movie massacre as buyers express fears about both personal safety and lawmakers who are using the shooting to seek new weapons restrictions. In Colorado, the site of Friday's...Tags: FBI, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Politics
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Holocaust center to open in W. Mich.
MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — A center devoted to studying genocide and the Holocaust may open soon at Muskegon Community College. Muskegon's Shoah Remembrance Committee will use space on the MCC campus. The Rev. Chris Anderson tells The...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Hate Crimes, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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Court OKs genocide lawsuit against mining company
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a London-based mining company can be sued in the United States on allegations it aided the government of Papua New Guinea in genocide and war crimes. The lawsuit was filed by residents...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Papua New Guinea, Politics, National Government, File Sharing
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HOMETOWN SECRETS: Berrien County police have Valentine's Day Massacre guns
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. -- Chicago: February 14th, 1929. Seven men from George "Bugs" Moran's Northside Irish Gang are lined up inside of a garage on North Clark Street and executed by the spray from two Thompson submachine guns.
The gruesome scene became...Tags: Organized Crime, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Valentine's Day, Weaponry, Al Capone
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NY parent says Holocaust e-mail to PTA was mistake
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City parent says he mistakenly sent out an e-mail about a book questioning the Holocaust to a PTA list instead of another group he belongs to. The New York Times reports that the Jan. 16 e-mail was sent by Michael...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), The New York Times, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Holocaust (1934-1945), New York
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Police: Tampa mom described plan to kill kids a 'massacre'
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police say the Tampa mom accused of killing her teenage son and daughter wrote a note before the shootings in which she referred to her plan as a "massacre." Authorities say Julie Powers Schenecker bought a .38-caliber...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Texas, Assault, Tampa, Saint Petersberg (Russia)
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