# connecticut - Today’s News
70 copies of Colum McCann’s ‘Let The Great World Spin’ have been given to staff and students at Newtown, Connecticut.
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# connecticut - Saturday 4 May, 2013
The bankruptcy filing also reveals that he has an average monthly income of €17,000 per month.
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# connecticut - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
The US president gave his second big speech on gun control in a week in a Connecticut town close to where the Sandy Hook massacre took place.
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# connecticut - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Connecticut is set to become the third state to vote in new gun control rules following the Newtown shooting.
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# connecticut - Sunday 31 March, 2013
The former property devleoper filed for bankruptcy at a Connecticut court on Friday, citing assets of between $1 – 10 million and debts in the region of $500 million – $1 billion.
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# connecticut - Friday 22 February, 2013
Biden advocated a series of proposals, including universal background checks for gun owners, a ban on many military-style weapons and a limit on the size of magazines.
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# connecticut - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
He also rejects link between Hollywood shootouts and real-life gun crime.
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# connecticut - Thursday 31 January, 2013
The choir will perform ‘America the Beautiful’.
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The former US congresswoman, who nearly died after being shot in the head two years ago, gave an emotional testimony to senators in Washington yesterday.
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# connecticut - Saturday 5 January, 2013
The US president later described this as the worst day in his presidency.
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# connecticut - Thursday 3 January, 2013
The children will not return to Sandy Hook, but will instead attend a disused school in a nearby town.
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# connecticut - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
The town of Marlboro has posted armed police at every school on the restart of the academic year today.
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# connecticut - Friday 28 December, 2012
The 37-year-old from the Bronx allegedly claimed to be the aunt of one of the victims.
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# connecticut - Thursday 27 December, 2012
At least six people have died as a result of the storm with authorities telling people to stay at home and not risk treacherous roads.
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# connecticut - Saturday 22 December, 2012
# connecticut - Friday 21 December, 2012
The NRA is giving its first press conference since the mass shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut a week ago where 20 children and six adults died.
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26 bells were sounded – one for each of the victims of last week’s shooting – after a moment of silence.
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# connecticut - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Obama has asked his vice president Joe Biden to lead efforts to formulate proposals that he insists will not impinge on the Second Amendment, which enshrines the right to bear arms in the US.
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Sandy Hook elementary remains closed, though, and children have been invited to attend alternative schools next month.
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# connecticut - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
The US president has thrown his support behind a Democratic senator’s attempts to reintroduce a ban on certain types of guns, a ban which expired eight years ago.
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# connecticut - Monday 17 December, 2012
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Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine things you need to know as you kick off your day.
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The US president attended a vigil last night for the victims of the Newtown massacre and gave his strongest hint yet that he may seek to reform America’s gun laws.
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# connecticut - Sunday 16 December, 2012
Police said at a press conference today that people are posing as the shooter online, and an investigation is underway to uncover who these people are.
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The President will visit the scene of Friday’s school massacre to sympathise with the families of the 27 victims.
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The names and ages of the victims have been released, as officials say each victim was struck more than once.
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# connecticut - Saturday 15 December, 2012
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Candlelit vigils and prayer services for the victims have been held in Newtown Connecticut and in Washington.
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As the world reacts to the latest mass shooting in America, we ask you whether you believe a tightening of America’s gun laws will make any lasting difference?
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World leaders have expressed their condolences over the killing and raised questions about America’s lax gun laws.
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The shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in which 20 children were killed has been described as one of the world’s worst mass shootings.
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# connecticut - Friday 14 December, 2012
The shooter was pronounced dead at the scene and it is reported that he took his own life.
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The president delivered an emotional address to reporters in the White House this evening.
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Latest reports saying up to 18 children have been killed and one entire class is still unaccounted for.
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# connecticut - Monday 3 December, 2012
Son killed his father, his father’s partner and himself in ‘bow and arrow’ college attack in Wyoming, USA.
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# connecticut - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
Will Linda McMahon break out the steel chair, having failed to win a Senate seat at the second time of asking?
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# connecticut - Friday 28 September, 2012
Jeffrey Giuliano went to the aid of a neighbour who was being burgled – and shot the young man after himself being threatened.
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# connecticut - Sunday 26 August, 2012
Police have not said how the boy came into possession of his neighbour’s gun.
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