Illinois Shooting

Esquire's "Portrait" Of The NIU Shooter

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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This story of last year's Northern Illinois University shooting raises a lot of troubling issues, one of which is why we make it so easy for dangerous people to get guns.

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Killing Spree Suspect Caught In Illinois

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home

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CHICAGO — His wife described him as a good man _ when he was clean and sober _ and his attorney said he was a model client who showed up at a re...

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Look Inside, Not To God

Susan Smalley | Posted 02.21.2008 | Living

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In the aftermath of the shooting last week on another college campus, I am reminded of a common response to such horrors: to pray and seek solace from...

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A Modest Proposal

Cindy Handler | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living

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Since when did the repeated and senseless murder of innocent Americans by other Americans become a subject that's too trivial for politicians to address in a serious, sustained way?

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Supreme Court Must Uphold Gun Ban

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

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If the Supreme Court upholds the D.C. handgun ban, it will keep in place a crucial measure for the protection of the health and safety of our children.

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Same Gun Dealer Sold to 2 Campus Killers

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics

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MADISON, Wis. — The online gun dealer who sold a weapon to the Virginia Tech shooter said it was an unnerving coincidence that he also sold hand...

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Steve Kazmierczak: the Secret Life

Jonathan Fast | Posted 02.16.2008 | Living

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In a week where reports of killings were so frequent and senseless, the most puzzling case was that of Steve Kazmierczak.

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Police Investigate NIU Shooter's 2 Sides

AP | ASHLEY M. HEHER and CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 02.16.2008 | Home

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DEKALB, Ill. — Steven Kazmierczak had the look of a boyish graduate student _ except for the disturbing tattoos that covered his arms. Professo...

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Speaking of Guns

Peter Clothier | Posted 02.15.2008 | Living

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I want to talk about the response I get whenever I presume to talk about guns.

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Obama Avoids Gun Control In Comments On Illinois Tragedy

Political Radar | David Wright, Ursula Fahy and Sunlen Miller | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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After another campus shooting, this time in his home state of Illinois, Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama offered thoughts and prayers for the vi...

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Illinois Shooting Tragedy Pushes Election Off The Top, Mostly

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 02.15.2008 | Media

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Gun control is still not an issue. Will the fact that a kid on medication could purchase guns, walk into a lecture hall and use them change that? That will depend -- on whether the candidates make it an issue, and on whether the media asks them about it.

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FISA Is Ratings Poison

Marty Kaplan | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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The power of the president's fear-mongering derives from the same media ecosystem that empowers all terrorists, whether at Ground Zero or Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University.

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5 Shot Dead at Suburban Chicago Store

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home

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TINLEY PARK, Ill. — A gunman fatally shot five women in a robbery at a store in a suburban Chicago strip mall before fleeing Saturday, leading p...

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