A woman kisses a stuffed animal before placing it on the memorial.
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A memorial near the entrance to the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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A sign reading "Pray for Newtown" hangs from a stone bridge over Hawley Pond in Newtown.
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Firefighters and other volunteers organize a memorial near Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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At Newtown High School, residents greet each other before an interfaith vigil for the victims of the shooting.
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Rachel Pullen (center) kisses her son, Landon DeCecco, at a memorial near Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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President Obama speaks at a memorial service for the victims of the shooting in Newtown.
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Mourners outside Newtown High School listen to a memorial service over a loudspeaker, on Sunday evening.
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Manuel Moreno walks his daughter Jady, 6, to the Morris Street Elementary School in Danbury, Conn. Teachers and parents across the country were wrestling with how best to quell children's fears about returning to school.
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Mourners embrace as they leave the Honan Funeral Home, where the family of Jack Pinto was holding his funeral service on Monday.
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People arrive for the funeral services of Noah Pozner in Fairfield.
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Mourners gather outside the funeral service of Jack Pinto, 6, in Newtown. Monday was the first day of funerals for the victims.
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Veronique Pozner waves to the members of the press as she leaves after a funeral service for her son, 6-year-old Noah Pozner in Fairfield, Conn. Noah was one of 20 students killed in the shootings on Friday.
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A mourner pays his respects at one of the makeshift memorials in Newtown.
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Candles are lit among mementos at a memorial for victims of the shooting on Monday night in Newtown.
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A student looks for a place to leave flowers at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting at the entrance of Newtown High School on Tuesday in Newtown, Conn.
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A mourner pays his respects at one of the makeshift memorials for the Sandy Hook elementary shooting on Monday in Newtown, Conn.
Originally published on Mon December 17, 2012 6:26 am
Police on Sunday said 20-year-old Adam Lanza was armed with a high-powered rifle, two handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition when he forcibly entered a Newtown, Conn., elementary school and proceeded to gun down 20 young students and six faculty members.
The latest information on the tragedy, the worst violence at an elementary school in U.S. history, came ahead of President Obama's arrival in the town where Friday's mass shooting took place. The president met with families of the victims and planned to attend an evening vigil, where he will speak.
Originally published on Sun December 16, 2012 9:24 am
In Egypt, voters appear to have approved the controversial draft referendum on a proposed constitution in the first stage of the referendum held across half of the country yesterday.
The outcome is unofficial at this point as the government has said it will not announce official results until the referendum concludes in the rest of Egypt next Saturday. The vote is being held in two stages because a boycott by many judges who were supposed to supervise the elections. Those boycotting say they reject the constitution because it doesn't have a national consensus.
The United States is now just over two weeks away from a plunge over the "fiscal cliff" — that is, unless Congress can agree on a deal to prevent automatic tax hikes and spending cuts in the new year. But once again, Congress seems headed for the brink.
That's been happening more and more in recent years. And it was noted sadly by a string of retiring senators as they were bidding their colleagues farewell this past week.
