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Sikh Temple

First lady Michelle Obama greets Sikh temple secretary of the board of trustees Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, left, and Oak Creek, Wis. Mayor Stephen Scaffidi, before talking to victims of the August 5th shooting, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

First lady meets Sikh shooting victims' families

Dinesh Ramde, Associated Press

OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (AP) — Mandeep Singh Khattra and his family received Michelle Obama with an embrace Thursday as the first lady consoled relatives of

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First lady to see Sikh shooting victims' families

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama plans to go to Milwaukee to meet with family members of those killed and injured in a Sikh temple shooting this month...
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A man holds his child during a candle light vigil for the victims of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shooting in Milwaukee Sunday, Aug 5, 2012. An unidentified gunman killed six people at the suburban Milwaukee temple on Sunday in a rampage that left terrified congregants hiding in closets and others texting friends outside for help. The suspect was killed outside the temple in a shootout with police officers. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Obama: Attack at Sikh temple assails religion

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says an attack at a Sikh temple in the U.S. state of Wisconsin is an assault on religious faith and has no place in the United States...
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This undated photo provided by the FBI on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 shows Wade Michael Page, a suspect in the Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 Sikh temple shootings in Oak Creek, Wis. (AP Photo/FBI)

FBI: Sikh temple gunman shot himself; still no motive

Dinesh Ramde and Todd Richmond, Associated PrRess
MILWAUKEE (AP) - There's no trial to prepare, no jury to persuade, no judge to hand down a sentence...
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Members of the International Keystone Knights Realm of Georgia, perform a traditional Klan salute along the portion of highway they want to adopt allowing them to put up a sign and do litter removal near Blairsville, Ga., Sunday, June 10, 2012. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)

Hate music is part of white supremacist circles

Patrick Condon and Todd Richmond, Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) - When they aren't ranting in Internet forums, many of the nation's white supremacists seek a louder outlet for their views: thunderous, thrashing heavy metal or hardcore punk with lyrics that call for a race war...
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This undated photo provided by the FBI on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 shows Wade Michael Page, a suspect in the Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012 Sikh temple shootings in Oak Creek, Wis. (AP Photo/FBI)

Sikh temple gunman wanted other white supremacists to act

Scott Bauer and Todd Richmond, Associated Press
OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) - Wade Michael Page played in white supremacist heavy metal bands and posted frequent comments on Internet forums for skinheads, repeatedly exhorting members to act more decisively...
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Indian Lokinder Kaur, whose husband Ranjeet Singh was killed in the shooting attack at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, mourns at the family home in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Singh, one of killed in a shooting attack on the temple, never came home even once in 16 years, working at a grocery store during the week and volunteering at the Sikh gurdwara on weekends. He promised his family he was doing what had to be done to get a green card so they could come join him. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Obama: US 'heartbroken' over Sikh temple deaths

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says 'all of us are heartbroken by what happened' this weekend during a shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin...
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A woman sits with a candle during a vigil for the victims of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shooting, in Milwaukee, Sunday, Aug 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Officials: Sikh temple shooter white supremacist

Dinesh Ramde and Todd Richmond
OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) — A 40-year-old Army veteran, identified by a civil rights group as the one-time leader of a white supremacist band, was the gunman who killed six people inside a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, officials said Monday...
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Women react outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wi, after a shooting Sunday, Aug 5, 2012. A gunman killed six people at the suburban Milwaukee temple in a rampage that left terrified congregants hiding in closets and others texting friends outside for help. The suspect was killed outside the temple in a shootout with police officers. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Gunman kills 6 in Sikh temple attack

Dinesh Ramde and Todd Richmond, Associated Press
OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) — An unidentified gunman killed six people at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee on Sunday in a rampage that left terrified congregants hiding in closets...
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